Patents by Inventor Bobby Steven Lynch

Bobby Steven Lynch 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).

  • Minimally invasive surgical system
    Patent number: 8192439
    Abstract: A minimally invasive surgical system for implanting pedicle screw assemblies to be connected by a spinal rod is disclosed. In one form, the system includes a plurality of holding mechanisms for the pedicle screw assemblies, each holding mechanism for being inserted through an incision and configured to receive tools along an axis thereof for driving a screw anchor of the pedicle screw assembly into a vertebra and securing the spinal rod thereto and a rod inserter that is configured to adjustably hold the rod and insert the rod through a common incision with one of the holding mechanism for being fed into position in an initial direction that is transverse to the axes of the holding mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew N. Songer, Matthew P. Gephart, Philip Berman, Bobby Steven Lynch, Ernie N. Corrao
  • Minimally invasive surgical system
    Patent number: 7922727
    Abstract: A minimally invasive surgical system for implanting pedicle screw assemblies to be connected by a spinal rod is disclosed. In one form, the system includes a plurality of holding mechanisms for the pedicle screw assemblies, each holding mechanism for being inserted through an incision and configured to receive tools along an axis thereof for driving a screw anchor of the pedicle screw assembly into a vertebra and securing the spinal rod thereto and a rod inserter that is configured to adjustably hold the rod and insert the rod through a common incision with one of the holding mechanism for being fed into position in an initial direction that is transverse to the axes of the holding mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew N. Songer, Matthew P. Gephart, Philip Berman, Bobby Steven Lynch, Ernie N. Corrao
  • Minimally invasive surgical system
    Patent number: 7918878
    Abstract: A minimally invasive surgical system for implanting pedicle screw assemblies to be connected by a spinal rod is disclosed. In one form, the system includes a plurality of holding mechanisms for the pedicle screw assemblies, each holding mechanism for being inserted through an incision and configured to receive tools along an axis thereof for driving a screw anchor of the pedicle screw assembly into a vertebra and securing the spinal rod thereto and a rod inserter that is configured to adjustably hold the rod and insert the rod through a common incision with one of the holding mechanism for being fed into position in an initial direction that is transverse to the axes of the holding mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew N. Songer, Matthew P. Gephart, Philip Berman, Bobby Steven Lynch, Ernie N. Corrao