Patents by Inventor James R. McWilliam

James R. McWilliam 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).

  • Suction swab for surgical use
    Patent number: 10792403
    Abstract: A surgical method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, drying an osteochondral defect using a suction swab. The drying step includes suctioning moisture from the osteochondral defect through the suction swab or communicating a gas to the osteochondral defect through the suction swab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Benedict, Brandon Roller, James R. McWilliam, Frank Grimaldi, Jr., David Shepard
  • Delivery needle with elevator/paddle for micronized allograft tissue
    Patent number: 9855393
    Abstract: Techniques, kits and a delivery instrument for providing a material at a defect repair site. The instrument is a combined delivery needle/elevator/paddle that includes a delivery needle and a paddle/elevator tip attached to the end of the needle and around the most distal opening of the needle. The combined needle/elevator/paddle instrument allows both delivery (insertion or injection) of the material/mixture as well as leveling/flattening of the delivered material. The mixture/material may be micronized allograft tissue such as BioCartilage® and the surgical site may be a defect site such as a microfracture site or cartilage defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Brandon L. Roller, Robert Benedict, Marc Stoll, James R. McWilliam
  • SUCTION SWAB FOR SURGICAL USE
    Publication number: 20160199549
    Abstract: A surgical method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, drying an osteochondral defect using a suction swab. The drying step includes suctioning moisture from the osteochondral defect through the suction swab or communicating a gas to the osteochondral defect through the suction swab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Robert BENEDICT, Brandon ROLLER, James R. McWILLIAM, Frank GRIMALDI, JR., David SHEPARD
  • DELIVERY NEEDLE WITH ELEVATOR/PADDLE FOR MICRONIZED ALLOGRAFT TISSUE
    Publication number: 20150045768
    Abstract: Techniques, kits and a delivery instrument for providing a material at a defect repair site. The instrument is a combined delivery needle/elevator/paddle that includes a delivery needle and a paddle/elevator tip attached to the end of the needle and around the most distal opening of the needle. The combined needle/elevator/paddle instrument allows both delivery (insertion or injection) of the material/mixture as well as leveling/flattening of the delivered material. The mixture/material may be micronized allograft tissue such as BioCartilage® and the surgical site may be a defect site such as a microfracture site or cartilage defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Brandon L. Roller, Robert Benedict, Marc Stoll, James R. McWilliam