Patents by Inventor Mark Robert Bilitz

Mark Robert Bilitz 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).

  • Publication number: 20180235798
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for preparing a fractured bone for repair. Preparing the bone may include fracture reduction. Preparing the bone may include holding a fracture in reduction. Preparing the bone may include identifying locations for obtaining access to an interior region of the bone. The apparatus may include structures outside the bone that interact with fragments of the bone. The structures may participate in the reduction. The structures may participate in holding the reduction. The structures may participate in identifying the locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Kyle Taylor, Todd A. Krinke, Alex A. Peterson, Thomas David Magnuson, Steve D. Kruse, Mark Robert Bilitz, Stefan J. Hertel, Michael P. Brenzel, Paul Hindrichs
  • Patent number: 9498370
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for preparing a fractured bone for repair. Preparing the bone may include fracture reduction. Preparing the bone may include holding a fracture in reduction. Preparing the bone may include identifying locations for obtaining access to an interior region of the bone. The apparatus may include structures outside the bone that interact with fragments of the bone. The structures may participate in the reduction. The structures may participate in holding the reduction. The structures may participate in identifying the locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Conventus Orthopaedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Taylor, Todd A. Krinke, Alex A. Peterson, Thomas David Magnuson, Steve D. Kruse, Mark Robert Bilitz, Stefan J. Hertel, Michael P. Brenzel, Paul Hindrichs
  • Publication number: 20160175012
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for preparing a fractured bone for repair. Preparing the bone may include fracture reduction. Preparing the bone may include holding a fracture in reduction. Preparing the bone may include identifying locations for obtaining access to an interior region of the bone. The apparatus may include structures outside the bone that interact with fragments of the bone. The structures may participate in the reduction. The structures may participate in holding the reduction. The structures may participate in identifying the locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Kyle Taylor, Todd A. Krinke, Alex A. Peterson, Thomas David Magnuson, Steve D. Kruse, Mark Robert Bilitz, Stefan J. Hertel, Michael P. Brenzel, Paul Hindrichs
  • Publication number: 20120253410
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for preparing a fractured bone for repair. Preparing the bone may include fracture reduction. Preparing the bone may include holding a fracture in reduction. Preparing the bone may include identifying locations for obtaining access to an interior region of the bone. The apparatus may include structures outside the bone that interact with fragments of the bone. The structures may participate in the reduction. The structures may participate in holding the reduction. The structures may participate in identifying the locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Kyle Taylor, Todd A. Krinke, Alex A. Peterson, Thomas David Magnuson, Steve D. Kruse, Mark Robert Bilitz, Stefan J. Hertel, Michael P. Brenzel, Paul Hindrichs