Patents by Inventor Harold M. Aberman
Harold M. Aberman 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).
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Patent number: 6852125Abstract: A cartilage plug, which is made from a biocompatible, artificial material, that is used to fill a void in natural cartilage that has been resected due to traumatic injury or chronic disease. Alternatively, the plug may be relied upon to anchor a flowable polymer to subchondral bone. The plug is prefabricatable in any size, shape, and contour and may be utilized either singly or in a plurality to fill any size void for any application. The plug may be formed of a laminated structure to match the physiological requirements of the repair site. A plurality of anchoring elements may share a single upper layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Chondrosite, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Simon, Harold M. Aberman, Douglas W. Jackson
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Publication number: 20040162622Abstract: A cartilage plug, which is made from a biocompatible, artificial material, that is used to fill a void in natural cartilage that has been resected due to traumatic injury or chronic disease is disclosed. Alternatively, the plug may be relied upon to anchor a flowable polymer to subchondral bone. The plug is prefabricatable in any size, shape, and contour and may be utilized either singly or in a plurality to fill any size void for any application. The plug may be formed of a laminated structure to match the physiological requirements of the repair site. Additionally, ridges may be formed about the periphery of each plug to facilitate its anchoring to surrounding cartilage, bone and/or adjacent plugs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: August 19, 2004Applicant: ChondoSite, LLCInventors: Timothy M. Simon, Harold M. Aberman, Douglas W. Jackson
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Publication number: 20040039447Abstract: A cartilage plug, which is made from a biocompatible, artificial material, that is used to fill a void in natural cartilage that has been resected due to traumatic injury or chronic disease. Alternatively, the plug may be relied upon to anchor a flowable polymer to subchondral bone. The plug is prefabricatable in any size, shape, and contour and may be utilized either singly or in a plurality to fill any size void for any application. The plug may be formed of a laminated structure to match the physiological requirements of the repair site. A plurality of anchoring elements may share a single upper layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Applicant: Ultra Tec Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Simon, Harold M. Aberman, Douglas W. Jackson
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Patent number: 6632246Abstract: A cartilage plug, which is made from a biocompatible, artificial material, that is used to fill a void in natural cartilage that has been resected due to traumatic injury or chronic disease is disclosed. Alternatively, the plug may be relied upon to anchor a flowable polymer to subchondral bone. The plug is prebricatable in any size, shape, and contour and may be utilized either singly or in a plurality to fill any size void for any application. The plug may be formed of a laminated structure to match the physiological requirements of the repair site. Additionally, ridges may be formed about the periphery of each plug to facilitate its anchoring to surrounding cartilage, bone and/or adjacent plugs.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2000Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: ChondroSite, LLCInventors: Timothy M. Simon, Harold M. Aberman, Douglas W. Jackson
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Patent number: 6626945Abstract: A cartilage plug, which is made from a biocompatible, artificial material, that is used to fill a void in natural cartilage that has been resected due to traumatic injury or chronic disease. Alternatively, the plug may be relied upon to anchor a flowable polymer to subchondral bone. The plug is prefabricatable in any size, shape, and contour and may be utilized either singly or in a plurality to fill any size void for any application. The plug may be formed of a laminated structure to match the physiological requirements of the repair site. A plurality of anchoring elements may share a single upper layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: ChondroSite, LLCInventors: Timothy Simon, Harold M. Aberman, Douglas W. Jackson
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Publication number: 20010039455Abstract: A cartilage plug, which is made from a biocompatible, artificial material, that is used to fill a void in natural cartilage that has been resected due to traumatic injury or chronic disease. Alternatively, the plug may be relied upon to anchor a flowable polymer to subchondral bone. The plug is prefabricatable in any size, shape, and contour and may be utilized either singly or in a plurality to fill any size void for any application. The plug may be formed of a laminated structure to match the physiological requirements of the repair site. A plurality of anchoring elements may share a single upper layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Timothy Simon, Harold M. Aberman, Douglas W. Jackson
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Patent number: 5951560Abstract: An orthopedic interference screw for compression anchoring a bone graft in a bore formed in a bone mass. The interference screw includes a biocompatible body with a root. A screw thread is formed over substantially all of the root. The screw thread includes buttress structure on only one side of the screw thread so that forces applied to the screw thread from a side remote from the buttress structure will be buttressed by the buttress structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1999Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: Applied Biological Concepts, Inc.Inventors: Timothy M. Simon, Harold M. Aberman
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Patent number: 5891146Abstract: An orthopedic interference screw for compression anchoring a bone graft in a bore formed in a bone mass. The interference screw includes a biocompatible body with a root. A screw thread is formed over substantially all of the root. The screw thread includes buttress structure on only one side of the screw thread so that forces applied to the screw thread from a side remote from the buttress structure will be buttressed by the buttress structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1997Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Applied Biological Concepts, Inc.Inventors: Timothy M. Simon, Harold M. Aberman
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Patent number: 5266326Abstract: A method of modifying salts of alginic acid in situ for prevention and treatment of various intra-articular and extra-articular (spine) complications modifies the alginate in situ to an insoluble gel. This in situ modification provides a final product which can be compressed within the intra-articular space thus remaining localized. The modified material can have varied mechanical strengths and thus varied degradation times and can serve as a matrix for localizing and slowly releasing therapeutic agents. The modified material is biocompatible and biodegradable, thus requiring no reoperation for removal.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1992Date of Patent: November 30, 1993Assignee: Pfizer Hospital Products Group, Inc.Inventors: James J. Barry, Paul A. Higham, Harold M. Aberman