Patents by Inventor Harold S. Taylor
Harold S. Taylor 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: 11857467Abstract: A surgical table includes a sagittal adjustment device for manipulating the position of a patient. The surgical table includes a base portion including an upper surface for spacing the sagittal adjustment device from the ground. The sagittal adjustment device includes a first support portion and a second support portion. The first and second support portions are supported by and moveable over the upper surface of the base portion. The first and second support portions each include an upper surface configured to support portions of the body of the patient thereon. One of the first and second support portions is pivotally attached to the base portion, and moveable between a first position and a second position. The pivotal movement between the first and second positions of the one of the first and second portions serves in repositioning the body of patient to manipulate the spine of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Beale, Keith E. Miller, Harold S. Taylor, Robert Andrew Fields
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Publication number: 20210145685Abstract: A surgical table includes a sagittal adjustment device for manipulating the position of a patient. The surgical table includes a base portion including an upper surface for spacing the sagittal adjustment device from the ground. The sagittal adjustment device includes a first support portion and a second support portion. The first and second support portions are supported by and moveable over the upper surface of the base portion. The first and second support portions each include an upper surface configured to support portions of the body of the patient thereon. One of the first and second support portions is pivotally attached to the base portion, and moveable between a first position and a second position. The pivotal movement between the first and second positions of the one of the first and second portions serves in repositioning the body of patient to manipulate the spine of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Jeffrey W. Beale, Keith E. Miller, Harold S. Taylor, Robert Andrew Fields
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Patent number: 10940072Abstract: A surgical table includes a sagittal adjustment device for manipulating the position of a patient. The surgical table includes a base portion including an upper surface for spacing the sagittal adjustment device from the ground. The sagittal adjustment device includes a first support portion and a second support portion. The first and second support portions are supported by and moveable over the upper surface of the base portion. The first and second support portions each include an upper surface configured to support portions of the body of the patient thereon. One of the first and second support portions is pivotally attached to the base portion, and moveable between a first position and a second position. The pivotal movement between the first and second positions of the one of the first and second portions serves in repositioning the body of patient to manipulate the spine of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Beale, Keith E. Miller, Harold S. Taylor, Robert Andrew Fields
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Patent number: 10362982Abstract: A spinal implant includes a link having a first surface and a second surface connectable with a spinal construct. The spinal construct is attachable with one or more vertebral levels. A plurality of electrodes includes at least one electrode disposed with the first surface and at least one electrode disposed with the second surface such that the electrodes conduct an electric current to stimulate tissue growth adjacent the spinal construct. Systems, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Tyler S. Stevenson, Nicholas M. Benson, Newton H. Metcalf, Jr., Harold S. Taylor, Richard L. Brown
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Publication number: 20180310964Abstract: A spinal implant includes a link having a first surface and a second surface connectable with a spinal construct. The spinal construct is attachable with one or more vertebral levels. A plurality of electrodes includes at least one electrode disposed with the first surface and at least one electrode disposed with the second surface such that the electrodes conduct an electric current to stimulate tissue growth adjacent the spinal construct. Systems, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Tyler S. Stevenson, Nicholas M. Benson, Newton H. Metcalf, JR., Harold S. Taylor, Richard L. Brown
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Patent number: 10102776Abstract: A simulation device and method for using same are provided for simulating a position of a replica human spine due to different pathologies and different surgical positions. The simulation device includes a carrier portion rotatably attached to a base portion. The carrier portion supports a first adjuster, a second adjuster, and a third adjuster for supporting various portions of the replica human spine. The carrier portion and the first, second, third supports affording adjustment of the position of the replica human spine.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Beale, Harold S. Taylor
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Publication number: 20180137786Abstract: A simulation device and method for using same are provided for simulating a position of a replica human spine due to different pathologies and different surgical positions. The simulation device includes a carrier portion rotatably attached to a base portion. The carrier portion supports a first adjuster, a second adjuster, and a third adjuster for supporting various portions of the replica human spine. The carrier portion and the first, second, third supports affording adjustment of the position of the replica human spine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey W. Beale, Harold S. Taylor
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Patent number: 9622788Abstract: An implant assembly and a method of assembling the same are provided, the implant assembly including a receiver extending along a central longitudinal axis between a proximal end and an opposite distal end, the receiver including a distal portion defining a receptacle opening at the distal end and a pair of arms extending from the distal portion along the central longitudinal axis on opposite sides of a passage with the passage opening at opposite sides of the receiver, a bone anchor including a distal bone engaging portion and a head at a proximal end of the distal bone engaging portion, the head being positioned in the receptacle with the bone engaging portion in a selected orientation relative to the central longitudinal axis of the receiver and a connector member configured to form a rigid interface between the receiver and the head of the bone anchor thereby providing torque transfer throughout the implant assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: William Alan Rezach, Harold S. Taylor, Andrew Taylor
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Patent number: 8668724Abstract: A connecting device is provided for use in orthopedic surgery, for example to connect a spinal rod and a vertebral screw or hook. The connector generally includes a receiver member for receiving an elongated member, and a grommet member for receiving a bone fixation member. The grommet member is inserted into the receiver member so that the receiver member and grommet member are rotatably connected. One or more disks may be placed between the receiver member and grommet member to assist in locking the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2007Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, IncInventors: Alan Rezach, Matthew M. Morrison, Terry Sites, Joshua Beery, B. Thomas Barker, Harold S. Taylor, Ryan E. Schumacher
