Patents by Inventor Heikki Vilhelm Pitkanen

Heikki Vilhelm Pitkanen 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).

  • Surgical instrument
    Patent number: 9572590
    Abstract: An instrument (2) for aligning a surgical tool, the instrument (2) comprising, a body portion (4) having a tool guide (90), first and second arms (6), (8) operatively connected to the body portion (4) and adapted to engage a bone, and urging means (10), acting between the body portion (4) and the first and second arms (6), (8), for urging the first and second arms (6), (8) into engagement with a predetermined portion of a bone, thereby clamping the arms (6), (8) onto the bone and aligning the tool guide (90) with the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BIOMET UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Keshav Singhal, Heikki Vilhelm Pitkanen, Nick James Theophilius Metcalfe
  • Prosthetic assembly
    Patent number: 9089430
    Abstract: A prosthetic assembly comprising: a body portion; first and second flanges provided on a rim of the body portion; the first and second flanges being provided with first and second openings respectively; and a bridging member connectable to the first and second flanges such that the member spans between the first and second flanges, the member being provided with a third opening; wherein the first, second and third openings are suitable for receiving first, second and third bone attachment members respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Biomet UK Limited
    Inventors: Christos Pappas, Heikki Vilhelm Pitkanen, Robert John Andrew Bigsby, Esa Taplo Anttila, Anthony Ward
  • PROSTHETIC ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120245702
    Abstract: A prosthetic assembly A prosthetic assembly (10) comprising: a body portion (12); first and second flanges (14, 16) provided on a rim (18) of the body portion; the first and second flanges being provided with first and second openings (20, 22) respectively; and a bridging member (24) connectable to the first and second flanges such that the member spans between the first and second flanges, the member being provided with a third opening (26); wherein the first, second and third openings are suitable for receiving first, second and third bone attachment members (28, 30, 32) respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BIOMET UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Christos Pappas, Heikki Vilhelm Pitkanen, Robert John Andrew Bigsby, Esa Tapio Anttila, Anthony Ward