Patents by Inventor Alex Artaki

Alex Artaki 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).

  • Patent number: 12048462
    Abstract: A fixation system for repairing a pars fracture includes a needle guide configured to be docked on a lamina of the pars, a needle, a guidewire, and a screw assembly. A portion of the needle is configured for insertion through a passage of the needle guide. A portion of the guidewire is configured for insertion through a passage of the needle. The screw assembly includes a collar and an elongated portion, the collar being movable with respect to the elongated portion. A portion of the screw assembly is configured to contact the lamina co-axially with the guidewire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: K2M, Inc.
    Inventors: Lester Wilson, Brandon Moore, Alex Artaki
  • Publication number: 20210386460
    Abstract: A fixation system for repairing a pars fracture includes a needle guide configured to be docked on a lamina of the pars, a needle, a guidewire, and a screw assembly. A portion of the needle is configured for insertion through a passage of the needle guide. A portion of the guidewire is configured for insertion through a passage of the needle. The screw assembly includes a collar and an elongated portion, the collar being movable with respect to the elongated portion. A portion of the screw assembly is configured to contact the lamina co-axially with the guidewire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Lester Wilson, Brandon Moore, Alex Artaki
  • Patent number: 11109898
    Abstract: A method of repairing a pars fracture includes docking a needle guide on a lamina of the pars, inserting a needle at least partially through the needle guide, inserting a stylet at least partially through the needle, inserting a guidewire at least partially through the needle, removing the needle from the needle guide, removing the needle guide, positioning a screw assembly in contact with the lamina and co-axially with the guidewire, rotating an elongated portion of the screw assembly with respect to the lamina to move the screw assembly distally with respect to the lamina such that a distal end of the elongated portion of the screw assembly travels through an interior portion of the pars and into a superior portion of the pars, and approximating the distal end of the elongated portion of the screw assembly and a collar of the screw assembly to approximate the interior portion of the pars and the superior portion of the pars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: K2M, Inc.
    Inventors: Lester Wilson, Brandon Moore, Alex Artaki
  • Publication number: 20180353222
    Abstract: A method of repairing a pars fracture includes docking a needle guide on a lamina of the pars, inserting a needle at least partially through the needle guide, inserting a stylet at least partially through the needle, inserting a guidewire at least partially through the needle, removing the needle from the needle guide, removing the needle guide, positioning a screw assembly in contact with the lamina and co-axially with the guidewire, rotating an elongated portion of the screw assembly with respect to the lamina to move the screw assembly distally with respect to the lamina such that a distal end of the elongated portion of the screw assembly travels through an interior portion of the pars and into a superior portion of the pars, and approximating the distal end of the elongated portion of the screw assembly and a collar of the screw assembly to approximate the interior portion of the pars and the superior portion of the pars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: K2M, Inc.
    Inventors: Lester Wilson, Brandon Moore, Alex Artaki