Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Morency

Joseph R. Morency 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).

  • Distraction osteogenesis methods and devices
    Patent number: 8177789
    Abstract: Methods and devices for distraction osteogenesis are disclosed employing an energy storage device and a controlled release of energy to provide a separating force. For example, bone expansion devices can include a first anchor element attachable to a first segment of bone, a second anchor element attachable to a second segment of bone, and an actuator for applying a separating force between the first and second anchor elements. The actuator can include a potential energy storage device and a controller for releasing energy from the energy storage device to provide the separating force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Magill, Joseph R. Morency, Leonard B. Kaban, Maria Troulis
  • Distraction Osteogenesis Methods and Devices
    Publication number: 20090088766
    Abstract: Methods and devices for distraction osteogenesis are disclosed employing an energy storage device and a controlled release of energy to provide a separating force. For example, bone expansion devices can include a first anchor element attachable to a first segment of bone, a second anchor element attachable to a second segment of bone, and an actuator for applying a separating force between the first and second anchor elements. The actuator can include a potential energy storage device and a controller for releasing energy from the energy storage device to provide the separating force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicants: Physical Sciences, Inc., THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION d/b/a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
    Inventors: John C. Magill, Joseph R. Morency, Leonard B. Kaban, Maria Troulis
  • Process for producing nanoscale ceramic powders
    Patent number: 5358695
    Abstract: Submicron sized ceramic particles are produced by combining a ceramic precursor with an organic or carbonaceous carrier material, and exposing droplets of the mixture to a temperature sufficient to cause combustion of the organic material and subsequent vaporization and nucleation, or diffusion and oxidation, of the ceramic precursor to form pure, crystalline, uniform nanophase ceramic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Physical Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Helble, Gary A. Moniz, Joseph R. Morency