Patents by Inventor Marie LaPosta

Marie LaPosta 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).

  • Reciprocating metering device
    Patent number: 9192092
    Abstract: A reciprocating metering device is disclosed. The metering device provides a mechanism for discharging a metered amount of material, such as rice seeds, into a reservoir formed by plunging the metering device into soil. The metering device operates in a reciprocating motion wherein, in a first position, the spear extends from the device to form the reservoir and the seeds are retained within the device and in a second position, the spear is retracted into the device and the seeds are able to be discharged out of the device and into the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Drexel University
    Inventors: James Tangorra, Alexander Moseson, Marie LaPosta, Raymond John Bauer, Kathryn VenVertloh, Kathleen Shacklett, Phuong N. Diep-Lam
  • Fixation assembly
    Patent number: 9138279
    Abstract: A fixation assembly having a driver, a holding sleeve, and an alignment mechanism is disclosed. The driver may include a driver body and a coupling extending from a distal end of the driver body. The holding sleeve may have a holding sleeve body, a channel extending through the holding sleeve body, and a fixation element coupler disposed at a distal portion of the holding sleeve body. The channel may be configured to receive the driver, and the fixation element coupler may be configured to temporarily hold a fixation element. The alignment mechanism may extend from the holding sleeve, and may have at least one alignment member configured to engage an underlying structure to which the fixation element is to be affixed so as to align the fixation element and driver assembly with respect to the underlying structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Marie Laposta, Jared Schoenly
  • FIXATION ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150032115
    Abstract: A fixation assembly having a driver, a holding sleeve, and an alignment mechanism is disclosed. The driver may include a driver body and a coupling extending from a distal end of the driver body. The holding sleeve may have a holding sleeve body, a channel extending through the holding sleeve body, and a fixation element coupler disposed at a distal portion of the holding sleeve body. The channel may be configured to receive the driver, and the fixation element coupler may be configured to temporarily hold a fixation element. The alignment mechanism may extend from the holding sleeve, and may have at least one alignment member configured to engage an underlying structure to which the fixation element is to be affixed so as to align the fixation element and driver assembly with respect to the underlying structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Marie LAPOSTA, Jared SCHOENLY
  • Fixation assembly
    Patent number: 8882775
    Abstract: A fixation assembly having a driver, a holding sleeve, and an alignment mechanism is disclosed. The driver may include a driver body and a coupling extending from a distal end of the driver body. The holding sleeve may have a holding sleeve body, a channel extending through the holding sleeve body, and a fixation element coupler disposed at a distal portion of the holding sleeve body. The channel may be configured to receive the driver, and the fixation element coupler may be configured to temporarily hold a fixation element. The alignment mechanism may extend from the holding sleeve, and may have at least one alignment member configured to engage an underlying structure to which the fixation element is to be affixed so as to align the fixation element and driver assembly with respect to the underlying structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Marie LaPosta, Jared Schoenly
  • Reciprocating Metering Device
    Publication number: 20140144930
    Abstract: A reciprocating metering device is disclosed. The metering device provides a mechanism for discharging a metered amount of material, such as rice seeds, into a reservoir formed by plunging the metering device into soil. The metering device operates in a reciprocating motion wherein, in a first position, the spear extends from the device to form the reservoir and the seeds are retained within the device and in a second position, the spear is retracted into the device and the seeds are able to be discharged out of the device and into the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: James Tangorra, Alexander Moseson, Marie LaPosta, Raymond John Bauer, Kathryn VenVertloh, Kathleen Shacklett, Phuong N. Diep-Lam
  • FIXATION ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120265259
    Abstract: A fixation assembly having a driver, a holding sleeve, and an alignment mechanism is disclosed. The driver may include a driver body and a coupling extending from a distal end of the driver body. The holding sleeve may have a holding sleeve body, a channel extending through the holding sleeve body, and a fixation element coupler disposed at a distal portion of the holding sleeve body. The channel may be configured to receive the driver, and the fixation element coupler may be configured to temporarily hold a fixation element. The alignment mechanism may extend from the holding sleeve, and may have at least one alignment member configured to engage an underlying structure to which the fixation element is to be affixed so as to align the fixation element and driver assembly with respect to the underlying structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Marie LaPosta, Jared Schoenly