Patents by Inventor Steven James Charlesbois

Steven James Charlesbois 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 of making an orthopeadic implant having a porous metal surface
    Patent number: 6740186
    Abstract: An orthopaedic implant having a porous metal surface in a preferred embodiment, the implant comprises three layers including a biocompatible metal core of desired shape, a polymer intermediary layer, and a surface layer comprising a porous biocompatible metal, shaped appropriately to act as the surface of an orthopaedic implant is provided. The core and the pad are placed in an injection molding device wherein a polymer intermediary layer is injection molded between the pad and the metal core, thereby bonding the pad to the metal core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Zimmer Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hawkins, Steven James Charlesbois, Jerry W. Howard
  • Method of making an orthopaedic implant having a porous metal surface
    Publication number: 20030155686
    Abstract: An orthopaedic implant having a porous metal surface in a preferred embodiment, the implant comprises three layers including a biocompatible metal core of desired shape, a polymer intermediary layer, and a surface layer comprising a porous biocompatible metal, shaped appropriately to act as the surface of an orthopaedic implant is provided. The core and the pad are placed in an injection molding device wherein a polymer intermediary layer is injection molded between the pad and the metal core, thereby bonding the pad to the metal core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Hawkins, Steven James Charlesbois, Jerry W. Howard