Patents by Inventor Laird Hatch

Laird Hatch 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).

  • Suture Anchor and Method of Use
    Publication number: 20120271349
    Abstract: A suture anchor 20 is inserted within the spongy bone 22? such that only suture segments 40 and 42 extend into the cortical bone 22?. Suture anchor 20 is inserted with a suture inserting device 58 that holds suture anchor 20 until suture inserting device 58 has entered spongy bone 22?. Deployment device 62 pushes suture anchor 20 from suture inserting device 58 into spongy bone 22?. Suture anchor 20 is positioned such that suture anchor 20 spans the hole 24 through which suture inserting device 58 inserted suture anchor 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: REDLINE ORTHOPEDIC INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Evan Lederman, Dick Winiker, Laird Hatch
  • Suture anchor and method of use
    Patent number: 8226685
    Abstract: A suture anchor 20 is inserted within the spongy bone 22? such that only suture segments 40 and 42 extend into the cortical bone 22?. Suture anchor 20 is inserted with a suture inserting device 58 that holds suture anchor 20 until suture inserting device 58 has entered spongy bone 22?. Deployment device 62 pushes suture anchor 20 from suture inserting device 58 into spongy bone 22?. Suture anchor 20 is positioned such that suture anchor 20 spans the hole 24 through which suture inserting device 58 inserted suture anchor 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Redline Orthopedic Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Evan Lederman, Dick Winiker, Laird Hatch
  • SUTURE ANCHOR AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20110054525
    Abstract: A suture anchor 20 is inserted within the spongy bone 22? such that only suture segments 40 and 42 extend into the cortical bone 22?. Suture anchor 20 is inserted with a suture inserting device 58 that holds suture anchor 20 until suture inserting device 58 has entered spongy bone 22?. Deployment device 62 pushes suture anchor 20 from suture inserting device 58 into spongy bone 22?. Suture anchor 20 is positioned such that suture anchor 20 spans the hole 24 through which suture inserting device 58 inserted suture anchor 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: REDLINE ORTHOPEDIC INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Evan Lederman, Dick Winiker, Laird Hatch
  • Suture passing surgical instrument
    Publication number: 20060020273
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes first and second members configured to receive tissue therebetween. The first member is adapted to receive suture, the second member is coupled to the first member, and a grasper coupled to the second member engages the suture received by the first member. A method of passing suture includes loading suture into a first member of a suture passing surgical instrument, stabilizing tissue between the first member and a second member of the surgical instrument, passing suture through tissue via the first member of the surgical instrument, holding the passed suture via a suture grasper of the surgical instrument, and removing the first member from the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Laird Hatch, James Sullivan
  • Suture passing surgical instrument
    Publication number: 20050234479
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes first and second members configured to receive tissue therebetween. The first member is adapted to receive suture, the second member is coupled to the first member, and a grasper coupled to the second member engages the suture received by the first member. A method of passing suture includes loading suture into a first member of a suture passing surgical instrument, stabilizing tissue between the first member and a second member of the surgical instrument, passing suture through tissue via the first member of the surgical instrument, holding the passed suture via a suture grasper of the surgical instrument, and removing the first member from the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Laird Hatch, James Sullivan
  • Medical screw and method of installation
    Patent number: 6743233
    Abstract: A medical screw includes a shaft having a threaded portion and a distal guiding tip for introducing the screw into a pre-drilled implantation site. The threaded portion of the medical screw has a first series of helical threads having a first diameter and a second series of helical threads interleaved with the first series of helical thread and having a second diameter, where the first diameter is different than the second diameter. In addition, the medical screw may have a counter-rotation channel configured to receive bone growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Orthopaedic Biosystems, Ltd., Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Laird Hatch
  • Medical screw and method of installation
    Publication number: 20040082956
    Abstract: A medical screw includes a shaft having a threaded portion and a distal guiding tip for introducing the screw into a pre-drilled implantation site. The threaded portion of the medical screw has a first series of helical threads having a first diameter and a second series of helical threads interleaved with the first series of helical thread and having a second diameter, where the first diameter is different than the second diameter. In addition, the medical screw may have a counter-rotation channel configured to receive bone growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: Orthopaedic Biosystems LTD, Inc. a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Laird Hatch