Patents by Inventor Thomas H. Mallory

Thomas H. Mallory 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).

  • Total hip replacement
    Patent number: 6503281
    Abstract: A hip assembly and method are described in which a femoral head cap component secured to the femur with at least one screw is engaged with an acetabulum shell component affixed to the acetabulum with at least one screw, and a trochanteric osteotomy plate is secured to the femur with screws. The assembly further includes a psoas recess in the acetabulum shell for allowing freedom of movement of the illiopsoas tendon, countersunk cancellous screws for securing the components to the bones, and fins mounted on the femoral cap to prevent rotation in the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas H. Mallory
  • Porous-coated artificial joints
    Patent number: 4944759
    Abstract: Artificial joint prostheses are provided whose outer surfaces include a screw thread which is interrupted by porous-coated columns so as to produce an alternating pattern of threaded columns adjacent to porous-coated columns. The threaded columns provide initial mechanical fixation of the prosthesis to bone and the porous-coated columns provide long-term fixation through bone ingrowth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Joint Medical Products Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Mallory, Timothy McTighe, Douglas G. Noiles
  • Porous-coated artificial joints
    Patent number: 4883491
    Abstract: Artificial joint prostheses are provided whose outer surfaces include a screw thread which is interrupted by porous-coated columns so as to produce an alternating pattern of threaded columns adjacent to porous-coated columns. The threaded columns provide initial mechanical fixation of the prosthesis to bone and the porous-coated columns provide long-term fixation through bone ingrowth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Joint Medical Products Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Mallory, Timothy McTighe, Douglas G. Noiles