Patents by Inventor Alexander Geisser

Alexander Geisser has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Surgical instruments for spinal disc implants and related methods
    Patent number: 8172848
    Abstract: Trials for spinal surgery include: (a) a trial implant portion having a shape corresponding to an implantable spinal disc implant; (b) a shaft connected to the trial implant portion; and (c) at least one axially extending cutting guide slot attached to the shaft at a position that is axially spaced apart from the trial implant portion, the cutting guide slot configured to releasably slidably receive and guide a cutting blade toward vertebral bone. Also described are additional surgical instruments, including, for example, pilot-hole punches, inserters, and methods of cutting keelways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: SpineMedica, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Tomko, Guilhem Denoziere, Stephan Eckhof, Barbara Schweizer, Alexander Geisser
  • SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR SPINAL DISC IMPLANTS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20080269756
    Abstract: Trials for spinal surgery include: (a) a trial implant portion having a shape corresponding to an implantable spinal disc implant; (b) a shaft connected to the trial implant portion; and (c) at least one axially extending cutting guide slot attached to the shaft at a position that is axially spaced apart from the trial implant portion, the cutting guide slot configured to releasably slidably receive and guide a cutting blade toward vertebral bone. Also described are additional surgical instruments, including, for example, pilot-hole punches, inserters, and methods of cutting keelways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel Tomko, Guilhem Denoziere, Stephan Eckhof, Barbara Schweizer, Alexander Geisser