ZIMMER SURGICAL, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150090254 | SURGICAL HELMET - A surgical helmet assembly including a ventilation system for circulating air around the head of a user. The surgical helmet assembly includes a surgical helmet including a brow bar to be positioned around the head of the user and a chin bar extending from the surgical helmet to be positioned in front of the chin of the user. The chin bar and brow bar include an airflow channel in fluid communication with a fan at the rear of the surgical helmet. The fan generates a flow of air from an airflow inlet at the rear of the surgical helmet through the airflow channel in the chin bar to an airflow outlet in the chin bar and past a user's face in an upward direction and through the airflow channel in the brow bar to an airflow outlet in the brow bar and upward over the user's head. | 04-02-2015 |
20140107668 | SKIN GRAFT PREPARATION DEVICE - A skin graft mesher including a cutting roller and a guide roller rotatably mounted to a fixture. A skin graft may be advanced through the mesher between the rollers to form a pattern of perforations in the skin graft. The cutting roller includes cutting rings disposed on an axle and rotatable therewith. The cutting roller further includes a tissue clearing structure positioned between adjacent cutting rings with the axle extending through the tissue clearing structure and rotatable relative to the tissue clearing structure. The tissue clearing structure may clear tissue from between adjacent cutting rings during operation of the skin graft mesher. The tissue clearing structure may be eccentrically rotated about the axle between adjacent cutting rings with the tissue clearing structure extending radially outward beyond the outer diameter of the cutting ring around less than the entire outer circumference of the cutting ring. | 04-17-2014 |
20140066957 | DERMATOME BLADE ASSEMBLY GUARD - A dermatome having a main body, a blade assembly and a blade guard, where the blade assembly has a blade edge and the blade guard has a base and a fence extending from the base toward the blade assembly so as to face the blade edge. The blade guard may include at least one blade assembly locator to facilitate the alignment of the blade guard with the blade assembly. A blade guard assembled on the blade assembly may operate so as to prevent unintended contact between the blade edge and objects. | 03-06-2014 |
20130018391 | DERMATOME BLADE ASSEMBLY GUARDAANM Mahaffey; MarkAACI New PhiladelphiaAAST OHAACO USAAGP Mahaffey; Mark New Philadelphia OH USAANM Straslicka; BruceAACI MedinaAAST OHAACO USAAGP Straslicka; Bruce Medina OH US - A dermatome having a main body, a blade assembly and a blade guard, where the blade assembly has a blade edge and the blade guard has a base and a fence extending from the base toward the blade assembly so as to face the blade edge. The blade guard may include at least one blade assembly locator to facilitate the alignment of the blade guard with the blade assembly. A blade guard assembled on the blade assembly may operate so as to prevent unintended contact between the blade edge and objects. | 01-17-2013 |
20130018390 | DERMATOME WITH WIDTH PLATE CAPTURESAANM Mahaffey; MarkAACI New PhiladelphiaAAST OHAACO USAAGP Mahaffey; Mark New Philadelphia OH USAANM Straslicka; BruceAACI MedinaAAST OHAACO USAAGP Straslicka; Bruce Medina OH US - A dermatome having a main body, a blade assembly and a bottom member, where the main body includes a bottom surface and at least one capture extending from the bottom surface. The bottom member may be inserted into the at least one capture and fastened to the main body, where the blade assembly may be mounted between the fastened bottom member and the bottom surface of the main body. The captures of the main body may limit the movement of the inserted bottom member in at least three general directions and the fastener may limit the movement of the bottom member in at least a fourth general direction. | 01-17-2013 |
20130018389 | DERMATOME BLADE ASSEMBLYAANM Mahaffey; MarkAACI New PhiladelphiaAAST OHAACO USAAGP Mahaffey; Mark New Philadelphia OH USAANM Straslicka; BruceAACI MedinaAAST OHAACO USAAGP Straslicka; Bruce Medina OH US - A dermatome having a blade assembly, where the blade assembly includes a blade and a blade mount. The blade may include a blade edge, a reference edge and at least one hole or receiver positioned between the blade edge and the reference edge. The blade mount may include a base, a blade locator extending from the base and at least one reference fence abutting the reference edge of the blade. The blade locator may include a protrusion for inserting into the hole or receiver of the blade. The blade and blade mount of the blade assembly may self align and provide for a simple and permanent connection. | 01-17-2013 |
20120316576 | DERMATOME SWIVEL DOUBLE ACTING VALVE - A dermatome having a handle and an attachment including a valve, where the valve may include a first bobbin at least partially defining a first flow path and a second flow path, a second bobbin at least partially defining a first flow path, an inlet port at least partially defined by the second bobbin and an outlet port at least partially defined by the first bobbin. The ports of the valve may open in response to an application of a mechanical act to the attachment and the ports may close in response to the absence or removal of the mechanical act. | 12-13-2012 |
20110276060 | DERMATOME BLADE ASSEMBLY - A dermatome has a main body with a first profile and at least one blade assembly with a blade, a size, an orientation corresponding to the main body, and a second profile. The second profile has characteristics corresponding to the first profile to properly orient and locate the at least one blade for proper mounting of the blade to the main body. The profiles are shaped to provide clearance for the second profile to reciprocate relative to the first profile. | 11-10-2011 |