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Publication number: 20130110176Abstract: An implant assembly and a method of assembling the same are provided, the implant assembly including a receiver extending along a central longitudinal axis between a proximal end and an opposite distal end, the receiver including a distal portion defining a receptacle opening at the distal end and a pair of arms extending from the distal portion along the central longitudinal axis on opposite sides of a passage with the passage opening at opposite sides of the receiver, a bone anchor including a distal bone engaging portion and a head at a proximal end of the distal bone engaging portion, the head being positioned in the receptacle with the bone engaging portion in a selected orientation relative to the central longitudinal axis of the receiver and a connector member configured to form a rigid interface between the receiver and the head of the bone anchor thereby providing torque transfer throughout the implant assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: William Alan Rezach, Harold S. Taylor, Andrew Taylor
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Publication number: 20130041288Abstract: An apparatus and method of monitoring healing and/or assessing mechanical stiffness of a bone fracture or the like is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: John Charles Taylor, Harold S. Taylor
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Patent number: 8361125Abstract: System and methods are provided that include a plate member engageable to the spinal column with an anchor assembly. The anchor assembly includes a coupling member having a post extending through at least one opening of the plate member and an anchor member pivotally captured in a receiver member of the coupling member below a lower surface of the plate member. A locking member secures the plate member to the coupling member.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Harold S Taylor, Terrance W Strohkirch, Jr., Matthew M Morrison, Michael S Veldman
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Patent number: 7959651Abstract: Methods and devices for illuminating a surgical space in a patient are provided. A retractor provides a portal or working path for access to a working space location in the patient. The retractor transmits and emits light from a light delivery system to illuminate the working channel and surgical space.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Charles L. Branch, Kevin T. Foley, Maurice M. Smith, Thomas E. Roehm, III, Harold S. Taylor
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Patent number: 7749225Abstract: A surgical instrument and method for forming a passage in bone having an enlarged cross-sectional portion is provided. The instrument includes an elongate member and a cutting element engaged thereto and transitionable between a retracted configuration for extending through a first portion of the passage and an expanded configuration for forming a second portion of the passage having an enlarged cross-section. In one embodiment, the cutting element is transitioned between the retracted and expanded configurations by axially displacing the cutting element relative to the elongate member. In another embodiment, the elongate member includes a tapping thread configured to cut threads along the first portion of the passage, and the cutting element is a blade configured to form the enlarged cross-section when transitioned to the expanded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: James L. Chappuis, Michael S. Veldman, Harold S. Taylor
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Patent number: 7722623Abstract: Instruments and methods are provided for delivering multiple implants to multiple implant locations in a patient without requiring a second implant to be loaded onto or engaged to the delivery instrument after delivery of a first implant. The implants can be sequentially engaged using the delivery instrument to the patient or to receptacles of one or more receiving members secured to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Inventors: Richard W. Franks, Harold S. Taylor, Rolando Puno, Mitch Campbell, Luis F. Aguirre
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Patent number: 7572280Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that include a plate member engageable to the spinal column with an anchor assembly. The anchor assembly includes a coupling member having a post extending through at least one opening of the plate member and an anchor member pivotally captured in a receiver member of the coupling member below a lower surface of the plate member. A locking member secures the plate member to the coupling member. A crown in the receiver member of the coupling member is engaged by the plate member to secure the anchor member in position relative to the coupling member.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Dickinson, Harold S. Taylor, Terrance Strohkirch
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Publication number: 20080183180Abstract: An implant holder and driver for use in implanting orthopedic implants is disclosed. The instrument includes a distal retaining member that affirmatively holds the orthopedic implant and allows significant force to be applied by the driver without dislodging the engagement. An actuation mechanism is provided to move the retaining member between the open and closed positions. The actuation mechanism utilized in one aspect of the present invention may be operated in an ergonomic and efficient fashion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Richard W. Franks, Harold S. Taylor, Rolando Puno, George Frey
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Patent number: 7338490Abstract: Methods and apparatus for alignment of vertebrae. In one embodiment, the invention includes a hook-shaped member which receives a bone anchor, both the member and the anchor being fixed to a portion of bone. The assembly of hook and anchor are coupled to a surgical rod by a cable and connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: James Ogilvie, Matthew M. Morrison, Michael S. Veldman, Harold S. Taylor
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Patent number: 7261715Abstract: A connecting device is provided for use in orthopedic surgery, for example to connect a spinal rod and a vertebral screw or hook. The connector generally includes a receiver member for receiving an elongated member, and an grommet member for receiving a bone fixation member. The grommet member is inserted into the receiver member so that the receiver member and grommet member are rotatably connected. One or more disks may be placed between the receiver member and grommet member to assist in locking the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2003Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: SDGI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Alan Rezach, Matthew M. Morrison, Terry Sites, Joshua Beery, B. Thomas Barker, Harold S. Taylor, Ryan E. Schumacher
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Patent number: RE40914Abstract: A plate for use in fixating the position of a first bone segment relative to a second bone segment, the plate comprising a body portion having a plurality of attachment mechanisms located therein, wherein the attachment mechanisms include: a first group of three attachment mechanisms substantially positioned within 90°-150° of one another about a circle, and preferably within substantially 120° of one another, whereby the first group of attachment mechanisms is designed to facilitate attachment of a plurality of adjustable length struts to the plate; and a second group of attachment mechanisms substantially positioned about the circle that are designed to facilitate attachment of accessories to the plate, wherein the total number of the attachment mechanisms is a multiple of three.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2001Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: J. Charles Taylor, Harold S Taylor