Patents by Inventor Chritopher U. Phan

Chritopher U. Phan 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).

  • SPINAL IMPLANTS HAVING MULTIPLE MOVABLE MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20100106252
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a spinal implant configured to be disposed within an interspinous process space between a first spinous process of a spinal column and a second spinous process of the spinal column. The spinal implant includes a plurality of elongate spacers. A first elongate spacer from the plurality of elongate spacers is configured to slidably contact at least a second elongate spacer from the plurality of elongate spacers. The spinal implant includes an elastic member configured to allow movement of each elongate spacer from the plurality of elongate spacers relative to the remaining elongate spacers from the plurality of elongate spacers within a predetermined range of motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew C. KOHM, Chritopher U. Phan