Patents by Inventor Stephen Mariano

Stephen Mariano 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).

  • Graft syringe assembly
    Patent number: 7513901
    Abstract: The invention relates, according to one embodiment, to a graft syringe assembly for delivering bone graft material is disclosed. The graft syringe assembly comprises a syringe subassembly including a syringe barrel having an inner chamber adapted for receiving bone graft material, a plunger adapted for expelling bone graft material from the inner chamber, the plunger slidably received within the inner chamber, and a syringe adapter coupled to the syringe barrel. The graft syringe assembly further comprises a connection subassembly coupled to the syringe adapter, and a delivery tube subassembly coupled to the connection subassembly, wherein the connection subassembly is configured to allow the delivery tube subassembly to rotate relative to the syringe subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Scifert, Stephen A. Mariano, Richard Stephen Wisdom, Gary Robert Whipple, A. David Boccuti, Roger J. White, Thomas T. Washburn
  • Graft syringe assembly
    Publication number: 20060264964
    Abstract: The invention relates, according to one embodiment, to a graft syringe assembly for delivering bone graft material is disclosed. The graft syringe assembly comprises a syringe subassembly including a syringe barrel having an inner chamber adapted for receiving bone graft material, a plunger adapted for expelling bone graft material from the inner chamber, the plunger slidably received within the inner chamber, and a syringe adapter coupled to the syringe barrel. The graft syringe assembly further comprises a connection subassembly coupled to the syringe adapter, and a delivery tube subassembly coupled to the connection subassembly, wherein the connection subassembly is configured to allow the delivery tube subassembly to rotate relative to the syringe subassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scifert, Stephen Mariano, Richard Wisdom, Gary Whipple, A. Boccuti, Roger White, Thomas Washburn
  • Multi-layer griddle
    Patent number: 6138554
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooking food having a multi-layer cooking plate including a stainless steel sheet layer having a top surface and a bottom surface and a high thermal conductivity material layer metallurgically bonded to the bottom surface of the stainless steel sheet layer so as to provide intimate contact between the entire bottom surface of the stainless steel sheet layer and the high thermal conductivity material layer. Heat to the multi-layer cooking plate is provided by a fuel-fired burner disposed beneath the multi-layer cooking plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Gas Research Institute
    Inventors: David H. McFadden, James T. Cole, Stephen A. Mariano, David L. Richardson