Patents by Inventor Nick James Theophilius Metcalfe

Nick James Theophilius Metcalfe 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 instrument
    Patent number: 9572590
    Abstract: An instrument (2) for aligning a surgical tool, the instrument (2) comprising, a body portion (4) having a tool guide (90), first and second arms (6), (8) operatively connected to the body portion (4) and adapted to engage a bone, and urging means (10), acting between the body portion (4) and the first and second arms (6), (8), for urging the first and second arms (6), (8) into engagement with a predetermined portion of a bone, thereby clamping the arms (6), (8) onto the bone and aligning the tool guide (90) with the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BIOMET UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Keshav Singhal, Heikki Vilhelm Pitkanen, Nick James Theophilius Metcalfe
  • SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20100292743
    Abstract: An instrument (2) for aligning a surgical tool, the instrument (2) comprising, a body portion (4) having a tool guide (90), first and second arms (6), (8) operatively connected to the body portion (4) and adapted to engage a bone, and urging means (10), acting between the body portion (4) and the first and second arms (6), (8), for urging the first and second arms (6), (8) into engagement with a predetermined portion of a bone, thereby clamping the arms (6), (8) onto the bone and aligning the tool guide (90) with the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: BIOMET UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Keshav Singhal, Heikki Vihelm Pitkanen, Nick James Theophilius Metcalfe