Patents by Inventor Benjamin G. Harder

Benjamin G. Harder 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: 11103287
    Abstract: A posterior spinal implant system configured to immobilize and stabilize spinal segments as an adjunct to fusion in the thoracic, lumbar, and/or sacral spine. The implant system includes a pedicle screw, a spinal rod; a connector connecting the pedicle screw to the spinal rod. The connector includes a connector body, a polyaxial screw receiver positioned on the connector body and configured to receive the pedicle screw and permit polyaxial orientation of the connector relative to the pedicle screw, a polyaxial rod receiver positioned in the connector body and configured to receive the spinal rod and permit polyaxial orientation of the spinal rod relative to the connector, and a lock installed in the polyaxial rod receiver. The lock is operable to lock the connector relative the pedicle screw, lock the polyaxial rod receiver relative to the connector, and lock the spinal rod relative to the polyaxial rod receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Choice Spine, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew B. Kubo, Michael James Brow, Benjamin G. Harder, Corey Allen Johnson
  • Patent number: 10219840
    Abstract: A posterior spinal implant system configured to immobilize and stabilize spinal segments as an adjunct to fusion in the thoracic, lumbar, and/or sacral spine. The implant system includes a pedicle screw, a spinal rod; a connector connecting the pedicle screw to the spinal rod. The connector includes a connector body, a polyaxial screw receiver positioned on the connector body and configured to receive the pedicle screw and permit polyaxial orientation of the connector relative to the pedicle screw, a polyaxial rod receiver positioned in the connector body and configured to receive the spinal rod and permit polyaxial orientation of the spinal rod relative to the connector, and a lock installed in the polyaxial rod receiver. The lock is operable to lock the connector relative the pedicle screw, lock the polyaxial rod receiver relative to the connector, and lock the spinal rod relative to the polyaxial rod receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Choice Spine, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew B. Kubo, Michael James Brow, Benjamin G. Harder, Corey Allen Johnson
  • Patent number: 10172716
    Abstract: An intervertebral body spacer includes an inferior plate portion; a superior plate portion vertically spaced above the inferior plate portion; and a central spacer portion between the inferior plate portion. The central spacer portion has a posterior vertical wall extending between the inferior plate portion and the superior plate portion, the posterior vertical wall including multiple windows therethrough, an anterior vertical wall opposite and spaced apart from the posterior vertical wall, the anterior vertical wall being solid, and a pair of side vertical walls spaced apart from one another and extending between the posterior vertical wall and the anterior vertical wall, the side vertical walls including multiple windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Choice Spine, LLC
    Inventors: Bernardo Jose Ordonez, Benjamin G. Harder, Stephen Ainsworth
  • Publication number: 20160287294
    Abstract: A posterior spinal implant system configured to immobilize and stabilize spinal segments as an adjunct to fusion in the thoracic, lumbar, and/or sacral spine. The implant system includes a pedicle screw, a spinal rod; a connector connecting the pedicle screw to the spinal rod. The connector includes a connector body, a polyaxial screw receiver positioned on the connector body and configured to receive the pedicle screw and permit polyaxial orientation of the connector relative to the pedicle screw, a polyaxial rod receiver positioned in the connector body and configured to receive the spinal rod and permit polyaxial orientation of the spinal rod relative to the connector, and a lock installed in the polyaxial rod receiver. The lock is operable to lock the connector relative the pedicle screw, lock the polyaxial rod receiver relative to the connector, and lock the spinal rod relative to the polyaxial rod receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew B. Kubo, Michael James Brow, Benjamin G. Harder, Corey Allen Johnson
  • Patent number: 8784431
    Abstract: A medical screwdriver configured to avoid disengaging from a screw during implantation of the screw at a surgical site, the screwdriver including an outer shaft having a housing in which is located a piston and a spring, an inner shaft, and a collar. When the collar is rotated in a first direction the collar is positioned at a first position and the inner shaft is rotationally coupled to the outer shaft. When the collar is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction, the collar moves to a second position and the inner shaft is unlocked from the outer shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Choice Spine, LP
    Inventors: Benjamin G. Harder, Michael J. Brow
  • Patent number: D849947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: CHOICE SPINE, LLC
    Inventors: Bernardo Jose Ordonez, Benjamin G. Harder, Stephen Ainsworth