Patents by Inventor Lester H. Fehr

Lester H. Fehr 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).

  • Methods and devices for repairing cartilage defects
    Patent number: 11857170
    Abstract: The present disclosures describe devices and methods to repair cartilage defects using arthroscopic surgical methods. The disclosed devices include a cannula assembly including a cannula body, a dam seal sub-assembly disposed proximally from the cannula body, and an obturator inserted coaxially through both the cannula body and the dam seal sub-assembly; an articulated arthroscopic cutting tool; a ring curette; a square curette; a rake curette; a matrix shuttle delivery device for delivering a cell-seeded support matrix including chondrocytes; and an applicator tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Vericel Corporation
    Inventors: Felix Ernesto Robles Toth, Robert Bruce Mackinnon, III, Lester H. Fehr
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPAIRING CARTILAGE DEFECTS
    Publication number: 20230277163
    Abstract: The present disclosures describe devices and methods to repair cartilage defects using arthroscopic surgical methods. The disclosed devices include a cannula assembly including a cannula body, a dam seal sub-assembly disposed proximally from the cannula body, and an obturator inserted coaxially through both the cannula body and the dam seal sub-assembly; an articulated arthroscopic cutting tool; a ring curette; a square curette; a rake curette; a matrix shuttle delivery device for delivering a cell-seeded support matrix including chondrocytes; and an applicator tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Felix Ernesto Robles Toth, Robert Bruce Mackinnon, III, Lester H. Fehr