Patents by Inventor Nicholas Patrick Smith

Nicholas Patrick Smith 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: 20150265448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system intended to aid in the surgical correction of malformed regions of the skull by reshaping bone pieces, particularly in remodeling a skull. The present invention provides a system intended to aid in the surgical correction of a skull, particularly of craniosynostosis, wherein the system shall be based around a set of disposable three-dimensional skull templates, but it is also within the scope of the invention to use skull templates, which are sterilisable and can be re-used. A skull template corresponding to the size and desired head form of the patient is used as a template to remodel the cranial vault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ernst Johannes Haberl, Nicholas Patrick Smith