Patents by Inventor Graham L. Weeks

Graham L. Weeks has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Saw for blade having deformable lock teeth
    Patent number: 11364036
    Abstract: A surgical saw includes a body, a coupling assembly, and a motor. The coupling assembly is mounted to the body and adapted to releasably hold a saw blade. The coupling assembly includes an anvil, a press, and a clamping assembly. The anvil has a channel or a press foot. The press has the other of the press foot and the channel. The press foot is receivable by the channel. The clamping assembly selectively moves the press and the anvil towards and away from each other. When the press is brought towards the anvil, the press foot may press a lock tooth of the saw blade into the channel so that the lock tooth is compressed between the anvil and the press to coin the lock tooth. The motor, internal to the body, is connected to the coupling assembly to reciprocate the coupling assembly and the saw blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
    Inventors: William L. Hassler, Jr., Graham L. Weeks, Fintan Tynan, Sinead K. Hughes
  • Saw For Blade Having Deformable Lock Teeth
    Publication number: 20200275937
    Abstract: A surgical saw comprises a body, a coupling assembly, and a motor. The coupling assembly is mounted to the body and adapted to releasably hold a saw blade. The coupling assembly includes an anvil, a press, and a clamping assembly. The anvil has a channel or a press foot. The press has the other of the press foot and the channel. The press foot is receivable by the channel. The clamping assembly selectively moves the press and the anvil towards and away from each other. When the press is brought towards the anvil, the press foot may press a lock tooth of the saw blade into the channel so that the lock tooth is compressed between the anvil and the press to coin the lock tooth. The motor, internal to the body, is connected to the coupling assembly to reciprocate the coupling assembly and the saw blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: William L. Hassler, JR., Graham L. Weeks, Fintan Tynan, Sinead K. Hughes
  • Surgical saw blade with deformable lock teeth and method of manufacturing
    Patent number: 10667826
    Abstract: A surgical saw and complementary blade. The blade has lock teeth that are more ductal than the cutting teeth. The saw coupling assembly has an anvil and a press. The saw coupling assembly holds the blade to the saw by compressing the saw lock teeth between the anvil and the press so as to result the coining of the lock teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: William L. Hassler, Jr., Graham L. Weeks, Denis O'Sullivan, Fintan Tynan, Sinead K. Hughes
  • SURGICAL SAW AND COMPLEMENTARY SAW BLADE, THE BLADE INCLUDING LOCK TEETH FORMED OUT OF MATERIAL THAT DEFORMS WHEN THE BLADE IS SECURED TO THE SAW
    Publication number: 20170340338
    Abstract: A surgical saw and complementary blade. The blade has lock teeth that are more ductal than the cutting teeth. The saw coupling assembly has an anvil and a press. The saw coupling assembly holds the blade to the saw by compressing the saw lock teeth between the anvil and the press so as to result the coining of the lock teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: William L. Hassler, JR., Graham L. Weeks, Denis O'Sullivan, Fintan Tynan, Sinead K. Hughes
  • Single lens, push-push, dual lamp assembly
    Patent number: 6092917
    Abstract: A lamp assembly for an overhead console having a single lens that selectively operates multiple switches connected to multiple lamps to illuminate a desired area. The single lens has multiple push surfaces such that pressing a first push surface operates one lamp, pressing a second push surface operates another lamp and pressing a third surface operates both lamps simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Lear Donnelly Overhead Systems LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. Litke, David L. Edstrom, Graham L. Weeks, Douglas A. Fischer