Patents by Inventor Bruce Gotfried

Bruce Gotfried 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 treating compression fractures
    Publication number: 20080009868
    Abstract: Apparatus for treating a bone with a compression fracture, includes a coil having a compressed state and an expanded state and which is insertable into the bone when in its compressed state, and an expansion tool arranged to be coupled to the coil when the coil is present in the bone. Manual control of the expansion tool, e.g., by a physician, enables expansion of the coil from the compressed state to the expanded state. Methods for using the apparatus are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Bruce Gotfried, Yechiel Gotfried