Search Results - john+desjardins

5 Results Sort By:
Novel Locking Total Knee Replacement Design for Treatment of Knee Extensor Weakness
Reference #:  01007The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for novel knee implants that allow the user to flex the implant using manual and magnetic features, thereby increasing mobility and reducing fatigue.Invention Description:The subject invention is a lockable knee implant. It allows for knee flexion when desired by...
Published: 5/26/2021   |   Inventor(s): Frank Voss, Eric Lucas, John DesJardins, Kim Chillag
Keywords(s):  
Category(s): Biomedical and Life Sciences, Health Sciences
Performance Lab Testing for Evaluating Faceguard Effectiveness
This novel faceguard test determines the structural stiffness for all newly manufactured facemasks, serving to reduce head injuries among athletes due to the use of inadequately performing protective gear. In response to the high rate of severe traumatic brain injury and skull fracture during football play, in 1974 the National Operating Committee for...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Bina, John DesJardins, Gregory Batt
Keywords(s): Analytical/Diagnostics/Instru./Sensors-Medical/Biological, Analytical/Instrumentation/Sensors-Non-Medical/NonBiological, Athletic Equipment
Category(s): Information and Communication Technology
3D Printed Variable Hardness Foot Orthotics with Patient-Specific Fit
This custom-fit foot orthotic uses 3D printing, providing a clinician-to-patient manufacturing cycle that produces custom-fit foot orthotics in reduced time and lower costs. Over 29 million Americans, or 9.3 percent of the population, have diabetes. At any given moment, between 4-10 percent of diabetics have a diabetic foot ulcer. In 3-5 percent of...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): John DesJardins, Scott Stanley, Breanne Przestrzelski, Brian Kaluf, Timothy Pruett, Steven Hoeffner
Keywords(s):  
Category(s): Biomedical Sciences
Locking Total Knee Replacement Design for Treating Knee Extensor Weakness
This design allows patients to selectively lock the knee in full extension for the purposes of ambulation and unlock free rotation when desired. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, over 600,000 total knee replacement surgeries are performed in the United States each year. While total knee replacement (TKR) is a definitive method...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Eric Lucas, John DesJardins, Kim Chillag, Frank Voss
Keywords(s): Medical Device, Orthopaedics - Orthotics/Prosthetics/Hardware/Other
Category(s): Biomedical Sciences
Method and Material to Extend the Life of Total Joint Replacements through Wear
More than 500,000 joint replacements occur in the US each year and demand for joint replacements will grow an estimated 175 percent for total hip replacements and six-fold for total knee replacements by 2030 (CDC report “Health United States 2009”). These replacements typically last about 10 years or more, but as the patients live longer...
Published: 10/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): John DesJardins, Martine Laberge, Cassandra Wright-Walker
Keywords(s): Biomaterials - Orthopaedic, Drugs/Pharma - Drug Delivery, Medical Device, Orthopaedics - Orthotics/Prosthetics/Hardware/Other
Category(s): Biomedical Sciences