Patents by Inventor Robert Poss

Robert Poss 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 pressure-coated bones
    Patent number: 4399814
    Abstract: A method of coating a portion of the walls and effecting a degree of penetration into a bone with a coating material to produce a modified bone surface, the method comprising: introducing the coating material onto the bone surface in an initial physical state; applying pressure to the coating material to force the material into the structure of the bone; and maintaining pressure on the coating material until it reaches a desired final physical state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1983
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: George W. Pratt, Jr., Robert Poss, Timothy T. Lane
  • Pre-coated body implant
    Patent number: 4283799
    Abstract: A pre-coated body implant, such as, for example, a hip prosthesis, in which that portion of the implant that attaches to or is inserted into a skeletal member of the body has a pre-coating of a material (e.g., an acrylic material) covering all or most of said portion and bonded thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: George W. Pratt, Jr., Robert Poss, Jeremy K. Chung