Patents by Inventor Nathan Sautter

Nathan Sautter 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 Apparatus for Soft Tissue Fixation
    Publication number: 20120116452
    Abstract: A positioning member may be released to move an anchor member to a holding position. The positioning member being operable to be held in a selected orientation until the anchor member is in a selected position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin T. Stone, Ryan A. Kaiser, Nathan Sautter
  • Method and apparatus for soft tissue fixation
    Patent number: 8109965
    Abstract: A positioning member may be released to move an anchor member to a holding position. The positioning member being operable to be held in a selected orientation until the anchor member is in a selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLP
    Inventors: Kevin T Stone, Ryan A Kaiser, Nathan Sautter
  • Method and Apparatus for Soft Tissue Fixation
    Publication number: 20110301708
    Abstract: An anchor assembly for retaining a graft in an anatomy. The anchor assembly includes an anchor body, a flexible connector, and a graft holding member. The anchor body includes a first connector bore defined by the anchor body. The flexible connector extends through the first connector bore. The graft holding member is attached to the flexible connector and is configured to hold the graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin T. Stone, Ryan A. Kaiser, Nathan Sautter
  • In situ graft preparation for knee ligament reconstruction
    Publication number: 20080243248
    Abstract: Methods of ligament repair are provided. A ligament graft is arranged in a tensioning device and placed adjacent to a heating surface. The heating surface is activated to heat the graft. The graft is tensioned while on the substantially dry heating surface to provide laxity to the graft. The size of the relaxed graft remains the same until the graft is implanted in a bone tunnel as either an anterior or posterior cruciate ligament graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Biomet Sports Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin T. Stone, Nathan Sautter, Michael D. Lee
  • Method and apparatus for soft tissue fixation
    Publication number: 20070049944
    Abstract: A positioning member may be released to move an anchor member to a holding position. The positioning member being operable to be held in a selected orientation until the anchor member is in a selected position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Arthrotek, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Stone, Ryan Kaiser, Nathan Sautter