Patents by Inventor John Penner
John Penner 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).
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Patent number: 11957596Abstract: An implant includes a curved first plate section having a curvature about a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction. The first plate section has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole and the second hole are positioned to receive respective bone screws for attaching the implant to a first curved surface of a bone having a syndesmosis. A second plate section extends continuously from the first plate section. The second plate section has at least a third hole that is positioned to be offset from the first hole and the second hole in a direction that is anterior or posterior from the first hole and the second hole in a case where the longitudinal axis is aligned along a superior-inferior direction. The third hole is configured to receive at least one screw or at least one button for holding a suture at a position offset from the first line segment hole and the second hole in the anterior or posterior direction, for reducing the syndesmosis.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Scott A. Armacost, Sach Combs, Murray John Penner, Bruce E. Cohen, Bryan D. Den Hartog, Gregory C. Berlet
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Patent number: 11946667Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to noise suppression vertical curtain apparatus for heat exchanger units. In one implementation, a heat exchanger unit includes a frame having a plurality of side regions and at least one cooler associated with at least one of the plurality of side regions. The heat exchanger unit also includes a vertical axis, an internal volume, a floor, and a fan disposed above the floor to move air through the internal volume. The heat exchanger unit also includes a first set of panels disposed between the floor and the fan, and a vertical curtain disposed between the first set of panels and the fan.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: FORUM US, INC.Inventors: John Gaska, Hamid Reza Zareie Rajani, Jonathan Penner, Kevin Visscher
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Patent number: 11903574Abstract: A method includes forming a bone tunnel through a first bone and a second bone and inserting a flexible construct through the bone tunnel. The flexible construct includes a first anchoring element and a second anchoring element coupled by at least one flexible strand defining an adjustable loop. The at least one flexible strand includes a first end extending from the first anchoring element in an opposite direction from the adjustable loop. A length of the adjustable loop is adjusted to position the first bone and the second bone in a selected spacing. The first end of the at least one flexible strand is coupled to a tissue section using a third anchoring element.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Jesse G. Moore, Bryan D. Den Hartog, Gregory C. Berlet, Murray John Penner, Bruce E. Cohen
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Publication number: 20230389937Abstract: A guide for use in cutting a bone is disclosed. The guide includes a bone contacting surface contoured to conformably mate with a first bone surface when placed against the first bone surface, and a guide surface that is spaced apart from the bone contacting surface. At least one prescribed patient-specific depth of cut information is provided on the guide surface that corresponds to the desired depth of cut being made using the guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Murray John PENNER, Julia C. ALSPAUGH, Jesse G. MOORE
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Publication number: 20230240718Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a system and method for preparing a surface of a bone proximate a joint, in which the preparation includes boring a plurality of arced channels/troughs in the bone surface using an arch drill assembly guided by plural guide bores along a predetermined longitudinal arc. The bored troughs create a scalloped surface on the bone to which an inverse contoured joint insert/implant having cooperating convex ridges engages. The plural guide bores are also defined by the predetermined longitudinal arc which may be circular or helical. The disclosed subject matter minimizes bone removal and allows greater access options for preparing the bone surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Murray John PENNER, Shawn E. McGINLEY, Jesse G. MOORE, William BRAGG
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Publication number: 20230225876Abstract: An implant includes a curved first plate section having a curvature about a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction. The first plate section has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole and the second hole are positioned to receive respective bone screws for attaching the implant to a first curved surface of a bone having a syndesmosis. A second plate section extends continuously from the first plate section. The second plate section has at least a third hole that is positioned to be offset from the first hole and the second hole in a direction that is anterior or posterior from the first hole and the second hole in a case where the longitudinal axis is aligned along a superior-inferior direction. The third hole is configured to receive at least one screw or at least one button for holding a suture at a position offset from the first line segment hole and the second hole in the anterior or posterior direction, for reducing the syndesmosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Scott A. ARMACOST, Sach COMBS, Murray John PENNER, Bruce E. COHEN, Bryan D. DEN HARTOG, Gregory C. BERLET
