Patents by Inventor Mark Bernhard Sommers

Mark Bernhard Sommers 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).

  • WRIST ARTHROPLASTY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230255785
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a wrist arthroplasty system and method that enable an expedient surgical procedure, maintain wrist motion, and reduce the likelihood of implant loosening. The system includes a capitate implant, a radial implant, and a resection instrument. The capitate implant includes a convex head formed to interface with a concave socket of the radial implant. The capitate implant includes a single stem formed to be secured within a patient's capitate bone. The radial implant includes lips formed to increase wrist joint motion and to help prevent dislocation of the capitate implant from the radial implant. The resection instrument may be used in combination as a measurement tool for determining the proper implant size, a guide for properly positioning the implants, and a trial tool for testing trial implant components before securing the final radial and capitate implants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Terrence Chadwick Smith, Bryon Marshall Morse, Mark Bernhard Sommers, Charles Andrew Pailthorpe
  • Wrist arthroplasty system and method
    Patent number: 11638648
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a wrist arthroplasty system and method that enable an expedient surgical procedure, maintain wrist motion, and reduce the likelihood of implant loosening. The system includes a capitate implant, a radial implant, and a resection instrument. The capitate implant includes a convex head formed to interface with a concave socket of the radial implant. The capitate implant includes a single stem formed to be secured within a patient's capitate bone. The radial implant includes lips formed to increase wrist joint motion and to help prevent dislocation of the capitate implant from the radial implant. The resection instrument may be used in combination as a measurement tool for determining the proper implant size, a guide for properly positioning the implants, and a trial tool for testing trial implant components before securing the final radial and capitate implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Acumed LLC
    Inventors: Terrence Chadwick Smith, Bryon Marshall Morse, Mark Bernhard Sommers, Charles Andrew Pailthorpe
  • WRIST ARTHROPLASTY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210220144
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a wrist arthroplasty system and method that enable an expedient surgical procedure, maintain wrist motion, and reduce the likelihood of implant loosening. The system includes a capitate implant, a radial implant, and a resection instrument. The capitate implant includes a convex head formed to interface with a concave socket of the radial implant. The capitate implant includes a single stem formed to be secured within a patient's capitate bone. The radial implant includes lips formed to increase wrist joint motion and to help prevent dislocation of the capitate implant from the radial implant. The resection instrument may be used in combination as a measurement tool for determining the proper implant size, a guide for properly positioning the implants, and a trial tool for testing trial implant components before securing the final radial and capitate implants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Terrence Chadwick Smith, Bryon Marshall Morse, Mark Bernhard Sommers, Charles Andrew Pailthorpe