Patents by Inventor Michael E. Kaufman

Michael E. Kaufman 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: 9028250
    Abstract: A variety of improvements to the vibrating devices for dental remodeling are provided, including improved bite plate designs that accommodate common patient bite structure, a connector for a bite plate, a sizing tray for same, as well as better motors providing improved performance characteristics for an extraoral vibrator, and a completely intraoral vibrating dental plate with very thin cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Spaulding, Jeremy Ling, Michael E. Kaufman, Michael K. Lowe
  • Publication number: 20100055634
    Abstract: A variety of improvements to the vibrating devices for dental remodeling are provided, including improved bite plate designs that accommodate common patient bite structure, a connector for a bite plate, a sizing tray for same, as well as better motors providing improved performance characteristics for an extraoral vibrator, and a completely intraoral vibrating dental plate with very thin cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn SPAULDING, Jeremy Ling, Michael E. Kaufman, Michael K. Lowe
  • Patent number: 6013103
    Abstract: A knee prosthesis for replacing at least a portion of a knee joint between the distal end of a femur and the proximal end of a tibia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Kaufman, Kevin B. Hayes, Dennis J. Buchanan, Robert D. Paxson, Irina A. Timmerman, Stephen E. White
  • Patent number: 4721104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical apparatus for providing an accurately placed recess in a distal femoral surface for the intercondylar stabilizing housing of a posterior-stabilized knee implant prosthesis which apparatus comprises (a) a template having (1) a bottom surface which is adapted to be placed in an aligning relationship with the flat surface of a distal femur which has been partially shaped to receive the femoral component of a posterior-stabilized knee implant prosthesis and (2) a U-shaped slot passing through the template where the slot is of substantially the same size and shape as the outer periphery of the intercondylar stabilizing housing present on the femoral component to be implanted and (b) a drilling means, preferably in the form of an end-mill cutter, having a stop means thereon and the drilling means closely engages the sides of the U-shaped slot in the template so that the drilling means can be passed through the U-shaped slot until the stop means contacts a surface of the g
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Dow Corning Wright Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Kaufman, Leo A. Whiteside