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Patent number: 11642224Abstract: An implant includes a curved first plate section having a curvature about a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction. The first plate section has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole and the second hole are positioned to receive respective bone screws for attaching the implant to a first curved surface of a bone having a syndesmosis. A second plate section extends continuously from the first plate section. The second plate section has at least a third hole that is positioned to be offset from the first hole and the second hole in a direction that is anterior or posterior from the first hole and the second hole in a case where the longitudinal axis is aligned along a superior-inferior direction. The third hole is configured to receive at least one screw or at least one button for holding a suture at a position offset from the first line segment hole and the second hole in the anterior or posterior direction, for reducing the syndesmosis.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Scott A. Armacost, Sach Combs, Murray John Penner, Bruce E. Cohen, Bryan D. Den Hartog, Gregory C. Berlet
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Publication number: 20210290221Abstract: A method includes forming a bone tunnel through a first bone and a second bone and inserting a flexible construct through the bone tunnel. The flexible construct includes a first anchoring element and a second anchoring element coupled by at least one flexible strand defining an adjustable loop. The at least one flexible strand includes a first end extending from the first anchoring element in an opposite direction from the adjustable loop. A length of the adjustable loop is adjusted to position the first bone and the second bone in a selected spacing. The first end of the at least one flexible strand is coupled to a tissue section using a third anchoring element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jesse G. Moore, Bryan D. Den Hartog, Gregory C. Berlet, Murray John Penner, Bruce E. Cohen
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Patent number: 11051799Abstract: A method includes forming a bone tunnel through a first bone and a second bone and inserting a flexible construct through the bone tunnel. The flexible construct includes a first anchoring element and a second anchoring element coupled by at least one flexible strand defining an adjustable loop. The at least one flexible strand includes a first end extending from the first anchoring element in an opposite direction from the adjustable loop. A length of the adjustable loop is adjusted to position the first bone and the second bone in a selected spacing. The first end of the at least one flexible strand is coupled to a tissue section using a third anchoring element.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Jesse G. Moore, Bryan D. Den Hartog, Gregory C. Berlet, Murray John Penner, Bruce E. Cohen
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Publication number: 20200297502Abstract: An implant includes a curved first plate section having a curvature about a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction. The first plate section has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole and the second hole are positioned to receive respective bone screws for attaching the implant to a first curved surface of a bone having a syndesmosis. A second plate section extends continuously from the first plate section. The second plate section has at least a third hole that is positioned to be offset from the first hole and the second hole in a direction that is anterior or posterior from the first hole and the second hole in a case where the longitudinal axis is aligned along a superior-inferior direction. The third hole is configured to receive at least one screw or at least one button for holding a suture at a position offset from the first line segment hole and the second hole in the anterior or posterior direction, for reducing the syndesmosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Scott A. ARMACOST, Sach COMBS, Murray John PENNER, Bruce E. COHEN, Bryan D. DEN HARTOG, Gregory C. BERLET
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Patent number: 10709566Abstract: An implant includes a curved first plate section having a curvature about a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction. The first plate section has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole and the second hole are positioned to receive respective bone screws for attaching the implant to a first curved surface of a bone having a syndesmosis. A second plate section extends continuously from the first plate section. The second plate section has at least a third hole that is positioned to be offset from the first hole and the second hole in a direction that is anterior or posterior from the first hole and the second hole in a case where the longitudinal axis is aligned along a superior-inferior direction. The third hole is configured to receive at least one screw or at least one button for holding a suture at a position offset from the first line segment hole and the second hole in the anterior or posterior direction, for reducing the syndesmosis.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Scott A. Armacost, Sach Combs, Murray John Penner, Bruce E. Cohen, Bryan D. Den Hartog, Gregory C. Berlet
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Publication number: 20190069890Abstract: A method includes forming a bone tunnel through a first bone and a second bone and inserting a flexible construct through the bone tunnel. The flexible construct includes a first anchoring element and a second anchoring element coupled by at least one flexible strand defining an adjustable loop. The at least one flexible strand includes a first end extending from the first anchoring element in an opposite direction from the adjustable loop. A length of the adjustable loop is adjusted to position the first bone and the second bone in a selected spacing. The first end of the at least one flexible strand is coupled to a tissue section using a third anchoring element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jesse G. Moore, Bryan D. Den Hartog, Gregory C. Berlet, Murray John Penner, Bruce E. Cohen
