Patents by Inventor Timothy Allen Beardsley

Timothy Allen Beardsley 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).

  • Instruments and methods for minimally invasive spine surgery
    Patent number: 9226782
    Abstract: A system for minimally invasive spine surgery includes a plurality of bone anchors, a spinal rod, a plurality of dilators of differing lengths and diameters, and a surgical access port. The surgical access port includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall defining a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The port may include a first opening formed in the sidewall that defines a passageway for medical hardware from the lumen to external to the port. The system can include first instrument for creating a subcutaneous pathway from the opening in the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E Simonson, Timothy Allen Beardsley, Douglas Scott Bireley
  • INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY
    Publication number: 20130245382
    Abstract: A system for minimally invasive spine surgery includes a plurality of bone anchors, a spinal rod, a plurality of dilators of differing lengths and diameters, and a surgical access port. The surgical access port includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall defining a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The port may include a first opening formed in the sidewall that defines a passageway for medical hardware from the lumen to external to the port. The system can include first instrument for creating a subcutaneous pathway from the opening in the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Robert E. Simonson, Timothy Allen Beardsley, Douglas Scott Bireley
  • Instruments and methods for minimally invasive spine surgery
    Patent number: 8444678
    Abstract: A minimally invasive surgical method includes inserting a first port that defines a first pathway to a first vertebra, advancing a first anchor through the first port to the first vertebra, inserting a second port that defines a second pathway to a second vertebra, advancing a second anchor through the second port to the second vertebra, positioning a first end of a fixation element in the first port, and advancing the first end of the fixation element subcutaneously through an opening in the first port and an opening in second port to the second anchor. A surgical access port includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall defining a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The port may include a first opening formed in the sidewall that defines a passageway for medical hardware from the lumen to external to the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E Simonson, Timothy Allen Beardsley, Douglas Scott Bireley
  • Instruments and methods for minimally invasive spine surgery
    Patent number: 7824410
    Abstract: A minimally invasive surgical method includes inserting a first port that defines a first pathway to a first vertebra, advancing a first anchor through the first port to the first vertebra, inserting a second port that defines a second pathway to a second vertebra, advancing a second anchor through the second port to the second vertebra, positioning a first end of a fixation element in the first port, and advancing the first end of the fixation element subcutaneously through an opening in the first port and an opening in second port to the second anchor. A surgical access port includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall defining a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The port may include a first opening formed in the sidewall that defines a passageway for medical hardware from the lumen to external to the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: DepuY Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E Simonson, Timothy Allen Beardsley, Douglas Scott Bireley