Patents by Inventor Aubrey R. Mills
Aubrey R. Mills 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).
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Publication number: 20240008909Abstract: Various bone cement guides are disclosed that may connect directly to a fenestrated bone screw or connect to a spinal construct that is coupled to a fenestrated bone screw. In various embodiments, cement guides may include a three-part assembly including a hollow outer sleeve and a hollow inner sleeve with a removable inner rod. In various embodiments, the hollow inner sleeve may be movable between a retracted position and an extended position and in the extended position a distal end of the inner sleeve may splay outward and capture the head portion of a fenestrated bone screw. In other embodiments, a distal end of the outer sleeve may surround and capture tabs of an extended tulip head connector while the inner sleeve couples to an inside surface of the extended tulip head connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Anela Camdzic Holdaway, Brian A. Butler, William Alan Rezach, Mark R. Grizzard, Julien J. Prevost, Aubrey R. Mills
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Patent number: 11730529Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods for operating a surgical instrument. The methods comprising: receiving at least a portion of an external object in a recess of a hollow shank; rotating a first shaft disposed within the hollow shank; using rotation of the first shaft to cause translational movement of a second shaft of the surgical instrument in a first direction away from the first shaft and along a central axis of the surgical instrument; applying a pushing force on the external object using the second shaft that is experiencing the translational movement; and causing translational movement of the second shaft in a second direction opposed from the first direction after the pushing force has been applied to the external object.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Brian A. Butler, Aubrey R. Mills, Christel Italiaie, Bret M. Wilfong, Madeline G. Wilson
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Publication number: 20230075024Abstract: An end cap and a bone screw for use therewith are provided. One or more of the end caps can be used with a spinal implant used to replace portions of a vertebral body after a corpectomy thereof. The end cap can include a first end and a second end opposite from one another, a first side and a second side opposite from one another, and a body portion extending between the first end, the second end, the first side, and the second side. The body portion can include an exterior surface for contacting an endplate of a vertebral body, and an interior cavity formed in the end cap opposite from the exterior surface. The interior cavity can be sized to receive a flange portion of the spinal implant, and can include at least one attachment structure provided in the interior cavity facilitating attachment of the end cap to the flange portion of the spinal implant. One or more of the bone screws can be received through apertures formed in the end cap and into the endplate of the vertebral body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Julien J. Prevost, Aubrey R. Mills
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Publication number: 20210298794Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods for operating a surgical instrument are disclosed. The instrument may include a drive shaft axially aligned with a central axis of the surgical instrument. The drive shaft may include a first mating end and be rotatably supported within a drive housing having a contoured interior supporting the first mating end. The instrument may include an outer shaft having an outer receiver interface configured to selectively couple and uncouple to a connecting portion of a receiver. The instrument may also include a plunger that is axially aligned with the central axis and having a second mating end disposed within the contoured interior of the drive housing. In various embodiments, the second mating end may be axially aligned with and in contact with the first mating end. In various embodiments, the plunger may be configured to linearly translate along the central axis upon rotation of the drive shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Brian A. Butler, Aubrey R. Mills, Christel Italiaie, Bret M. Wilfong, Madeline G. Wilson
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Publication number: 20210298810Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods for operating a surgical instrument. The methods comprising: receiving at least a portion of an external object in a recess of a hollow shank; rotating a first shaft disposed within the hollow shank; using rotation of the first shaft to cause translational movement of a second shaft of the surgical instrument in a first direction away from the first shaft and along a central axis of the surgical instrument; applying a pushing force on the external object using the second shaft that is experiencing the translational movement; and causing translational movement of the second shaft in a second direction opposed from the first direction after the pushing force has been applied to the external object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Brian A. Butler, Aubrey R. Mills, Christel Italiaie, Bret M. Wilfong, Madeline G. Wilson
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Patent number: 9681961Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a body extending between a first end and a second end and includes at least one mating element engageable with an interbody implant. A first member is disposed with the body and engageable with the interbody implant to move the interbody implant between a first configuration and a second, expanded configuration. A second member is disposed with the body and engageable with the interbody implant to fix the interbody implant in a selected second configuration. Systems and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Julien J. Prevost, David Browning, Aubrey R. Mills, Eric A. Potts
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Patent number: 9427325Abstract: An interbody endcap includes a wall having a first surface connected to an interbody implant and a second surface including an arcuate portion configured for engagement with a vertebral endplate surface. The second surface extends outwardly from the interbody implant to at least adjacent a perimeter of the vertebral endplate surface. Systems and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Stinchfield, Robert M. Loke, Thomas E. Drochner, Michael M. Merves, Julien J. Prevost, Aubrey R. Mills
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Publication number: 20160030195Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a body extending between a first end and a second end and includes at least one mating element engageable with an interbody implant. A first member is disposed with the body and engageable with the interbody implant to move the interbody implant between a first configuration and a second, expanded configuration. A second member is disposed with the body and engageable with the interbody implant to fix the interbody implant in a selected second configuration. Systems and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Julien J. Prevost, David Browning, Aubrey R. Mills, Eric A. Potts
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Publication number: 20150032210Abstract: An interbody endcap includes a wall having a first surface connected to an interbody implant and a second surface including an arcuate portion configured for engagement with a vertebral endplate surface. The second surface extends outwardly from the interbody implant to at least adjacent a perimeter of the vertebral endplate surface. Systems and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Stinchfield, Robert M. Loke, Thomas E. Drochner, Michael M. Merves, Julien J. Prevost, Aubrey R. Mills