Patents by Inventor Cheng L. Soo

Cheng L. Soo 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).

  • Implant assembly including screw locking mechanism
    Patent number: 12053212
    Abstract: An implant assembly may include a screw with a head having a head feature and an implant. The implant may be securable to a bone of a patient with the screw. The implant may include a bone plate, a rotatable structure having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface may include a lock feature. The lock feature may engage the head feature when the rotatable structure is in a locked orientation and disengage the head feature when the rotatable structure is in an unlocked orientation. The rotatable structure may couple to the bone plate such that the rotatable structure is rotatable between the locked orientation and the unlocked orientation. The head feature may be one of a ridge and a radial groove and the lock feature may be the other one of the ridge and the radial groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: John Afshar, John R. Robinson, Cheng L. Soo, Brett Schlifka, Thomas Fellman, James Spitler, James Szalas, Peter Harris
  • IMPLANT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SCREW LOCKING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20210338289
    Abstract: An implant assembly may include a screw with a head having a head feature and an implant. The implant may be securable to a bone of a patient with the screw. The implant may include a bone plate, a rotatable structure having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface may include a lock feature. The lock feature may engage the head feature when the rotatable structure is in a locked orientation and disengage the head feature when the rotatable structure is in an unlocked orientation. The rotatable structure may couple to the bone plate such that the rotatable structure is rotatable between the locked orientation and the unlocked orientation. The head feature may be one of a ridge and a radial groove and the lock feature may be the other one of the ridge and the radial groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: John Afshar, John R. Robinson, Cheng L. Soo, Brett Schlifka, Thomas Fellman, James Spitler, James Szalas, Peter Harris