Patents by Inventor Michael C. Vincent

Michael C. Vincent 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).

  • Patent number: 11826086
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a first instrument having an outer sleeve defining a passageway. The first instrument includes an inner sleeve having a first end disposed in the passageway and a second end including a first mating element. The inner sleeve defines a channel. A second instrument includes a hollow shaft disposed in the channel and a handle coupled to the shaft. The handle includes a body and a second mating element extending from the body. The second mating element is configured to engage the first mating element to secure the second instrument to the first instrument. Methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Grizzard, Julien Prevost, John A. Elliot, Michael C. Vincent
  • Publication number: 20210177480
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a first instrument having an outer sleeve defining a passageway. The first instrument includes an inner sleeve having a first end disposed in the passageway and a second end including a first mating element. The inner sleeve defines a channel. A second instrument includes a hollow shaft disposed in the channel and a handle coupled to the shaft. The handle includes a body and a second mating element extending from the body. The second mating element is configured to engage the first mating element to secure the second instrument to the first instrument. Methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.
    Inventors: Mark R. Grizzard, Julien Prevost, John A. Elliot, Michael C. Vincent
  • Patent number: 10932841
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a first instrument having an outer sleeve defining a passageway. The first instrument includes an inner sleeve having a first end disposed in the passageway and a second end including a first mating element. The inner sleeve defines a channel. A second instrument includes a hollow shaft disposed in the channel and a handle coupled to the shaft. The handle includes a body and a second mating element extending from the body. The second mating element is configured to engage the first mating element to secure the second instrument to the first instrument. Methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Grizzard, Julien Prevost, John A. Elliott, Michael C. Vincent
  • Publication number: 20200030015
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a first instrument having an outer sleeve defining a passageway. The first instrument includes an inner sleeve having a first end disposed in the passageway and a second end including a first mating element. The inner sleeve defines a channel. A second instrument includes a hollow shaft disposed in the channel and a handle coupled to the shaft. The handle includes a body and a second mating element extending from the body. The second mating element is configured to engage the first mating element to secure the second instrument to the first instrument. Methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Mark R. Grizzard, Julien Prevost, John A. Elliott, Michael C. Vincent
  • Patent number: 5421408
    Abstract: Natural gas is reinjected into an earth formation for storage and/or stimulating the recovery of hydrocarbon liquids by mixing the gas with water at a pressure sufficient to maintain bubble flow of gas dispersed in a water flowstream in a range of volumetric gas fraction up to about twenty percent of total flow. A water and gas distribution system includes static flow mixers for maintaining uniform distribution of gas bubbles in the water flow stream through the distribution conduits. The mixers may comprise multi-stage bladed mixing elements of the same or opposite pitch and extending across the intersection of branch conduits with the main conduit of the distribution system. The water and gas may be mixed in an injection well having a tubing string extending within the well and having a distal end below the point of injection into an earth formation so that a uniform gas and water mixture enters the formation through the well perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventors: Richard F. Stoisits, Miroslav M. Kolpak, Gordon J. Krist, Tuan D. Ma, Richard L. Payne, Jeffry A. Rugen, Anthony C. Schwarz, Michael C. Vincent, Gary K. Youngren
  • Patent number: D963844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Grizzard, John A. Elliott, Julien Prevost, Michael C. Vincent