Patents by Inventor John C. Colwill

John C. Colwill 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).

  • Method and apparatus for fixing bone fractures
    Patent number: 4790302
    Abstract: A method and product for fixing fractures in phalanges provides a plate having a surface configured to substantially conform to the intramedullary cortex. Holes are drilled through the external cortex and intramedullary cortex and apertures formed in the plate are aligned with these holes in the bone. Fasteners are extended in the holes from the external cortex side and are threadably engaged with the apertures to draw the plate into abutting relationship with the intramedullary cortex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Inventors: John C. Colwill, Kenneth M. Wilson