Patents by Inventor Eric Woodard

Eric Woodard 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).

  • Medical devices for use in the surgical treatment of hyperproliferative diseases affecting the spinal cord
    Patent number: 9173732
    Abstract: Provided herein are new methods for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases affecting the spinal cord, including the use of biodegradable polymers to treat spinal cord tumor recessing, i.e., to patch open zones left by spinal tumor removal. Biocompatible polymeric materials are tailored to fill areas previously occupied by tumors, e.g., materials in the form of tubular articles configured for insertion into the spinal column after surgical removal of a tumor. These protective articles may also include medicinal agents that stimulate spinal column neural regeneration, such as medicines or donor neuronal cells such as human neural stem cells, thus assisting patients to recover motorsensory function after spinal tumor surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: The Children's Medical Center Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Robert S. Langer, Rajiv Saigal, Yang Teng, Eric Woodard
  • Prosthetic disc and vertebral body replacement device having pyrolytic carbon bearing members
    Patent number: 7749272
    Abstract: A spinal motion device for implanting in the spine as a replacement for the natural disc, to permit motion between adjacent vertebral bodies or as a vertebral body replacement that permits motion at its ends. The spinal motion device comprises a composite structure formed by a body having at least one bearing member, made from a biocompatible material such as pyrolytic carbon, attached to a support surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Zimmer Trabecular Metal Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. Robie, Eric Woodard
  • MEDICAL DEVICES FOR USE IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HYPERPROLIFERATIVE DISEASES AFFECTING THE SPINAL CORD
    Publication number: 20090053284
    Abstract: Provided herein are new methods for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases affecting the spinal cord, including the use of biodegradable polymers to treat spinal cord tumor recessing, i.e., to patch open zones left by spinal tumor removal. Biocompatible polymeric materials are tailored to fill areas previously occupied by tumors, e.g., materials in the form of tubular articles configured for insertion into the spinal column after surgical removal of a tumor. These protective articles may also include medicinal agents that stimulate spinal column neural regeneration, such as medicines or donor neuronal cells such as human neural stem cells, thus assisting patients to recover motorsensory function after spinal tumor surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicants: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Robert S. LANGER, Rajiv SAIGAL, Yang TENG, Eric WOODARD
  • Prosthetic disc and vertebral body replacement device having pyrolytic carbon bearing members
    Publication number: 20070118221
    Abstract: A spinal motion device for implanting in the spine as a replacement for the natural disc, to permit motion between adjacent vertebral bodies or as a vertebral body replacement that permits motion at its ends. The spinal motion device comprises a composite structure formed by a body having at least one bearing member, made from a biocompatible material such as pyrolytic carbon, attached to a support surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: ZIMMER TRABECULAR METAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Robie, Eric Woodard
  • Prosthetic disc and vertebral body replacement device having pyrolytic carbon bearing members
    Publication number: 20040068320
    Abstract: A spinal motion device for implanting in the spine as a replacement for the natural disc, to permit motion between adjacent vertebral bodies or as a vertebral body replacement that permits motion at its ends. The spinal motion device comprises a composite structure formed by a body having at least one bearing member, made from a biocompatible material such as pyrolytic carbon, attached to a support surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Bruce H. Robie, Eric Woodard
  • Vertebral implant
    Patent number: D720071
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventors: Bruce H. Robie, Eric Woodard