Kerrison rod reducer

- MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL
Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

This application is related to commonly owned U.S. Utility patent application Ser. Nos. 16/360,193 (now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 11,291,481) and 16/360,199 (now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 11,291,482), both concurrently filed on Mar. 21, 2019 and entitled “ROD REDUCERS AND RELATED METHODS.” The entire contents of these applications are incorporated herein by reference.

FIG. 1 is a front left perspective view of a Kerrison rod reducer;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an exploded front perspective view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a bottom perspective view of a rod reducing portion of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 10 is a top perspective view of a gripping portion of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the Kerrison rod reducer and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a Kerrison rod reducer, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
410780 September 1889 Cahn
1470313 October 1923 Woolen
1628144 May 1927 Herrmann
1709766 April 1929 Bolton
1889330 November 1932 Humes et al.
1925385 September 1933 Humes et al.
2113246 April 1938 Frederick
2248054 July 1941 Becker
2248057 July 1941 Bond
2291413 July 1942 Siebrandt
2370407 February 1945 McCartney
2800820 July 1957 Retterath
3960147 June 1, 1976 Murray
4237875 December 9, 1980 Termanini
4271836 June 9, 1981 Bacal et al.
4411259 October 25, 1983 Drummond
4445513 May 1, 1984 Ulrich et al.
4655223 April 7, 1987 Kim
4809695 March 7, 1989 Gwathmey et al.
4896661 January 30, 1990 Bogert et al.
5014407 May 14, 1991 Boughten et al.
5020519 June 4, 1991 Hayes et al.
D343000 January 4, 1994 Olson
D346217 April 19, 1994 Sparker et al.
