Patents by Inventor Henry Leon Surprenant

Henry Leon Surprenant 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).

  • Method and apparatus for engineered regenerative biostructures such as hydroxyapatite substrates for bone healing applications
    Patent number: 7122057
    Abstract: An engineered regenerative biostructure (erb) for implantation into a human body as a bone substitute, which includes an internal microstructure, mesostructure and/or macrostructure to provide improved bone in-growth, and methods for making the erb. Under one aspect of the invention, the biostructure has resorbable and nonresorbable regions. Under another aspect of the invention, the biostructure is constructed of hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate and/or demineralized bone. Under yet another aspect of the invention, the porous biostructure is partially or fully infused with a resorbable, nonresorbable or dissolvable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Therics, LLC
    Inventors: Heather Ann Beam, Thomas J. Bradbury, Kathleen D. Chesmel, Christopher M. Gaylo, Alfred Anthony Litwak, Qing Liu, Peter Albert Materna, Donald Monkhouse, Jennifer Patterson, Timothy J. Pryor, Sunil Saini, Henry Leon Surprenant, Chen-Chao Wang, Thomas George West, Jaedeok Yoo
  • Method and apparatus for engineered regenrative biostructures such as hydroxyapatite substrates for bone healing applications
    Publication number: 20030065400
    Abstract: An engineered regenerative biostructure (erb) for implantation into a human body as a bone substitute, which includes an internal microstructure, mesostructure and/or macrostructure to provide improved bone in-growth, and methods for making the erb. Under one aspect of the invention, the biostructure has resorbable and nonresorbable regions. Under another aspect of the invention, the biostructure is constructed of hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate and/or demineralized bone. Under yet another aspect of the invention, the porous biostructure is partially or fully infused with a resorbable, nonresorbable or dissolvable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Heather Ann Beam, Thomas J. Bradbury, Kathleen D. Chesmel, Christopher M. Gaylo, Alfred Anthony Litwak, Qing Liu, Peter Albert Materna, Donald Monkhouse, Jennifer Patterson, Timothy J. Pryor, Sunil Saini, Henry Leon Surprenant, Chen-Chao Wang, Thomas George West, Jaedeok Yoo