Patents by Inventor George A. Mansfield, III

George A. Mansfield, III 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).

  • Lockable spinal implant
    Publication number: 20100145455
    Abstract: A spinal implant which is configured to be deployed between adjacent vertebral bodies. The implant has at least one extendable support element with a retracted configuration to facilitate deployment of the implant and an extended configuration so as to expand the implant and effectively distract the disc space, stabilize the motion segments and eliminate pathologic spine motion. Angular deformities can also be corrected, and natural curvatures restored. Preferably, the implant has a minimal dimension in its unexpanded state that is smaller than the dimensions of the neuroforamen through which it typically passes to be deployed within the intervertebral space. The implant is provided with a locking system preferably having a plurality of locking elements to lock the implant in an extended configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Philip J. Simpson, David G. Matsuura, Walter Dean Gillespie, George A. Mansfield, III, John E. Ashley
  • Lockable spinal implant
    Publication number: 20100145456
    Abstract: A spinal implant which is configured to be deployed between adjacent vertebral bodies. The implant has at least one extendable support element with a retracted configuration to facilitate deployment of the implant and an extended configuration so as to expand the implant and effectively distract the disc space, stabilize the motion segments and eliminate pathologic spine motion. Angular deformities can also be corrected, and natural curvatures restored. Preferably, the implant has a minimal dimension in its unexpanded state that is smaller than the dimensions of the neuroforamen through which it typically passes to be deployed within the intervertebral space. The implant is provided with a locking system preferably having a plurality of locking elements to lock the implant in an extended configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Philip J. Simpson, David G. Matsuura, Walter Dean Gillespie, George A. Mansfield, III, John E. Ashley
  • Hydraulically Actuated Expanding Spine Cage With Extendable Locking Anchor
    Publication number: 20100057204
    Abstract: A spinal implant which is configured to be deployed between adjacent vertebral bodies. The implant has at least one extendable support element with a retracted configuration to facilitate deployment of the implant and an extended configuration so as to expand the implant and effectively distract the disc space, stabilize the motion segments and eliminate pathologic spine motion. Angular deformities can also be corrected, and natural curvatures restored. Preferably, the implant has a minimal dimension in its unexpanded state that is smaller than the dimensions of the neuroforamen through which it typically passes to be deployed within the intervertebral space. The implant is provided with a locking system preferably having a plurality of locking elements to lock the implant in an extended configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Murali Kadaba, Philip J. Simpson, John E. Ashley, Walter Dean Gillespie, Thomas Grotz, George A. Mansfield, III, David G. Matsuura, Rudy Peretti