5306248 April 26, 1994 Barrington
5364397 November 15, 1994 Hayes et al.
5391170 February 21, 1995 McGuire et al.
5429641 July 4, 1995 Gotfried et al.
5431658 July 11, 1995 Moskovich
5484440 January 16, 1996 Allard
5545165 August 13, 1996 Biedermann et al.
5551320 September 3, 1996 Horobec et al.
5616143 April 1, 1997 Schlapfer et al.
5649931 July 22, 1997 Bryant et al.
5672175 September 30, 1997 Martin
5683399 November 4, 1997 Jones
5697933 December 16, 1997 Gundlapalli et al.
5707371 January 13, 1998 Metz-Stavenhagen et al.
D390954 February 17, 1998 Kumar
5720751 February 24, 1998 Jackson
5725532 March 10, 1998 Shoemaker
5746757 May 5, 1998 McGuire
5782831 July 21, 1998 Sherman et al.
5810878 September 22, 1998 Burel et al.
5910141 June 8, 1999 Morrison et al.
5941885 August 24, 1999 Jackson
5951564 September 14, 1999 Schroder et al.
5951579 September 14, 1999 Dykes
6010509 January 4, 2000 Delgado et al.
6036692 March 14, 2000 Burel et al.
6099528 August 8, 2000 Saurat et al.
6123707 September 26, 2000 Wagner
6139549 October 31, 2000 Keller
6183472 February 6, 2001 Lutz
6210330 April 3, 2001 Tepper et al.
6251112 June 26, 2001 Jackson
6258090 July 10, 2001 Jackson
6371973 April 16, 2002 Tepper et al.
6413258 July 2, 2002 Bernhardt, Jr.
6440133 August 27, 2002 Beale et al.
6440142 August 27, 2002 Ralph et al.
6440144 August 27, 2002 Bacher
6511484 January 28, 2003 Torode et al.
6530929 March 11, 2003 Justis et al.
6554832 April 29, 2003 Shluzas
6589249 July 8, 2003 Sater et al.
6648888 November 18, 2003 Shluzas
6660006 December 9, 2003 Markworth et al.
6676661 January 13, 2004 Martin Benlloch et al.
6726692 April 27, 2004 Bette et al.
6743231 June 1, 2004 Gray et al.
6746449 June 8, 2004 Jones et al.
6752832 June 22, 2004 Neumann
6755829 June 29, 2004 Bono et al.
6790208 September 14, 2004 Oribe et al.
6790209 September 14, 2004 Beale et al.
6827722 December 7, 2004 Schoenefeld
7081117 July 25, 2006 Bono et al.
7083621 August 1, 2006 Shaolian et al.
7090677 August 15, 2006 Fallin et al.
7156849 January 2, 2007 Dunbar et al.
7179254 February 20, 2007 Pendekanti et al.
7179261 February 20, 2007 Sicvol et al.
7189234 March 13, 2007 Zucherman et al.
7278995 October 9, 2007 Nichols et al.
7320689 January 22, 2008 Keller
7371239 May 13, 2008 Dec et al.
7462182 December 9, 2008 Lim
7481813 January 27, 2009 Purcell
7485120 February 3, 2009 Ray
7491207 February 17, 2009 Keyer et al.
7527638 May 5, 2009 Anderson et al.
7572281 August 11, 2009 Runco et al.
7621918 November 24, 2009 Jackson
7651502 January 26, 2010 Jackson
7666188 February 23, 2010 Anderson et al.
7708763 May 4, 2010 Selover et al.
7776040 August 17, 2010 Markworth et al.
7806912 October 5, 2010 Lawton et al.
7824411 November 2, 2010 Varieur et al.
7824413 November 2, 2010 Varieur et al.
7842044 November 30, 2010 Runco et al.
7867237 January 11, 2011 Stad et al.
7887539 February 15, 2011 Dunbar, Jr. et al.
7887541 February 15, 2011 Runco et al.
7901434 March 8, 2011 Drewry et al.
7922724 April 12, 2011 Lim
7931677 April 26, 2011 Abdelgany
7988698 August 2, 2011 Rosenberg et al.
8109974 February 7, 2012 Boomer et al.
8172847 May 8, 2012 Dziedzic et al.
8192438 June 5, 2012 Garamszegi
8216241 July 10, 2012 Runco et al.
8235997 August 7, 2012 Hoffman et al.
8246657 August 21, 2012 Samuel
8298269 October 30, 2012 Null et al.
8303595 November 6, 2012 Jones
8308774 November 13, 2012 Hoffman et al.
8317837 November 27, 2012 Rezach et al.
8337527 December 25, 2012 Hawkins et al.
8343165 January 1, 2013 Berrevoets
8377104 February 19, 2013 Jones et al.
8394109 March 12, 2013 Hutton et al.
8430916 April 30, 2013 Winslow et al.
8439922 May 14, 2013 Arnold et al.
8460308 June 11, 2013 Marino et al.
8540718 September 24, 2013 Dauster et al.
8556904 October 15, 2013 Rezach et al.
8603145 December 10, 2013 Forton et al.
8617165 December 31, 2013 Harper
8636742 January 28, 2014 Runco et al.
8636776 January 28, 2014 Rosenberg et al.
8647347 February 11, 2014 Runco et al.
8657857 February 25, 2014 Dall et al.
8685029 April 1, 2014 Dziedzic et al.
8715323 May 6, 2014 Ballard et al.
8728124 May 20, 2014 Miller
8747409 June 10, 2014 Ichelmann et al.
8764756 July 1, 2014 Jones
8790348 July 29, 2014 Stad et al.
8795283 August 5, 2014 Petit
8828056 September 9, 2014 Buss et al.
8845640 September 30, 2014 McLean et al.
8845649 September 30, 2014 Jackson
8870881 October 28, 2014 Rezach et al.
8876869 November 4, 2014 Schafer et al.
