Patents Assigned to THIXOS LLC
  • Devices, kits and methods relating to treatment of facet joints
    Patent number: 10912605
    Abstract: A facet joint surgical tool for treating a facet joint synovial cyst includes rotatable members disposed side-by-side through a minimally invasive sheath and rotatable to reconfigure distal end portions between a facet joint penetration configuration with a tissue piercing tip and a facet joint retraction configuration. Facet joint synovial cysts located to an anterior side of the facet joint are treated by a posterior approach with access to the cyst through the facet joint retracted by the surgical tool. Facet joint synovial cysts located to a posterior side of the facet joint are treated by direct access from a posterior approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Thixos LLC
    Inventors: Murray David Solsberg, Douglas Preston Beall, Ryan Erich Dean
  • Devices, kits and methods relating to treatment of facet joints
    Patent number: 10238450
    Abstract: A facet joint surgical tool for treating a facet joint synovial cyst includes rotatable members disposed side-by-side through a minimally invasive sheath and rotatable to reconfigure distal end portions between a facet joint penetration configuration with a tissue piercing tip and a facet joint retraction configuration. Facet joint synovial cysts located to an anterior side of the facet joint are treated by a posterior approach with access to the cyst through the facet joint retracted by the surgical tool. Facet joint synovial cysts located to a posterior side of the facet joint are treated by direct access from a posterior approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Thixos LLC
    Inventors: Murray David Solsberg, Douglas Preston Beall, Ryan Erich Dean
  • DEVICES, KITS AND METHODS RELATING TO TREATMENT OF FACET JOINTS
    Publication number: 20160287322
    Abstract: A facet joint surgical tool for treating a facet joint synovial cyst includes rotatable members disposed side-by-side through a minimally invasive sheath and rotatable to reconfigure distal end portions between a facet joint penetration configuration with a tissue piercing tip and a facet joint retraction configuration. Facet joint synovial cysts located to an anterior side of the facet joint are treated by a posterior approach with access to the cyst through the facet joint retracted by the surgical tool. Facet joint synovial cysts located to a posterior side of the facet joint are treated by direct access from a posterior approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: THIXOS LLC
    Inventors: Murray David SOLSBERG, Douglas Preston BEALL, Ryan Erich DEAN