Frank A Liporace, 81661 Summit St, Englewood, NJ 07632

8257354, Sep 4, 2012

Aug 26, 2009

12/547583

Anthony J. Metzinger - Warsaw IN, US
Peter Giannoudis - Leeds, GB
George J. Haidukewych - Orlando FL, US
Frank A. Liporace - Fort Lee NJ, US
Andrew Sems - Oronoco MN, US

Biomet, C.V.

A61B 17/56

606 62

An instrument system is provided for positioning an internal fixation prosthesis and guiding a cannulated bone drill during a surgical, radioscopic procedure for the repair of a fractured bone of a patient. The instrument system includes a target wire, a handle formed from a radio translucent material having a target hole for guided passage of the target wire along a target axis. The target axis coincides with the intersection of a first plane and a second plane orthogonal to the first plane. The instrument system also includes a nose component attached to an end of the handle and removably connectable to the prosthesis. The nose component includes an alignment sight formed from a radio-opaque material.

2010024, Sep 30, 2010

Mar 31, 2009

12/415212

George J. Haidukewych - Tampa FL, US
Daniel S. Horwitz - Salt Lake City UT, US
Frank A. Liporace - Fort Lee NJ, US
Andrew Sems - Oronoco MN, US
Peter Giannoudis - Leeds, GB
Anthony J. Metzinger - Winona Lake IN, US
Charles D. Christie - Warsaw IN, US
Andrew H. Berthusen - Warsaw IN, US

DePuy Products, Inc. - Warsaw IN

A61B 17/56

606 62, 606 64

An intramedullary nail comprises longitudinal channel, a first transverse passage and a second transverse passage. A lag screw extends through the first transverse passage of the intramedullary nail. An anti-rotation shaft extends through the second transverse passage of the intramedullary nail. A cannulated lag screw lock is positioned in the intramedullary shaft and engages the lag screw. The anti-rotation shaft extends through a cross channel in the lag screw lock. A second shaft lock is positioned in the intramedullary nail with the second shaft lock engaging the anti-rotation shaft. In at least one embodiment, the lag screw lock includes a substantially cylindrical body portion rotatably connected to a threaded head portion. In at least one embodiment, the second shaft lock is provided as an end cap including a threaded upper portion and a lower post portion that extends into the lag screw lock.

2011005, Mar 3, 2011

Aug 26, 2009

12/547608

Anthony J. Metzinger - Warsaw IN, US
George J. Haidukewych - Orlando FL, US
Daniel S. Horwitz - Salt Lake City UT, US
Frank A. Liporace - Fort Lee NJ, US

A61B 17/56
A61B 17/58

606 64, 606 96

An instrument system is provided for positioning an internal fixation prosthesis and guiding a cannulated bone drill during a surgical, radioscopic procedure for the repair of a fractured bone of a patient. The instrument system includes a target wire, a handle formed from a radio translucent material having a target hole for guided passage of the target wire along a target axis. The target axis coincides with the intersection of a first plane and a second plane orthogonal to the first plane. The instrument system also includes a nose component attached to an end of the handle and removably connectable to the prosthesis. The nose component includes an alignment sight formed from a radio-opaque material. When the prosthesis is connected to the nose component and the target wire is positioned through the target hole along the target axis, the image of the guide wire may be radioscopically viewed along a first line of sight contained in the first plane to bisect the image of the alignment device, thereby providing a first visual reference to the user for directing the first guide wire into the desired portion of the bone while holding the prosthesis in a desired position relative to the bone.

