Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Rainey

Thomas P. Rainey 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).

  • Bone graft insert
    Patent number: 6111164
    Abstract: A bone graft insert for graft in a patient includes a dowel formed of cortical bone and being substantially free of extraneous cancellous bone material not from the patient. The dowel has a body portion, the body portion having a sidewall portion and a front end with an end face having a surface which is chamfered with respect to the body portion. The body portion has a transverse cavity extending therethrough between opposite sides of the sidewall portion for receiving allograft or the patient's autogenous tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas P. Rainey, Thomas A. Geary
  • Serrated bone graft
    Patent number: 5728159
    Abstract: A serrated bone graft section for graft in a patient includes a body portion cut from elongate cortical bone, the body portion having a sidewall portion, the body portion having substantially planar end faces at opposite ends of said body portion, each of the end faces having a plurality of grooves cut therein so as to form serrations in each of the end faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
    Inventors: Bruce W. Stroever, Thomas P. Rainey