Patents by Inventor James S. Harrop

James S. Harrop 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).

  • EXPANDABLE IMPLANT, INSTRUMENT, AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140148902
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include expandable, implantable devices and methods. Devices expand linearly to provide secure fixation between or among anatomical structures. In some embodiments, an implant replaces one or more vertebral bodies of the spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Dickson, Danny H. Braddock, JR., James S. Harrop, Dean G. Karahalios, Eric A. Potts, Christopher I. Shaffrey
  • Expandable implant, instrument, and method
    Patent number: 8366779
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include expandable, implantable devices and methods. Devices expand linearly to provide secure fixation between or among anatomical structures. In some embodiments, an implant replaces one or more vertebral bodies of the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Dickson, Danny H. Braddock, Jr., James S. Harrop, Dean G. Karaholios, Eric A. Potts, Christopher I. Shaffrey
  • Expandable Implant, Instrument, and Method
    Publication number: 20110172779
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include expandable, implantable devices and methods. Devices expand linearly to provide secure fixation between or among anatomical structures. In some embodiments, an implant replaces one or more vertebral bodies of the spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Dickson, Danny H. Braddock, JR., James S. Harrop, Dean G. Karaholios, Eric A. Potts, Christopher I. Shaffrey
  • CENTRALLY DRIVEN EXPANDABLE IMPLANT AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110087328
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include expandable, implantable devices and methods. Devices expand linearly to provide secure fixation between or among anatomical structures. In some embodiments, an implant replaces one or more vertebral bodies of the spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicants: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., SDGI Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Dickson, James S. Harrop, Dean G. Karahalios, Eric A. Potts, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Jeffrey C. Wang
  • Expandable implant, instrument, and method
    Patent number: 7914581
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include expandable, implantable devices and methods. Devices expand linearly to provide secure fixation between or among anatomical structures. In some embodiments, an implant replaces one or more vertebral bodies of the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Dickson, Danny H. Braddock, Jr., James S. Harrop, Dean G. Karahalios, Eric A. Potts, Christopher I. Shaffrey
  • Centrally driven expandable implant
    Patent number: 7879096
    Abstract: An expandable medical implant for supporting skeletal structures. The medical implant having a length along its expandable dimension. The implant having a first tubular member with a connection end, an opposite skeletal interface end, and a central expansion instrument opening. Also, the implant has a second tubular member with a connection end configured to engage with the connection end of the first tubular member. The second tubular member having an opposite skeletal interface end. Additionally, an expansion instrument is insertable through the central expansion instrument opening and expandable against the first tubular member and the connection end of the second tubular member to expand the medical implant. The combined first and second tubular members are of a greater dimension along the length of the implant than the combined first and second tubular members are in any dimension perpendicular to their length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Dickson, James S. Harrop, Dean G. Karahalios, Eric A. Potts, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Jeffrey C. Wang