Patents by Inventor Philip Frederick

Philip Frederick 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 of implanting using a set of femoral prostheses
    Patent number: 7749278
    Abstract: Orthopaedic implants, orthopaedic implant sets, and/or methods for making the same. Aspects and embodiments of the present invention may include orthopaedic implants having an elongated insertion region including proximal, distal, and transition portions, wherein at least portions of at least one face each of the proximal and transition portions are defined by spaced apart constant radii of curvature. The same or other aspects and embodiments may include sets of orthopaedic implants in which proximal portions of the implants grow at different rates than distal portions of the implants. The same or other aspects and embodiments may include methods for making implants and/or sets of implants by studying the geometries of differently sized bony anatomies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Frederick, David C. Kelman, Vince Shotton
  • Orthopaedic implants and methods for making the same
    Publication number: 20070112433
    Abstract: Orthopaedic implants, orthopaedic implant sets, and/or methods for making the same. Aspects and embodiments of the present invention may include orthopaedic implants having an elongated insertion region including proximal, distal, and transition portions, wherein at least portions of at least one face each of the proximal and transition portions are defined by spaced apart constant radii of curvature. The same or other aspects and embodiments may include sets of orthopaedic implants in which proximal portions of the implants grow at different rates than distal portions of the implants. The same or other aspects and embodiments may include methods for making implants and/or sets of implants by studying the geometries of differently sized bony anatomies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Philip Frederick, David Kelman, Vince Shotton