ROY W SANDERS, MD
Medical Practice at Telecom Pkwy, Tampa, FL

2003023, Dec 25, 2003

Jun 21, 2002

10/177966

Jack Long - Warsaw IN, US
Brian Maroney - Ft. Wayne IN, US
Jose Guzman - Ft. Wayne IN, US
Frank Alvine - Sioux Falls SD, US
Stephen Conti - Pittsburgh PA, US
Roy Sanders - Tampa FL, US

A61B017/16

606/080000, 606/096000

A kit () for preparation of a bone cavity () in a bone () for implantation of a joint prosthesis () is provided. The kit () includes a guide () defining an opening () therethrough. The guide () is in cooperation with the prosthesis. The kit () also includes a rotatable tool () constrainable within the opening () of said guide (). The tool () is adapted for removal of bone () to form the bone cavity ().

2004003, Feb 12, 2004

Aug 1, 2003

10/633469

Michael Wack - Warsaw IN, US
Pamela Guzman - Fort Wayne IN, US
Dennis Stoller - Fort Wayne IN, US
Christopher Bremer - Warsaw IN, US
Mark Fenton - North Manchester IN, US
Lawrence Bone - Buffalo NY, US
Roy Sanders - Tampa FL, US

A61B017/56

606/069000

A fracture repair system for engagement with a bone having a condylar portion and a shaft portion is provided. The system includes a plate. The plate includes a head portion and a body portion. The head portion has an internal wall defining a head hole therethrough and is adapted for cooperation with the condylar portion. The body portion has an internal wall defining a body hole through the wall. The system further includes a bushing having a generally spherical exterior surface adapted for cooperation with the head hole and an opposed interior surface defining a passageway through the bushing. The exterior surface of the bushing and the head hole of the plate are configured to permit polyaxial rotation of the bushing within the head hole. The system also includes a head attachment component including a distal portion sized for clearance passage through the passageway and into the bone and an opposed proximate portion sized to urge the bushing against the internal wall of the plate to form a friction lock between the bushing and the plate in a selected polyaxial position. The head attachment component is positionable in an orientation extending divergingly from the plate. The system also includes a body attachment component having a stem portion for passage through the body hole and into the bone and an opposed cap portion sized to cooperate with the plate.

8348980, Jan 8, 2013

Oct 15, 2009

12/579960

Priya Prasad - Miami FL, US
Mark S. Myerson - Baltimore MD, US
Roy W. Sanders - Tampa FL, US
Craig S. Tsukayama - Fort Wayne IN, US
Robert Sixto, Jr. - Miami FL, US

Biomet C.V.

A61B 17/66

606282, 606281

A method for joining together a first, a second and a third bone part of a surgical patient includes obtaining a bone plate having a first, a second and a third portion arranged along a longitudinal axis. The first portion contains a first slot for receiving a first compressing screw. The second portion is adjacent to the first portion and contains a second slot for receiving a second compressing screw. The third portion is adjacent to the second portion and contains a threaded hole for receiving a locking screw. The method further includes positioning the first, second and third portions over the first, second and third bone parts. The method further includes inserting the locking screw into the threaded hole and into the third bone part, inserting the second compressing screw into the second slot and into the second bone part, and inserting the first compressing screw into the first slot and into the first bone part, thereby urging the first, second and third bone parts together.

RE39995, Jan 1, 2008

Sep 13, 2001

09/951983

John Pepper - Cheshire CT, US
Thomas A. Russell - Eads TN, US
Roy Sanders - Tampa FL, US
Christopher E. Johnson - Germantown TN, US

Smith & Nephew, Inc. - Memphis TN

A61B 17/00, A61F 5/00

606 80, 606 79, 606 86

A minimally invasive reaming assembly for creating an entry portal into the canal of a bone and for providing a working channel in which to ream the canal of a bone. The assembly includes a sleeve, a housing and an inner reamer. The sleeve is an elongated cylindrically-shaped hollow sleeve that has a proximal and a distal end, with the distal end having a plurality of cutting blades. The housing is attached to the sleeve and is generally cylindrical in shape and it has a top portion, a bottom portion and a through bore. The top portion includes a releasable locking mechanism for engaging the inner reamer within the housing. The inner reamer has an elongated cannulated body and proximal and distal ends. The distal end has a rotatable reaming head and the proximal end has a drill shaft and a connector for connection to a drill. A portion of the body includes an annular collar with a tab for engaging a notch in the housing.

