Patents by Inventor James Richard Miller, JR.

James Richard Miller, JR. 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).

  • ATTACHMENTS FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20190142597
    Abstract: Apparatuses, kits, and methods for cementing an orthopedic implant to a bone, post attachment, are disclosed in some aspects of the present disclosure. A kit can include a prosthetic component and a cement applicator. The prosthetic component can include an attachment profile that corresponds to a mating profile formed on or in a bone. The cement applicator can be configured to apply a bone cement between the bone and the prosthetic component following alignment between the prosthetic component and the bone or another prosthetic component. The kit can also include a bone cement. A method can include positioning the prosthetic component adjacent to the bone, aligning the prosthetic component relative to the bone or another prosthetic component, and applying a bone cement between the bone and the aligned prosthetic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Duane Gillard, James Richard Miller, JR., Stephen H. Hoag, Justin S. Hertzler
  • Attachments for orthopedic implants
    Patent number: 10213315
    Abstract: Apparatuses, kits, and methods for cementing an orthopedic implant to a bone, post attachment, are disclosed in some aspects of the present disclosure. A kit can include a prosthetic component and a cement applicator. The prosthetic component can include an attachment profile that corresponds to a mating profile formed on or in a bone. The cement applicator can be configured to apply a bone cement between the bone and the prosthetic component following alignment between the prosthetic component and the bone or another prosthetic component. The kit can also include a bone cement. A method can include positioning the prosthetic component adjacent to the bone, aligning the prosthetic component relative to the bone or another prosthetic component, and applying a bone cement between the bone and the aligned prosthetic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane Gillard, James Richard Miller, Jr., Stephen H. Hoag, Justin S Hertzler
  • ATTACHMENTS FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20160158022
    Abstract: Apparatuses, kits, and methods for cementing an orthopedic implant to a bone, post attachment, are disclosed in some aspects of the present disclosure. A kit can include a prosthetic component and a cement applicator. The prosthetic component can include an attachment profile that corresponds to a mating profile formed on or in a bone. The cement applicator can be configured to apply a bone cement between the bone and the prosthetic component following alignment between the prosthetic component and the bone or another prosthetic component. The kit can also include a bone cement. A method can include positioning the prosthetic component adjacent to the bone, aligning the prosthetic component relative to the bone or another prosthetic component, and applying a bone cement between the bone and the aligned prosthetic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Duane Gillard, James Richard Miller, JR., Stephen H. Hoag, Justin S. Hertzler
  • Attachments for orthopedic implants
    Patent number: 9295554
    Abstract: Apparatuses, kits, and methods for cementing an orthopedic implant to a bone, post attachment, are disclosed in some aspects of the present disclosure. A kit can include a prosthetic component and a cement applicator. The prosthetic component can include an attachment profile that corresponds to a mating profile formed on or in a bone. The cement applicator can be configured to apply a bone cement between the bone and the prosthetic component following alignment between the prosthetic component and the bone or another prosthetic component. The kit can also include a bone cement. A method can include positioning the prosthetic component adjacent to the bone, aligning the prosthetic component relative to the bone or another prosthetic component, and applying a bone cement between the bone and the aligned prosthetic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: ZIMMER, INC.
    Inventors: Duane Gillard, James Richard Miller, Jr., Stephen H. Hoag, Justin Hertzler
  • CEMENTING OF AN ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20140018814
    Abstract: Apparatus, kits, and methods for cementing an orthopedic implant to a bone, post attachment, are disclosed. A kit can include a prosthetic component and a cement applicator. The prosthetic component can include an attachment profile that corresponds to a mating profile formed on or in a bone. The cement applicator can be configured to apply a bone cement between the bone and the prosthetic component following alignment between the prosthetic component and the bone or another prosthetic component. The kit can also include a bone cement. The kit can further include directions for using one or more of the prosthetic component, the cement applicator, and the bone cement. A method can include positioning the prosthetic component adjacent to the bone, aligning the prosthetic component relative to the bone or another prosthetic component, and applying a bone cement between the bone and the aligned prosthetic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane Gillard, James Richard Miller, JR., Stephen H. Hoag
  • ATTACHMENTS FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20140018931
    Abstract: Apparatuses, kits, and methods for cementing an orthopedic implant to a bone, post attachment, are disclosed in some aspects of the present disclosure. A kit can include a prosthetic component and a cement applicator. The prosthetic component can include an attachment profile that corresponds to a mating profile formed on or in a bone. The cement applicator can be configured to apply a bone cement between the bone and the prosthetic component following alignment between the prosthetic component and the bone or another prosthetic component. The kit can also include a bone cement. A method can include positioning the prosthetic component adjacent to the bone, aligning the prosthetic component relative to the bone or another prosthetic component, and applying a bone cement between the bone and the aligned prosthetic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane Gillard, James Richard Miller, JR., Stephen H. Hoag, Justin Hertzler