Patents by Inventor Nicholas M. Slater

Nicholas M. Slater 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).

  • Publication number: 20240130727
    Abstract: A soft tissue repair device can include a housing having a handle, a deployment system having an actuation member, and an insertion system having an inserter and a slider. The slider can be coupled to the actuation member and movable relative to the inserter between deployed and retracted positions. First and second anchors can be carried on an external surface of the slider such that the anchors are spaced apart and portions of the anchors are coaxial with the slider and each other. A flexible strand can couple the anchors. The insertion system can cooperate with the deployment system to move the slider to the deployed position to deploy the first anchor upon activating the actuation member a first time, and to move the slider to the deployed position from the retracted position to deploy the second anchor upon actuating the actuation member a second time after the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin T. Stone, Nathan M. Sautter, Brian K. Berelsman, Jeffery D. Arnett, Joshua A. Butters, Dylan M. Hushka, Nicholas R. Slater
  • Patent number: 9629646
    Abstract: A tissue resection device may include an hourglass shaped burr to resect tissue according to the shape and curvature of the hourglass shaped burr. The tissue resection device may also include a depth stop window and a movable protective guard to control the amount of cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: IMDS Corporation
    Inventors: Jens Kather, Joshua A. Butters, Jeffery D. Arnett, Dylan M. Hushka, Nicholas M. Slater, Bradford J. Coale
  • Publication number: 20140018834
    Abstract: A tissue resection device may include an hourglass shaped bun to resect tissue according to the shape and curvature of the hourglass shaped burr. The tissue resection device may also include a depth stop window and a movable protective guard to control the amount of cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: IMDS CORPORATION, Michael Schueler, Jens Kather
    Inventors: Jens Kather, Joshua A. Butters, Jeffery D. Arnett, Dylan M. Hushka, Nicholas M. Slater, Bradford J. Coale