Patents by Inventor James N. Grooms

James N. Grooms 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).

  • Cortical bone interference screw
    Patent number: 6045554
    Abstract: An interference screw is provided by machining a fragment of autograft or allograft cortical bone from a donor or from a recipient's amputated bone. The interference screw has a cortical surface into which a self-tapping thread is machined. The interference screw has a machined pointed, rounded or flush end and an opposite machined end which mates with a drive means, and has advantages over conventional interference screws known in the art in that subsequent to implantation, no residual hardware that must later be removed remains at the implant site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: University of Florida Tissue Bank, Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Grooms, Kevin Carter, David H. Dulebohn