Patents by Inventor Mi Ro Kang

Mi Ro Kang 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).

  • Method and system for cutting knee joint using robot
    Patent number: 8992534
    Abstract: A method and a system for cutting the knee joint using a robot. A cantilevered cutter is introduced into the knee joint from inside and outside of upper and lower bones of the knee joint to realize a tunnel cutting technique in which cutting is conducted such that tunnels are defined in bone and remnant bone is cleared. The cutter includes a shaft in which a substantial axial portion is fitted into a sleeve and a remaining axial portion serves as a cantilever extending out of the sleeve, and a head which is formed at a distal end of the shaft. A length of the cantilever and a diameter of the head are determined to have minimum sizes as long as the head can be introduced into bone in such a way as to define a tunnel and can be moved in the bone while cutting the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventors: Chun Tek Lee, Sung Hwan Yoon, Oh Myoung Kwon, Joon Sik Park, Hang Jae Lee, Mi Ro Kang, Masei Marty Trabish, Jai Karan
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUTTING KNEE JOINT USING ROBOT
    Publication number: 20120165830
    Abstract: A method and a system for cutting the knee joint using a robot. A cantilevered cutter is introduced into the knee joint from inside and outside of upper and lower bones of the knee joint to realize a tunnel cutting technique in which cutting is conducted such that tunnels are defined in bone and remnant bone is cleared. The cutter includes a shaft in which a substantial axial portion is fitted into a sleeve and a remaining axial portion serves as a cantilever extending out of the sleeve, and a head which is formed at a distal end of the shaft. A length of the cantilever and a diameter of the head are determined to have minimum sizes as long as the head can be introduced into bone in such a way as to define a tunnel and can be moved in the bone while cutting the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: Chang San Medical Treatment Foundation
    Inventors: Chun Tek Lee, Sung Hwan Yoon, Oh Myoung Kwon, Joon Sik Park, Hang Jae Lee, Mi Ro Kang, Masei Marty Trabish, Jai Karan
  • Method and system for cutting knee joint using robot
    Publication number: 20090287222
    Abstract: A method and a system for cutting the knee joint using a robot. A cantilevered cutter is introduced into the knee joint from inside and outside of upper and lower bones of the knee joint to realize a tunnel cutting technique in which cutting is conducted such that tunnels are defined in bone and remnant bone is cleared. The cutter includes a shaft in which a substantial axial portion is fitted into a sleeve and a remaining axial portion serves as a cantilever extending out of the sleeve, and a head which is formed at a distal end of the shaft. A length of the cantilever and a diameter of the head are determined to have minimum sizes as long as the head can be introduced into bone in such a way as to define a tunnel and can be moved in the bone while cutting the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Chun Tek Lee, Sung Hwan Yoon, Oh Myoung Kwon, Joon Sik Park, Hang Jae Lee, Mi Ro Kang, Masei Marty Trabish, Jai Karan