Patents by Inventor Steven Ek

Steven Ek 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).

  • Angled surgical screw driver and methods of arthroscopic ligament reconstruction
    Patent number: 5391170
    Abstract: A surgical screw driver for inserting bone screws in bone tunnels in ligament reconstruction has, in a preferred embodiment, a rotatable operating shaft disposed at an angle to a drive shaft. A mechanism is on the drive shaft for retaining a bone screw. Methods of arthroscopic cruciate ligament reconstruction include the steps of introducing a surgical screw driver through a portal that is offset from the longitudinal axis of a bone tunnel and driving a bone screw mounted on the driver in the bone tunnel to fixate a bone block in the bone tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: David A. McGuire
    Inventors: David A. McGuire, Steven Ek, Sam R. Marchand, Matthew R. Frushell
  • Surgical instrument handle
    Patent number: D357980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew Dyonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ek, Brian Barlow, David Sauvageau