Patents Assigned to Sherman Stein
  • Surgical instruments useful for endoscopic spinal procedures
    Patent number: 5697889
    Abstract: The present invention provides endoscopic instrumentation and surgical techniques especially useful for accessing at least a portion of an intervertebral disc. Vertebrae spreading instruments are provided for spreading adjacent vertebrae to facilitate access to the intervertebral disc are. The disclosed surgical method uses an anterior approach to access the intervertebral disc and spreads adjacent vertebrae utilizing an endoscopic vertebrae spreading instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignees: Gus J. Slotman, Sherman Stein, United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Gus J. Slotman, Sherman Stein, David T. Green, Salvatore Castro, Carlo A. Mililli, Keith Ratcliff
  • Surgical instruments and method useful for endoscopic spinal procedures
    Patent number: 5599279
    Abstract: The present invention provides endoscopic instrumentation and surgical techniques especially useful for accessing at least a portion of an intervertebral disc. Vertebrae spreading instruments are provided for spreading adjacent vertebrae to facilitate access to the intervertebral disc are. The disclosed surgical method uses an anterior approach to access the intervertebral disc and spreads adjacent vertebrae utilizing an endoscopic vertebrae spreading instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignees: Gus J. Slotman, Sherman Stein, United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Gus J. Slotman, Sherman Stein, David T. Green, Salvatore Castro, Carlo A. Mililli, Keith Ratcliff