Patents by Inventor Dukart Brian L.

Dukart Brian L. 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for the treatment of the intervertebral disc
    Publication number: 20070100348
    Abstract: The present inventions provide apparatuses and methods for repairing or otherwise treating an intervertebral disc. The apparatus and methods in accordance with the present inventions may be used to treat or repair a tear, rent, incision, defect, aperture or delamination of the annulus fibrosus of an intervertebral disc. The apparatus and methods may employ fixation delivery apparatuses, fixation apparatuses, patch delivery tools and patches positioned in or on aspects of an intervertebral disc for treatment or repair of the intervertebral disc or its components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Joseph Cauthen, Matthew Burns, Lawrence Wales, Dukart Brian L., Bradley Wessman, Rodney Houfburg, Ishmael Bentley