Patents by Inventor Collin Young

Collin Young 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).

  • Retraction devices, systems, and methods for minimally invasive spinal surgery
    Patent number: 10874296
    Abstract: A system for mounting a retractor tube to a spine without a guidewire is disclosed. The system includes an awl, a first dilator configured to be advanced over the awl, a retractor tube configured to be advanced over the first dilator, wherein an outer surface of the retractor tube defines a plurality of channels, and a plurality of pins adapted to be received within the plurality of channels, wherein the plurality of pins secure the retractor tube to the at least one vertebral body of the spine. A method for selectively mounting a retractor tube to a spine without a guidewire is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: K2M, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Genovese, Collin Young
  • Retraction Devices, Systems, And Methods For Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
    Publication number: 20190191986
    Abstract: A system for mounting a retractor tube to a spine without a guidewire is disclosed. The system includes an awl, a first dilator configured to be advanced over the awl, a retractor tube configured to be advanced over the first dilator, wherein an outer surface of the retractor tube defines a plurality of channels, and a plurality of pins adapted to be received within the plurality of channels, wherein the plurality of pins secure the retractor tube to the at least one vertebral body of the spine. A method for selectively mounting a retractor tube to a spine without a guidewire is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Genovese, Collin Young
  • Retraction devices, systems, and methods for minimally invasive spinal surgery
    Patent number: 10258228
    Abstract: A system for mounting a retractor tube to a spine without a guidewire is disclosed. The system includes an awl, a first dilator configured to be advanced over the awl, a retractor tube configured to be advanced over the first dilator, wherein an outer surface of the retractor tube defines a plurality of channels, and a plurality of pins adapted to be received within the plurality of channels, wherein the plurality of pins secure the retractor tube to the at least one vertebral body of the spine. A method for selectively mounting a retractor tube to a spine without a guidewire is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: K2M, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Genovese, Collin Young
  • RETRACTION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINAL SURGERY
    Publication number: 20160038195
    Abstract: A system for mounting a retractor tube to a spine without a guidewire is disclosed. The system includes an awl, a first dilator configured to be advanced over the awl, a retractor tube configured to be advanced over the first dilator, wherein an outer surface of the retractor tube defines a plurality of channels, and a plurality of pins adapted to be received within the plurality of channels, wherein the plurality of pins secure the retractor tube to the at least one vertebral body of the spine. A method for selectively mounting a retractor tube to a spine without a guidewire is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Genovese, Collin Young