The 3-d contouring a bone plate prior to application to a fracture requires the use of a bending instrument. The process can be simplified by using a malleable template that can be contoured using only finger pressure. This template was designed to give a good representation of the bone plate silhouette and allow easy contouring without the need of an instrument.

RJ Runciman, Orthopaedic Reconstruction Plate Bender, U.S. Patent D383841, 1997

A companion instrument to the Bone Plate Shaping Device, for convenient bending of bone plates.

RJ Runciman and R Desjardins, Bone Plate Shaping Device, Canadian Filing 2162837, U.S. Patent 5651283, 1997

A one handed, compound action instrument for 3-d contouring of bone plates.

RJ Runciman and RN Allard, Reconstruction Bone Plate, Canadian Filing 2174293, 1997

A contourable bone plate for the surgical treatment of bone fractures.

RJ Runciman, SG Agnew and RK Leighton, Spherical Washer for Use With a Bone Screw, Canadian Filing 2158890, 1997

Bone screws for use with bone plates are manufactured with standardised shaft and head diameters. Correspondingly, bone plates are typically manufactured with geometry to accept a single size of screw. The spherical washer was developed to adapt smaller than standard screws to function correctly with a bone plate.

Conference and Professional Presentations

- V Sprenger, L Boure, RJ Runciman, J Thomason and A Desrochers, Development of an interactive 3D web-based model of the equine carpal joint for teaching anatomy, kinematics and pathology. Oral presentation, American College of Veterinary Surgeons Veterinary Symposium, San Diego, California, October 2005.

- V Sprenger, L Boure, RJ Runciman, J Thomason and A Desrochers, Development of a web-based interactive three-dimensional model of the equine carpal joint for teaching veterinary anatomy and pathology. Oral presentation, European College of Veterinary Surgeons, 14th Annual meeting, Lyon, France, July 2005.

- V Sprenger, L Boure, RJ Runciman, J Thomason and A Desrochers, Development of a web-based interactive three-dimensional model of the equine carpal joint for teaching veterinary anatomy and pathology. Oral presentation, Ed-media 2005 World Conference, Montreal July 2005.

- N MM Moens, J R Runciman , K Isakow, The effect of the crimping method on the strength of Nylon loops for the repair of cranial cruciate ligament in the dog. ESVOT Congress, Munich, September 2004.

- L Bouré, C Kerr, S Pearce, RJ Runciman and J Caswell, Comparison of two laparoscopic suture patterns for the repair of experimentally ruptured bladder in normal neonatal calves. Accepted for oral presentation at the 2004 Eur College Vet Surg Scientific Meeting. July 2004, Prague, Czek republic. An abstract will be published in Vet Surg.

- J Phillips, RJ Runciman and A Miniaci, Mathematical modeling of humeral head geometry. Podium presentation, 9th International Congress on Surgery of the Shoulder, May 2004.

- A Changoor, RJ Runciman and Mark Hurtig, Variations in cartilage and subchondral bone properties over the femoral surface of the equine stifle joint. Podium presentation, International Cartilage Repair Society, 2004.

- RJ Runciman, Bioengineering- Fiction or Fact. Presentation to the Timmins and Porcupine District Chapter of the Professional Engineers of Ontario (approximately 200 attendees), March 3, 2004.

- A Changoor, M Hurtig and RJ Runciman, Variations in cartilage and subchondral bone properties over the femoral surface of the equine stifle joint. Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie , February 2004.

- N Lauwaert, RJ Runciman, M Oliver and I Lisitsa, Understanding models for determining the centre of rotation of the knee joint. Ontario Biomechanics Conference, Barrie , February 2004.

- Bouré L, Kerr C, Pearce S, Runciman J, Caswell J. Comparison of two laparoscopic suture patterns for the repair of experimentally ruptured bladder in normal neonatal calves. February 2004. First Meeting of the Veterinary Mininally Invasive Surgery Society. Keystone, Colorado, USA.

- J Phillips, RJ Runciman and A Miniaci, Mathematical modeling of humeral head geometry. Poster presentation, American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, November 2003.

