Patents by Inventor Richard G. Mauldin

Richard G. Mauldin 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE FIXATION OR FUSION OF BONE USING COMPRESSIVE IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20130184769
    Abstract: First and second bone segments separated by a fracture line or joint can be fixated or fused by creating an insertion path through the first bone segment, through the fracture line or joint, and into the second bone segment. An anchor body is introduced through the insertion path. The distal end of the anchor body is anchored in the interior region of the second bone segment. An elongated implant structure is passed over the anchor body to span the fracture line or joint between the bone segments. The proximal end of the anchor body is anchored to an exterior region of the first bone segment to place, in concert with the anchored distal end, the anchor body in compression, to thereby compress and fixate the bone segments relative to the fracture line or joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Mark A. REILEY, Justin LERMAN, Richard G. MAULDIN
  • Systems and methods for the fixation or fusion of bone using compressive implants
    Patent number: 8388667
    Abstract: First and second bone segments separated by a fracture line or joint can be fixated or fused by creating an insertion path through the first bone segment, through the fracture line or joint, and into the second bone segment. An anchor body is introduced through the insertion path. The distal end of the anchor body is anchored in the interior region of the second bone segment. An elongated implant structure is passed over the anchor body to span the fracture line or joint between the bone segments. The proximal end of the anchor body is anchored to an exterior region of the first bone segment to place, in concert with the anchored distal end, the anchor body in compression, to thereby compress and fixate the bone segments relative to the fracture line or joint. A bony in-growth or through-growth region on the implant structure accelerates the fixation or fusion of the first and second bone segments held in compression and fixated by the anchor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Si-Bone, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Reiley, Justin Lerman, Richard G. Mauldin
  • Systems and methods for the fixation of fusion of bone using compressive implants
    Publication number: 20110087296
    Abstract: First and second bone segments separated by a fracture line or joint can be fixated or fused by creating an insertion path through the first bone segment, through the fracture line or joint, and into the second bone segment. An anchor body is introduced through the insertion path. The distal end of the anchor body is anchored in the interior region of the second bone segment. An elongated implant structure is passed over the anchor body to span the fracture line or joint between the bone segments. The proximal end of the anchor body is anchored to an exterior region of the first bone segment to place, in concert with the anchored distal end, the anchor body in compression, to thereby compress and fixate the bone segments relative to the fracture line or joint. A bony in-growth or through-growth region on the implant structure accelerates the fixation or fusion of the first and second bone segments held in compression and fixated by the anchor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Mark A. Reiley, Justin Lerman, Richard G. Mauldin