Patents by Inventor Michael PLECKO

Michael PLECKO 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: 9486261
    Abstract: A device for treating a bone includes a plate having a connector opening and a first fastener receiving lumen extending therethrough, the first fastener receiving lumen being sized and shaped to receive therethrough a bone fastener and a nail sized and shaped for insertion in a medullary canal of a target bone, the nail including an elongate shaft and an opening extending through the shaft in combination with a connector sized and shaped so that, when the plate is positioned over a target portion of bone in a desired alignment with the nail, the connector may be passed into the target portion of bone via the connector opening and into the opening of the nail, the shape of the connector engaging the opening to form an angularly stable connection between the plate and the nail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Plecko, Oliver Boesl
  • Patent number: 9393029
    Abstract: A device for guiding a drilling tool to form an opening in a bone, includes a body extending from a distal end to a proximal end, the body including a lumen extending therethrough, the lumen being sized and shaped to slidably accommodate a guidewire therein and a plurality of arms extending proximally from the proximal end, the arms being disposed about the lumen with a gripping surface of each arm being spaced radially from an axis of the guide wire lumen by a distance corresponding to a thickness of a guidewire to be received therein, the gripping surfaces gripping the guidewire to maintain a portion thereof extending proximally of the lumen along the axis of the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Plecko, Martin Felder, Andreas Sigrist
  • Publication number: 20100256685
    Abstract: A device for treating a bone includes a plate having a connector opening and a first fastener receiving lumen extending therethrough, the first fastener receiving lumen being sized and shaped to receive therethrough a bone fastener and a nail sized and shaped for insertion in a medullary canal of a target bone, the nail including an elongate shaft and an opening extending through the shaft in combination with a connector sized and shaped so that, when the plate is positioned over a target portion of bone in a desired alignment with the nail, the connector may be passed into the target portion of bone via the connector opening and into the opening of the nail, the shape of the connector engaging the opening to form an angularly stable connection between the plate and the nail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Plecko, Oliver Boesl
  • Publication number: 20100228253
    Abstract: A device for guiding a drilling tool to form an opening in a bone, comprises a body extending from a distal end to a proximal end, the body including a lumen extending therethrough, the lumen being sized and shaped to slidably accommodate a guidewire therein and a plurality of arms extending proximally from the proximal end, the arms being disposed about the lumen with a gripping surface of each arm being spaced radially from an axis of the guide wire lumen by a distance corresponding to a thickness of a guidewire to be received therein, the gripping surfaces gripping the guidewire to maintain a portion thereof extending proximally of the lumen along the axis of the lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Michael PLECKO, Martin Felder, Andreas Sigrist