Patents by Inventor Dominique Verhulst

Dominique Verhulst 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).

  • Motion segment repair systems and methods
    Patent number: 8864772
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Dominique Verhulst, Amie Borgstrom, Charles M. Bartish, Jr., John Riley Hawkins, SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, William Dunbar, Katherine Torres
  • Methods of implanting a motion segment repair system
    Patent number: 7993376
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Verhulst, Amie Borgstrom, Charles M. Bartish, Jr., John Riley Hawkins, SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, William Dunbar, Katherine Torres
  • Motion Segment Repair Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20110172722
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: DEPUY SPINE, INC.
    Inventors: Dominique Verhulst, Amie Borgstrom, Charles M. Bartish, JR., John Riley Hawkins, SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, William Dunbar, Katherine Torres
  • MOTION SEGMENT REPAIR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20070073405
    Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Dominique Verhulst, Amie Borgstrom, Charles Bartish, John Riley Hawkins, SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, William Dunbar, Katherine Torres