Carl William Bolton

US Patent:

7044460, May 16, 2006

Filed:

Apr 15, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/414057

Inventors:

Carl William Bolton - Santa Barbara CA, US

International Classification:

B25B 1/20

US Classification:

269 37

Abstract:

A device for affixing a decking member to a joist includes a jig body positionable atop a pair of spaced-apart decking members positioned atop a joist. The jig body has an angled bore having a bottom end extending through a bottom face of the jig body, the bottom end of the angled bore in communication with the space between the decking members. The angled bore defines a centerline extending through the space to a position on the side of the first structural member. The angled bore is for receiving a fastener drivable therethrough into the first structural member's side face, through the first structural member's bottom face, and into the second structural member's top face.

US Patent:

D663473, Jul 10, 2012

Filed:

Sep 27, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/374729

Inventors:

Carl William Bolton - Santa Barbara CA, US

International Classification:

2699

US Classification:

D26118

US Patent:

20090001642, Jan 1, 2009

Filed:

May 16, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/383558

Inventors:

Carl William Bolton - Santa Barbara CA, US

International Classification:

B25B 5/14
F16B 35/02

US Classification:

269 37, 411383

Abstract:

A device for affixing a decking member to a joist includes a jig body positionable atop a pair of spaced-apart decking members positioned atop a joist. The jig body has an angled bore having a bottom end extending through a bottom face of the jig body, the bottom end of the angled bore in communication with the space between the decking members. The angled bore defines a centerline extending through the space to a position on the side of the first structural member. The angled bore is for receiving a fastener drivable therethrough into the first structural member's side face, through the first structural member's bottom face, and into the second structural member's top face.

US Patent:

59066326, May 25, 1999

Filed:

Oct 3, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/943457

Inventors:

Carl William Bolton - Santa Barbara CA

Assignee:

Innovasive Devices, Inc. - Marlborough MA

International Classification:

A61B 1704

US Classification:

606232

Abstract:

A device for urging a flexible member against an inner surface of a bone tunnel includes a deformable ring that has a bore extending from a first side to a second side and a proximal cutout at a proximal end that extends from an outer surface into the bore. The ring is dimensioned to slide within a bone tunnel and is adapted to permit a positioning of a pair of end segments of a flexible member between two opposed generally flat sections of the ring and an inner wall of the bone tunnel. In position the flat sections are generally parallel to a tunnel longitudinal axis. The ring is expandable from a collapsed state wherein the first and the second sections are a first distance apart to an expanded state wherein the first and the second sections are a second distance apart greater than the first distance. The device further includes a screw that is insertable through the proximal cutout into the ring bore for expanding the flat sections outward. Such an expansion is for urging the ring's outer surface against the flexible member end segments to retain the flexible member end segments against the bone tunnel's inner wall.

US Patent:

50491555, Sep 17, 1991

Filed:

Aug 16, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/568625

Inventors:

William C. Bruchman - Flagstaff AZ
Carl W. Bolton - Flagstaff AZ
James R. Bain - Flagstaff AZ

Assignee:

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. - Neward DE

International Classification:

A61F 268

US Classification:

623 17

Abstract:

The inventive article is a ligament or tendon prosthesis having multiple longitudinally parallel strands of microporous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene, the individual strands having an average porosity greater than 30% in the areas requiring tissue ingrowth. Additionally, strand dimensions and microstructure are selected so that tissue can penetrate throughout. The prosthesis is formed from multiple loops of a single continuous filament. Densified eyelets are formed in the loop for mounting to bone. The strands are twisted 180. degree. or arranged in a loose braid about the prothesis axis for improved load distribution during bending of the prosthesis.

US Patent:

45319162, Jul 30, 1985

Filed:

Jul 8, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/511995

Inventors:

Todd V. Scantlebury - Flagstaff AZ
Jeanne B. Ambruster - Flagstaff AZ
Carl W. Bolton - Flagstaff AZ
Stephen E. Campbell - Cave Creek AZ
La Thaggar Green - Flagstaff AZ

Assignee:

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. - Newark DE

International Classification:

A61C 800

US Classification:

433173

Abstract:

A dental implant device. A dental implant device having: (a) a root structure made of a biocompatible, mechanically suitable prosthetic material; (b) a cervical segment projecting above the root structure, made of a biocompatible, nonporous material and having smooth surfaces and together with the root structure forming a member; and (c) a gingival interface made of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene having a porous structure for the ingrowth of connective tissue, located adjacent to the juncture of the root structure and the cervical segment attached to the member and forming a border around the apical end of the cervical segment. The expanded polytetrafluoroethylene provides for an interlocking between the gingival tissue and the pergingival portion of the dental implant preventing bacterial penetration and infection where the implant extends into the oral cavity.

US Patent:

55141447, May 7, 1996

Filed:

Dec 20, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/173675

Inventors:

Carl W. Bolton - Santa Barbara CA

International Classification:

A61B 1756

US Classification:

606 96

Abstract:

The invention provides a drill guide device to accurately place a straight bone tunnel through the tibia and into the femur, the axis of which passes through the anatomic points of origin and insertion of the anterior cruciate ligament. A unique feature of the invention is that by virtue of the linkage mechanism for variable length adjustment, it can simultaneously select on two reference points within a joint thereby allowing for the sequential drilling of the bone tunnels in a straight line incorporating both of the reference points. The method of use for this drill guide device is intended to be positioned through an arthroscopic portal and does not require a femoral incision.

US Patent:

52580407, Nov 2, 1993

Filed:

Feb 28, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/662184

Inventors:

William C. Bruchman - Flagstaff AZ
Carl W. Bolton - Flagstaff AZ
James R. Bain - Flagstaff AZ

Assignee:

W. L. Gore & Associates - Newark DE

International Classification:

A61F 200
B60R 2220

US Classification:

623 66

Abstract:

The inventive article is a ligament or tendon prosthesis having multiple longitudinally parallel strands of microporous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene, the individual strands having an average porosity greater than 30% in the areas requiring tissue ingrowth. Additionally, strand dimensions and microstructure are selected so that tissue can penetrate throughout. The prosthesis is formed from multiple loops of a single continuous filament. Densified eyelets are formed in the loop for mounting to bone. The strands are twisted 180. degree. or arranged in a loose braid about the prosthesis axis for improved load distribution during bending of the prosthesis.