- A Changoor, RJ Runciman, M Hurtig and T Miniaci, Comparison of 2 rotator cuff anchor techniques. Podium presentation, Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society, 2003.

- Bouré L, Kerr C, Pearce S, Runciman J, Caswell J. Comparison of two laparoscopic suture patterns for the repair of experimentally ruptured bladder in normal neonatal calves. Oral presentation at the 38th Annual Am College Vet Surg Scientific Meeting. Oct. 2003, Washington, USA. Vet Surg, Sept-Oct 2003; 32(5) 482.

- M Rittenhouse, H Abdulla and RJ Runciman, A Neural Network Model for Reconstructing EMG Signals from Eight Shoulder Muscles. CMBEC, Oral presentation, Ottawa, Ontario, November 2002.

- G Whan, RJ Runciman and M Hurtig, Biomechanical Validation of Quantitative Ultrasound. American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, poster presentation, San Antonio, Texas, Sept 2002.

- M Archibald, RJ Runciman, J Dickey and M Hurtig, Do animal models approximate the subchondral bone and cartilage characteristics of humans? Transactions of the 4th International Cartilage Repair Society, Toronto, Ontario, June 2002.

- RJ Runciman, Report of the Bioengineering Subgroup of the Engineering Disciplines Task Group, Presented to the Council of the Professional Engineers Ontario, Toronto, March 1, 2002
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- M Lemay and RJ Runciman, Canadian Council of Professional Engineers Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health regarding the Draft Legislation on Assisted Human Reproduction, Ottawa, Canada, November 2001
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- RJ Runciman, Evolutionary Changes to the Regulation and Education of Bioengineering in Canada. The Annual Conference of the Agricultural Institute of Canada, oral presentation, Guelph, Ontario, July 2001.

- RJ Runciman, G Whan, SG Pearce, MB Hurtig, J Phillips and JP Dickey, Preliminary Results of a Biomechanical Validation of Qualitative Ultrasound in Equine Metacarpi. Veterinary Orthopedic Society 28th Annual Conference, oral presentation, Lake Louise, Alberta, February 2001.

- M Hurtig, S Pearce, J Dickey, J, RJRunciman and A Miniaci, The immune response to small osteochondral allografts does not affect graft survival. Orthopaedic Research Society 47th Annual Meeting, poster presentation, San Francisco, February 2001.

- SG Pearce, M Hurtig, RJRunciman and J Dickey, The effect of age, anatomic site and soft tissue on qualitative ultrasound. 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, poster presentation, Toronto, September 2000.

- M Hurtig, S Pearce, J Dickey, RJ Runciman and, Kauskik, Use of equine osteochondral allografts in mosaic arthroplasty. 35th Annual Am College Vet Surg Scientific Meeting, Arlington, VA, September 2000.

- S Kimpton and RJ Runciman, Investigation of anchor formats used in anterior spinal instrumentation. International Society of Biomechanics XVIIth Congress, oral presentation, Calgary, Alberta, August 1999.

- A Nagpurkar and RJ Runciman, Biomechanical effects of angled halo pin insertion and halo pin design. International Society of Biomechanics XVIIth Congress, Calgary, Alberta, August 1999.

- A Nagpurkar and RJ Runciman, An evaluation of halo pin insertion angles using three different commercial pin-tip designs. 33rd Annual Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, St John's Newfoundland, July 1999.

- A Steffee and RJ Runciman, Human Spine Biomechanics, Acromed, Customer training workshop, Montreal, 1998.

- T Liinamaa, RJ Runciman and FJR Richmond, Biomechanical and muscular links between the scapula and head-neck system. Society for Neuroscience, oral presentation, San Diego, California, November 1995.

- FJR Richmond, RJ Runciman, KD Statler, WS Selbie and T Liinamaa, Experimental strategies for identifying suitable mechanical models of the head-neck system. Engineering in Medicine & Biology 17th Annual conference, oral presentation, Montreal, September 1995.

- FJR Richmond, T Liinamaa and RJ Runciman, Structural and biomechanical factors underlying head-neck motor function. 3rd Int. Symposium On The Head/Neck System, Society for Neuroscience, oral presentation,Vail, Colorado, July 1995.

