Patents by Inventor David W. Ankney
David W. Ankney 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).
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Patent number: 11065045Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Carroll, Michael L. Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
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Patent number: 10993813Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The intervertebral prosthetic discs are provided with connections for facilitating implantation and removal and features which enhance primary and secondary stability over time.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Anand Balasubramanian, Edward Dwyer, David Peretz, David W. Ankney, William Rhoda, David C. Paul, Christopher Angelucci
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Publication number: 20190262052Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Carroll, Michael L. Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
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Publication number: 20190262053Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Carroll, Michael L. Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
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Publication number: 20190254834Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The intervertebral prosthetic discs are provided with connections for facilitating implantation and removal and features which enhance primary and secondary stability over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Anand Balasubramanian, Edward Dwyer, David Peretz, David W. Ankney, William Rhoda, David C. Paul, Christopher Angelucci
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Patent number: 10314716Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The intervertebral prosthetic discs are provided with connections for facilitating implantation and removal and features which enhance primary and secondary stability over time.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Anand Balasubramanian, Edward J. Dwyer, David Peretz, David W. Ankney, William Rhoda, David C. Paul, Christopher Angelucci
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Patent number: 10238443Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Carroll, Michael L. Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
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Publication number: 20180064550Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The intervertebral prosthetic discs are provided with connections for facilitating implantation and removal and features which enhance primary and secondary stability over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Anand Balasubramanian, Edward J. Dwyer, David Peretz, David W. Ankney, William Rhoda, David C. Paul, Christopher Angelucci
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Publication number: 20160354131Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Carroll, Michael L. Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
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Patent number: 9445856Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
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Patent number: 9125751Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The present invention also relates to prosthetic spinal disc designs that are implanted using a transforaminal approach, methods thereof, and apparatus thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: David W. Ankney, William S. Rhoda, David C. Paul, Christopher Angelucci
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Patent number: 9125755Abstract: An intervertebral implant includes a first endplate having a first surface configured to substantially engage with a first vertebral body and a second surface having an extension with a concave contact surface, the concave contact surface being spaced apart from the second surface. The implant further includes a second endplate having a first surface configured to substantially engage with a second vertebral body and a second surface comprising a convex contact surface, and the second endplate having first and second side rails positioned along and above the second surface defining a first and second arcuate slots on opposing sides of the second surface. A plate connecting the first and second endplates is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: David W. Ankney, William S. Rhoda, David C. Paul, Christopher Angelucci
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Patent number: 9034040Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
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Patent number: 8998992Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
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Patent number: 8894652Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
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Publication number: 20140052256Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The present invention also relates to prosthetic spinal disc designs that are implanted using a transforaminal approach, methods thereof, and apparatus thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: David W. Ankney, William S. Rhoda, David C. Paul, Christopher Angelucci
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Publication number: 20140052251Abstract: An intervertebral implant includes a first endplate having a first surface configured to substantially engage with a first vertebral body and a second surface having an extension with a concave contact surface, the concave contact surface being spaced apart from the second surface. The implant further includes a second endplate having a first surface configured to substantially engage with a second vertebral body and a second surface comprising a convex contact surface, and the second endplate having first and second side rails positioned along and above the second surface defining a first and second arcuate slots on opposing sides of the second surface. A plate connecting the first and second endplates is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: David W. Ankney, William S. Rhoda, David C. Paul, Christopher Angelucci
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Patent number: 8460386Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The present invention also relates to prosthetic spinal disc designs that are implanted using a transforaminal approach, methods thereof, and apparatus thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: David W. Ankney, William S. Rhoda, David C. Paul, Christopher Angelucci
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Patent number: 8328818Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
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Publication number: 20120143194Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Jody L Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams