Patents by Inventor WILLIAM B. MURPHY
WILLIAM B. MURPHY 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).
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Patent number: 12582531Abstract: A shoulder implant system comprising a glenoid implant; a baseplate comprising an implant facing surface to face the glenoid implant; wherein the glenoid implant comprises at least one fixation element configured to engage with at least one fixation element of the baseplate; wherein the at least one fixation element of the glenoid implant comprises a center post having a distal end; wherein the at least one fixation element of the baseplate comprises a center post receptacle; wherein the baseplate comprises an outer periphery; wherein the implant facing surface of the baseplate comprises a channel which extends from the outer periphery of the baseplate to the center post receptacle of the baseplate; and wherein the channel is configured such that, during an assembly of the glenoid implant and the baseplate, the distal end of the post is movable in the channel from the outer periphery of the baseplate to the center post receptacle of the baseplate.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2023Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: ARTHROSURFACE INCORPORATEDInventors: Steven W. Ek, Daniel Adam Leduc, William B. Murphy, Timothy H. Brightman
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Patent number: 12458503Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a humeral implant. The humeral implant includes a tray including a body defining a bone facing recess and a liner recess, said bone facing recess including a ring surface and a convex surface, wherein the ring surface has a profile substantially corresponding to a profile of an outer ring of bone in an excision site of a patient; and wherein said convex surface has a profile substantially corresponding to a profile of a concave socket formed in the excision site. The humeral implant also includes a liner including a body defining a load bearing surface and a tray interface surface, said tray interface surface being configured to be at least partially received in said liner recess of said tray such that said implant is coupled to said tray.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: Arthrosurface IncorporatedInventors: Anthony Miniaci, Steven W. Ek, William B. Murphy, Timothy H. Brightman
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Patent number: 12433755Abstract: The present disclosure provides an implant system. The implant system includes an anchor configured to be secured to bone within an excision site formed in a patient's glenoid, said anchor including a shank and an enlarged head. The implant system also includes a baseplate including a body comprising: a bone facing surface; an implant facing surface; and a channel configured to extend radially from an entrance in an outer periphery of said body to a central region of said baseplate, said channel configured to receive said enlarged head and a portion of said shank and including an open region formed, at least in part, in said bone facing surface. The implant system also includes an implant including a body defining a load bearing surface and a baseplate recess, said baseplate recess configured to receive at least a portion of said implant facing surface to said baseplate such that said implant is coupled to said baseplate.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: ARTHROSURFACE INCORPORATEDInventors: Steven W. Ek, William B. Murphy, Anthony Miniaci
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Publication number: 20250248822Abstract: The present disclosure provides a glenoid implant system for a reverse shoulder implant system that includes a glenoid implant having a center post, and also includes an angled baseplate comprising a bone facing surface to face an implant site prepared in a glenoid region of a patient, and an implant facing surface to face and engage the glenoid implant and receive the center post of the glenoid implant, wherein the implant facing surface being at an angle with respect to a centerline of the bone facing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2024Publication date: August 7, 2025Inventors: Steven W. EK, William B. Murphy, Anthony Miniaci
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Patent number: 12127945Abstract: The present disclosure provides a glenoid implant system for a reverse shoulder implant system that includes a glenoid implant having a center post, and also includes an angled baseplate comprising a bone facing surface to face an implant site prepared in a glenoid region of a patient, and an implant facing surface to face and engage the glenoid implant and receive the center post of the glenoid implant, wherein the implant facing surface being at an angle with respect to a centerline of the bone facing surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Arthrosurface IncorporatedInventors: Steven W. Ek, William B. Murphy, Anthony Miniaci
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Publication number: 20240180711Abstract: A shoulder implant system comprising a glenoid implant; a baseplate comprising an implant facing surface to face the glenoid implant; wherein the glenoid implant comprises at least one fixation element configured to engage with at least one fixation element of the baseplate; wherein the at least one fixation element of the glenoid implant comprises a center post having a distal end; wherein the at least one fixation element of the baseplate comprises a center post receptacle; wherein the baseplate comprises an outer periphery; wherein the implant facing surface of the baseplate comprises a channel which extends from the outer periphery of the baseplate to the center post receptacle of the baseplate; and wherein the channel is configured such that, during an assembly of the glenoid implant and the baseplate, the distal end of the post is movable in the channel from the outer periphery of the baseplate to the center post receptacle of the baseplate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Steven W. Ek, Daniel Adam Leduc, William B. Murphy, Timothy H. Brightman
