Patents by Inventor Trevor Schlueter

Trevor Schlueter 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: 20060058803
    Abstract: A guide for cutting a bone comprising an anterior portion and a distal portion orientated at about a right angle to the anterior portion. The distal portion includes a guiding side, a distal surface at the guiding side, a box-cut shaped opening defined by the guiding side, a plurality of first cutting surfaces disposed at the guiding side at an acute angle relative to the distal surface of the guiding side operable to guide a cutting device to the bone to form chamfer cuts in the bone, and a second cutting surface disposed at the guiding side at at least about a right angle to the distal surface operable to guide a cutting device to the bone to form a posterior cut in the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Biomet Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: John Cuckler, Robert Metzger, Kurt Schmidt, Trevor Schlueter, James McKale, Radu Serban
  • Publication number: 20050080424
    Abstract: A bone-cutting apparatus and associated method and system. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a guide removably attachable to a bone, and a rotatable mill coupled to the guide. The guide has a box-cut opening and the mill is pivotable within the opening. In one embodiment, the mill is laterally adjustable relative to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: John Cuckler, Robert Metzger, Kurt Schmidt, Trevor Schlueter, James McKale