Patents by Inventor Jerry S. Sher

Jerry S. Sher 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: 8821392
    Abstract: A surgical retention port particularly useful as an arthroscopic port for shoulder surgery is provided. The surgical retention port has a long pointed instrument such as a trocar or obturator, an inner cannula extending around the pointed instrument, a plurality of rotatable fingers coupled to the inner cannula, and an outer cannula extending around the inner cannula. In one embodiment of the invention, the inner cannula and long pointed instrument are keyed such that rotation of the long pointed instrument can effect rotational movement of the inner cannula. Rotation of the inner cannula in turn causes the rotation of the fingers from a first position where the fingers assume a collapsed configuration to a second position where the fingers assume an extended or open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Joint Product Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Philip R. Lozman, Scott L. Jahrmarkt, Jerry S. Sher, Jeremy Louis Hemingway, David Charles Perdue, Paul J. Grata
  • Patent number: 8771179
    Abstract: A surgical retention port particularly useful as an arthroscopic port for shoulder surgery is provided. The surgical retention port has an inner cannula defining a throughbore, a plurality of rotatable fingers coupled to the inner cannula, and an outer cannula extending around the inner cannula. Rotation of the inner cannula relative to the outer cannula causes the rotation of the fingers from a first position where the fingers assume a collapsed configuration to a second position where the fingers assume an extended or open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Joint Product Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip R. Lozman, Scott L. Jahrmarkt, Jerry S. Sher, Jeremy Louis Hemingway, David Charles Perdue, Paul J. Grata
  • Patent number: 8409085
    Abstract: A surgical retention port particularly useful as an arthroscopic port for shoulder surgery is provided. The surgical retention port has an inner cannula defining a throughbore, a plurality of rotatable fingers coupled to the inner cannula, and an outer cannula extending around the inner cannula. Rotation of the inner cannula relative to the outer cannula causes the rotation of the fingers from a first position where the fingers assume a collapsed configuration to a second position where the fingers assume an extended or open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Joint Product Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Philip R. Lozman, Scott L. Jahrmarkt, Jerry S. Sher, Jeremy Louis Hemingway, David Charles Perdue, Paul J. Grata
  • Publication number: 20110306841
    Abstract: A surgical retention port particularly useful as an arthroscopic port for shoulder surgery is provided. The surgical retention port has a long pointed instrument such as a trocar or obturator, an inner cannula extending around the pointed instrument, a plurality of rotatable fingers coupled to the inner cannula, and an outer cannula extending around the inner cannula. In one embodiment of the invention, the inner cannula and long pointed instrument are keyed such that rotation of the long pointed instrument can effect rotational movement of the inner cannula. Rotation of the inner cannula in turn causes the rotation of the fingers from a first position where the fingers assume a collapsed configuration to a second position where the fingers assume an extended or open configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Philip R. Lozman, Scott L. Jahrmarket, Jerry S. Sher, Jeremy Louis Hemingway, David Charles Perdue, Paul J. Grata
  • Publication number: 20110034775
    Abstract: A surgical retention port particularly useful as an arthroscopic port for shoulder surgery is provided. The surgical retention port has an inner cannula defining a throughbore, a plurality of rotatable fingers coupled to the inner cannula, and an outer cannula extending around the inner cannula. Rotation of the inner cannula relative to the outer cannula causes the rotation of the fingers from a first position where the fingers assume a collapsed configuration to a second position where the fingers assume an extended or open configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Philip R. Lozman, Scott L. Jahrmarkt, Jerry S. Sher, Jeremy Louis Hemingway, David Charles Perdue, Paul J. Grata