Patents by Inventor Zhukauskas A. Arunas

Zhukauskas A. Arunas 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).

  • Adjustable and fixed assembled bone-tendon-bone graft
    Patent number: 8470038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bone-tendon-bone graft and components. Embodiments of the present invention comprise an intermediate bone block that is used to adjustably secure soft tissue (e.g., tendon) in a patient. Embodiments of intermediate bone blocks of the present invention are used singly or in combination with one or more bone blocks to form a bone block assembly for securing soft tissue. The present invention further relates to an assembled bone-tendon-bone graft for implantation in humans comprising the intermediate bone block and a length of soft tissue. A bone-tendon-bone graft comprises a length of soft tissue extending from a first assembled bone block to a second bone block and then doubles back to said first assembled bone block. Depending upon the embodiment, the second bone block fixedly or slideably attaches to the length of soft tissue and facilitates it doubling back to the first assembled bone block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: RTI Biologics, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Bianchi, Zhukauskas A. Arunas, Todd E. Goede, Lauren M. Brown, Guy B. Grover, Wesley I. Lewis, Joe Kutsavage