Patents by Inventor Neil James Burton

Neil James Burton 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).

  • Surgical apparatus
    Patent number: 11419617
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes a combination of a drill guide and a bone fixation device. The bone fixation device includes a plurality of screw receiving apertures extending therethrough. The drill guide includes a top face and a plurality of drill apertures extending from the top face through the drill guide. The drill apertures of the drill guide are arranged such that the drill apertures can be separated into two groups by an imaginary dividing line, and, if a separation between the two groups in the plane of the top face and normal to the dividing line were increased by a distance d, then the arrangement of the drill apertures would match, or otherwise be aligned with, that of the screw receiving apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Orthomed (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Mark Cunliffe, Neil James Burton
  • SURGICAL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190328407
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes a combination of a drill guide and a bone fixation device. The bone fixation device includes a plurality of screw receiving apertures extending therethrough. The drill guide includes a top face and a plurality of drill apertures extending from the top face through the drill guide. The drill apertures of the drill guide are arranged such that the drill apertures can be separated into two groups by an imaginary dividing line, and, if a separation between the two groups in the plane of the top face and normal to the dividing line were increased by a distance d, then the arrangement of the drill apertures would match, or otherwise be aligned with, that of the screw receiving apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Orthomed (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Mark Cunliffe, Neil James Burton