Patents by Inventor MARTIN PENDOLA

MARTIN PENDOLA 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).

  • Temporomandibular joint implants and methods of treating a temporomandibular joint
    Patent number: 11337822
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides intramedullary mandibular implants for the temporomandibular joint. The mandibular implants include a stem portion, a collar portion and a head portion. The stem, collar and head portions may be integral. The stem portion may define an inferior end and the head portion may define a superior end of the implants. The head portion may be arcuate in the sagittal plane to provide an articulating surface with a fossa or a fossa component. The collar portion may be intermediate of the head and stem portions and form a channel between an interior surface of the collar portion and an exterior surface of the stem portion. In use, the stem portion may be implanted within a condyle of a mandible such that an end portion of the condyle is situated within the channel of the implant and the head portion articulates with the fossa or fossa component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Pendola, Gaia Salvadore, Rehan Khan
  • TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF TREATING A TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
    Publication number: 20200093602
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides intramedullary mandibular implants for the temporomandibular joint. The mandibular implants include a stem portion, a collar portion and a head portion. The stem, collar and head portions may be integral. The stem portion may define an inferior end and the head portion may define a superior end of the implants. The head portion may be arcuate in the sagittal plane to provide an articulating surface with a fossa or a fossa component. The collar portion may be intermediate of the head and stem portions and form a channel between an interior surface of the collar portion and an exterior surface of the stem portion. In use, the stem portion may be implanted within a condyle of a mandible such that an end portion of the condyle is situated within the channel of the implant and the head portion articulates with the fossa or fossa component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: Martin PENDOLA, Gaia SALVADORE, Rehan KHAN
  • Temporomandibular joint implants and methods of treating a temporomandibular joint
    Patent number: 10485666
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides intramedullary mandibular implants for the temporomandibular joint. The mandibular implants include a stem portion, a collar portion and a head portion. The stem, collar and head portions may be integral. The stem portion may define an inferior end and the head portion may define a superior end of the implants. The head portion may be arcuate in the sagittal plane to provide an articulating surface with a fossa or a fossa component. The collar portion may be intermediate of the head and stem portions and form a channel between an interior surface of the collar portion and an exterior surface of the stem portion. In use, the stem portion may be implanted within a condyle of a mandible such that an end portion of the condyle is situated within the channel of the implant and the head portion articulates with the fossa or fossa component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: Martin Pendola, Gaia Salvadore, Rehan Khan
  • TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF TREATING A TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
    Publication number: 20170100252
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides intramedullary mandibular implants for the temporomandibular joint. The mandibular implants include a stem portion, a collar portion and a head portion. The stem, collar and head portions may be integral. The stem portion may define an inferior end and the head portion may define a superior end of the implants. The head portion may be arcuate in the sagittal plane to provide an articulating surface with a fossa or a fossa component. The collar portion may be intermediate of the head and stem portions and form a channel between an interior surface of the collar portion and an exterior surface of the stem portion. In use, the stem portion may be implanted within a condyle of a mandible such that an end portion of the condyle is situated within the channel of the implant and the head portion articulates with the fossa or fossa component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: MARTIN PENDOLA, GAIA SALVADORE, REHAN KHAN