Therics, Inc.

S.s. White Technologies, Inc.

Alfred Anthony Litwak

Qing Wen Liu

Peter A Materna

Thomas George West

Christopher M Gaylo

Jaedeok Yoo

Henry Leon Surprenant

Thomas J Bradbury

Donald C Monkhouse

Chen-Chao Wang

Timothy J Pryor

Frank Pinal

Sunil Saini

Kathleen D Chesmel

Brian Umbach

Akhil Kumar Singh

Heather Ann Beam

Jennifer Patterson

A case for storing medical instruments contains a rotating bracket for holding the instruments. The bracket is connected to the tray and hinged lid of the case via a movable frame, and the bracket movement is controlled by opening and closing of the lid. When the lid is closed, the bracket points the tips of the instruments downward to minimize water collection; and when the lid is opened, the instrument holding bracket rotates so that the instruments it holds are moved to a vertical position, facilitating instrument selection.

Autoclavable medical instrument case for reduced instrument corrosion

The invention includes a three-dimensional printing (3DP) machine that has at least one ultraviolet (UV) light source directed at powder or slurry being processed by the 3DP machine and/or directed at any of various surfaces or machine components, in a manner suitable to kill or damage microorganisms to a desired extent. The UV light sources may be either stationary or movable, and may be either pulsed or substantially continuous, and may operate in any desired sequence and timing with respect to other operations performed by the machine. The invention may include ultraviolet illumination in such a way as to interact with powder to sterilize or disinfect powder either while the powder is stationary or, alternatively, as powder is being moved from one place to another within the 3DP machine, or both. The invention also includes methods of performing three-dimensional printing using such illumination. The invention also includes the combination of other methods of sterilization or disinfection with the use of ultraviolet light. The invention also includes the use of ultraviolet light sources for a combination of polymerization/cross-linking in addition to sterilization/disinfection.

Three-dimensional printing apparatus and methods of manufacture including sterilization or disinfection, for example, using ultraviolet light

An engineered regenerative biostructure (erb) for implantation into a human body as a bone substitute, which includes an internal microstructure, mesostructure and/or macrostructure to provide improved bone in-growth, and methods for making the erb. Under one aspect of the invention, the biostructure has resorbable and nonresorbable regions. Under another aspect of the invention, the biostructure is constructed of hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate and/or demineralized bone. Under yet another aspect of the invention, the porous biostructure is partially or fully infused with a resorbable, nonresorbable or dissolvable material.

Method and apparatus for engineered regenerative biostructures such as hydroxyapatite substrates for bone healing applications

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Manasquan, NJ, United States of America

Alfred Anthony Litwak