Patents by Inventor Kirk Jay Bailey

Kirk Jay Bailey 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 external fixation of large bones
    Patent number: 6171308
    Abstract: A fixator for securing a first bone portion in a position relative to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a first bone screw clamp that serves as a template for drilling a hole in a first bone portion and that secures the first bone screw to the fixator. The fixator also includes a second bone screw clamp that serves as a template for drilling a hole in the second bone portion and that secures the second bone screw to the fixator once the second bone screw is secured to the second bone portion. The fixator also includes a main body that is operable to secure the first bone screw clamp to the second bone screw clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventors: Kirk Jay Bailey, Sean P. Curry, John Scott Mahaffey
  • Method and apparatus for external fixation of small bones
    Patent number: 5743898
    Abstract: An external fixator for securing a first bone portion in a fixed relationship with respect to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a bone screw clamp for receiving a first bone screw which is connected to the first bone portion and which includes a spherical portion. The fixator further includes a bone screw clamp which is operable to receive a second bone screw which is connected to the second bone portion and which has a spherical portion. The fixator also includes a connection member having a radiographic window to permit radiographic examination of the bone fracture, as well as a cantilever member operable to secure the spherical portions of the first and second bone screw clamps to the connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Electro-Biology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk Jay Bailey, Sean P. Curry, John Scott Mahaffey
  • Method and apparatus for external fixation of large bones
    Patent number: 5662650
    Abstract: A fixator for securing a first bone portion in a position relative to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a first bone screw clamp that serves as a template for drilling a hole in a first bone portion and that secures the first bone screw to the fixator. The fixator also includes a second bone screw clamp that serves as a template for drilling a hole in the second bone portion and that secures the second bone screw to the fixator once the second bone screw is secured to the second bone portion. The fixator also includes a main body that is operable to secure the first bone screw clamp to the second bone screw clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Electro-Biology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk Jay Bailey, Sean P. Curry, John Scott Mahaffey