Patents by Inventor Lee Whitehurst

Lee Whitehurst 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).

  • Systems and methods for delivering a medicament
    Patent number: 9849216
    Abstract: A medicament containment device (106) is provided containing a medicament (114) and is associated with an implant, such as an orthopedic implant (102). The medicament containment device (106) can degrade upon exposure to energy, such as energy (112) from an energy source (110). The orthopedic implant (102), including the medicament containment device is implanted or inserted into an environment (100) such as a patient's body. The energy source (110) can be used outside the patient's body, but in proximity to the orthopedic implant (102), to apply energy (112) to the medicament containment device (106). Upon exposure to the energy (112), the medicament containment device (106) can degrade and release the medicament (114) into the environment (100). The medicament (114) can kill and/or disrupt bacterial cells (108) or other infectious cells that form in proximity to the orthopedic implant (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Edward Austin, Sied W. Janna, James K. Rains, John Rose, Lee Whitehurst
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING A MEDICAMENT
    Publication number: 20100094195
    Abstract: A medicament containment device (106) is provided containing a medicament (114) and is associated with an implant, such as an orthopaedic implant (102). The medicament containment device (106) can degrade upon exposure to energy, such as energy (112) from an energy source (110). The orthopaedic implant (102), including the medicament containment device is implanted or inserted into an environment (100) such as a patient's body. The energy source (110) can be used outside the patient's body, but in proximity to the orthopaedic implant (102), to apply energy (112) to the medicament containment device (106). Upon exposure to the energy (112), the medicament containment device (106) can degrade and release the medicament (114) into the environment (100). The medicament (114) can kill and/or disrupt bacterial cells (108) or other infectious cells that form in proximity to the orthopaedic implant (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Edward Austin, Sied W. Janna, James K. Rains, John NMI Rose, Lee Whitehurst