Patents by Inventor Michael Berend

Michael Berend 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).

  • Devices and methods for knee arthroplasty
    Patent number: 10716580
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in certain embodiments, a device for positioning and orienting the femoral cutting block. The present invention also provides a device for setting rotation of sagittal resection for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The present invention further provides methods for setting the rotation of the tibial implant by kinematic measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: OrthAlign, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Berend, Jonathan Nielsen, Nicholas van der Walt, Scott Richard Small
  • PATIENT-SPECIFIC KNEE ALIGNMENT GUIDE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20190167282
    Abstract: A method of preparing a knee joint for a prosthesis in a patient includes mating a patient-specific three-dimensional curved inner surface of a femoral alignment guide onto a corresponding three-dimensional femoral joint surface of the patient. The patient-specific three-dimensional curved inner surface is preoperatively configured from medical scans of the knee joint of the patient. First and second holes are drilled into an anterior portion of the femoral joint surface through corresponding first and second guiding apertures of the femoral alignment guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Metzger, Keith R. Berend, Michael Berend, Adolph V. Lombardi, JR., Lance Dean Perry, Ryan John Schoenefeld
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
    Publication number: 20170196571
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in certain embodiments, a device for positioning and orienting the femoral cutting block. The present invention also provides a device for setting rotation of sagittal resection for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The present invention further provides methods for setting the rotation of the tibial implant by kinematic measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Berend, Jonathan Nielsen, Nicholas van der Walt, Scott Richard Small
  • Devices and methods for knee arthroplasty
    Patent number: 9549742
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in certain embodiments, a device for positioning and orienting the femoral cutting block. The present invention also provides a device for setting rotation of sagittal resection for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The present invention further provides methods for setting the rotation of the tibial implant by kinematic measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: OrthAlign, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Berend, Jonathan Nielsen, Nicholas van der Walt, Scott Richard Small
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
    Publication number: 20150127009
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in certain embodiments, a device for positioning and orienting the femoral cutting block. The present invention also provides a device for setting rotation of sagittal resection for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The present invention further provides methods for setting the rotation of the tibial implant by kinematic measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Berend, Jonathan Nielsen, Nicholas van der Walt, Scott Richard Small