Patents by Inventor Erika Corbin
Erika Corbin 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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Patent number: 11925398Abstract: A bone fastener includes a head, and a screw portion extends from the head. The screw portion includes a shaft and a thread extending along and about the shaft. The thread has a height extending from a root to a tip thereof. The thread also has first and second portions disposed between the root and the tip. The second portion has a porous structure configured to promote bone ingrowth and has a porosity greater than that of the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLCInventors: Steven Willis, Steven F. Krause, Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Brett Traficant, Erika Corbin, Lauren Barkauskas
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Patent number: 11813008Abstract: A method of bone fixation includes placing a bone plate adjacent to a lesser trochanter on a medial aspect of a femur such that at least a portion of the lesser trochanter is positioned between appendages of the bone plate, wrapping cables coupled to the bone plate about a first and second bone fragment of a proximal femur, and tightening the cables to secure the first and second bone fragments together.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Keith Chakramakkil, Haley Prout, Don Imami, Erika Corbin, Sheldon Nidhan, Rachel Gibbons, Matthew P. Abdel
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Publication number: 20230233235Abstract: Devices for retracting tissue during a minimally-invasive, posterior spinal fusion procedure include a blade positionable along a passageway device connected to a connecting element implanted in a vertebra of the spine, such that the blade covers at least a portion of a longitudinal opening of the passageway device. The blade may be coupled to the passageway device by receiving the passageway device with a receiving portion. Systems for displacing the vertebrae of the spine include first and second extenders, the distal ends of each of which are configured to engage the connecting elements. Each extender may include a shaft configured to be securely engaged within a cage of the respective connecting element. The devices and systems of the present invention may be used in connection with an interbody fusion technique performed through an opening extending between the passageway devices, and an intermediate retractor blade may provide additional tissue retraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Abram Reitblat, Steven Krause, Douglas Pedrick, David Talijan, Erika Corbin, Brad Prybis
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Patent number: 11622793Abstract: Devices for retracting tissue during a minimally-invasive, posterior spinal fusion procedure include a blade positionable along a passageway device connected to a connecting element implanted in a vertebra of the spine, such that the blade covers at least a portion of a longitudinal opening of the passageway device. The blade may be coupled to the passageway device by receiving the passageway device with a receiving portion. Systems for displacing the vertebrae of the spine include first and second extenders, the distal ends of each of which are configured to engage the connecting elements. Each extender may include a shaft configured to be securely engaged within a cage of the respective connecting element. The devices and systems of the present invention may be used in connection with an interbody fusion technique performed through an opening extending between the passageway devices, and an intermediate retractor blade may provide additional tissue retraction.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLCInventors: Abram Reitblat, Steven F. Krause, Douglas G. Pedrick, David Talijan, Erika Corbin
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Publication number: 20220346841Abstract: A fastener configured for spinal applications includes a head having a channel adapted to receive a spinal rod and a shaft extending from the head to a distal tip and having a thread, at least a portion of the thread being serrated. The serrated portion of the thread includes peaks and troughs and can extend along about 35 percent of a length of the thread.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Erika Corbin, Lori Dombrowski, Charles L. Bush, JR., Paul R. Rochette
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Patent number: 11389205Abstract: A fastener configured for spinal applications includes a head having a channel adapted to receive a spinal rod and a shaft extending from the head to a distal tip and having a thread, at least a portion of the thread being serrated. The serrated portion of the thread includes peaks and troughs and can extend along about 35 percent of a length of the thread.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLCInventors: Erika Corbin, Lori Dombrowski, Charles L. Bush, Jr., Paul R. Rochette
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Publication number: 20220175431Abstract: A bone fastener includes a head, and a screw portion extends from the head. The screw portion includes a shaft and a thread extending along and about the shaft. The thread has a height extending from a root to a tip thereof. The thread also has first and second portions disposed between the root and the tip. The second portion has a porous structure configured to promote bone ingrowth and has a porosity greater than that of the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Steven Willis, Steven F. Krause, Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Brett Traficant, Erika Corbin, Lauren Barkauskas
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Patent number: 11284927Abstract: A bone fastener includes a head, and a screw portion extends from the head. The screw portion includes a shaft and a thread extending along and about the shaft. The thread has a height extending from a root to a tip thereof. The thread also has first and second portions disposed between the root and the tip. The second portion has a porous structure configured to promote bone ingrowth and has a porosity greater than that of the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLCInventors: Steven Willis, Steven F. Krause, Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Brett Traficant, Erika Corbin, Lauren Barkauskas
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Publication number: 20210369310Abstract: A method of bone fixation includes placing a bone plate adjacent to a lesser trochanter on a medial aspect of a femur such that at least a portion of the lesser trochanter is positioned between appendages of the bone plate, wrapping cables coupled to the bone plate about a first and second bone fragment of a proximal femur, and tightening the cables to secure the first and second bone fragments together.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Keith Chakramakkil, Haley Prout, Don Imami, Erika Corbin, Sheldon Nidhan, Rachel Gibbons, Matthew P. Abdel
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Patent number: 11154322Abstract: An access system is provided for establishing an access path to a surgical site within a patient. The access system comprises an access portal defining a working channel with a central axis, and an adaptor with a mating section mountable to the access portal. The adaptor is selectively rotatable about the central axis. The access portal includes a plurality of openings and the adaptor includes a plurality of projections, each of the projections and openings being arranged so that, in a first orientation, the openings and projections align to allow mounting of the adaptor to the access portal and, in a second orientation, the openings and projections do not align to prevent disassociation between the adaptor and the access portal. The adaptor also includes a holder for a viewing device, the viewing device being movable with the adaptor about the access portal and vertically translatable relative to the access portal.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLCInventors: Erika Corbin, Lori Dombrowski, David Talijan, Felix Eugenio Plaud Pagan
