Patents by Inventor James Edward Hoyt

James Edward Hoyt 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).

  • Patent number: 7708782
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a concave superior surface on a tibial tray and a convex inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a convex superior surface on a tibial tray and a concave inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include a biconcave interface (e.g., having a “wave” like surface geometry). This “wave” like surface geometry may be at the interface between a tibial insert and a tibial tray in the mobile bearing knee (as opposed to the interface between the tibial insert and a femoral component).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Exactech, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Burstein, Bennie W. Gladdish, Jr., James Edward Hoyt, Raymond Cloutier, Laurent Angibaud
  • Publication number: 20080300690
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a concave superior surface on a tray and a convex inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a convex superior surface on a tibial tray and a concave inferior surface on a insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include a bi-concave interface (e.g., having a “wave” like surface geometry). This “wave” like surface geometry may be at the second bearing (i.e., at the interface between a tibial insert and a tray in the mobile bearing knee as opposed to the interface between the tibial insert and a femoral component).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Albert Burstein, Bennie W. Gladdish, JR., James Edward Hoyt, Raymond Cloutier, Laurent Angibaud
  • Patent number: 7422605
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a concave superior surface on a tibial tray and a convex inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include an interface (e.g., a spherical radius interface) comprised of a convex superior surface on a tibial tray and a concave inferior surface on a tibial insert. In another embodiment of the present invention a mobile bearing knee prosthesis may include a bi-concave interface (e.g., having a “wave” like surface geometry). This “wave” like surface geometry may be at the second bearing (i.e., at the interface between a tibial insert and a tibial tray in the mobile bearing knee as opposed to the interface between the tibial insert and a femoral component).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Exactech, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Burstein, Bennie W. Gladdish, Jr., James Edward Hoyt, Raymond Cloutier, Laurent Angibaud