Patents by Inventor Eric Dodgen

Eric Dodgen 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).

  • REVISION SYSTEM FOR SPINAL IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20250082370
    Abstract: Systems and methods for spinal fusion revision allow extending prior spinal fusion constructs in revision surgery, in situ, while minimizing surgical exposure of the prior constructs. A revision system for extending spinal fusion implants includes a tulip assembly adapted to be fixedly secured to a pedicle screw as part of a first spinal fusion procedure and a construct extension protrusion extending from the tulip assembly. A revision system for extending spinal fusion implants in situ includes a tulip assembly adapted to be fixedly secured to a pedicle screw as part of a second spinal fusion procedure adjacent a site of a prior spinal fusion procedure. The tulip assembly includes a receptacle adapted to be fixedly secured to a construct extension protrusion of a spinal fusion construct from the prior spinal fusion procedure via a press or interference fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: David Hawkes, Peter Halverson, Eric Dodgen, Quentin Aten
  • Serpentine spinal stability device
    Patent number: 9333008
    Abstract: A spinal implant comprising a plurality of contiguous segments that define a segment array, said plurality of contiguous segments extending from a first side of the segment array to a second side of the segment array in an overlapping configuration, said plurality of contiguous segments operable to apply a torque to a degenerate spinal segment in each of three orthogonal axes. At least one mounting connection is configured to connect said spinal implant to a mounting mechanism, said mounting mechanism being configured to attach said spinal implant to said degenerate spinal segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Brigham Young University
    Inventors: Eric Dodgen, Larry L. Howell, Anton E. Bowden
  • SERPENTINE SPINAL STABILITY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130150891
    Abstract: A spinal implant comprising a plurality of contiguous segments that define a segment array, said plurality of contiguous segments extending from a first side of the segment array to a second side of the segment array in an overlapping configuration, said plurality of contiguous segments operable to apply a torque to a degenerate spinal segment in each of three orthogonal axes. At least one mounting connection is configured to connect said spinal implant to a mounting mechanism, said mounting mechanism being configured to attach said spinal implant to said degenerate spinal segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Eric Dodgen, Larry L. Howell, Anton Bowden