Patents by Inventor Mark SCHAMBLIN

Mark SCHAMBLIN 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).

  • SUTURE LOCKING FREE NEEDLE
    Publication number: 20190015098
    Abstract: A suture locking free needle formed with an eye with a locking slot open to the eye. The locking slot secures a suture passed through the eye in order to prevent unthreading of the suture from the needle during use. The locking slot is narrower in width than the width of the corresponding suture so that suture forms an interference fit with the locking slot thereby preventing the suture from being released from the needle when the suture encounters the friction from tissue during use. In use, once the surgical suture is threaded into the surgical needle, the suture is pulled upward into the locking slot in order to hold it securely in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Schamblin
  • ARTHROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE FOR LOAD SHARING WITH PATCH AND SUTURE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120265219
    Abstract: A method according to embodiments of the present invention includes attaching an assembly of suture and patch across a tendon to be repaired, for example a rotator cuff, and adjusting the tension of the suture and patch assembly independent of the tension of the repaired tendon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Jamal RUSHDY, Justin C. ANDERSON, Kevin OHASHI, Heber CROCKETT, Gary GARTSMAN, Mark SCHAMBLIN