JOSEPH H SKLAR, M.D.
Medical Practice at Birnie Ave, Springfield, MA

6554862, Apr 29, 2003

Sep 28, 2001

09/966766

Jo Hays - Logan UT
David Overaker - Annandale NJ
Joseph Contiliano - Stewartsville NJ
Joseph H. Sklar - Longmeadow MA

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

A61F 208

623 1314, 623 1311, 623 1315

A graft ligament anchor comprises a graft ligament engagement member disposed in an opening in a bone, the graft ligament engagement member being arranged to receive a graft ligament alongside the engagement member, and a locking member for disposition in the opening, and at least in part engageable with the graft ligament engagement member. Movement of the locking member in the opening causes the locking member to urge the engagement member, and the graft ligament therewith, toward a wall of the opening, to secure the graft ligament to the wall of the opening. A method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone comprises providing an opening in the bone, inserting the graft ligament and a graft ligament engagement member in the opening, with the graft ligament disposed alongside a first portion of the engagement member, and inserting a locking member in the bone alongside a second portion of the engagement member, the locking member being separated from the graft ligament by the graft ligament engagement member. The method further comprises moving the locking member to cause the locking member to engage the graft ligament engagement member to urge the graft ligament engagement member, and the graft ligament therewith, toward a wall of the opening to secure the graft ligament to the wall of the opening.

2001004, Nov 29, 2001

Feb 20, 2001

09/789398

Joseph Sklar - Longmeadow MA, US
Harold Martins - Newton MA, US

A61F002/08, A61F002/30

623/013110, 606/066000, 623/908000

A graft ligament anchor comprises a graft ligament engagement member disposed in an opening in a bone, the graft ligament engagement member being arranged to receive a graft ligament alongside the engagement member, and a locking member for disposition in the opening, and at least in part engageable with the graft ligament engagement member. Movement of the locking member in the opening causes the locking member to urge the engagement member, and the graft ligament therewith, toward a wall of the opening, to secure the graft ligament to the wall of the opening. A method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone comprises providing an opening in the bone, inserting the graft ligament and a graft ligament engagement member in the opening, with the graft ligament disposed alongside a first portion of the engagement member, and inserting a locking member in the bone alongside a second portion of the engagement member, the locking member being separated from the graft ligament by the graft ligament engagement member. The method further comprises moving the locking member to cause the locking member to engage the graft ligament engagement member to urge the graft ligament engagement member, and the graft ligament therewith, toward a wall of the opening to secure the graft ligament to the wall of the opening.

7578844, Aug 25, 2009

Jul 19, 2005

11/184554

Joseph H. Sklar - Longmeadow MA, US
Harold M. Martins - Newton MA, US

A61F 2/08

623 1314, 623 1311, 623 1315, 606 60

A graft ligament anchor comprises a ligament engagement member in the form of an expandable elastomeric sleeve of substantially cylindrical shape for disposition in an opening in a bone alongside of a portion of a ligament, and a locking member for disposition in the engagement member. Movement of the locking member in the engagement member causes the locking member to expand the engagement member and thereby urge, the ligament toward a wall of the opening so as to secure the ligament to the wall. A method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone comprises providing an opening in the bone, inserting the ligament and a ligament engagement member in the opening, with the ligament disposed alongside the engagement member, inserting a locking member in the engagement member and moving the locking member to engage the engagement member to urge the engagement member, and the ligament, toward a wall of the opening to secure the ligament to the wall.

6685709, Feb 3, 2004

Apr 2, 2002

10/114659

Joseph H. Sklar - Longmeadow MA 01106

A61B 1700

606 80, 606 88, 606170, 606180

Apparatus for removing bone from a femoral notch, or the like, which includes a guidewire and a router assembly. The router assembly comprises a cutting head fixed to a shaft rotatably disposed in a hole through a body portion of a shield assembly. A hood portion of the shield assembly extends from the body portion of the shield assembly and covers a first portion of the cutting head while leaving exposed a second portion of the cutting head. The guidewire extends through a hole in the shaft, a hole in the cutting head, and a hole in the shield assembly hood portion, such that the router assembly is movable along the guidewire. The shaft is rotatable in the shield assembly body portion such that the second portion of the cutting head is engageable with the bone and operative to remove portions of the bone. The guidewire is installed in the knee so that it extends along the length to be occupied by a graft ligament. The guidewire and router assembly are flexible so that the bone-trimming operation may be conducted dynamically as the knee is moved through a range of natural motions.

2004022, Nov 4, 2004

Feb 3, 2004

10/770848

Joseph Sklar - Longmeadow MA, US

A61B017/16

606/080000

Apparatus for removing bone from a femoral notch, or the like, which includes a guidewire and a router assembly. The router assembly comprises a cutting head fixed to a shaft rotatably disposed in a hole through a body portion of a shield assembly. A hood portion of the shield assembly extends from the body portion of the shield assembly and covers a first portion of the cutting head while leaving exposed a second portion of the cutting head. The guidewire extends through a hole in the shaft, a hole in the cutting head, and a hole in the shield assembly hood portion, such that the router assembly is movable along the guidewire. The shaft is rotatable in the shield assembly body portion such that the second portion of the cutting head is engageable with the bone and operative to remove portions of the bone. The guidewire is installed in the knee so that it extends along the length to be occupied by a graft ligament. The guidewire and router assembly are flexible so that the bone-trimming operation may be conducted dynamically as the knee is moved through a range of natural motions.

5306301, Apr 26, 1994

Feb 11, 1993

8/016411

Ben K. Graf - Madison WI
Thomas D. Rosenberg - Salt Lake City UT
Joseph H. Sklar - Longmeadow MA
Michael C. Ferragamo - No. Dighton MA

American Cyanamid Company - Wayne NJ

A61F 208, A61F 246

623 13

A graft attachment device having an elongated body with a leading end and a trailing end, each defining an element for carrying a filament such as a suture. The body further defines at least one element for attaching to the body either a graft or a graft connection element which is in turn connected to the graft. The element for attaching enables the body to rotate relative to the graft from an initial insertion position, along an axis substantially parallel to the graft, to a final fixation position transverse to the graft to secure the graft relative to a bone. A method of attaching a graft to the bone using such a graft attachment device includes forming a socket in a bone such as a femur to accommodate an end of the graft, the socket having an opening at one end and a floor at its opposite end. A passage is formed from the floor of the socket to the opposite side of the bone, the passage having a width at least as large as the maximum width of the graft attachment device. The graft is secured to the element for attaching, and the lead and trailing filaments are inserted through the passage.

D612500, Mar 23, 2010

Jul 29, 2008

29/322042

Michael J. Strobel - Straubing, DE
Joseph Sklar - Longmeadow MA, US
Markus Friedrich - Rottweil, DE
Sascha Berberich - Tuttlingen, DE

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG

2402

D24155

D359355, Jun 13, 1995

Feb 16, 1993

D/004867

Michael C. Ferragamo - North Dighton MA
Joseph H. Sklar - Longmeadow MA
Charles H. Brown - Wellesley MA

American Cyanamid Company - Wayne NJ

D24145

D360688, Jul 25, 1995

Feb 16, 1993

D/004866

Michael C. Ferragamo - North Dighton MA
Joseph H. Sklar - Longmeadow MA
Charles H. Brown - Wellesley MA

American Cyanamid Company - Wayne NJ

D24145