Patents by Inventor Robert Benjamin Rice

Robert Benjamin Rice 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: 20250090341
    Abstract: A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a hub and a plurality of peripheral members. Each of the peripheral members has a peripheral member height dimension between the patient specific contact surface and a side of the peripheral member opposite the patient specific contact surface. At least one of the peripheral members is a low profile peripheral member in which the peripheral height dimension is less than the peripheral height dimension of at least one other of the peripheral members or is less than the hub height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Charles L. PENNINGER, Shawn M. GARGAC, Robert Benjamin RICE, Anne Marie SCHLAMB, George S. ATHWAL, Robert D. GRAHAM, Marine GODELU
  • Publication number: 20250049484
    Abstract: An anchor trajectory guide and methods of use thereof are provided. The guide includes a body that has a medial side. The medial side can be placed over a lateral side of a fixation plate. The anchor trajectory guide also includes a locator and a plurality of guide apertures. The locator is disposed on or through the medial side of the body. The locator can be mated with the fixation plate. The guide apertures are disposed through the body at positions corresponding to define anchor locations and orientations to provide good purchase adjacent to or in cortical bone around a medial side of a humerus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Robert Courtney, JR., William Matthew Kuester, Robert Benjamin Rice
  • Patent number: 12193943
    Abstract: A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a hub and a plurality of peripheral members. Each of the peripheral members has a peripheral member height dimension between the patient specific contact surface and a side of the peripheral member opposite the patient specific contact surface. At least one of the peripheral members is a low profile peripheral member in which the peripheral height dimension is less than the peripheral height dimension of at least one other of the peripheral members or is less than the hub height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Charles L. Penninger, Shawn M. Gargac, Robert Benjamin Rice, Anne Marie Schlamb, George S. Athwal, Robert D. Graham, Marine Godelu
  • Patent number: 12137953
    Abstract: Provided is a slot anchor guide that includes a medial portion and a lateral portion, the medial portion includes a medial projection configured to span a slot of a fixation plate, where the slot anchor guide is configured to guide an anchor through a predetermined position of a slot of the fixation plate and to mate with the fixation plate to allow a surgeon to place the fixation plate on a bone face by manipulating the lateral portion. Also provided is a tuberosity fracture plate that includes a tuberosity end having a first portion configured to overlay a first tuberosity and a second portion opposite the first portion, a distal portion coupled with and extending away from the tuberosity portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Robert Courtney, Jr., William Matthew Kuester, Robert Benjamin Rice
  • Publication number: 20240041609
    Abstract: A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a hub and a plurality of peripheral members. Each of the peripheral members has a peripheral member height dimension between the patient specific contact surface and a side of the peripheral member opposite the patient specific contact surface. At least one of the peripheral members is a low profile peripheral member in which the peripheral height dimension is less than the peripheral height dimension of at least one other of the peripheral members or is less than the hub height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Charles L. PENNINGER, Shawn M. GARGAC, Robert Benjamin RICE, Anne Marie SCHLAMB, George S. ATHWAL, Robert D. GRAHAM, Marine GODELU
  • Patent number: 11766336
    Abstract: A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a plurality of peripheral members coupled with a peripheral body. The peripheral members have a patient specific contact surface. An open space (e.g., a single open space) is or can be provided radially between a central channel and an inner periphery of the peripheral body. The open space(s) can extend from a side of a spoke to another side of the same or a different spoke. The spoke can be a single spoke in some embodiments. The single open space can extend more than 120 degrees between circumferential ends of the open space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Charles L. Penninger, Shawn M. Gargac, Robert Benjamin Rice, Anne Marie Schlamb, George S. Athwal, Robert D. Graham, Marine Godelu
  • Publication number: 20220354550
    Abstract: Provided is a slot anchor guide that includes a medial portion and a lateral portion, the medial portion includes a medial projection configured to span a slot of a fixation plate, where the slot anchor guide is configured to guide an anchor through a predetermined position of a slot of the fixation plate and to mate with the fixation plate to allow a surgeon to place the fixation plate on a bone face by manipulating the lateral portion. Also provided is a tuberosity fracture plate that includes a tuberosity end having a first portion configured to overlay a first tuberosity and a second portion opposite the first portion, a distal portion coupled with and extending away from the tuberosity portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Robert Courtney, JR., William Matthew Kuester, Robert Benjamin Rice
  • Patent number: 11426220
    Abstract: An anchor trajectory guide and methods of use thereof are provided. The guide includes a body that has a medial side. The medial side can be placed over a lateral side of a fixation plate. The anchor trajectory guide also includes a locator and a plurality of guide apertures. The locator is disposed on or through the medial side of the body. The locator can be mated with the fixation plate. The guide apertures are disposed through the body at positions corresponding to define anchor locations and orientations to provide good purchase adjacent to or in cortical bone around a medial side of a humerus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Robert Courtney, Jr., William Matthew Kuester, Robert Benjamin Rice
  • Publication number: 20210259844
    Abstract: A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a plurality of peripheral members coupled with a peripheral body. The peripheral members have a patient specific contact surface. An open space (e.g., a single open space) is or can be provided radially between a central channel and an inner periphery of the peripheral body. The open space(s) can extend from a side of a spoke to another side of the same or a different spoke. The spoke can be a single spoke in some embodiments. The single open space can extend more than 120 degrees between circumferential ends of the open space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Charles L. Penninger, Shawn M. Gargac, Robert Benjamin Rice, Anne Marie Schlamb, George S. Athwal, Robert D. Graham, Marine Godelu
  • Publication number: 20200237418
    Abstract: An anchor trajectory guide and methods of use thereof are provided. The guide includes a body that has a medial side. The medial side can be placed over a lateral side of a fixation plate. The anchor trajectory guide also includes a locator and a plurality of guide apertures. The locator is disposed on or through the medial side of the body. The locator can be mated with the fixation plate. The guide apertures are disposed through the body at positions corresponding to define anchor locations and orientations to provide good purchase adjacent to or in cortical bone around a medial side of a humerus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Courtney, Jr., William Matthew Kuester, Robert Benjamin Rice