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).

  • Patent number: 12582531
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: ARTHROSURFACE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven W. Ek, Daniel Adam Leduc, William B. Murphy, Timothy H. Brightman
  • Patent number: 12458503
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Arthrosurface Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony Miniaci, Steven W. Ek, William B. Murphy, Timothy H. Brightman
  • Patent number: 12433755
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: ARTHROSURFACE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven W. Ek, William B. Murphy, Anthony Miniaci
  • Publication number: 20250248822
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Steven W. EK, William B. Murphy, Anthony Miniaci
  • Patent number: 12127945
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Arthrosurface Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven W. Ek, William B. Murphy, Anthony Miniaci
  • Publication number: 20240180711
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Steven W. Ek, Daniel Adam Leduc, William B. Murphy, Timothy H. Brightman
  • Patent number: 11813170
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Arthrosurface Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven W. Ek, Daniel Adam Leduc, William B. Murphy, Timothy H. Brightman
  • Publication number: 20230121757
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony MINIACI, Steven W. EK, William B. MURPHY, Timothy H. BRIGHTMAN
  • Publication number: 20230062240
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Steven W. EK, William B. Murphy, Anthony Miniaci
  • Publication number: 20220296381
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Arthrosurface Incorporated
    Inventors: STEVEN W. EK, WILLIAM B. MURPHY, ANTHONY MINIACI
  • Publication number: 20210228370
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Steven W. Ek, Daniel Adam Leduc, William B. Murphy, Timothy H. Brightman
  • Patent number: 8787035
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery W. Mason, Wayne S. Alden, III, William B. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20120257366
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: JEFFERY W. MASON, WAYNE S. ALDEN, III, WILLIAM B. MURPHY