Patents by Inventor Adam A. Pike
Adam A. Pike 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).
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Patent number: 10045860Abstract: An intervertebral prosthesis includes: a body including first and second spaced apart major surfaces defining a longitudinal axis extending substantially normal to said surfaces and at least anterior and posterior sidewalls extending therebetween, the first and second major surfaces for engaging endplates of first and second vertebral bones of a spine; an aperture extending from within the body, transversely to the longitudinal axis, and opening at a major surface; an anchoring element disposed within the aperture and including a threaded shaft; and a gear disposed adjacent to and in meshed, threaded communication with the threaded shaft of the anchoring element such that rotation of the gear causes rotation of the anchoring element, and a driving rotational force on the gear causes the anchoring element to rotate, deploy from the body, and thread into a vertebral bone transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Amicus Design Group, LLCInventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack E. Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Patent number: 8998920Abstract: An apparatus for inserting an intervertebral prosthesis within a spine of a mammal includes: a handle including a drive nut operating to produce rotational torque in response to user-input about a central axis; a first drive shaft including a proximal end in communication with the drive nut, receiving rotational torque therefrom, and imparting rotational torque to the first drive shaft about a first axis, which is laterally offset from the central axis; and a distal end of the first drive shaft including a first drive head; and a chuck disposed at a distal end of the tool for engaging the intervertebral prosthesis during implantation, wherein the first drive shaft extends through the chuck and the first drive head engages a first gear of the intervertebral prosthesis, such that rotation of the first gear causes rotation and deployment of a first anchoring element of the intervertebral prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Amicus Design Group, LLCInventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Patent number: 8801721Abstract: A system and method for inserting an implant into a cavity is disclosed, which may include advancing an implant insertion instrument toward a pair of adjacent bodies, the implant insertion instrument having two opposed ramps, wherein each ramp has a distal tip and wherein the longitudinal axes of the opposed ramps are separated by an initial angle; inserting the distal tips of the opposed ramps between the adjacent bodies, thereby creating an initial interbody cavity between the adjacent bodies; expanding the interbody cavity while maintaining the initial angle between the longitudinal axes of the opposed ramps; placing the implant in a final location between the adjacent bodies; transferring a compressive force urging the adjacent bodies together from the opposed ramps to the implant; and extracting the implant insertion instrument from the interbody cavity.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Publication number: 20130245768Abstract: A system and method for inserting an implant into a cavity is disclosed, which may include advancing an implant insertion instrument toward a pair of adjacent bodies, the implant insertion instrument having two opposed ramps, wherein each ramp has a distal tip and wherein the longitudinal axes of the opposed ramps are separated by an initial angle; inserting the distal tips of the opposed ramps between the adjacent bodies, thereby creating an initial interbody cavity between the adjacent bodies; expanding the interbody cavity while maintaining the initial angle between the longitudinal axes of the opposed ramps; placing the implant in a final location between the adjacent bodies; transferring a compressive force urging the adjacent bodies together from the opposed ramps to the implant; and extracting the implant insertion instrument from the interbody cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: K2M, INC.Inventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Patent number: 8425528Abstract: An apparatus for inserting an intervertebral prosthesis within a spine of a mammal includes: a handle disposed at a proximal end of the tool and including a drive nut operating to produce rotational torque in response to user-input about a central axis; a first drive shaft including proximal and distal ends; the proximal end in communication with the drive nut, receiving rotational torque therefrom, and imparting rotational torque to the first drive shaft about a first axis, which is laterally offset from the central axis; and the distal end of the first drive shaft including a first drive head; and a chuck disposed at a distal end of the tool and being sized and shaped to engage the intervertebral prosthesis during implantation, wherein the first drive shaft extends through the chuck and the first drive head engages a first gear of the intervertebral prosthesis, such that rotation of the first gear causes rotation and deployment of a first anchoring element of the intervertebral prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Amicus Design Group, LLCInventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack E. Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Patent number: 8382768Abstract: Methods and apparatus for inserting an implant into a cavity provide for: disposing an implant between opposing first and second ramps of an implant insertion instrument; orienting first and second vertebral contact surfaces of the ramps such that they define an initial, non-zero angle therebetween; inserting the first and second ramps into an intervertebral space of a spine; advancing the implant distally along and between the ramps such that the first and second vertebral contact surfaces of the first and second ramps separate while holding the initial angle substantially constant.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack E. Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Publication number: 20120029642Abstract: Methods and apparatus for inserting an implant into a cavity provide for: disposing an implant between opposing first and second ramps of an implant insertion instrument; orienting first and second vertebral contact surfaces of the ramps such that they define an initial, non-zero angle therebetween; inserting the first and second ramps into an intervertebral space of a spine; advancing the implant distally along and between the ramps such that the first and second vertebral contact surfaces of the first and second ramps separate while holding the initial angle substantially constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: K2M, INC.Inventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack E. Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Publication number: 20110283478Abstract: A dampening device for use in a dampening system that operates to dampen and slow the movement of a closing door thereby reducing noise and the risk of injury, the dampening device including a piston and dampening apparatus that are moveable within a cylinder and an anchoring apparatus, the dampening device attached to various positions along a door frame or door panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: GLOBAL SAFETY DEVICES, LLCInventors: Bret Berry, Jeremy Higginson, Adam Pike
