Patents by Inventor Paul E. Schwartz

Paul E. Schwartz 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 performing a less invasive shoulder procedure
    Patent number: 9370428
    Abstract: A method for performing an arthroplasty on at least one of a glenoid or a humerus of a glenohumeral joint. The method includes the following: forming an entry incision in soft tissue superior and lateral to the glenohumeral joint; forming a passage from the entry incision to the glenohumeral joint; inserting a cutting instrument through the passage and cutting a humeral head of the humerus to prepare the humerus to receive an implant including a stem; inserting the implant through the passage; and securing the implant relative to the humerus with the implant oriented such that the stem extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the humerus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: BIOMET MANUFACTURING, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Paul E. Schwartz
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A LESS INVASIVE SHOULDER PROCEDURE
    Publication number: 20160089164
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of performing a procedure relative to the glenohumeral joint. Resection of the glenoid and/or the humerus can proceed through an incision formed near the glenohumeral joint. The incision can be formed generally near a superior-lateral portion near the glenohumeral joint and allow less invasive access to the glenohumeral joint and the portions that form the glenohumeral joint. The procedure can be performed with no or little detaching of the subscapularis, and with no or little dislocating of the glenohumeral joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Paul E. Schwartz
  • Method and apparatus for performing a less invasive shoulder procedure
    Patent number: 9119643
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of performing a procedure relative to the glenohumeral joint. Resection of the glenoid and/or the humerus can proceed through an incision formed near the glenohumeral joint. The incision can be formed generally near a superior-lateral portion near the glenohumeral joint and allow less invasive access to the glenohumeral joint and the portions that form the glenohumeral joint. The procedure can be performed with no or little detaching of the subscapularis, and with no or little dislocating of the glenohumeral joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Paul E. Schwartz
  • Method and apparatus for performing a less invasive shoulder procedure
    Patent number: 8157866
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of performing a procedure relative to the glenohumeral joint. Resection of the glenoid and/or the humerus can proceed through an incision formed near the glenohumeral joint. The incision can be formed generally near a superior-lateral portion near the glenohumeral joint and allow less invasive access to the glenohumeral joint and the portions that form the glenohumeral joint. A stem is positioned into a resected humerus through the incision. A humeral head is coupled to the stem within the incision after the stem has been coupled to the patient's humerus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Paul E. Schwartz
  • Method And Apparatus For Performing A Less Invasive Shoulder Procedure
    Publication number: 20110320004
    Abstract: A method for performing an arthroplasty on at least one of a glenoid or a humerus of a glenohumeral joint. The method includes the following: forming an entry incision in soft tissue superior and lateral to the glenohumeral joint; forming a passage from the entry incision to the glenohumeral joint; inserting a cutting instrument through the passage and cutting a humeral head of the humerus to prepare the humerus to receive an implant including a stem; inserting the implant through the passage; and securing the implant relative to the humerus with the implant oriented such that the stem extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the humerus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Paul E. Schwartz
  • Method and Apparatus for Performing a Less Invasive Shoulder Procedure
    Publication number: 20090118837
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of performing a procedure relative to the glenohumeral joint. Resection of the glenoid and/or the humerus can proceed through an incision formed near the glenohumeral joint. The incision can be formed generally near a superior-lateral portion near the glenohumeral joint and allow less invasive access to the glenohumeral joint and the portions that form the glenohumeral joint. A stem is positioned into a resected humerus through the incision. A humeral head is coupled to the stem within the incision after the stem has been coupled to the patient's humerus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Paul E. Schwartz