Patents by Inventor Brian C. Sunter

Brian C. Sunter 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).

  • Artificial intervertebral disc
    Patent number: 8734518
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the field of prosthetic devices. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention is directed to an artificial disc that can be used as a replacement for an intervertebral disc (e.g., a human intervertebral lumbar disc, a human intervertebral cervical disc and/or a human intervertebral thoracic disc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Blackstone Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Lombardo, Mark Semler, Joseph F. Ferraro, Theodore Karwoski, Thomas M. Swanick, Brian C. Sunter
  • ARTIFICIAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC
    Publication number: 20130345816
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the field of prosthetic devices. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention is directed to an artificial disc that can be used as a replacement for an intervertebral disc (e.g., a human intervertebral lumbar disc, a human intervertebral cervical disc and/or a human intervertebral thoracic disc).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: BLACKSTONE MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Lombardo, Mark Semler, Joseph F. Ferraro, Theodore Karwoski, Thomas M. Swanick, Brian C. Sunter
  • Artificial intervertebral disc
    Patent number: 8518116
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the field of prosthetic devices. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention is directed to an artificial disc that can be used as a replacement for an intervertebral disc (e.g., a human intervertebral lumbar disc, a human intervertebral cervical disc and/or a human intervertebral thoracic disc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Blackstone Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Lombardo, Mark Semler, Joseph F. Ferraro, Theodore Karwoski, Thomas M. Swanick, Brian C. Sunter
  • Artificial intervertebral disc
    Patent number: 8388685
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the field of prosthetic devices. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention is directed to an artificial disc that can be used as a replacement for an intervertebral disc (e.g., a human intervertebral lumbar disc, a human intervertebral cervical disc and/or a human intervertebral thoracic disc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Blackstone Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Lombardo, Mark Semler, Joseph F. Ferraro, Theodore Karwoski, Thomas M. Swanick, Brian C. Sunter
  • ARTIFICIAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC
    Publication number: 20120304444
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the field of prosthetic devices. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention is directed to an artificial disc that can be used as a replacement for an intervertebral disc (e.g., a human intervertebral lumbar disc, a human intervertebral cervical disc and/or a human intervertebral thoracic disc).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: BLACKSTONE MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Lombardo, Mark Semler, Joseph F. Ferraro, Theodore Karwoski, Thomas M. Swanick, Brian C. Sunter