Patents by Inventor Kingsbury G. Heiple

Kingsbury G. Heiple 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: 4696292
    Abstract: A cutting tool for preparing a femur for the receipt of an implantable prosthesis comprising a rotatable drive member adapted for removable coupling to a motor unit of a power assembly, with the tool being adapted to be received interiorly of the intramedullary canal of the femur and including a cylindrical-like cutter secured to the drive member for cutting into a confronting interior surface of the femur canal, together with shoulders on both sides of the cutter for limiting the depth of groove produced by the cutter upon rotation of the tool and movement of the cutter laterally into engagement with the canal surface. The canal is adapted to receive surgical cement in which the prosthesis is embedded, and with the cement entering the formed grooves in the interior surface of the canal for aiding in firmly anchoring the prosthesis in the canal upon hardening of the cement. A novel method for preparing the femur for the receipt of an implantable prosthesis by forming grooves therein is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Inventor: Kingsbury G. Heiple
  • Patent number: 4009712
    Abstract: A fluted hip nail implant system for orthopaedic surgery for use in repair of fractures of the hip or for stabilization of surgically created fractures in the reconstruction of congenital deformaties of the hip. A single piece fluted hip nail with depending bone plate having a specially designed junction between the nail portion and the bone plate adapted to receive instrumentation for use in insertion and removal of the implant. The hip nail portion is formed with flutes terminating in sharp tips for cutting into the bone and providing torsional rigidity. A bone clamp tool having a ball member adapted to be received in a recess on the bone plate assists in clamping the bone plate to a femur to permit application of surgical screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1977
    Assignee: The Sampson Corporation
    Inventors: Albert H. Burstein, Kingsbury G. Heiple