- S Mohammad, RJ Runciman and AC Nicol, The Baumann angle in supracondylar fractures of the elbow in children. European Society of Biomechanics, oral presentation, Cologne, March 1995.

- RJ Runciman and AC Nicol, A detailed electromyographic Study of shoulder joint function. Canadian Society of Biomechanics VIIIth Biennial Conference, oral presentation, Calgary, August 1994.

- S Mohammad, L Rymaszweski and RJ Runciman. The Baumann Angle in supracondylar fractures. The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh Clinical and Scientific Meeting, oral presentation, Edinburgh, May 1994.

- RJ Runciman and AC Nicol, Shoulder muscle and joint forces, modelled for real life activities. International Society of Biomechanics XIVth Congress, oral presentation, Paris, July 1993.

- RJ Runciman and AC Nicol, Modelling muscle and joint forces at the glenohumeral joint. International seminar on biomechanics and joint replacement in the upper limb, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, oral presentation, London, April 1993.

- RJ Runciman and AC Nicol, Three-dimensional scapular orientation: verification of a new modelling technique. Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Conference, oral presentation, Toronto, June 1992.

- JT Bryant, N Fujita, TDV Cooke and RJ Runciman, Optimized sizes for geometric parameters of the metacarpophalangeal joints. Canadian Orthopaedic Association 24th Annual Meeting, oral presentation, Vancouver British Columbia, June 1990.

- CF Small, JT Bryant, RJ Runciman and DR Pichora, Surface Markers versus boney landmarks in analysis of joint kinematics preliminary results for metacarpophalangeal joint. 15th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, oral presentation, Toronto, June 1989.

- RJ Runciman, JT Bryant, N Fujita and TDV Cooke, Standardized stereo radiographic technique for estimating alignment and geometry of the metacarpophalangeal joint. 15th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, oral presentation, Toronto, June 1989.

- RJ Runciman, JT Bryant, N Fujita, TDV Cooke, Optimized stereoradiographic technique for estimating alignment and geometry of the metacarpophalangeal joints of the hand. 13th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Vermont, August 1989.

Miscellaneous Presentations

- Our Program, Your Future? University of Guelph Interaction, April 2000

- Our Program, Your Future? The Guelph Connection, April 2000

- The Medical Hardware Store. College Royal, Guest Lecture, March 2000

- Orthopaedic implants, an engineering perspective. Cameron Heights Kiwanis Club, Kitchener, Ontario, Guest Lecture, September 1999.

- An engineering perspective of the human spine, University of Guelph, 75th Annual College Royal , Guest Lecture, March 1999
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- Basic Spine Biomechanics. AcroMed Basic Sales Training Course, January 1997.

- Spine Deformity Biomechanics. AcroMed Sales Training Course, August 1996.

Research and Professional Publicity

- "Popular Professor" list , Maclean's Magazine, University Edition, March 2005.

- A Vowles, Engineers, vets take joint look at horse knees. @Guelph, V47, N18, Nov 19 2003.

- Murray Tong, A Joint Effort - New imaging technique takes the weight off one's shoulders. . @Guelph, Jan 26 2003.

- Shoulder Instability, Daily Planet, Discovery Channel, Feb 2003.

- A Piper, Bioengineering: New discipline: at the forefront of discovery, Engineering Dimensions, May / June 2001
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- Getting a grasp on shoulder injuries. Guelph Alumnus, V 33, I 2, summer 2001.

- C Lok, Bent on success. @ Guelph, V45, N 9, May 9, 2001.

- M Clark, A breakthrough for back surgery. @ Guelph, V45, N7, April 25 2001.

- D Hamilton, Regulation of Bioengineering, Engineering Dimensions, March / April 2001.

- Licensing Bioengineering, National Post Engineering Week Supplement, March 1, 2001.

- J Dobbin, Halos that hurt less. @ Guelph, V45, February 14, 2001.

- M Habib, Shoulders carry heavy load, The Toronto Star, February 9, 2001.

- M Habib, Shoulders carry the load, The Toronto Star syndication to at least 13 local and regional Canadian newspapers from BC to NFLD, February / March, 2001.

- B McKay, Grinding a halt, @ Guelph, V45, January 17, 2001.