Patents by Inventor Greg KOWALCZYK

Greg KOWALCZYK 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).

  • Publication number: 20180028242
    Abstract: There is an implant, comprising a plate portion at a first end, and a stem portion at a second end extending away from an end of the plate portion. In one embodiment, the plate portion comprises a first lobe with a first screw hole; and a second lobe with a second screw hole, wherein the first lobe is adjacent to the second lobe. There is also method of inserting an implant, comprising preparing a patient's bones, performing an osteotomy on the patient's bones to form a first bone segment and a second bone segment, aligning the first bone segment and the second bone segment and inserting an implant into an intramedullary canal in the second bone segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Additive Orthopaedics, LLC
    Inventors: Selene PAREKH, Greg KOWALCZYK, Brian MCLAUGHLIN
  • Publication number: 20170360488
    Abstract: There is a fixation device for promoting fusion and/or osteosynthesis of a first bone segment and a second bone segment, comprising a bone plate portion including an outer surface, an inner surface and at least one fixation aperture extending from the outer surface to the inner surface and a bone wedge portion extending from the plate portion at a first end and a free opposite end, the bone wedge portion comprising a porous architecture configured to promote bone ingrowth, the wedge portion defining first and second engagement surfaces for engaging the first bone segment and a second bone segment, respectively. There is also a method of manufacturing a fixation device for promoting fusion and/or osteosynthesis of a first bone segment and a second bone segment, a method of promoting fusion and/or osteosynthesis of a first bone segment and a second bone segment, and a fixation kit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: ADDITIVE ORTHOPAEDICS, LLC
    Inventors: GREG KOWALCZYK, Selene PAREKH, Brian MCLAUGHLIN
  • Publication number: 20170319349
    Abstract: An implant including a first segment at a first end, a second segment at a second end, and an intermediate segment coupled to the first segment on a first end and coupled to the second segment on a second end. The first segment may include an insertion tip at the first end of the implant and a body portion adjacent to the insertion tip, the insertion tip extending out from the body portion. The second segment may include an end member at the second end of the implant and a body portion adjacent to the end member, the end member extending out from the body portion. The second segment may include a plurality of tip portions spaced about a longitudinal axis of the second segment, and the tip portions each including at least one barb formed by a taper portion and an engagement portion extending radially into the tip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Additive Orthopaedics, LLC
    Inventor: Greg KOWALCZYK