Stephen L L White

US Patent:

D553751, Oct 23, 2007

Filed:

May 19, 2005

Appl. No.:

29/230315

Inventors:

Brad L Penenberg - Beverly Hills CA, US
Stephen E. White - Germantown TN, US

Assignee:

White Surgical Incorporated - Germantown TN

International Classification:

2401

US Classification:

D24184

US Patent:

8066750, Nov 29, 2011

Filed:

Oct 6, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/544839

Inventors:

Nelson Oi - Memphis TN, US
Wilder Companioni - Cordova TN, US
Jason Michael May - Cordova TN, US
Michael V. West - Somerville TN, US
Stephen Edward White - Germantown TN, US

Assignee:

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc - Warsaw IN

International Classification:

A61B 17/80

US Classification:

606289

Abstract:

There is provided an orthopedic plate and port structures for the plate. The plate can be non-rigid and includes at least one hole for receiving an anchor or an anchor retaining device. The at least one hole can include a rigid port structure that prevents or resists deformation of the plate when the anchor or anchor retaining device is engaged thereto.

US Patent:

7261740, Aug 28, 2007

Filed:

Oct 29, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/696459

Inventors:

David R. Tuttle - Memphis TN, US
Vernon R. Hartdegen - Collierville TN, US
Stephen E. White - Cordova TN, US
Robert M. Fencl - Cordova TN, US
Robert H. Schmidt - Ft. Worth TX, US

Assignee:

Wright Medical Technology, Inc. - Arlington TN

International Classification:

A61F 2/38
A61F 2/30

US Classification:

623 2032

Abstract:

A knee prosthetic including a tibial component defining medial and lateral concavities shaped to receive medial and lateral femoral condyles of the femur. The concavities have first portions for contact with the condyles during normal knee flexion and second portions for contact with the condyles during deep, or high, knee flexion. The medial concavity can include a conforming boundary that encompasses at least the first and second portions, wherein an area inside the conforming boundary has a generally flat surface. The flat surface allows the medial femoral condyle to slide and rotate posteriorly during high knee flexion. The conforming boundary can have a generally triangular shape with an apex extending anteriorly and a relatively wider base extending posteriorly, wherein the apex includes the first portion and the base includes the second portion. The relatively wider base portion advantageously allows additional area for posteriorly directed articulating contact during high knee flexion.

US Patent:

8043294, Oct 25, 2011

Filed:

Mar 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/794188

Inventors:

Robert M. Fencl - Cordova TN, US
J. David Blaha - Ann Arbor MI, US
Vernon R. Hartdegen - Collierville TN, US
William J. Maloney - Clayton MO, US
Stephen E. White - Cordova TN, US

Assignee:

Wright Medical Technology, Inc. - Arlington TN

International Classification:

A61B 17/58

US Classification:

606 89

Abstract:

A femoral caliper having one or more anatomical referencing members for placement against portions of the femur, such as the anterior cortex and posterior portion of the femoral condyles, to measure the femur for sizing of the femoral component. A reference mark positioning guide of the femoral caliper is connected to the anatomical referencing member and is capable of guiding placement of a reference mark on the femur that facilitates positioning of the femoral component. The femoral caliper includes an adjustment mechanism capable of displacing the reference mark positioning guide relative to the anatomical referencing member. This allows adjustment of the position of the reference mark (and hence the femoral component) on the femur to account for the up or down sizing of the femoral component. Preferably, the adjustment mechanism adjusts the reference mark positioning guide in the anterior-posterior direction to allow balancing of the tightness or laxity of the selected component.

US Patent:

20040161813, Aug 19, 2004

Filed:

Jul 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/917331

Inventors:

Charles Rock - Bartlett TN, US
Allen Price - Memphis TN, US
Stephen White - Memphis TN, US

Assignee:

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Memphis TN

International Classification:

C12Q001/48

US Classification:

435/015000, 435/193000, 700/090000, 702/027000

Abstract:

Crystals of FabB-inhibitor complexes are disclosed that allow the three-dimensional structure of the FabB-inhibitor complex to be determined. The use of this structural information to identify and/or design drugs to treat bacterial infections is also disclosed.

US Patent:

20080154310, Jun 26, 2008

Filed:

Dec 21, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/643158

Inventors:

Stephen Edward White - Germantown TN, US
Wilder Companioni - Cordova TN, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/58
A61B 17/56

US Classification:

606280, 606298

Abstract:

A reinforced orthopedic plate formed of a non-metallic material and defining a primary thickness profile and including an elongate reinforcement portion defining a localized increased thickness profile to strengthen the orthopedic plate.

US Patent:

20090088849, Apr 2, 2009

Filed:

Sep 27, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/862685

Inventors:

William David Armstrong - Memphis TN, US
Stephen Edward White - Germantown TN, US
Randall Frederick Dryer - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. - Warsaw IN

International Classification:

A61F 2/44

US Classification:

623 1716

Abstract:

The present application is directed to implants for positioned between vertebral members. The implant may include a superior surface to contact against a first vertebral member, and an inferior surface to contact against a second vertebral member. The implant may include a central web that extends between first and second flanges. The flanges may be shaped to form gaps that extend the height of the implant. Spaces in communication with the gaps may be formed in an interior of the implant to hold bone growth material.

US Patent:

20100087830, Apr 8, 2010

Filed:

Oct 3, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/244825

Inventors:

Mark Dace - Memphis TN, US
Stephen Papadopoulos - Paradise Valley AZ, US
Stephen White - Memphis TN, US
Bradley Coates - Yarmouth IA, US
Greg Marik - Collierville TN, US

Assignee:

WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. - Warsaw IN

International Classification:

A61B 17/58
A61B 17/00

US Classification:

606 99, 606 79

Abstract:

The present application is directed to instruments and methods for preparing a space between vertebral members. One embodiment of the instrument may include an elongated shaft with a proximal end and a distal end. A blade may be positioned at an end of the shaft and may rotate about an axis. The blade may include one or more teeth that include a height and/or contour. During rotation of the blade, the teeth contact and cut into one of the vertebral members. The instrument may also include a depth stop that limits a depth that the teeth can cut into the vertebral member. In some embodiments, the instrument includes a second blade that is configured to cut into the second vertebral member.