Patents by Inventor William Stan Patterson

William Stan Patterson 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).

  • Prosthetic socket with self-contained vacuum reservoir
    Patent number: 7427297
    Abstract: A prosthetic socket having a self-contained vacuum reservoir chamber includes a rigid, load-bearing inner socket member for receiving a residual limb and an outer, rigid, load-bearing wall section attached to the inner wall section in a manner providing a vacuum reservoir chamber between the inner wall and the outer wall section. The vacuum reservoir chamber communicates with the inner volume of the inner wall through a vacuum transfer port and the vacuum reservoir chamber may be evacuated via an evacuation port having an appropriate one-way check valve permitting withdrawal of air from the vacuum reservoir chamber while preventing ingress of air into the chamber. A method for making the prosthetic socket is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Ossur HF
    Inventors: William Stan Patterson, William E. Patterson
  • Prosthetic socket with self-contained vacuum reservoir
    Publication number: 20040260403
    Abstract: A prosthetic socket having a self-contained vacuum reservoir chamber includes a rigid, load-bearing inner socket member for receiving a residual limb and an outer, rigid, load-bearing wall section attached to the inner wall section in a manner providing a vacuum reservoir chamber between the inner wall and the outer wall section. The vacuum reservoir chamber communicates with the inner volume of the inner wall through a vacuum transfer port and the vacuum reservoir chamber may be evacuated via an evacuation port having an appropriate one-way check valve permitting withdrawal of air from the vacuum reservoir chamber while preventing ingress of air into the chamber. A method for making the prosthetic socket is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: William Stan Patterson, William E. Patterson