Patents by Inventor Robert J. Borel

Robert J. Borel 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).

  • Patent number: 10543094
    Abstract: An orthopaedic implant can replace a joint in a patient. The orthopaedic implant includes a first component having a first component surface and a second component having a second component surface. The first component surface and the second component surface mate at an interface. The first component surface includes a metal substrate, a nanotextured surface, a ceramic coating, and a transition zone. The nanotextured surface is disposed directly upon the metal substrate and has surface features in a size of 10?9 meters. The ceramic coating conforms to the nanotextured surface and includes a plurality of bio-active sites configured to attract and retain calcium and phosphorous cations. The transition zone is disposed between the metal substrate and the ceramic coating. The transition zone includes a concentration gradient transitioning from the metal substrate to the ceramic coating and there is no distinct interface between the metal substrate and the ceramic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Beamalloy Reconstructive Medical Products, LLC
    Inventors: Arnold H. Deutchman, Robert J. Partyka, Robert J. Borel, Stephen White
  • Publication number: 20170258597
    Abstract: An orthopaedic implant can replace a joint in a patient. The orthopaedic implant includes a first component having a first component surface and a second component having a second component surface. The first component surface and the second component surface mate at an interface. The first component surface includes a metal substrate, a nanotextured surface, a ceramic coating, and a transition zone. The nanotextured surface is disposed directly upon the metal substrate and has surface features in a size of 10?9 meters. The ceramic coating conforms to the nanotextured surface and includes a plurality of bio-active sites configured to attract and retain calcium and phosphorous cations. The transition zone is disposed between the metal substrate and the ceramic coating. The transition zone includes a concentration gradient transitioning from the metal substrate to the ceramic coating and there is no distinct interface between the metal substrate and the ceramic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Arnold H. Deutchman, Robert J. Partyka, Robert J. Borel, Stephen White
  • Patent number: 9523144
    Abstract: Mechanical devices such as prosthetic knees, hips, shoulders, fingers, elbows, wrists, ankles, fingers and spinal elements when implanted in the body and used as articulating elements are subjected to wear and corrosion. These prosthetic implants are usually fabricated in modular form from combinations of metallic materials such as stainless steels, Co—Cr—Mo alloys, and Ti—Al—V alloys; plastics such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE); and ceramics such as alumina and zirconia. As the articulating surfaces of these materials wear and corrode, products including plastic wear debris, metallic wear particles, and metallic ions will be released into the body, transported to and absorbed by bone, blood, the lymphatic tissue, and other organ systems. The polyethylene wear particles have been shown to produce long term bone loss and loosening of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: BEAMALLOY RECONSTRUCTIVE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Arnold H. Deutchman, Robert J. Partyka, Robert J. Borel
  • Publication number: 20080221683
    Abstract: Mechanical devices such as prosthetic knees, hips, shoulders, fingers, elbows, wrists, ankles, fingers and spinal elements when implanted in the body and used as articulating elements are subjected to wear and corrosion. These prosthetic implants are usually fabricated in modular form from combinations of metallic materials such as stainless steels, Co—Cr—Mo alloys, and Ti—Al—V alloys; plastics such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE); and ceramics such as alumina and zirconia. As the articulating surfaces of these materials wear and corrode, products including plastic wear debris, metallic wear particles, and metallic ions will be released into the body, transported to and absorbed by bone, blood, the lymphatic tissue, and other organ systems. The polyethylene wear particles have been shown to produce long term bone loss and loosening of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Arnold H. DEUTCHMAN, Robert J. PARTYKA, Robert J. BOREL
  • Patent number: 7374642
    Abstract: A continuous, uninterrupted two-step treatment process capable of forming nanometer scale physical structures on the surface of articles fabricated from metallic, ceramic, glass, or plastic materials, and then depositing a thin conformal coating on the nanostructured surface such that the physical structures previously produced are neither masked nor are the dimensions of the physical structures substantially altered. In an additional embodiment, a thicker coating can be grown from the thin conformal coating which itself can be nanostructured as it is deposited. In this case adhesion of the thicker coating is not dependent upon the use of conventional surface pretreatments such as machining, chemical etching, or abrasive blasting. Surface texturing may be performed by ion beam sputtering, and ion assisted coating forms the thin conformal coating, and thicker coating if desired. The treatment process is useful for improving the mechanical, catalytic, chemical, or biological activity of the surfaces so treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Inventors: Arnold H. Deutchman, Robert J. Partyka, Robert J. Borel
  • Patent number: 4328884
    Abstract: A clutch employing articulated clutch shoes in pairs and flyweights for loads requiring variable torque such as lawn mowers. This articulated construction employs flyweights with cylindrical noses for placing pressure on clutch shoes of lower order of magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Assignee: J. A. Masterson & Co.
    Inventors: Robert D. Meldahl, Robert J. Borel
  • Patent number: 4320822
    Abstract: A combination blade clutching and braking mechanism for insuring the safer operation of rotary lawn mowers. The clutching and braking safety mechanism automatically disengages a power clutch while the brake is being engaged. Conversely, when the mower is to be operated, the mechanism automatically disengages the brake and engages the clutch. There is a provision for a dead man control wherein the brake engages automatically and the clutch is disengaged automatically should the operator accidentally lose control of the mower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: J. A. Masterson & Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Meldahl, Robert J. Borel
  • Patent number: 4247626
    Abstract: In a photographic film unit having a pair of sheets connected in superposition with a photosensitive layer located between the sheets, a container carrying a quantity of fluent processing composition is arranged to provide for the discharge of the composition to between the sheets. A fluid receiver or trap is provided at the opposite edge of the sheets to receive and store excess processing composition after it has been spread between the sheets. The improvement comprises a trap construction wherein an intermediate sheet, which is disposed between the pair of sheets and is coupled to both of them, extends from between the pair of sheets at the trailing end thereof and is folded around one of the sheets at that end to form a trap cover over the trap volume between that folded portion and the outside surface of that one sheet. Spacing elements are formed by embossing the trailing end of that one sheet and fluid flow slits are formed by slitting the trailing edge of that sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gerald M. Poshkus, Dennis E. Whitney, James N. Cope, Robert J. Borel
  • Patent number: 4226313
    Abstract: A combination blade clutching and braking mechanism for insuring the safer operation of rotary lawn mowers. The clutching and braking safety mechanism automatically disengages a power clutch while the brake is being engaged. Conversely, when the mower is to be operated, the mechanism automatically disengages the brake and engages the clutch. There is a provision for a dead man control wherein the brake engages automatically and the clutch is disengaged automatically should the operator accidentally lose control of the mower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: J. A. Masterson & Co.
    Inventors: Robert D. Meldahl, Robert J. Borel
  • Patent number: 4042395
    Abstract: A photographic film unit with lateral and transverse edges having a pair of sheets connected in superposition with a photosensitive layer located between the sheets. A container carrying a quantity of fluent processing composition is arranged to provide for the discharge of the composition to between the sheets. The improvement comprises an integral intermediate sheet disposed between the pair of sheets and coupled to both of them at the lateral marginal portions thereof and separating such lateral marginal portions of the sheets by a predetermined amount. A portion of the intermediate sheet extends from between the pair of sheets at one end thereof and is secured transversely to one of the sheets at that end and is folded away from that sheet over itself within the compass of that sheet to define a compartment for fluent processing composition. The intermediate sheet has a centrally disposed exposure aperture and lateral edges which are in register with the lateral edges of the other sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Frederick F. Tone, Robert J. Borel