Patents by Inventor Carlo Ventre

Carlo Ventre 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).

  • Spinal fixation device and method
    Patent number: 7198627
    Abstract: A fixation device and method stabilizers at least one bone of a patient. The device includes a connector with one end defining a screw fixator configured to receive an anchoring screw and a securing cap configured to maintain the screw in the screw fixator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Zimmer Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Charanpreet Bagga, Eric Gray, Carlo Ventre
  • Spinal fixation device and method
    Publication number: 20030144666
    Abstract: A fixation device suitable for fixing the positioning of at least one bone of a patient is provided. The device includes a connector with one end defining a screw fixator configured to receive an anchoring screw and a securing cap configured to maintain the screw in the screw fixator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Charanpreet Bagga, Eric Gray, Carlo Ventre
  • Holding apparatus for the spinal column
    Patent number: 6547789
    Abstract: A holding apparatus for the vertebra of a spinal column. It furthermore has a mount for a bar which is provided at the side of the holding apparatus which faces away from a clamping screw. The clamping screw of the holding apparatus produces a rigid connection of the holding apparatus to the bar which is located in the mount. The apparatus retains the bar in the mount and can be brought into connection with the holding apparatus so as to temporarily retain in the mount a bar which is introduced into the mount until the holding apparatus is fixed to the bar by way of a rigid connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Sulzer Orthopedics Ltd.
    Inventors: Carlo Ventre, Cosimo Donno, Armin Studer, Onur Adali, André Lobsiger, Daniel Hug, Raffael Berani, Daniel Ambühl