Edward C Lewis

US Patent:

7011659, Mar 14, 2006

Filed:

Mar 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/388471

Inventors:

Edward L. Lewis - Maplewood NJ, US
Roy M. Nuzzo - Westfield NJ, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/58

US Classification:

606 61

Abstract:

A connector for a spinal alignment system includes a base, a hook, a guide aperture, and a locking portion. The base includes a channel extending therethrough to receive a fixation rod. The hook extends from the base. The guide aperture is adapted to receive a bone fastener and the locking portion is adapted to engage the bone fastener. The guide aperture extends through one of the base and the hook and the locking portion is located in the other of the base and the hook. The locking portion is coaxial with the guide aperture such that the guide aperture guides a shaft of the bone fastener into alignment with the locking portion when the bone fastener is received by the guide aperture. The bone fastener cooperates with the base and hook to form a tension band construct that resists opposing forces acting on the construct. A rod locking fastener engages the channel and the fixation rod to secure the fixation rod in the channel.

US Patent:

8133263, Mar 13, 2012

Filed:

Jul 31, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/533570

Inventors:

Edward L. Lewis - Maplewood NJ, US
Roy M. Nuzzo - Westfield NJ, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/84

US Classification:

606330, 606324, 606276, 606277

Abstract:

A connector for a spinal alignment system includes a base, a hook, a guide aperture, and a locking portion. The base includes a channel extending therethrough to receive a fixation rod. The hook extends from the base. The guide aperture is adapted to receive a bone fastener and the locking portion is adapted to engage the bone fastener. The guide aperture extends through one of the base and the hook and the locking portion is located in the other of the base and the hook. The locking portion is coaxial with the guide aperture such that the guide aperture guides a shaft of the bone fastener into alignment with the locking portion when the bone fastener is received by the guide aperture. The bone fastener cooperates with the base and hook to form a tension band construct that resists opposing forces acting on the construct. A rod locking fastener engages the channel and the fixation rod to secure the fixation rod in the channel. The rod locking fastener and the base include mating surfaces that cooperate with each other to resist the force exerted by the fixation rod onto the rod locking fastener when the fixation rod is secured in the channel.

US Patent:

20060293660, Dec 28, 2006

Filed:

Jun 3, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/143853

Inventors:

Edward Lewis - Maplewood NJ, US
Roy Nuzzo - Westfield NJ, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/30

US Classification:

606061000

Abstract:

A connector for a spinal alignment system includes a base, a hook, a guide aperture, and a locking portion. The base includes a channel extending therethrough to receive a fixation rod. The hook extends from the base. The guide aperture is adapted to receive a bone fastener and the locking portion is adapted to engage the bone fastener. The guide aperture extends through one of the base and the hook and the locking portion is located in the other of the base and the hook. The locking portion is coaxial with the guide aperture such that the guide aperture guides a shaft of the bone fastener into alignment with the locking portion when the bone fastener is received by the guide aperture. The bone fastener cooperates with the base and hook to form a tension band construct that resists opposing forces acting on the construct. A rod locking fastener engages the channel and the fixation rod to secure the fixation rod in the channel. The rod locking fastener and the base include mating surfaces that cooperate with each other to resist the force exerted by the fixation rod onto the rod locking fastener when the fixation rod is secured in the channel.

US Patent:

20080262547, Oct 23, 2008

Filed:

Jul 1, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/166109

Inventors:

Edward L. Lewis - Maplewood NJ, US
Roy M. Nuzzo - Westfield NJ, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/70

US Classification:

606251, 606276, 606278

Abstract:

A connector for a spinal alignment system includes a base, a hook, a guide aperture, and a locking portion. The base includes a channel extending therethrough to receive a fixation rod. The hook extends from the base. The guide aperture is adapted to receive a bone fastener and the locking portion is adapted to engage the bone fastener. The guide aperture extends through one of the base and the hook and the locking portion is located in the other of the base and the hook. The locking portion is coaxial with the guide aperture such that the guide aperture guides a shaft of the bone fastener into alignment with the locking portion when the bone fastener is received by the guide aperture. The bone fastener cooperates with the base and hook to form a tension band construct that resists opposing forces acting on the construct. A rod locking fastener engages the channel and the fixation rod to secure the fixation rod in the channel. The rod locking fastener and the base include mating surfaces that cooperate with each other to resist the force exerted by the fixation rod onto the rod locking fastener when the fixation rod is secured in the channel.

US Patent:

61900753, Feb 20, 2001

Filed:

Aug 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/635363

Inventors:

Edward Lewis - Bronx NY

International Classification:

A46B 1100

US Classification:

401129

Abstract:

A brush/container combination specifically designed for cleaning tires. A unique sealing disk prevents leakage while a tongue attached to the container cover accommodates the brush used in the tire cleaning operation.

US Patent:

55614299, Oct 1, 1996

Filed:

Apr 16, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/852877

Inventors:

M. Halberstam - Brooklyn NY
James E. Meister - Wayne NJ
Moshe Mazin - Andover MA
Dennis A. Henlin - Dracut MA
Jun-ichi Sano - Chelmsford MA
Edward T. Lewis - Sudbury MA

Assignee:

Raytheon Company - Lexington MA

International Classification:

G06F 702

US Classification:

342 14

Abstract:

A content limit addressable memory (CLAM) having a plurality of lower and upper limits stored therein for comparison to corresponding subfields of an input word. Each corresponding upper and lower limit forms a bracket. Corresponding brackets form a window. The brackets correspond to the subfields and are of the same number of bits. The brackets and subfields are alterable in width to allow each bracket and subfield to have any number of bits in multiples of two. A valid match of the input word with any window can occur with any combination of the brackets of a window matching or not matching the corresponding subfields of the input word. A plurality of outputs corresponding to each of the windows indicates a match of the corresponding window to the input word. Additionally, the CLAM can compare data stored therein against an applied window with the matching operations as described above.