Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Carter

Thomas R. Carter 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).

  • Publication number: 20250000523
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a meniscal allograft transplantation system and methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Bryan Cannon, Robert Benedict, James Dunlop, Marc Sedlaczek, Thomas R. Carter
  • Publication number: 20210243965
    Abstract: A mower path assistance system to encircle an obstacle projecting from a ground surface, including a barrier mat formed with a barrier mat aperture enclosed by the barrier mat and having a barrier mat aperture diameter, a perimeter edge, and a barrier mat installation slit extending from the perimeter edge to the barrier mat aperture, wherein the barrier mat is deformable around the barrier mat installation slit to create a pathway having a pathway width through which the obstacle may pass from the perimeter to the barrier mat aperture. The barrier mat has a plurality of edges with axes that intersect at obtuse angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas R. Carter
  • Patent number: 10993384
    Abstract: A mower path assistance system to encircle an obstacle projecting from a ground surface, including a barrier mat formed with a barrier mat aperture enclosed by the barrier mat and having a barrier mat aperture diameter, a perimeter edge, and a barrier mat installation slit extending from the perimeter edge to the barrier mat aperture, wherein the barrier mat is deformable around the barrier mat installation slit to create a pathway having a pathway width through which the obstacle may pass from the perimeter to the barrier mat aperture. The barrier mat has a plurality of edges with axes that intersect at obtuse angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas R. Carter
  • Patent number: 10406055
    Abstract: Devices and methods for positioning a patient's leg during a leg or knee operation by employing a novel surgical leg positioning device. The device has a low profile so that it can remain under sterile surgical drapes during an operation, and prevents the leg from moving out or up. Large, easy to access, buttons are provided to allow the surgical leg positioning device to be manipulated while under sterile surgical drapes so that it may be moved when no longer needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas R. Carter
  • Publication number: 20190208715
    Abstract: A mower path assistance system to encircle an obstacle projecting from a ground surface, including a barrier mat formed with a barrier mat aperture enclosed by the barrier mat and having a barrier mat aperture diameter, a perimeter edge, and a barrier mat installation slit extending from the perimeter edge to the barrier mat aperture, wherein the barrier mat is deformable around the barrier mat installation slit to create a pathway having a pathway width through which the obstacle may pass from the perimeter to the barrier mat aperture. The barrier mat has a plurality of edges with axes that intersect at obtuse angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas R. Carter
  • Publication number: 20160270995
    Abstract: Devices and methods for positioning a patient's leg during a leg or knee operation by employing a novel surgical leg positioning device. The device has a low profile so that it can remain under sterile surgical drapes during an operation, and prevents the leg from moving out or up. Large, easy to access, buttons are provided to allow the surgical leg positioning device to be manipulated while under sterile surgical drapes so that it may be moved when no longer needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas R. Carter
  • Patent number: 7124762
    Abstract: A meniscal allograft with a bone block having a trapezoidal shape in cross-section and a technique for using a meniscus allograft having a trapezoidal shaped bone block are disclosed. A groove is formed initially in the bone using drill bits. Dilators are used to increase the size of the drilled groove. The orthogonal corner at the bottom of the groove is shaped using a rasp. A smooth dilator compacts the bone in the acute angle at the bottom of the groove opposite the orthogonal corner to create the final trapezoid shape of the bone groove. A meniscal allograft having a bone block of corresponding trapezoidal shape is prepared using a workstation and three cutting jigs to make three corresponding cuts. The trapezoidal bone block of the meniscal allograft is then installed within the bone groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Carter, Reinhold Schmieding, Donald K. Shuler
  • Publication number: 20040034419
    Abstract: A meniscal allograft with a bone block having a trapezoidal shape in cross-section and a technique for using a meniscus allograft having a trapezoidal shaped bone block are disclosed. A groove is formed initially in the bone using drill bits. Dilators are used to increase the size of the drilled groove. The orthogonal corner at the bottom of the groove is shaped using a rasp. A smooth dilator compacts the bone in the acute angle at the bottom of the groove opposite the orthogonal corner to create the final trapezoid shape of the bone groove. A meniscal allograft having a bone block of corresponding trapezoidal shape is prepared using a workstation and three cutting jigs to make three corresponding cuts. The trapezoidal bone block of the meniscal allograft is then installed within the bone groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas R. Carter, Reinhold Schmieding, Donald K. Shuler