Stephen F Gilbert

US Patent:

20080208259, Aug 28, 2008

Filed:

Dec 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/960648

Inventors:

Stephen GILBERT - West Chester PA, US
Thomas LORING - Englewood NJ, US
John MINIER - Highland Mills NY, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/58
A61B 17/56

US Classification:

606280, 606300, 606301

Abstract:

The present application relates to a locking bone fixation device having tabs to engage the threads of an orthopedic fixation element. A tool and method for inducing compression across a fracture plane is also disclosed.

US Patent:

59046880, May 18, 1999

Filed:

Dec 30, 1997

Appl. No.:

9/001214

Inventors:

Stephen G. Gilbert - West Chester PA
Rodney L. Bays - Pierceton IN
Billy N. Sisk - Claypool IN
Richard A. Lane - Fort Wayne IN

Assignee:

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. - New York NY

International Classification:

A61F5/04

US Classification:

606 86

Abstract:

An orthopaedic assembly includes a first portion or an acetabular cup and a second connecting portion or a cup inserter. The acetabular cup includes a cavity for receiving a femoral head and a pole defining a longitudinal axis through the cavity. The acetabular cup further includes an annular face which bounds the cavity and has a plurality of notches extending therein. Each notch includes an undercut wall. The annular face further includes a projection receiving device. A cup inserter includes a body with an end face and a plurality of fingers extending from the end face. Each finger is insertable into a corresponding one of the notches in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis and is rotatable around the longitudinal axis to a locking position. Each finger includes a transverse surface which matingly engages with a corresponding one of the undercut walls when the finger is in the locking position. The cup inserter further includes a projection and a biasing device.

US Patent:

20160089191, Mar 31, 2016

Filed:

Sep 24, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/863926

Inventors:

- Kalamazoo MI, US
Stephen Gilbert - West Chester PA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/80

Abstract:

A bone plate locking mechanism and methods for utilizing same are disclosed. A bone plate in accordance with the present invention includes a bone screw hole having a plurality of first lips and a plurality of second lips. The first lips are closer to the upper surface than the second lips and the first and second lips are offset around the bone screw hole.