Patents by Inventor Greg Whittaker

Greg Whittaker 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).

  • Implantable cross-pin for anterior cruciate ligament repair
    Patent number: 8721653
    Abstract: A novel cross-pin for use in ACL reconstructive surgical procedures. The cross-pin has an elongated body having a distal tapered end. A guide wire opening in the distal end is in communication with a tunnel contained in the distal end. There is a trough extending into the outer surface of the trough for receiving a guide wire. The trough is in communication with the tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas C. May, Greg Whittaker
  • IMPLANTABLE CROSS-PIN FOR ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT REPAIR
    Publication number: 20120071976
    Abstract: A novel cross-pin for use in ACL reconstructive surgical procedures. The cross-pin has an elongated body having a distal tapered end. A guide wire opening in the distal end is in communication with a tunnel contained in the distal end. There is a trough extending into the outer surface of the trough for receiving a guide wire. The trough is in communication with the tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: DEPUY MITEK, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas C. May, Greg Whittaker
  • Implantable cross-pin for anterior cruciate ligament repair
    Patent number: 8088128
    Abstract: A novel cross-pin for use in ACL reconstructive surgical procedures. The cross-pin has an elongated body having a distal tapered end. A guide wire opening in the distal end is in communication with a tunnel contained in the distal end. There is a trough extending into the outer surface of the trough for receiving a guide wire. The trough is in communication with the tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. May, Greg Whittaker
  • Implantable cross-pin for anterior cruciate ligament repair
    Publication number: 20050216014
    Abstract: A novel cross-pin for use in ACL reconstructive surgical procedures. The cross-pin has an elongated body having a distal tapered end. A guide wire opening in the distal end is in communication with a tunnel contained in the distal end. There is a trough extending into the outer surface of the trough for receiving a guide wire. The trough is in communication with the tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas May, Greg Whittaker
  • Apparatus for the suspension storage of article of clothing
    Patent number: 5107996
    Abstract: A garment supporting apparatus for the efficient suspension of articles of clothing in a constricted space is described. The apparatus comprises a brace element with a pivotally engageable mounting hook on each end for attaching to a garment rod. The brace element includes a series of spaced apart holes for suspending a number of clothes hangers and a series of laterally projecting integral hooks, along at least one longitudinal edge, for suspending a further number of clothes hangers where one of the mounting hooks is released from the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Inventor: Greg Whittaker