Patents by Inventor Benedetta D. Meinick

Benedetta D. Meinick 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).

  • Device and method for percutaneous placement of lumbar pedicle screws and connecting rods
    Patent number: 7306603
    Abstract: A minimally invasive method for stabilizing adjacent vertebrae to be fused is accomplished with a device configured to interlink the pedicles of the adjacent vertebrae and including multiple pedicle screws. Each of the pedicle screws has a screw head configured to receive a connecting rod in a position, in which the rod and the receiving pedicle screw are vertically aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Innovative Spinal Technologies
    Inventors: Frank H. Boehm, Jr., Benedetta D. Meinick
  • Device and method for pertcutaneous placement of lumbar pedicle screws and connecting rods
    Publication number: 20040039384
    Abstract: A minimally invasive method for stabilizing adjacent vertebrae to be fused is accomplished with a device configured to interlink the pedicles of the adjacent vertebrae and including multiple pedicle screws. Each of the pedicle screws has a screw head configured to receive a connecting rod in a position, in which the rod and the receiving pedicle screw are vertically aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Frank H. Boehm, Benedetta D. Meinick