Patents by Inventor Dwayne Polzer

Dwayne Polzer 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).

  • Patent number: 11931053
    Abstract: A joint decorticator instrument configured for single use. The joint decorticator has a metal rod affixed within a polymer sheath. The polymer sheath has a longitudinal channel configured to receive an alignment protrusion with a working channel for maintaining the joint decorticator in a proper alignment relative to the working channel. The joint decorticator may include an integrated extraction mechanism involves an extraction lever pivotally connected to the handle portion of the polymer sheath. The extraction lever has an eccentric cam mechanism. When the extraction lever is pivoted toward an open position, the cam exerts a force onto a collar of the working channel and an opposite force on the connector pin that pivotally connects the extraction lever to the polymer sheath, thereby dislodging the abrading head of the joint decorticator from the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PTL Opco, LLC
    Inventors: Sean LaNeve, Dwayne Polzer, Christopher Lee
  • Publication number: 20240041476
    Abstract: A joint decorticator instrument configured for single use. The joint decorticator has a metal rod affixed within a polymer sheath. The polymer sheath has a longitudinal channel configured to receive an alignment protrusion with a working channel for maintaining the joint decorticator in a proper alignment relative to the working channel. The joint decorticator may include an integrated extraction mechanism involves an extraction lever pivotally connected to the handle portion of the polymer sheath. The extraction lever has an eccentric cam mechanism. When the extraction lever is pivoted toward an open position, the cam exerts a force onto a collar of the working channel and an opposite force on the connector pin that pivotally connects the extraction lever to the polymer sheath, thereby dislodging the abrading head of the joint decorticator from the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: PTL Opco, LLC
    Inventors: Sean LaNeve, Dwayne Polzer, Christopher Lee
  • Publication number: 20230363927
    Abstract: An allograft implant for fusing a sacroiliac joint. The allograft implant has a body with a graft window disposed therein. A bone growth factor is prepacked into the graft window at the manufacturing stage, prior to packaging and shipping. The implant with the prepacked bone growth factor is hermetically sealed in a package. The allograft implant may be classified as “human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based product (HCT/P),” while the bone growth factor may be classified as a non-HCT/P. The implant may comprise a dissolvable or bioabsorbable membrane for retaining the growth factor inside the graft window. The graft window may comprise a scaffold for retaining a putty-like or a sponge-like bone growth factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: PTL Opco, LLC
    Inventors: Sean LaNeve, Dwayne Polzer, Daniel Newman
  • Patent number: 11627971
    Abstract: A method for forming and abrading an implant void in a sacroiliac joint (“SI Joint”) without the use of a rotary cutting instrument. The method incorporates a multimodal abrading device having abrading surfaces on opposing sides and an open tip comprising a cutting edge. The method includes the step of using the abrading head to cut bone tissue from the SI Joint at an insertion point while simultaneously using the abrading surfaces to decorticate the cortical bone at the insertion point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Pain TEQ, LLC
    Inventors: Sean LaNeve, Charles Girsch, Chris Girsch, Dwayne Polzer
  • Publication number: 20220331126
    Abstract: A method for forming and abrading an implant void in a sacroiliac joint (“SI Joint”) without the use of a rotary cutting instrument. The method incorporates a multimodal abrading device having abrading surfaces on opposing sides and an open tip comprising a cutting edge. The method includes the step of using the abrading head to cut bone tissue from the SI Joint at an insertion point while simultaneously using the abrading surfaces to decorticate the cortical bone at the insertion point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Sean LaNeve, Charles Girsch, Chris Girsch, Dwayne Polzer
  • Patent number: 11382770
    Abstract: A method for forming and abrading an implant void in a sacroiliac joint (“SI Joint”) without the use of a rotary cutting instrument. The method incorporates a multimodal abrading device having abrading surfaces on opposing sides and an open tip comprising a cutting edge. The method includes the step of using the abrading head to cut bone tissue from the SI Joint at an insertion point while simultaneously using the abrading surfaces to decorticate the cortical bone at the insertion point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Pain TEQ, LLC
    Inventors: Sean LaNeve, Charles Girsch, Chris Girsch, Dwayne Polzer
  • Publication number: 20210353435
    Abstract: A method for forming and abrading an implant void in a sacroiliac joint (“SI Joint”) without the use of a rotary cutting instrument. The method incorporates a multimodal abrading device having abrading surfaces on opposing sides and an open tip comprising a cutting edge. The method includes the step of using the abrading head to cut bone tissue from the SI Joint at an insertion point while simultaneously using the abrading surfaces to decorticate the cortical bone at the insertion point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Sean LaNeve, Charles Girsch, Chris Girsch, Dwayne Polzer