Patents by Inventor Walter L. Roalstad

Walter L. Roalstad 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).

  • Patent number: 4262665
    Abstract: A first plurality of concavo-convex disks are slidably received on one end of a bolt and inserted in the medullary cavity of one section of a fractured bone. The concave side of each disk is oriented toward the fracture site. A second group of concavo-convex disks are mounted on a threaded collar and inserted in the second section of the bone with their concave sides oriented toward the fracture site. The bolt is threadedly engaged with the threaded collar. An aperture is drilled through the bone wall in the vicinity of the bolt head. The bolt is turned thus drawing the two pairs of concavo-convex disks together producing axial pressure against the bone halves to draw the fracture tightly together. Each disk also includes a plurality of radially extending grooves for allowing normal marrow activity after the bone has healed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Inventors: Walter L. Roalstad, Ernest W. Yeager