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Patent number: 11813170Abstract: A shoulder implant system comprising a glenoid implant; a baseplate comprising an implant facing surface to face the glenoid implant; wherein the glenoid implant comprises at least one fixation element configured to engage with at least one fixation element of the baseplate; wherein the at least one fixation element of the glenoid implant comprises a center post having a distal end; wherein the at least one fixation element of the baseplate comprises a center post receptacle; wherein the baseplate comprises an outer periphery; wherein the implant facing surface of the baseplate comprises a channel which extends from the outer periphery of the baseplate to the center post receptacle of the baseplate; and wherein the channel is configured such that, during an assembly of the glenoid implant and the baseplate, the distal end of the post is movable in the channel from the outer periphery of the baseplate to the center post receptacle of the baseplate.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Arthrosurface IncorporatedInventors: Steven W. Ek, Daniel Adam Leduc, William B. Murphy, Timothy H. Brightman
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Publication number: 20230121757Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a humeral implant. The humeral implant includes a tray including a body defining a bone facing recess and a liner recess, said bone facing recess including a ring surface and a convex surface, wherein the ring surface has a profile substantially corresponding to a profile of an outer ring of bone in an excision site of a patient; and wherein said convex surface has a profile substantially corresponding to a profile of a concave socket formed in the excision site. The humeral implant also includes a liner including a body defining a load bearing surface and a tray interface surface, said tray interface surface being configured to be at least partially received in said liner recess of said tray such that said implant is coupled to said tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Anthony MINIACI, Steven W. EK, William B. MURPHY, Timothy H. BRIGHTMAN
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Publication number: 20230062240Abstract: The present disclosure provides a glenoid implant system for a reverse shoulder implant system that includes a glenoid implant having a center post, and also includes an angled baseplate comprising a bone facing surface to face an implant site prepared in a glenoid region of a patient, and an implant facing surface to face and engage the glenoid implant and receive the center post of the glenoid implant, wherein the implant facing surface being at an angle with respect to a centerline of the bone facing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Steven W. EK, William B. Murphy, Anthony Miniaci
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Publication number: 20220296381Abstract: The present disclosure provides an implant system. The implant system includes an anchor configured to be secured to bone within an excision site formed in a patients glenoid, said anchor including a shank and an enlarged head. The implant system also includes a baseplate including a body comprising: a bone facing surface; an implant facing surface; and a channel configured to extend radially from an entrance in an outer periphery of said body to a central region of said baseplate, said channel configured to receive said enlarged head and a portion of said shank and including an open region formed, at least in part, in said bone facing surface. The implant system also includes an implant including a body defining a load bearing surface and a baseplate recess, said baseplate recess configured to receive at least a portion of said implant facing surface to said baseplate such that said implant is coupled to said baseplate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Arthrosurface IncorporatedInventors: STEVEN W. EK, WILLIAM B. MURPHY, ANTHONY MINIACI
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Publication number: 20210228370Abstract: A shoulder implant system comprising a glenoid implant; a baseplate comprising an implant facing surface to face the glenoid implant; wherein the glenoid implant comprises at least one fixation element configured to engage with at least one fixation element of the baseplate; wherein the at least one fixation element of the glenoid implant comprises a center post having a distal end; wherein the at least one fixation element of the baseplate comprises a center post receptacle; wherein the baseplate comprises an outer periphery; wherein the implant facing surface of the baseplate comprises a channel which extends from the outer periphery of the baseplate to the center post receptacle of the baseplate; and wherein the channel is configured such that, during an assembly of the glenoid implant and the baseplate, the distal end of the post is movable in the channel from the outer periphery of the baseplate to the center post receptacle of the baseplate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Steven W. Ek, Daniel Adam Leduc, William B. Murphy, Timothy H. Brightman
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Patent number: 8787035Abstract: An electrical interconnect device includes a frame having frame walls that define a socket that extends along a socket axis between an open top and an open bottom of the frame. The socket is configured to receive an electronic package through the open top. The electrical interconnect device also includes a contact assembly having an insulative carrier that holds an array of conductive elastomeric columns with each of the elastomeric columns having opposite first and second ends. The elastomeric columns are internally conductive between the first and second ends. The elastomeric columns are configured to electrically interconnect the electronic package to a second electronic component. The insulative carrier is configured to float within the frame in a direction generally parallel to the socket axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Jeffery W. Mason, Wayne S. Alden, III, William B. Murphy
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Publication number: 20120257366Abstract: An electrical interconnect device includes a frame having frame walls that define a socket that extends along a socket axis between an open top and an open bottom of the frame. The socket is configured to receive an electronic package through the open top. The electrical interconnect device also includes a contact assembly having an insulative carrier that holds an array of conductive elastomeric columns with each of the elastomeric columns having opposite first and second ends. The elastomeric columns are internally conductive between the first and second ends. The elastomeric columns are configured to electrically interconnect the electronic package to a second electronic component. The insulative carrier is configured to float within the frame in a direction generally parallel to the socket axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: JEFFERY W. MASON, WAYNE S. ALDEN, III, WILLIAM B. MURPHY