Patents by Inventor Chris M. J. Cain

Chris M. J. Cain 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).

  • Intervertebral implant
    Patent number: 8764831
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant having a three-dimensional body and a securing plate. The intervertebral implant also includes a front plate (8) displaceably disposed as an insert with a front side of the three-dimensional body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Beat Lechmann, Dominique Burkard, Chris M. J. Cain, Claude Mathieu
  • Intervertebral Implant
    Publication number: 20120109308
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant includes a three-dimensional body and a securing plate. The three-dimensional body includes a front surface and a rear surface. The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes for accommodating fixation elements. The intervertebral implant also includes a front plate disposed at the front surface of the three-dimensional body and having a plurality of boreholes. A securing plate can be fastened to the front plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Beat Lechmann, Dominique Burkard, Chris M. J. Cain, Claude Mathieu
  • Intervertebral Implant
    Publication number: 20120101580
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant includes a three-dimensional body and a securing plate. The three-dimensional body includes a front surface and a rear surface. The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes for accommodating fixation elements. The intervertebral implant also includes a front plate disposed at the front surface of the three-dimensional body and having a plurality of boreholes. A securing plate can be fastened to the front plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Beat Lechmann, Dominique Burkard, Chris M. J. Cain, Claude Mathieu
  • INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20110087327
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant having a three-dimensional body (10) and a securing plate (1). The three-dimensional body (10) includes an upper side (1) and an underside (2) which are suitable for abutting the end plates of two adjacent vertebral bodies, a left side surface (3) and a right side surface (4), a front surface (5) and a rear surface (6), a horizontal middle plane (7) between the upper side (1) and the underside (2), and a vertical middle plane (12) extending from the front surface (5) to the rear surface (6). The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes (9a) passing through the body (10), which are suitable for accommodating longitudinal fixation elements (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Beat Lechmann, Dominique Burkard, Chris M. J. Cain, Claude Mathieu
  • Intervertebral implant
    Patent number: 7862616
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant having a three-dimensional body (10) and a securing plate (1). The three-dimensional body (10) includes an upper side (1) and an underside (2) which are suitable for abutting the end plates of two adjacent vertebral bodies, a left side surface (3) and a right side surface (4), a front surface (5) and a rear surface (6), a horizontal middle plane (7) between the upper side (1) and the underside (2), and a vertical middle plane (12) extending from the front surface (5) to the rear surface (6). The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes (9a) passing through the body (10), which are suitable for accommodating longitudinal fixation elements (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Synthes USA, LLC
    Inventors: Beat Lechmann, Dominique Burkard, Chris M. J. Cain, Claude Mathieu
  • Intervertebral implant
    Patent number: 7846207
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant having a three-dimensional body (10) and a securing plate (1). The three-dimensional body (10) includes an upper side (1) and an underside (2) which are suitable for abutting the end plates of two adjacent vertebral bodies, a left side surface (3) and a right side surface (4), a front surface (5) and a rear surface (6), a horizontal middle plane (7) between the upper side (1) and the underside (2), and a vertical middle plane (12) extending from the front surface (5) to the rear surface (6). The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes (9a) passing through the body (10), which are suitable for accommodating longitudinal fixation elements (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Synthes USA, LLC
    Inventors: Beat Lechmann, Dominique Burkard, Chris M. J. Cain, Claude Mathieu
  • INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20090210064
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant having a three-dimensional body (10) and a securing plate (1). The three-dimensional body (10) includes an upper side (1) and an underside (2) which are suitable for abutting the end plates of two adjacent vertebral bodies, a left side surface (3) and a right side surface (4), a front surface (5) and a rear surface (6), a horizontal middle plane (7) between the upper side (1) and the underside (2), and a vertical middle plane (12) extending from the front surface (5) to the rear surface (6). The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes (9a) passing through the body (10), which are suitable for accommodating longitudinal fixation elements (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Beat Lechmann, Dominique Burkard, Chris M. J. Cain, Claude Mathieu