Patents by Inventor Michael J. Walt

Michael J. Walt 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: 4920958
    Abstract: A drill guide assembly for use in arthroscopic surgery including a probe having a target end and an opposite threaded end portion with a locating lug; a cannular elongate wire guide adapted to guide a guide wire, which wire guide has a beveled bone contact end surface; a body generally arcuate about a predetermined point having a bore adapted to receive the wire guide for longitudinal sliding action with its axis aligned with the predetermined point, and a second end portion with a plurality of sockets adapted to releasably receive the lug and threaded end portion with the target end at the predetermined point; and a locking spring for preventing movement of the wire guide away from the predetermined point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Walt, Craig L. Van Kampen, Steven J. May