Patents by Inventor Kirby Hitt

Kirby Hitt 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).

  • Flexible intramedullary rod
    Patent number: 9526541
    Abstract: An elongated rod for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone such as a femoral medulla of a femur bone, wherein the canal is bowed in one plane. The rod has a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane and one or more cutouts formed in at least a portion of a length of the rod and on opposite sides of the first plane. The rod is flexible along a second plane which is co-planar with the bowed canal plane and which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Scott Logan, Kirby Hitt
  • FLEXIBLE INTRAMEDULLARY ROD
    Publication number: 20150057661
    Abstract: An elongated rod for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone such as a femoral medulla of a femur bone, wherein the canal is bowed in one plane. The rod has a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane and one or more cutouts formed in at least a portion of a length of the rod and on opposite sides of the first plane. The rod is flexible along a second plane which is co-planar with the bowed canal plane and which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Logan, Kirby Hitt
  • Flexible intramedullary rod
    Patent number: 8900233
    Abstract: An elongated rod for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone such as a femoral medulla of a femur bone, wherein the canal is bowed in one plane. The rod has a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane and one or more cutouts formed in at least a portion of a length of the rod and on opposite sides of the first plane. The rod is flexible along a second plane which is co-planar with the bowed canal plane and which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Scott Logan, Kirby Hitt
  • FLEXIBLE INTRAMEDULLARY ROD
    Publication number: 20100241121
    Abstract: An elongated rod for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone such as a femoral medulla of a femur bone, wherein the canal is bowed in one plane. The rod has a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane and one or more cutouts formed in at least a portion of a length of the rod and on opposite sides of the first plane. The rod is flexible along a second plane which is co-planar with the bowed canal plane and which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Scott Logan, Kirby Hitt
  • Flexible intramedullary rod
    Publication number: 20080287958
    Abstract: An elongated rod for insertion into a bowed canal of a bone such as a femoral medulla of a femur bone, wherein the canal is bowed in one plane. The rod has a longitudinal axis disposed on a first plane and one or more cutouts formed in at least a portion of a length of the rod and on opposite sides of the first plane. The rod is flexible along a second plane which is co-planar with the bowed canal plane and which is disposed on the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Scott Logan, Kirby Hitt