Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Posnick

Jeffrey Posnick 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).

  • Reconstruction device and method
    Publication number: 20070293859
    Abstract: A device for mandible distraction includes a first temporal component having a temporal end, a second temporal component having a second temporal end, and a central anterior component in between the two and in front of the mandible. The device has locations on it to place distraction and stabilization pins that then connect to the mandible (on either side of an osteotomy through the mandible) for the purpose of distraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventor: Jeffrey Posnick
  • Implant securing device and method
    Publication number: 20060287654
    Abstract: An implant securing device includes a fixation component and a holding component. The fixation component can be secured to a portion of a cranial vault or other bone surface portion. The holding component can be secured to an implant, such as a precision cranial implant. The implant securing device can be used with an implant for reconstructing a defect of a cranial vault or orbital area of a mammal, such as a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Jeffrey Posnick
    Inventor: Jeffrey Posnick
  • Facial implant
    Publication number: 20060217813
    Abstract: A facial implant includes fused polypropylene pellets. The pellets can be molded to a contoured shape. The shape can be used to augment, replace, or repair cranio-maxillofacial areas, such as the malar, mandibular angle, paranasal, nasal, temporal, cranial vault, orbital, ocular globe, and chin areas of a mammal, such as a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Jeffrey Posnick, Alma Coats
  • Midface external distraction method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20060184168
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for midfacial and maxillofacial external distraction includes attaching one end of each curved temporal bar to a skull and the other end to a surgically isolated (osteotomized) portion of the patient's midface (maxilla, orbit(s) or zygoma(s)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventor: Jeffrey Posnick