Patents Assigned to Spinal Ventures, LLC
  • Non-soft tissue repair
    Patent number: 9526539
    Abstract: An implant for filling and/or distracting a body region, particularly a non-soft tissue cavity, has a plurality of segments wherein at least two of the segments are flexibly connected. The segments have a crush-strength sufficient to create and/or maintain the distraction of two or more non-soft tissue body surfaces, and to maintain the stability of the body region. The implant may be inserted into a cavity by an applicator having a cannula with a distal opening, and a rotary driver for applying force to move the implant within the cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SPINAL VENTURES, LLC
    Inventor: Paul A. Zwirkoski
  • NON-SOFT TISSUE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20140249633
    Abstract: An implant for filling and/or distracting a body region, particularly a non-soft tissue cavity, has a plurality of segments wherein at least two of the segments are flexibly connected. The segments have a crush-strength sufficient to create and/or maintain the distraction of two or more non-soft tissue body surfaces, and to maintain the stability of the body region. The implant may be inserted into a cavity by an applicator having a cannula with a distal opening, and a rotary driver for applying force to move the implant within the cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SPINAL VENTURES, LLC
    Inventor: Paul A. Zwirkoski
  • Implant and Fastener Fixation Devices and Delivery Instrumentation
    Publication number: 20140222088
    Abstract: Described here are delivery or fastener device fixation implant devices, delivery instrumentation, and methods for using them. In particular, the description relates to implants having a having a strength sufficient to support, anchor, secure, maintain, or to otherwise repair an elongated delivery or fastener device anywhere such a device, such as, for example, a bone screw, may need further securing within a substrate it is inserted into, such as, for example, within human or animal tissue, such as bone tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SPINAL VENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Zwirkoski, Joseph T. Adams, Anand Agarwal
  • Device and method for securing a fastener
    Patent number: 8734520
    Abstract: An implant for filling and/or distracting a body region, particularly a non-soft tissue cavity, has a plurality of segments wherein at least two of the segments are flexibly connected. The segments have a crush-strength sufficient to create and/or maintain the distraction of two or more non-soft tissue body surfaces, and to maintain the stability of the body region. The implant may be inserted into a cavity by an applicator having a cannula with a distal opening, and a rotary driver for applying force to move the implant within the cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Spinal Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Zwirkoski
  • System and method for delivering an agglomeration of solid beads and cement to the interior of a bone in order to form an implant within the bone
    Patent number: 8357169
    Abstract: A system for forming an implant to stabilize an interior of a vertebral body is provided. The system includes a delivery cannula (18) in which there is an agglomeration of beads (20) and cement (22). A membrane is disposed over the open end of the cannula. When the agglomeration is discharged from the cannula it fills the membrane. The membrane thus forms the outer shell of the implant internal to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Spinal Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce D. Henniges, Richard F. Huyser, Douglas L. Tyler, Karen Smit
  • Non-soft tissue repair
    Patent number: 7682400
    Abstract: An implant for filling and/or distracting a body region, particularly a non-soft tissue cavity, has a plurality of segments wherein at least two of the segments are flexibly connected. The segments have a crush-strength sufficient to create and/or maintain the distraction of two or more non-soft tissue body surfaces, and to maintain the stability of the body region. The implant may be inserted into a cavity by an applicator having a cannula with a distal opening, and a rotary driver for applying force to move the implant within the cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Spinal Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Zwirkoski