Patents by Inventor Mark Grevious

Mark Grevious 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).

  • Sternal closure device
    Patent number: 8425572
    Abstract: A method for utilizing a sternal closure device for securing and retaining longitudinally divided halves of a sternum, the device having two sets of anterior and posterior longitudinally extended brace members with brace joining mechanisms extending through the sternal halves to join the anterior brace members to the posterior brace members, such that the sternal halves are compressed between the anterior and posterior brace members, and transverse bridging members that laterally connect the two sets of brace members, with securing mechanisms to retain the two sets of brace members in a contracted configuration with the sternal halves in abutting relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventor: Mark Grevious
  • Sternal closure device
    Publication number: 20110125193
    Abstract: A method for utilizing a sternal closure device for securing and retaining longitudinally divided halves of a sternum, the device having two sets of anterior and posterior longitudinally extended brace members with brace joining mechanisms extending through the sternal halves to join the anterior brace members to the posterior brace members, such that the sternal halves are compressed between the anterior and posterior brace members, and transverse bridging members that laterally connect the two sets of brace members, with securing mechanisms to retain the two sets of brace members in a contracted configuration with the sternal halves in abutting relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventor: Mark Grevious
  • Sternal closure device
    Patent number: 7871411
    Abstract: A sternal closure device for securing and retaining longitudinally divided halves of a sternum, the device having two sets of anterior and posterior longitudinally extended brace members with brace joining mechanisms extending through the sternal halves to join the anterior brace members to the posterior brace members, such that the sternal halves are compressed between the anterior and posterior brace members, and transverse bridging members that laterally connect the two sets of brace members, with securing mechanisms to retain the two sets of brace members in a contracted configuration with the sternal halves in abutting relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventor: Mark Grevious
  • Sternal closure device
    Publication number: 20070038218
    Abstract: A sternal closure device for securing and retaining longitudinally divided halves of a sternum, the device having two sets of anterior and posterior longitudinally extended brace members with brace joining mechanisms extending through the sternal halves to join the anterior brace members to the posterior brace members, such that the sternal halves are compressed between the anterior and posterior brace members, and transverse bridging members that laterally connect the two sets of brace members, with securing mechanisms to retain the two sets of brace members in a contracted configuration with the sternal halves in abutting relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventor: Mark Grevious