Inventor · Columbia City, IN, US

John E. Meyers

34Patents
23h-index
73Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 21, 1988 → Sep 5, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5649931A Orthopaedic apparatus for driving and/or removing a bone screw Human Necessities 359 Expired
US5020519A Sagittal approximator Human Necessities 358 Expired
US4955885A Surgical slider instrument and method of using instrument Human Necessities 174 Expired
US6485519B2 Constrained prosthetic knee with rotating bearing Human Necessities 161 Expired
US5324292A Fracture fixation assembly with selectively removable protrusion Human Necessities 144 Expired
US6245074A Orthopaedic glenoid reamer Human Necessities 126 Expired
US6773461B2 Constrained prosthetic knee with rotating bearing Human Necessities 122 Expired
US6355042B2 Orthopaedic bone plate Human Necessities 97 Expired
US8506645B2 Tibial augments for use with knee joint prostheses Human Necessities 87 Active
US6719800B2 Constrained prosthetic knee with rotating bearing Human Necessities 85 Expired
US7316687B2 Blade plate and instruments Human Necessities 73 Expired
US6458136B1 Orthopaedic instrument for sizing implant sites and for pressurizing bone cement and a method for using the same Human Necessities 72 Expired
US6827739B2 Easily assembled provisional orthopaedic implant Human Necessities 62 Expired
US5797908A External fixator assembly and clamp therefor Human Necessities 62 Expired
US6682531B2 Orthopaedic bone plate Human Necessities 62 Expired
US7892288B2 Femoral augments for use with knee joint prosthesis Human Necessities 61 Expired
US5725526A Transport carriage for an external fixator Human Necessities 43 Expired
USD331625S Combined driver and holder for spinal hooks or screws General 37 Expired
US7691150B2 Modular plate and keel provisionals Human Necessities 34 Active
US8268006B2 Constrained prosthetic knee with rotating bearing Human Necessities 27 Active
US8177849B2 Methods and apparatuses for attaching tissue to orthopaedic implants Human Necessities 27 Active
US7846189B2 Orthopaedic bone plate Human Necessities 27 Active
US9044326B2 Femoral augments for use with knee joint prosthesis Human Necessities 24 Active
US9265614B2 Method of implanting the tibial augment Human Necessities 23 Active
US5693047A Press fit intramedullary reamer head Human Necessities 18 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.