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Patent number: 8062303Abstract: A system and method for inserting an implant into a cavity is disclosed, which may include advancing an implant insertion instrument toward a pair of adjacent bodies, the implant insertion instrument having two opposed ramps, wherein each ramp has a distal tip and wherein the longitudinal axes of the opposed ramps are separated by an initial angle; inserting the distal tips of the opposed ramps between the adjacent bodies, thereby creating an initial interbody cavity between the adjacent bodies; expanding the interbody cavity while maintaining the initial angle between the longitudinal axes of the opposed ramps; placing the implant in a final location between the adjacent bodies; transferring a compressive force urging the adjacent bodies together from the opposed ramps to the implant; and extracting the implant insertion instrument from the interbody cavity.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack E. Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Publication number: 20100161057Abstract: An intervertebral prosthesis includes: a body including first and second spaced apart major surfaces and at least anterior and posterior sidewalls extending therebetween, the first major surface for engaging an endplate of a first vertebral bone of a spine, and the second major surface for engaging an endplate of an adjacent, second vertebral bone of the spine, and the first and second major surfaces defining a longitudinal axis extending substantially normal to said surfaces; a first aperture extending from within the body, transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis, and opening at the first major surface; a first anchoring element disposed within the first aperture and including a threaded shaft having proximal and distal ends; and a first gear disposed adjacent to and in meshed, threaded communication with the threaded shaft of the first anchoring element such that rotation of the first gear causes rotation of the first anchoring element, wherein a driving rotational force on the first gear causesType: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: AMICUS, LLCInventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack E. Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Publication number: 20100160984Abstract: An apparatus for inserting an intervertebral prosthesis within a spine of a mammal includes: a handle disposed at a proximal end of the tool and including a drive nut operating to produce rotational torque in response to user-input about a central axis; a first drive shaft including proximal and distal ends; the proximal end in communication with the drive nut, receiving rotational torque therefrom, and imparting rotational torque to the first drive shaft about a first axis, which is laterally offset from the central axis; and the distal end of the first drive shaft including a first drive head; and a chuck disposed at a distal end of the tool and being sized and shaped to engage the intervertebral prosthesis during implantation, wherein the first drive shaft extends through the chuck and the first drive head engages a first gear of the intervertebral prosthesis, such that rotation of the first gear causes rotation and deployment of a first anchoring element of the intervertebral prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: AMICUS, LLCInventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack E. Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Publication number: 20080275455Abstract: A system and method for inserting an implant into a cavity is disclosed, which may include advancing an implant insertion instrument toward a pair of adjacent bodies, the implant insertion instrument having two opposed ramps, wherein each ramp has a distal tip and wherein the longitudinal axes of the opposed ramps are separated by an initial angle; inserting the distal tips of the opposed ramps between the adjacent bodies, thereby creating an initial interbody cavity between the adjacent bodies; expanding the interbody cavity while maintaining the initial angle between the longitudinal axes of the opposed ramps; placing the implant in a final location between the adjacent bodies; transferring a compressive force urging the adjacent bodies together from the opposed ramps to the implant; and extracting the implant insertion instrument from the interbody cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2007Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: AMICUS, LLCInventors: Bret M. Berry, Richard D. Guyer, Jack E. Zigler, Adam A. Pike, Randall F. Lee
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Patent number: 3993818Abstract: A preconsolidated tape of continuous, high strength filaments in a metal matrix is coated with a layer of adhesive polymer and cut into shaped plies. The coated plies are stacked in a mold and resin bonded together by the application of heat and pressure. Many of the desirable physical properties of a diffusion bonded metal matrix article are also found in the resin bonded metal matrix article of the subject invention. Also, the use of preconsolidated adhesive coated plies eliminates the need for high diffusion bonding pressures and temperatures, thereby cutting the time involved for the bonding and molding operation by a factor of 8 in some instances.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1975Date of Patent: November 23, 1976Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Richard Charles Novak, Roscoe Adams Pike
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Patent number: 3979244Abstract: A preconsolidated tape of continuous, high strength filaments in a metal matrix is coated with a layer of adhesive polymer and cut into shaped plies. The coated plies are stacked in a mold and resin bonded together by the application of heat and pressure. Many of the desirable physical properties of a diffusion bonded metal matrix article are also found in the resin bonded metal matrix article of the subject invention. Also, the use of preconsolidated adhesive coated plies eliminates the need for high diffusion bonding pressures and temperatures, thereby cutting the time involved for the bonding and molding operation by a factor of 8 in some instances.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1975Date of Patent: September 7, 1976Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Richard Charles Novak, Roscoe Adams Pike