Inventions/Patents

Official Patent Document

4,203,444 Surgical Instrument suitable for closed

surgery such as of the knee(arthroscopy) 5/20/1980

4,252,306	Device for clamping body parts	2/24/1981
4,274,414	Surgical Instrument (arthroscopic shaver)	6/23/1981

4,462,395

Arthroscopic Ligamentous and Capsular

7/31/1984

Des284,509

Fixation System

Surgical Staple (metal)

7/1/1986

4,779,616	Surgical Suture snagging method	10/25/1988
4,842,578	Surgical Abrading Instrument(arthroscopy)	6/27/1989

Des320,081	Biodegradable Surgical Staple	9/17/1991
5,116,337	Fixation Screw and method for ligament Reconstruction	5/26/1992
5,152,763	Method of bone grafting (bone grafter)	10/6/92
D340,284	Biodegradable Surgical staple	10/12/93

5,312,438	Suture anchor and method of use (“tired of tying”)	5/17/1994
5,334,200	Suture Knot Making Device and method of use	8/2/1994
5,360,391	Cantilever Shoulder Brace	11/1/1994
5,443,468	Method of Drilling bore in bone using a compaction device	8/22/1995
5,485,852	Pain Tolerance Testing Device	1/23/1996

5,496,326 Fixation Screw and Method for 3/5/1996

Ligament Reconstruction

5,520,620	Shoulder Brace	5/28/1996
5,522,844	Suture anchor, suture anchor installation device and method for attaching a suture to a bone	6/4/1996
5,549,676	Biological Replacement Ligament	8/27/1996
5,569,303	Apparatus and Method for attaching an Object to bone	10/29/1996
5,571,195	Prosthesis for an artificial joint having a wear particle collection capability	11/5/1996
5,628,766	Method of using a mini screw to anchor a suture to bone.	5/13/1997

5,687,742 Knee extension Device 11/18/1997

5,690,678 Arrangement for anchoring suture to bone (biosphere)11/25/1997

5,782,924 Fixation Method and Apparatus for 7/21/1998

Total Joint Prosthesis

5,792,182 Apparatus for attaching tissue or suture to bone

(Turn Key) 8/11/1998

5,897,560 Method and Apparatus for Forming a 4/27/1999

Central Bore for the Femoral Stem of

Hip Prosthesis

5,899,907	Instrumentation for Proximal Femoral Compaction Broaching	5/4/1999
5,928,240	Apparatus for forming a central bore for the Femoral Stem of a Hip Prosthesis. (with suction)	7/27/1999
5, 957,836	Rotatable Retractor	9/28/1999
6,030,400	Articular Cartilage Harvesting Knife	2/19/2000

6,120,541 Apparatus for use in grafting articular cartilage 9/10/2000

6,139,583	Femoral Prosthesis; rotational stem	10/31/2000
6,149,654	Intra-articular drill	11/21/2000

6,537,278 Apparatus for use in grafting articular cartilage 3/25/2003

09/593,037 Apparatus for use in Grafting Articular cartilage (3/25/2003)

09/684,837 Arrangement for the fixation of Intra-osseous Fractures

6,572,655 Method of securing a prosthesis component to bone; biological screw

(6/3/2003)

09/640,551 Fixation Device for Fibrous Tissue

7,572,127 B2 Operating Room Educational Television [OReduTV] 08/11/2009

7,895,582 Use of synovium and omentum for tissue engineering 08/31/2010

7,927,630 Use of Autologous sediment form the fluid aspirates as vehicles for Drug delivery 4/19/2011.

7,998,046 Methods and Devices for Treating Pathological Conditions of the Knee

08/16/2011

Passive Extension Gain

Starting Position Gradual Tightening

8,122, 550 Method of treating osteoarthritis using insoles (February 28, 2012)

8,142,338 Methods and devices for treating pathological conditions of the human knee (March 27,2012)

8,182,806 Synovial villi for use with tissue engineering. May 22, 2012.

8,263,069 Composition including anthocyanins and anthocyanidins for prevention and or treatment of articular cartilage associated conditions. September 11, 2012

8,337,784 Use of autologous sediment from fluid aspirates as vehicles for drug delivery December 25, 2012

GOLF

US 6,962,357 Mini face blade putter (11/8/3005)

US 7,628,709 B2 Mini-face Blade Putter (12/8/2009)

US 7,637,821 B2 Visual and Tactile Confirmation Golf Grip System (12/29/2009) US 7,,749,098 Vertically curved face putter with multiple horizontal contact facets.

(7/6/2010)