Patents by Inventor Steven J. Imbimbo

Steven J. Imbimbo 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: 5489309
    Abstract: A modular humeral prosthesis that can be custom fitted to a particular patient by interchanging sizes of the various components by a surgeon interoperatively. The prosthesis features a humeral head having a hemispherically shaped outer surface for placement within the glenoid cavity of a human scapula, the head including on its undersurface a recessed center portion having a first cooperating connecting means. The body has a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end including an angled platform having a second cooperating connecting means for engagement with said first connecting means, and the distal end having a third cooperating connecting means. The body also includes a plurality of fins. A cylindrical primary stem has a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having a forth cooperating connecting means for engagement with said third connecting means, and the distal end having a fifth cooperating connecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew Richards Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Lackey, Steven J. Imbimbo, Robert Cofield