Patents by Inventor Lisa R. Thornhill

Lisa R. Thornhill 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).

  • Patent number: 8628581
    Abstract: A medical implant includes a body having a conical portion and adapted for implantation into a person's body. A plurality of threads formed around an exterior surface of the conical portion of the body are adapted to help secure the implant in place within the person's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: OsteoMed LLC
    Inventors: Kerry Zang, Shaher A. Ahmad, Lisa R. Thornhill
  • Patent number: 8337533
    Abstract: A system for contouring a locking plate includes a locking plate and at least one bender. The locking plate includes a plurality of threaded screw holes connected to one another by one or more ribs. The at least one bender includes a threaded tip configured to threadably engage one or more of the plurality of threaded screw holes and a shoulder operable to transmit mechanical force to the locking plate once the threaded tip is threadably engaged with one of the plurality of threaded screw holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Osteomed LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Truett Raines, Brandon G. Beckendorf, Lisa R. Thornhill
  • Patent number: 8167891
    Abstract: A system for fracture reduction includes a reduction plate for reducing a fracture between a first bone segment and a second bone segment. The reduction plate includes, on a first side of the reduction plate, a travel slot and a screw hole. The travel slot is configured to slidably engage a first positioning element that extends into the first bone segment through the travel slot and the first screw hole is configured to affix the first side of the reduction plate to the first bone segment. The reduction plate includes, on a second side of the reduction plate, an adjustment hole and a second screw hole. The adjustment hole is configured to engage a second positioning element that extends into the second bone segment through the adjustment hole and the second screw hole is configured to affix the second side of the reduction plate to the second bone segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: OsteoMed LLC
    Inventors: Jayson J. Terres, Shaher A. Ahmad, Lisa R. Thornhill, Solon B. Miles, III, Viorel Mocanu
  • Publication number: 20100130983
    Abstract: A system for establishing a trajectory for a pilot hole includes a plate comprising a screw hole defined by a rim and an inner surface surrounding the screw hole, and a drill guide comprising a body having a guide well formed therein, the guide well defined by a wide opening in the body disposed opposite a narrow opening in the body and an interior surface that tapers from the wide opening to the narrow opening, the narrow opening surrounded by a tip of the body, the tip configured to fit into the screw hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: OsteoMed L.P.
    Inventors: Lisa R. Thornhill, Viorel Mocanu
  • Publication number: 20100016900
    Abstract: A system for fracture reduction includes a reduction plate for reducing a fracture between a first bone segment and a second bone segment. The reduction plate includes, on a first side of the reduction plate, a travel slot and a screw hole. The travel slot is configured to slidably engage a first positioning element that extends into the first bone segment through the travel slot and the first screw hole is configured to affix the first side of the reduction plate to the first bone segment. The reduction plate includes, on a second side of the reduction plate, an adjustment hole and a second screw hole. The adjustment hole is configured to engage a second positioning element that extends into the second bone segment through the adjustment hole and the second screw hole is configured to affix the second side of the reduction plate to the second bone segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: OsteoMed L.P.
    Inventors: Jayson J. Terres, Shaher A. Ahmad, Lisa R. Thornhill, Solon B. Miles III, Viorel Mocanu
  • Publication number: 20090318979
    Abstract: A system for contouring a locking plate includes a locking plate and at least one bender. The locking plate includes a plurality of threaded screw holes connected to one another by one or more ribs. The at least one bender includes a threaded tip configured to threadably engage one or more of the plurality of threaded screw holes and a shoulder operable to transmit mechanical force to the locking plate once the threaded tip is threadably engaged with one of the plurality of threaded screw holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: OsteoMed L.P.
    Inventors: Aaron Truett Raines, Brandon G. Beckendorf, Lisa R. Thornhill