7892264, Feb 22, 2011

Mar 31, 2005

11/095947

Roy Sanders - Tampa FL, US
Priya Prasad - Warsaw IN, US
Chris Bremer - Warsaw IN, US

DePuy Products, Inc. - Warsaw IN

A61B 17/80

606280

A fixation device for reduction and fixation of fractures of the talus bone of the foot includes a thin titanium alloy plate having a lower wing configured for attachment to the lateral aspect of the talus and an upper wing configured for attachment to the dorsal aspect of the talus. The plate includes a substantially perpendicular or right angle bend between the lower and upper wings. In one embodiment, each wing includes three screw holes arranged in a generally triangular pattern. Two holes on each plate are situated in tabs and the center of the plate has a reduced width so that the plate presents a minimal profile. One of the tabs on the upper wing is bent away from the lower wing at a pre-determined angle so that the wing conforms to the shape of the talus. In an alternative embodiment, the upper wing includes a step portion between the lower wing and the bent tab and carrying one screw hole. In this embodiment, the bent tab is generally elongated with one or two screw holes disposed along its length.

6228087, May 8, 2001

Jan 31, 2000

9/495138

Don Fenaroli - Lake Elsinore CA
Roy W. Sanders - Tampa FL
G. Bryan Cornwall - San Diego CA

Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. - Warsaw IN

A61B 1756

606 73

A fixation member includes a body portion having (i) an upper surface, (ii) a lower surface, and (iii) a perimeter edge interposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. The fixation member also includes a number of arm members each having a first end and a second end. The first end of each arm member being secured to the perimeter edge such that each arm member extends in a radial direction relative to the body portion. The fixation member further includes a penetration structure secured to the second end of each arm member such that each penetration structure extends in an axial direction relative to the body portion. The penetration structure is configured so as to penetrate below an outer surface of a bone when the fixation member is biased against the outer surface of the bone. The penetration structure is further configured to limit the penetration so that the lower surface of the body portion is prevented from contacting the outer surface of the bone when the fixation member is biased against the outer surface of the bone. An associated stop member is also disclosed.

6010506, Jan 4, 2000

Sep 14, 1998

9/152919

Mark Gosney - Memphis TN
Donna D. Holland - Atlanta GA
Anthony James - Bartlett TN
John R. Pepper - Germantown TN
Thomas A. Russell - Memphis TN
Roy Sanders - Tampa FL

Smith & Nephew, Inc. - Memphis TN

A61B 1756, A61B 1758, A61F 230

606 62

An intramedullary nail apparatus includes an elongated nail body having a longer section and a shorter section. A detachable connection affixes the larger and shorter sections together end to end, using a taper lock connection, for example. The shorter section can provide transverse openings therethrough for enabling one or more fasteners to attach it to bone tissue, depending upon the medical indication. The nail includes a bow that consists of two tangent radii. This bow allows for the anterior bow of the femur and the relative straightness of the tibia. Thus, the apparatus of the present invention enables the same stems to be used in the treatment of femoral and tibial fractures. A stem is selected for any indication based on the desired diameter and length. The bow allows for a simplified surgical technique and a reduction in inventory of the nail system.

2013000, Jan 3, 2013

Sep 14, 2012

13/615756

Robert Graham - Miami FL, US
Cesare Cavallazzi - Mirammar FL, US
Marcus Bourda - Miami FL, US
G. Mark Lindsay - Fort Wayne IN, US
Edward Mebarak - Miami FL, US
Roy Sanders - Tampa FL, US

A61B 17/88, A61B 17/80

606282, 606 86 B

A plate holder is provided to facilitate percutaneous introduction of a bone plate, positioning of the plate on a bone surface, and stabilizing the plate while a fastener is inserted through the plate into the bone. The plate holder includes a proximal handle, a distal mount, and an arm extending between the handle and the mount. The mount includes a first portion which seats within a slot on the shaft of a plate, and a second portion at which the shaft is coupled and which includes a tapered proximal side. A set screw hole is provided through the first and second portions, and a set screw is provided therein. When the first portion is seated in a compression slot of a plate and the set screw is driven to seat, the set screw locks the mount to the plate.

2010028, Nov 4, 2010

Mar 26, 2010

12/732509

Roy W. Sanders - Tampa FL, US
Sergio Gutiérrez - Tampa FL, US

A61F 2/42

623 2118

A system for modifying a talocalcaneal spatial relationship in a foot in a body, including a subtalar spacer having an articulating surface and implanted in the sinus tarsi of the foot and a fastener that fastens the subtalar spacer to a bone surface in the foot, in which the articulating surface of the subtalar spacer directs relative movement between the calcaneus and the talus of the foot.

2012014, Jun 7, 2012

Jun 30, 2010

13/380438

Kohsuke Watanabe - Memphis TN, US
Roy W. Sanders - Tampa FL, US

A61B 17/72

606 64

Treating fractures using one or both of an implant, such as an intramedullary nail, and a fastening assembly, such as a lag screw and compression screw assembly. The implant in some implementations has a proximal section with a transverse aperture having a non-circular cross-section that may be shaped to selectively constrain the fastening assembly within the transverse aperture. Two or more components of the fastening assembly may be received to slide, in a controlled way, in the transverse aperture of the implant, and to cooperate to resist a force moment applied thereto.