Patents by Inventor Adam Costanza

Adam Costanza 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).

  • Systems and methods for pedicle screw implantation using flexible drill bit
    Patent number: 11058437
    Abstract: A method of implanting a bone anchor in a vertebra comprises engaging a tip of a flexible drill bit with boney structure of the vertebra, rotating the flexible drill bit at a slow speed, pushing the drill bit into exterior cortical bone of the boney structure of the vertebra, guiding the flexible drill bit into cancellous bone of the vertebra, receiving a tactile output generated by the flexible drill bit indicating resistance of interior cortical bone of the boney structure against the flexible drill bit, and reorienting a trajectory of the flexible drill bit toward the cancellous bone of the vertebra in reaction to the tactile output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Allison Christine Capote, Adam Costanza, David Lee Skaggs, Frank J. Schwab
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PEDICLE SCREW IMPLANTATION USING FLEXIBLE DRILL BIT
    Publication number: 20190298392
    Abstract: A method of implanting a bone anchor in a vertebra comprises engaging a tip of a flexible drill bit with boney structure of the vertebra, rotating the flexible drill bit at a slow speed, pushing the drill bit into exterior cortical bone of the boney structure of the vertebra, guiding the flexible drill bit into cancellous bone of the vertebra, receiving a tactile output generated by the flexible drill bit indicating resistance of interior cortical bone of the boney structure against the flexible drill bit, and reorienting a trajectory of the flexible drill bit toward the cancellous bone of the vertebra in reaction to the tactile output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Allison Christine Capote, Adam Costanza, David Lee Skaggs, Frank J. Schwab