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Publication number: 20200113606Abstract: Devices for retracting tissue during a minimally-invasive, posterior spinal fusion procedure include a blade positionable along a passageway device connected to a connecting element implanted in a vertebra of the spine, such that the blade covers at least a portion of a longitudinal opening of the passageway device. The blade may be coupled to the passageway device by receiving the passageway device with a receiving portion. Systems for displacing the vertebrae of the spine include first and second extenders, the distal ends of each of which are configured to engage the connecting elements. Each extender may include a shaft configured to be securely engaged within a cage of the respective connecting element. The devices and systems of the present invention may be used in connection with an interbody fusion technique performed through an opening extending between the passageway devices, and an intermediate retractor blade may provide additional tissue retraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Abram Reitblat, Steven F. Krause, Douglas G. Pedrick, David Talijan, Erika Corbin
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Patent number: 10617449Abstract: Methods and apparatus for compressing and/or distracting bones are described herein. In one such method, a tap marker is engaged with a bone and a compressor/distractor device. The tap marker can be removed after moving the bone and a bone screw can be inserted into the space previously occupied by the tap marker. A rod or other fixation element can then be attached to the bone screw.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLCInventors: Erika Corbin, Nicole Renee Favetta, Steven Krause, Abram Reitblat
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Patent number: 10507046Abstract: Devices for retracting tissue during a minimally-invasive, posterior spinal fusion procedure include a blade positionable along a passageway device connected to a connecting element implanted in a vertebra of the spine, such that the blade covers at least a portion of a longitudinal opening of the passageway device. The blade may be coupled to the passageway device by receiving the passageway device with a receiving portion. Systems for displacing the vertebrae of the spine include first and second extenders, the distal ends of each of which are configured to engage the connecting elements. Each extender may include a shaft configured to be securely engaged within a cage of the respective connecting element. The devices and systems of the present invention may be used in connection with an interbody fusion technique performed through an opening extending between the passageway devices, and an intermediate retractor blade may provide additional tissue retraction.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLCInventors: Abram Reitblat, Steven Krause, Douglas G. Pedrick, David Talijan, Erika Corbin
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Publication number: 20190254702Abstract: An access system is provided for establishing an access path to a surgical site within a patient. The access system comprises an access portal defining a working channel with a central axis, and an adaptor with a mating section mountable to the access portal. The adaptor is selectively rotatable about the central axis. The access portal includes a plurality of openings and the adaptor includes a plurality of projections, each of the projections and openings being arranged so that, in a first orientation, the openings and projections align to allow mounting of the adaptor to the access portal and, in a second orientation, the openings and projections do not align to prevent disassociation between the adaptor and the access portal. The adaptor also includes a holder for a viewing device, the viewing device being movable with the adaptor about the access portal and vertically translatable relative to the access portal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Erika Corbin, Lori Dombrowski, David Talijan, Felix Eugenio Plaud Pagan
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Publication number: 20190239935Abstract: A bone fastener includes a head, and a screw portion extends from the head. The screw portion includes a shaft and a thread extending along and about the shaft. The thread has a height extending from a root to a tip thereof. The thread also has first and second portions disposed between the root and the tip. The second portion has a porous structure configured to promote bone ingrowth and has a porosity greater than that of the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Steven Willis, Steven F. Krause, Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Brett Traficant, Erika Corbin, Lauren Barkauskas
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Patent number: 10327807Abstract: An access system is provided for establishing an access path to a surgical site within a patient. The access system comprises an access portal defining a working channel with a central axis, and an adaptor with a mating section mountable to the access portal. The adaptor is selectively rotatable about the central axis. The access portal includes a plurality of openings and the adaptor includes a plurality of projections, each of the projections and openings being arranged so that, in a first orientation, the openings and projections align to allow mounting of the adaptor to the access portal and, in a second orientation, the openings and projections do not align to prevent disassociation between the adaptor and the access portal. The adaptor also includes a holder for a viewing device, the viewing device being movable with the adaptor about the access portal and vertically translatable relative to the access portal.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLCInventors: Erika Corbin, Lori Dombrowski, David Talijan, Felix Eugenio Plaud Pagan
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Publication number: 20180243002Abstract: An access system is provided for establishing an access path to a surgical site within a patient. The access system comprises an access portal defining a working channel with a central axis, and an adaptor with a mating section mountable to the access portal. The adaptor is selectively rotatable about the central axis. The access portal includes a plurality of openings and the adaptor includes a plurality of projections, each of the projections and openings being arranged so that, in a first orientation, the openings and projections align to allow mounting of the adaptor to the access portal and, in a second orientation, the openings and projections do not align to prevent disassociation between the adaptor and the access portal. The adaptor also includes a holder for a viewing device, the viewing device being movable with the adaptor about the access portal and vertically translatable relative to the access portal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Erika Corbin, Lori Dombrowski, David Talijan, Felix Eugenio Plaud Pagan
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Patent number: D898196Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLCInventors: Erika Corbin, Lori Dombrowski, Charles L. Bush, Jr., Paul R. Rochette
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Patent number: D926983Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLCInventors: Erika Corbin, Lori Dombrowski, Charles L. Bush, Jr., Paul R. Rochette
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Patent number: D951454Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLCInventors: Erika Corbin, Lori Dombrowski, Charles L. Bush, Jr., Paul R. Rochette