8900240 December 2, 2014 White et al.
8906062 December 9, 2014 Nichols et al.
8932296 January 13, 2015 Neary et al.
8951289 February 10, 2015 Matityahu
8956362 February 17, 2015 Landry et al.
8979848 March 17, 2015 Butters et al.
8986349 March 24, 2015 German et al.
9044272 June 2, 2015 Shaffrey et al.
9044274 June 2, 2015 Gunn et al.
9078705 July 14, 2015 Matthis et al.
9078709 July 14, 2015 McBride
9084634 July 21, 2015 Lab et al.
9119674 September 1, 2015 Matthis et al.
9125694 September 8, 2015 Butler et al.
9149307 October 6, 2015 Sandstrom et al.
9155567 October 13, 2015 Auerbach et al.
9186188 November 17, 2015 Gleason et al.
9204901 December 8, 2015 Black et al.
9204909 December 8, 2015 Rezach et al.
9220543 December 29, 2015 Walker et al.
9247969 February 2, 2016 Nunley et al.
9254150 February 9, 2016 Biedermann et al.
9265533 February 23, 2016 Nelson et al.
9265538 February 23, 2016 Stad et al.
9271768 March 1, 2016 Artaki et al.
9283002 March 15, 2016 Larroque-Lahitette et al.
9308030 April 12, 2016 Manninen
9451994 September 27, 2016 Whipple et al.
9486256 November 8, 2016 Lish et al.
9492205 November 15, 2016 Alsup et al.
9498261 November 22, 2016 McClintock
9795417 October 24, 2017 Beger et al.
10238432 March 26, 2019 Carruth et al.
10299839 May 28, 2019 Sicvol et al.
10398476 September 3, 2019 Lee et al.
D914210 March 23, 2021 Koros
10966762 April 6, 2021 Lee et al.
11291481 April 5, 2022 Schmura
11291482 April 5, 2022 Schmura
20010029376 October 11, 2001 Sater et al.
20020072752 June 13, 2002 Zucherman et al.
20020095153 July 18, 2002 Jones et al.
20030009168 January 9, 2003 Beale et al.
20030028195 February 6, 2003 Bette
20030083747 May 1, 2003 Winterbottom et al.
20030125750 July 3, 2003 Zwirnmann et al.
20030149438 August 7, 2003 Nichols et al.
20030171756 September 11, 2003 Fallin et al.
20030191370 October 9, 2003 Phillips
20030199872 October 23, 2003 Markworth et al.
20030208203 November 6, 2003 Lim
20030225408 December 4, 2003 Nichols et al.
20040049191 March 11, 2004 Markworth et al.
20040147936 July 29, 2004 Rosenberg et al.
20040147937 July 29, 2004 Dunbar et al.
20040172057 September 2, 2004 Guillebon et al.
20040176779 September 9, 2004 Casutt et al.
20040220567 November 4, 2004 Eisermann et al.
20040254576 December 16, 2004 Dunbar et al.
20040267275 December 30, 2004 Cournoyer et al.
20050015094 January 20, 2005 Keller
20050015095 January 20, 2005 Keller
20050033299 February 10, 2005 Shluzas
20050051648 March 10, 2005 Mercier
20050055031 March 10, 2005 Lim
20050059969 March 17, 2005 McKinley
20050079909 April 14, 2005 Singhaseni
20050090824 April 28, 2005 Shluzas et al.
20050131408 June 16, 2005 Sicvol et al.
20050131420 June 16, 2005 Techiera et al.
20050131421 June 16, 2005 Anderson et al.
20050131422 June 16, 2005 Anderson et al.
20050143749 June 30, 2005 Zalenski et al.
20050149036 July 7, 2005 Varieur et al.
20050149048 July 7, 2005 Leport et al.
20050149053 July 7, 2005 Varieur et al.
20050192570 September 1, 2005 Jackson
20050192579 September 1, 2005 Jackson
20050228392 October 13, 2005 Keyer et al.
20050261702 November 24, 2005 Oribe et al.
20060009775 January 12, 2006 Dec et al.
20060025768 February 2, 2006 Iott et al.
20060036254 February 16, 2006 Lim
20060036260 February 16, 2006 Runco et al.
20060069391 March 30, 2006 Jackson
20060074418 April 6, 2006 Jackson
20060079892 April 13, 2006 Roychowdhury et al.
20060079909 April 13, 2006 Runco et al.
20060089651 April 27, 2006 Trudeau et al.
20060095035 May 4, 2006 Jones et al.
20060111712 May 25, 2006 Jackson
20060111713 May 25, 2006 Jackson
20060111730 May 25, 2006 Hay
20060166534 July 27, 2006 Brumfield et al.
20060166535 July 27, 2006 Brumfield et al.
20060229611 October 12, 2006 Avery et al.
20060233597 October 19, 2006 Ensign et al.
20060293692 December 28, 2006 Whipple et al.
20070093849 April 26, 2007 Jones et al.
20070100347 May 3, 2007 Stad et al.
20070129731 June 7, 2007 Sicvol et al.
20070161998 July 12, 2007 Whipple
20070167954 July 19, 2007 Sicvol et al.
20070173831 July 26, 2007 Abdou
20070185375 August 9, 2007 Stad et al.
20070213722 September 13, 2007 Jones et al.
20070233097 October 4, 2007 Anderson et al.
20070260261 November 8, 2007 Runco et al.
20070270817 November 22, 2007 Rezach
20070270880 November 22, 2007 Lindemann et al.
20070282337 December 6, 2007 Garamszegi
20080015601 January 17, 2008 Castro et al.
20080058805 March 6, 2008 Stuart
20080077134 March 27, 2008 Dziedzic et al.
