Patents by Inventor Larabeth Gladys Fisher

Larabeth Gladys Fisher 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).

  • Cable button
    Patent number: 8343155
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method for reducing a bone fracture and an apparatus such as a cable button for use with a bone plate, the cable button including cable button threads, a plurality of cable button apertures, a hex socket, and a hex opening. The present disclosure also includes a method for reducing a bone fracture and an apparatus such as a cable button for use with a bone plate, the cable button including a plurality of legs, where a leg includes a protrusion, where the protrusion engages the bone plate, and the cable button defines at least one cable button aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Larabeth Gladys Fisher, Michael Joseph LaLonde, Michael Kent Keith
  • CABLE BUTTON
    Publication number: 20090287215
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method for reducing a bone fracture and an apparatus such as a cable button for use with a bone plate, the cable button including cable button threads, a plurality of cable button apertures, a hex socket, and a hex opening. The present disclosure also includes a method for reducing a bone fracture and an apparatus such as a cable button for use with a bone plate, the cable button including a plurality of legs, where a leg includes a protrusion, where the protrusion engages the bone plate, and the cable button defines at least one cable button aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: ZIMMER, INC.
    Inventors: Larabeth Gladys Fisher, Michael Joseph LaLonde, Michael Kent Keith