Patents by Inventor CHRISTOPHER MEHREN

CHRISTOPHER MEHREN 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).

  • Multi-Shield Spinal Access System
    Publication number: 20180008253
    Abstract: An access device for accessing an intervertebral disc having an outer shield comprising an access shield with a larger diameter (˜16-30 mm) that reaches from the skin down to the facet line, with an inner shield having a second smaller diameter (˜5-12 mm) extending past the access shield and reaches down to the disc level. This combines the benefits of the direct visual microsurgical/mini open approaches and the percutaneous, “ultra-MIS” techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Medos International Sarl
    Inventors: DANIEL THOMMEN, JOERN RICHTER, MICHAEL WANG, RICHARD ASSAKER, RICHARD FESSLER, CHRISTOPHER MEHREN, SEANG BENG TAN, WILLIAM TAYLOR, ERIC BUEHLMANN, MICHAEL WHITE, PIET HINOUL, RICHARD KOCHARIAN
  • Multi-Shield Spinal Access System
    Publication number: 20170156814
    Abstract: An access device for accessing an intervertebral disc having an outer shield comprising an access shield with a larger diameter (˜16-30 mm) that reaches from the skin down to the facet line, with an inner shield having a second smaller diameter (˜5-12 mm) extending past the access shield and reaches down to the disc level. This combines the benefits of the direct visual microsurgical/mini open approaches and the percutaneous, “ultra-MIS” techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Medos International Sarl
    Inventors: DANIEL THOMMEN, JOERN RICHTER, MICHAEL WANG, RICHARD ASSAKER, RICHARD FESSLER, CHRISTOPHER MEHREN, SEANG BENG TAN, WILLIAM TAYLOR, ERIC BUEHLMANN, MICHAEL WHITE
  • Multi-Shield Spinal Access System
    Publication number: 20170065269
    Abstract: An access device for accessing an intervertebral disc having an outer shield comprising an access shield with a larger diameter (˜16-30 mm) that reaches from the skin down to the facet line, with an inner shield having a second smaller diameter (˜5-12 mm) extending past the access shield and reaches down to the disc level. This combines the benefits of the direct visual microsurgical/mini open approaches and the percutaneous, “ultra-MIS” techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: DANIEL THOMMEN, JOERN RICHTER, MICHAEL WANG, RICHARD ASSAKER, RICHARD FESSLER, CHRISTOPHER MEHREN, TAN SEANG BENG, WILLIAM TAYLOR, ERIC BUEHLMANN, MICHAEL WHITE