20080077135 March 27, 2008 Stad et al.
20080154277 June 26, 2008 Machalk et al.
20080195155 August 14, 2008 Hoffman et al.
20080228233 September 18, 2008 Hoffman et al.
20080243190 October 2, 2008 Dziedzic et al.
20080255574 October 16, 2008 Dye
20090030419 January 29, 2009 Runco et al.
20090030420 January 29, 2009 Runco et al.
20090054902 February 26, 2009 Mickiewicz et al.
20090082811 March 26, 2009 Stad et al.
20090088764 April 2, 2009 Stad et al.
20090105712 April 23, 2009 Dauster et al.
20090138056 May 28, 2009 Anderson et al.
20090143828 June 4, 2009 Stad et al.
20090312804 December 17, 2009 Gamache et al.
20100137915 June 3, 2010 Anderson et al.
20110034961 February 10, 2011 Runco et al.
20110034962 February 10, 2011 Dunbar, Jr. et al.
20110093022 April 21, 2011 Runco et al.
20110144695 June 16, 2011 Rosenberg et al.
20110208254 August 25, 2011 Villa et al.
20120029571 February 2, 2012 Schwab et al.
20120053643 March 1, 2012 Harper
20120143265 June 7, 2012 Biedermann et al.
20120179214 July 12, 2012 Geist
20120191144 July 26, 2012 Peultier et al.
20120203291 August 9, 2012 Boulaine
20120253413 October 4, 2012 Runco et al.
20130018419 January 17, 2013 Rezach et al.
20130066385 March 14, 2013 Benoist
20130079826 March 28, 2013 Simonson
20130085534 April 4, 2013 Hainard et al.
20130123854 May 16, 2013 Kondrashov et al.
20130245702 September 19, 2013 McBride
20140012337 January 9, 2014 Biedermann et al.
20140018858 January 16, 2014 Laeng et al.
20140074106 March 13, 2014 Shin
20140094858 April 3, 2014 Picetti et al.
20140114363 April 24, 2014 Stevenson et al.
20140148865 May 29, 2014 Hennard et al.
20140163625 June 12, 2014 Meyer et al.
20140180298 June 26, 2014 Stevenson et al.
20140276896 September 18, 2014 Harper
20140277160 September 18, 2014 Ziolo
20140277170 September 18, 2014 Barett et al.
20140277206 September 18, 2014 Reitblat et al.
20140296862 October 2, 2014 Stad et al.
20140311264 October 23, 2014 Black et al.
20140316475 October 23, 2014 Parikh et al.
20150057707 February 26, 2015 Barrus et al.
20150066042 March 5, 2015 Cummins et al.
20150100097 April 9, 2015 Barrus
20150100098 April 9, 2015 Moore
20150105832 April 16, 2015 Gleason et al.
20150112397 April 23, 2015 Petit
20150173803 June 25, 2015 Droulout
20150182265 July 2, 2015 Biedermann et al.
20150196328 July 16, 2015 Hirschl et al.
20150201971 July 23, 2015 Gaines et al.
20150257798 September 17, 2015 Biedermann et al.
20150359568 December 17, 2015 Rezach
20160022317 January 28, 2016 Kraus
20160066967 March 10, 2016 Jackson et al.
20160151093 June 2, 2016 Barry et al.
20160242825 August 25, 2016 Simpson et al.
20170265901 September 21, 2017 Hawkins et al.
20170333087 November 23, 2017 Lee et al.
20170333088 November 23, 2017 Lee et al.
20180014858 January 18, 2018 Biester et al.
20180161073 June 14, 2018 Lee et al.
20180185072 July 5, 2018 Rubin et al.
20180228518 August 16, 2018 Carruth et al.
20180280062 October 4, 2018 Lee et al.
20190117280 April 25, 2019 Avidano et al.
20190193541 June 27, 2019 Takeda
20200297395 September 24, 2020 Schmura et al.
20200297396 September 24, 2020 Schmura et al.
20210059725 March 4, 2021 Avidano et al.
20210177469 June 17, 2021 Lee et al.
20230157736 May 25, 2023 Cromer et al.
Foreign Patent Documents
102488548 September 2013 CN
4238339 May 1994 DE
29806563 June 1998 DE
0948939 May 2004 EP
1 574 175 September 2005 EP
1 648 320 April 2006 EP
1 796 564 June 2007 EP
2 004 079 December 2008 EP
2677242 December 1992 FR
2680314 February 1993 FR
2729291 July 1996 FR
96/021396 July 1996 WO
02/080787 April 2003 WO
03/028566 April 2003 WO
2005/006948 January 2005 WO
2005/058173 June 2005 WO
2006/020443 February 2006 WO
2010/045301 April 2010 WO
Other references
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion for PCT/US2018/065497, dated Jul. 8, 2019 (22 pages).
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion for PCT/EP2022/084215, dated Mar. 15, 2023(12 pages).
Patent History
Patent number: D1004774
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 21, 2019
Date of Patent: Nov 14, 2023
Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL (Le Locle)
Inventors: Kurt Schmura (Middleboro, MA), Raymond F. Murphy (Attleboro, MA), Frank Spratt (Middleboro, MA), Albert Montello (Duxbury, MA)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Application Number: 29/684,449
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Clamp Or Forceps (28) (D24/143)