Inventor · Columbia City, IN, US

Michael E. Hawkins

22Patents
14h-index
34Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 7, 1994 → Jul 1, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5586821A Bone cement preparation kit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 104 Expired
US5893488A Bone cement injector gun Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 81 Expired
US5638997A Bone cement injector gun Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Expired
US8110242B2 Methods of preparing hydrogel coatings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Active
US5538514A Method for forming bone cement to an implant Human Necessities 62 Expired
US6976999B2 Prosthetic device and method of making the same Performing Operations; Transporting 43 Expired
US6740186B2 Method of making an orthopeadic implant having a porous metal surface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5609638A Reinforced polyethylene for articular surfaces Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US7918382B2 Method for attaching a porous metal layer to a metal substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Active
US8985430B2 Method for attaching a porous metal layer to a metal substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US8191760B2 Method for attaching porous metal layer to a metal substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US7789646B2 Spacer mold and methods therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 24 Active
US7435372B2 Liquid bath annealing of polymers for orthopaedic implants Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US7288115B2 Multipart component for an orthopaedic implant Human Necessities 14 Expired
US7790216B2 Method for producing a zirconia-layered orthopedic implant component Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Active
US8801983B2 Spacer mold and methods therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Active
US8480389B2 Spacer mold and methods therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Active
US9656358B2 Method for attaching a porous metal layer to a metal substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US7955393B2 Multipart component for an orthopaedic implant Human Necessities 6 Active
US8309521B2 Spacer with a coating thereon for use with an implant device Human Necessities 3 Active
US8668739B2 Unitary orthopedic implant Human Necessities 1 Active
US11801143B2 Multi-layered biomimetic osteochondral implants and methods of using thereof Human Necessities 0 Active

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