Patents by Inventor Eric Hopson

Eric Hopson 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: 11944553
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are expanding spinal fusion cage embodiments including an expandable cage assembly configured to expand from a collapsed state to an expanded state in an intervertebral space when inflated with a material. The assembly can include an inflatable section defining an interior volume configured to receive the material and expand the interior volume in response to a pressure from the received material to cause the expandable cage assembly to transition from the collapsed state to the expanded state, and a stabilization section configured to restrain the inflatable section during inflation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: Peyton Hopson, Hassan Serhan, Eric Buehlmann, Robert Sommerich, Thomas Gamache, Cynthia Star, Philip Reeves, Oliver Smith, David Hayden, Loic Le Merlus
  • Patent number: 9163454
    Abstract: A screen enclosure frame element structured to resist fluid from contacting the anchor is presented. Particularly, the frame element comprises an anchor channel disposed within an interior portion of the frame element between a head surface and a support side; the anchor channel being dimensioned to receive an anchor there through and into an engaging relation with the base. Further, the frame element of at least one embodiment includes at least one anchor retention assembly which at least partially defines the anchor channel. The retention assembly comprises a support wall connected to or a part of an inner side of the head surface at one end, and disposable in a fluid restricting relation with the support base at the other end. Other embodiments include a cap with a curvilinear surface configuration and/or a plurality of support ledges with corrugates surfaces disposed in a fluid restricting relation with the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Inventor: Eric Hopson