Patents by Inventor Cheng-Lun SOO

Cheng-Lun 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).

  • Publication number: 20250120752
    Abstract: A method and intraarticular spacer for stabilizing an ilium and a sacrum at a sacroiliac joint, the intraarticular spacer includes a body defining an exterior surface that includes at least one anchor adapted to engage the sacrum and the ilium, a proximal end smaller than a distal end, at least one aperture, and an exterior channel. The distal end includes a driver engagement. The anchor may include a thread on the exterior surface arranged longitudinally about a central axis of the body. The intraarticular spacer may include more than one prong adapted to engage the sacrum and ilium, a stabilizing material, and a central bore extending longitudinally about a central axis of the body, the central bore defining an interior surface and including an interior thread coupled to the interior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventor: Cheng-Lun Soo
  • Publication number: 20240238015
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. A system may include an implant having a proximal superior surface with a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, a proximal inferior surface with an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process, a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina. The implant may further have a threaded member extending along a proximal-distal direction, that rotates to urge the implant to move from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration by urging the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface to move apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-Lun SOO, Peter M. HARRIS, Robert BOMBACH, James Q. SPITLER, Luis A. ESCOBAR, III
  • Patent number: 11944355
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. A system may include an implant having a proximal superior surface with a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, a proximal inferior surface with an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process, a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina. The implant may further have a threaded member extending along a proximal-distal direction, that rotates to urge the implant to move from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration by urging the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface to move apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-Lun Soo, Peter M. Harris, Robert Bombach, James Q Spitler, Luis A. Escobar, III
  • Publication number: 20220249135
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. A system may include an implant having a proximal superior surface with a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, a proximal inferior surface with an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process, a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina. The implant may further have a threaded member extending along a proximal-distal direction, that rotates to urge the implant to move from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration by urging the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface to move apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-Lun SOO, Peter M. HARRIS, Robert BOMBACH, James Q. SPITLER, Luis A. ESCOBAR, III
  • Patent number: 11317950
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. A system may include an implant having a proximal superior surface with a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, a proximal inferior surface with an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process, a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina. The implant may further have a threaded member extending along a proximal-distal direction, that rotates to urge the implant to move from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration by urging the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface to move apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-Lun Soo, Peter M. Harris, Robert Bombach, James Q. Spitler, Luis A. Escobar, III
  • Publication number: 20210052307
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. A system may include an implant having a proximal superior surface with a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, a proximal inferior surface with an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process, a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina. The implant may further have a threaded member extending along a proximal-distal direction, that rotates to urge the implant to move from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration by urging the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface to move apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-Lun SOO, Peter M. HARRIS, Robert BOMBACH, James Q. SPITLER, Luis A. ESCOBAR, III