2011005, Mar 3, 2011

Aug 26, 2009

12/547596

Anthony J. Metzinger - Warsaw IN, US
Peter Giannoudis - Shadwell, Leeds, GB
George J. Haidukewych - Orlando FL, US
Daniel S. Horwitz - Salt Lake City UT, US
Frank A. Liporace - Fort Lee NJ, US
Andrew Sems - Oronoco MN, US

A61B 17/56

606 86 R

An instrument system is provided for positioning an internal fixation prosthesis and guiding a cannulated bone drill during a surgical, radioscopic procedure for the repair of a fractured bone of a patient. The instrument system includes a target wire, a handle formed from a radio translucent material having a target hole for guided passage of the target wire along a target axis. The target axis coincides with the intersection of a first plane and a second plane orthogonal to the first plane. The instrument system also includes a nose component attached to an end of the handle and removably connectable to the prosthesis. The nose component includes an alignment sight formed from a radio-opaque material. When the prosthesis is connected to the nose component and the target wire is positioned through the target hole along the target axis, the image of the guide wire may be radioscopically viewed along a first line of sight contained in the first plane to bisect the image of the alignment device, thereby providing a first visual reference to the user for directing the first guide wire into the desired portion of the bone while holding the prosthesis in a desired position relative to the bone.

2013031, Dec 5, 2013

Feb 17, 2012

13/985329

Frank A. Liporace - Englewood Cliffs NJ, US
Richard S. Yoon - New York NY, US

B05C 13/02

118500

An encasement for coating a bone plate with a substrate includes a sidewall structure having an upper edge and a cover disposed on the upper edge of the sidewall structure. The encasement includes a base from which the sidewall structure rises such that the sidewall structure, the cover and the base combine to create an open interior space of the encasement. An aperture in the sidewall structure provides access to the open interior space of the encasement and a plurality of cover protrusions extend from the cover into the open interior space. The encasement further includes a plurality of base protrusions extending from the base directly opposing the plurality of cover protrusions. A combined height of an individual cover protrusion and an opposing base protrusion is less than or equal to a height of the sidewall structure.

2020031, Oct 8, 2020

Jan 9, 2020

16/739107

- Maple Grove MN, US
Jeffrey Lincoln Carver - Minnetonka MN, US
Grazyna Wlodarski - Andover MN, US
Eric Fulkerson - Winding Circle CA, US
Frank Liporace - Englewood Cliffs NJ, US
Michael Morwood - Salt Lake City UT, US
Anjan Shah - Tampa FL, US
Roy W. Sanders - Tampa FL, US
Dylan J. Paproski - Wayne PA, US
Christopher H. Scholl - West Chester PA, US

A61B 17/84
A61B 17/34

Apparatus and methods for treatment of a bone. The apparatus may include a mesh anchoring substrate extending longitudinally between a base and a hub. The base may have a base first end adjacent the mesh, a base second end opposite the base first end, and a cannula extending through the base. The apparatus may include a support. The support may include an elongated body extending between an end of the support and a flange. The end of the support may be configured to be removably coupled to a coupling mechanism in the hub. The flange may be configured for being seated outside the base against the base second end. A maximum circumference of the elongated body may be not greater than a cannula circumference.

2018023, Aug 23, 2018

Feb 21, 2018

15/901221

William Scott Van Dyke - Warsaw IN, US
Frank A. Liporace - Englewood Cliffs NJ, US
Dan Dziadosz - Tampa FL, US
Jordan Grossman - Warsaw IN, US
Jordi Asuncion Marquez - Warsaw IN, US
Paul Thomas Slagle - Leesburg IN, US
George J. Haidukewych - Orlando FL, US
David Thordarson - Warsaw IN, US

A61B 17/72
A61F 2/42

Various modular implants and modular implant systems are disclosed herein, as are methods of implanting the same. The modular implant systems can include modular implants that are stacked on each other to define a modular implant system, which in an example can be used to replace or augment a void in bone. The modular implants can interact with an intramedullary implant to, for instance, assist with a fusion procedure.

2018017, Jun 28, 2018

Dec 22, 2017

15/851943

William Scott Van Dyke - Warsaw IN, US
Frank A. Liporace - Englewood Cliffs NJ, US
Dan Dziadosz - Tampa FL, US
Jordan Grossman - Warsaw IN, US
Jordi Asuncion Marquez - Warsaw IN, US
David Thordarson - Warsaw IN, US

A61B 17/72
A61B 17/86

Various intramedullary implants, instruments, and methods are disclosed herein. In an example, a compression instrument is used to provide internal compression of bones adjoining a joint or bones spanning a fracture to cause compression of the joint or fracture.