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Publication number: 20180318097Abstract: An implant includes a curved first plate section having a curvature about a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction. The first plate section has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole and the second hole are positioned to receive respective bone screws for attaching the implant to a first curved surface of a bone having a syndesmosis. A second plate section extends continuously from the first plate section. The second plate section has at least a third hole that is positioned to be offset from the first hole and the second hole in a direction that is anterior or posterior from the first hole and the second hole in a case where the longitudinal axis is aligned along a superior-inferior direction. The third hole is configured to receive at least one screw or at least one button for holding a suture at a position offset from the first line segment hole and the second hole in the anterior or posterior direction, for reducing the syndesmosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.Inventors: Scott A. ARMACOST, Sach Combs, Murray John Penner, Bruce E. Cohen, Bryan D. Den Hartog, Gregory C. Berlet
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Publication number: 20150149888Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for processing a document request. A document request is received over a network from a client. The document may be composed of a plurality of parts. The parts in the plurality of parts are identified. The plurality of parts may comprise one or more widgets. Parts in the first plurality of parts may be executed via respective different servers to generate respective outputs, which may comprise mark-up language code. The respective outputs may be combined to generate the requested document and the document is provided over the network to the requesting client.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Jeffrey David Rice, Benjamin Peter Sargent, David John Penner
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Patent number: 7568297Abstract: An improved vertical aeration system is provided for a grain bin having a sloped hopper bottom with a discharge opening. A pyramid frame includes legs with lower ends attachable to the hopper bottom. Concave perforated walls are attached to the legs. Braces extending between the legs provide structural support for the walls. An air duct extends upwardly and centrally into the interior of the frame, to supply air into the aeration system for flow outwardly through the perforated walls.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Woodhaven Capital Corp.Inventors: Ken Pierson, Brian Macdonald, John Penner
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Publication number: 20070234587Abstract: An improved vertical aeration system is provided for a grain bin having a sloped hopper bottom with a discharge opening. A pyramid frame includes legs with lower ends attachable to the hopper bottom. Concave perforated walls are attached to the legs. Braces extending between the legs provide structural support for the walls. An air duct extends upwardly and centrally into the interior of the frame, to supply air into the aeration system for flow outwardly through the perforated walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2006Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: WOODHAVEN CAPITAL CORP.Inventors: Ken Pierson, Brian MacDonald, John Penner
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Patent number: 5137485Abstract: A construction set for toys and like objects includes pluralities of different basic components. The basic components are a main strut member, an auxiliary strut member, an articulated strut member, an inline connector member, a panel member, and a wheel member. All components, except the panel member, can form identical connection joints with one another anywhere on multiple sides of the components. The panel member has main and auxiliary projections along opposite edges and protuberances mounted on one side of the panel on the main and auxiliary projections. The wheel member has inner and outer rings mounted to one another for relative rotation. The inner ring of the wheel member can receive one of the main strut members in an interfitted relationship.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1991Date of Patent: August 11, 1992Inventor: V. John Penner
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Patent number: 4344339Abstract: A modified crescent wrench in which the adjustment and holding mechanism may be quickly engaged or disengaged. The spiral adjustment cylinder is mounted over an eccentric mandrel which is rotated about its own axis to engage or disengage the spiral cylinder with the moveable jaw of the wrench.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1980Date of Patent: August 17, 1982Inventor: John Penner
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Patent number: 4307632Abstract: A ratchet wrench of the socket drive type with a socket ejector has a control knob recessed within and reciprocable within a ratchet plug body for independently actuating both the ratchet reversing device and socket ejector.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1980Date of Patent: December 29, 1981Inventor: John Penner
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Patent number: D316018Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1987Date of Patent: April 9, 1991Inventors: John Penner, Robert E. Nigh