Patents by Inventor Wright Medical Technology, Inc.

Wright Medical Technology, Inc. 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).

  • Publication number: 20130197517
    Abstract: An axial height adjustable, revision cutting in the shape of a final distal femur implant component. The revision guide includes a rod adapted for intimate contact within an intramedullary canal of a femur, and includes a threaded passageway. The revision cutting guide is adapted for removable attachment to a distal portion of the femur. A vernier-bolt is rotatably positioned through the shaped body of the revision cutting guide so as to be adjustably received within the threaded passageway thereby providing for movement of the shaped body of the revision cutting guide relative to the distal portion of the femur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130190770
    Abstract: An instrument for use in minimally invasive hip surgery, the instrument being for use in forming and using a portal incision in a hip arthroplasty procedure to implant an acetabular implant. In particular, the instrument is useful for both alignment and insertion/impaction of an acetabular shell. Furthermore, the instrument is suitable for assuring the shell is impacted with the proper abduction and version in left or right hips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130103037
    Abstract: A Lisfranc injury between a second metatarsal and medial cuneiform is repaired by gaining access to the injury site and placing two arm members of a novel drill guide around the two neighboring bones at the injury site, drilling a guide wire through the two bones guided by the drill guide to a desired depth, measuring the depth of the guide wire to determine the proper length for a bone screw for securing the two bones, drilling a cannulated drill bit into the two bones to a drill depth using the guide wire as a guide, and threading a bone screw into the two bones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130060295
    Abstract: An implant is disclosed including an elongate threaded portion and a blade portion extending from the elongate threaded portion. The blade portion has a taper terminating at a point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130053975
    Abstract: An implant is disclosed including an elongate threaded portion and a blade portion extending from the elongate threaded portion. The blade portion has a taper terminating at a point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130046309
    Abstract: A chamfer resection guide assembly for effecting chamfer cuts into a resected distal surface of a femur in connection with a distal total knee implant has an anchor member configured for anterior referencing of the chamfer cuts, a block member including one or more cutting guide slots for guiding a cutting tool for making chamfer resections and a camming member. The camming member operably connects the block member and the anchor member and the position of the block member with respect to the anchor member is adjusted by operation of the camming member thus allowing adjustment of the position of the cutting guide slots with respect to the anchoring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130046385
    Abstract: An orthopedic prosthesis includes a tibial implant and a tibial insert. The tibial implant includes an upper surface, a medial side, a lateral side and a first locking structure provided on the upper surface where the medial side and the lateral side of the tibial implant are defined by a medial-lateral midline. The tibial insert includes a second locking structure provided on its bottom surface. The first and second locking structures are configured for engaging each other along an engagement direction vector when the tibial insert is inserted into the tibial base towards the posterior side. The engagement direction vector is angled away from the medial-lateral midline of the tibial implant towards the medial side of the tibial implant by a predetermine angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.