Patents by Inventor DARRYL CAMBELL-SPAULDING

DARRYL CAMBELL-SPAULDING 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).

  • Devices and methods for spinal decompression surgery
    Patent number: 11712253
    Abstract: A method for inserting an interspinous spinal implant into an opened gap between first and second spinous processes of adjacent superior and inferior vertebras, respectively includes the following. First forming an opened gap between a first spinous processes of a superior vertebra and a second spinous processes of an adjacent inferior vertebra by first inserting a decompression knife into diseased areas of the adjacent superior and inferior vertebras, then cutting fascia tissue, then separating soft tissue from bone by rocking the decompression knife back and forth, and then inserting a broach cutter into the diseased areas of the adjacent superior and inferior vertebras and cutting interspinous ligament between the adjacent superior and inferior vertebras. Next, determining and selecting an appropriate sized and shaped interspinous spinal implant for the opened gap by inserting a sizing tool into the opened gap, and sizing the opened gap with the sizing tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KIC VENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Kingsley R. Chin, Joshua Finkel-Lopez, Oscar Herrera, Darryl Cambell-Spaulding, Rahul Gawande, Vito Lore
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SPINAL DECOMPRESSION SURGERY
    Publication number: 20220160375
    Abstract: A method for inserting an interspinous spinal implant into an opened gap between first and second spinous processes of adjacent superior and inferior vertebras, respectively includes the following. First forming an opened gap between a first spinous processes of a superior vertebra and a second spinous processes of an adjacent inferior vertebra by first inserting a decompression knife into diseased areas of the adjacent superior and inferior vertebras, then cutting fascia tissue, then separating soft tissue from bone by rocking the decompression knife back and forth, and then inserting a broach cutter into the diseased areas of the adjacent superior and inferior vertebras and cutting interspinous ligament between the adjacent superior and inferior vertebras. Next, determining and selecting an appropriate sized and shaped interspinous spinal implant for the opened gap by inserting a sizing tool into the opened gap, and sizing the opened gap with the sizing tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: KIC VENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: KINGSLEY R. CHIN, JOSHUA FINKEL-LOPEZ, OSCAR HERRERA, DARRYL CAMBELL-SPAULDING, RAHUL GAWANDE, VITO LORE