Patents by Inventor Tom J. J. H. Slooff

Tom J. J. H. Slooff 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).

  • System for performing hip prosthesis revision surgery
    Patent number: 5470336
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing hip prosthesis revision surgery includes means for preparation of the cavity left after removal of the original prosthesis. A tamp having a longitudinal passageway extending longitudinally through the stem portion thereof and a guidewire positioned in the cavity function to compact bone graft material in the cavity and form a precisely contoured new hip prosthesis receiving cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Inventors: Robin S. M. Ling, W. E. Michael Mikhail, James J. Elting, Graham A. Gie, Tom J. J. H. Slooff, Jacques J. Vanderlinden
  • System for performing hip prosthesis revision surgery
    Patent number: 5192283
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing hip prosthesis revision surgery includes preparation of the cavity left after removal of the original prosthesis. A tamp having a longitudinal passageway extending longitudinally through the stem portion thereof and a guidewire positioned in the cavity function to compact bone graft material in the cavity and form a precisely contoured new hip prosthesis receiving cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Inventors: Robin S. M. Ling, Graham A. Gie, W. E. Michael Mikhail, James J. Elting, Tom J. J. H. Slooff