Patents by Inventor John T. Maertens

John T. Maertens 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).

  • SURGICAL SITE ACCESS SYSTEM AND DEPLOYMENT DEVICE FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20130211538
    Abstract: An expandable surgical site access system and method for using the expandable surgical site access system to perform minimally invasive, percutaneous surgeries to access the spine or other bone structures, organs, or locations of the body is disclosed. In one embodiment, the surgical site access system includes an elongated, expandable stent that is particularly adapted to be deployed in a body during a surgical procedure to provide access to a surgical site within the body. The stent defines a working channel through the body from a point of entry to the surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Hugh D. Hestad, Zachary M. Hoffman, Robert G. Hudgins, John T. Maertens, Thomas O. Viker
  • Surgical site access system and deployment device for same
    Patent number: 8372131
    Abstract: An expandable surgical site access system and method for using the expandable surgical site access system to perform minimally invasive, percutaneous surgeries to access the spine or other bone structures, organs, or locations of the body is disclosed. In one embodiment, the surgical site access system includes an elongated, expandable stent that is particularly adapted to be deployed in a body during a surgical procedure to provide access to a surgical site within the body. The stent defines a working channel through the body from a point of entry to the surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Inventors: Hugh D. Hestad, Zachary M. Hoffman, Robert G. Hudgins, John T. Maertens, Thomas O. Viker
  • SURGICAL SITE ACCESS SYSTEM AND DEPLOYMENT DEVICE FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20090024203
    Abstract: An expandable surgical site access system and method for using the expandable surgical site access system to perform minimally invasive, percutaneous surgeries to access the spine or other bone structures, organs, or locations of the body is disclosed. In one embodiment, the surgical site access system includes an elongated, expandable stent that is particularly adapted to be deployed in a body during a surgical procedure to provide access to a surgical site within the body. The stent defines a working channel through the body from a point of entry to the surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: ZIMMER SPINE, INC.
    Inventors: Hugh D. Hestad, Zachary M. Hoffman, Robert G. Hudgins, John T. Maertens, Thomas O. Viker