Patents by Inventor William Strausbuagh

William Strausbuagh 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).

  • Push-off driver and method for inserting bone screws
    Patent number: 8951264
    Abstract: A method and device for inserting screws into a patient, such that when the device is removed the device does not stick to the screw. The device, being a push-off driver, may have a handle, an inner driver, and a threaded driver sleeve having a button mechanism and a plurality of spheres, and an inner sleeve. The method includes the steps of assembling a push-off driver attaching a bone screw to the push-off driver inserting the bone screw and detaching the bone screw from the driver by unthreading the threaded driver sleeve from the polyaxial screw which causes the spheres in the recess of the inner driver to back up against the start of the recess and causing the threaded driver sleeve to “push-off” the polyaxial screw from the inner driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Saidha, William Strausbuagh, Boyd A. Wolf
  • PUSH-OFF DRIVER AND METHOD FOR INSERTING BONE SCREWS
    Publication number: 20130261635
    Abstract: A method and device for inserting screws into a patient, such that when the device is removed the device does not stick to the screw. The device, being a push-off driver, may have a handle, an inner driver, and a threaded driver sleeve having a button mechanism and a plurality of spheres, and an inner sleeve. The method includes the steps of assembling a push-off driver attaching a bone screw to the push-off driver inserting the bone screw and detaching the bone screw from the driver by unthreading the threaded driver sleeve from the polyaxial screw which causes the spheres in the recess of the inner driver to back up against the start of the recess and causing the threaded driver sleeve to “push-off” the polyaxial screw from the inner driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Sean Saidha, William Strausbuagh, Boyd A. Wolf