Patents by Inventor Tara Lynn Teshima

Tara Lynn Teshima 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).

  • Cartilage slicing apparatus and methods therefor
    Patent number: 11871940
    Abstract: An apparatus for slicing a cartilage sample includes a rear cartilage support cup, a cartilage clamp, a front cartilage support, a cartilage receiving region, and a cartilage cutting element. The cartilage clamp has first and second clamp members spaced apart from and aligned in a clamping direction transverse to a longitudinal axis. The cartilage receiving region is bounded by the first and second clamp members, the front cartilage support, and the rear cartilage support cup. The cartilage cutting element is spaced rearwardly from the front cartilage support by a cartilage slice thickness, the cartilage cutting element being movable across the cartilage receiving region in a cutting direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Sunnybrook Research Institute
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allan Fialkov, Harry Easton, Tara Lynn Teshima
  • CARTILAGE SLICING APPARATUS AND METHODS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20220022892
    Abstract: An apparatus for slicing a cartilage sample includes a rear cartilage support cup, a cartilage clamp, a front cartilage support, a cartilage receiving region, and a cartilage cutting element. The cartilage clamp has first and second clamp members spaced apart from and aligned in a clamping direction transverse to a longitudinal axis. The cartilage receiving region is bounded by the first and second clamp members, the front cartilage support, and the rear cartilage support cup. The cartilage cutting element is spaced rearwardly from the front cartilage support by a cartilage slice thickness, the cartilage cutting element being movable across the cartilage receiving region in a cutting direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allan Fialkov, Harry Easton, Tara Lynn Teshima