Patents by Inventor Helmut Rutschmann
Helmut Rutschmann 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).
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Patent number: 10758277Abstract: An anchor assembly for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The anchor assembly preferably includes a bone anchor, a body with a rod-receiving channel, an insert member (preferably a bushing), and a locking cap. The anchor assembly enables in-situ assembly where the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body of the bone anchor assembly. Accordingly, the anchor assembly enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body may be snapped onto the bone anchor and a spinal rod may be inserted into the rod-receiving channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Fridolin Schlaepfer, Martin Schnider, Helmut Rutschmann
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Patent number: 10098665Abstract: A spine derotation system includes bone fixation elements, fixture members, clamps and stabilizers. The clamps can collectively lock together multiple proximal ends of bone fixation elements extending from one lateral side of the spine. The stabilizers may include clamp stabilizers that are configured to couple together two or more clamps to each other so as to facilitate derotation and alignment of multiple vertebrae of a patient's spine. The stabilizers may also include fixture stabilizers that are configured to couple together two fixture members on the same vertebra to facilitate derotation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Helmut Rutschmann, Madeleine Kaegi
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Publication number: 20170340360Abstract: An anchor assembly for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The anchor assembly preferably includes a bone anchor, a body with a rod-receiving channel, an insert member (preferably a bushing), and a locking cap. The anchor assembly enables in-situ assembly where the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body of the bone anchor assembly. Accordingly, the anchor assembly enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body may be snapped onto the bone anchor and a spinal rod may be inserted into the rod-receiving channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Fridolin Schlaepfer, Martin Schnider, Helmut Rutschmann
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Patent number: 9763702Abstract: An anchor assembly for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The anchor assembly preferably includes a bone anchor, a body with a rod-receiving channel, an insert member (preferably a bushing), and a locking cap. The anchor assembly enables in-situ assembly where the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body of the bone anchor assembly. Accordingly, the anchor assembly enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body may be snapped onto the bone anchor and a spinal rod may be inserted into the rod-receiving channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Fridolin Schlaepfer, Martin Schnider, Helmut Rutschmann
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Publication number: 20140142634Abstract: An anchor assembly for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The anchor assembly preferably includes a bone anchor, a body with a rod-receiving channel, an insert member (preferably a bushing), and a locking cap. The anchor assembly enables in-situ assembly where the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body of the bone anchor assembly. Accordingly, the anchor assembly enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body may be snapped onto the bone anchor and a spinal rod may be inserted into the rod-receiving channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Fridolin Schlaepfer, Martin Schnider, Helmut Rutschmann
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Publication number: 20140039556Abstract: A spine derotation system includes bone fixation elements, fixture members, clamps and stabilizers. The clamps can collectively lock together multiple proximal ends of bone fixation elements extending from one lateral side of the spine. The stabilizers may include clamp stabilizers that are configured to couple together two or more clamps to each other so as to facilitate derotation and alignment of multiple vertebrae of a patient's spine. The stabilizers may also include fixture stabilizers that are configured to couple together two fixture members on the same vertebra to facilitate derotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Inventors: Helmut Rutschmann, Madeleine Kaegi
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Patent number: 8317796Abstract: A reduction tool for use in posterior spinal fixation to facilitate insertion of a longitudinal spinal rod into a rod-receiving channel formed in a bone fixation element. The reduction tool preferably includes an outer tube sized and configured to transversely receive the spinal rod therethrough, the outer tube being operatively coupled to the bone fixation element, an inner tube operatively coupled to a locking cap and slidably disposed within the outer tube, and a rotatable sleeve for rotatably advancing the inner tube with respect to the outer tube to advance the spinal rod into the rod-receiving channel formed in the bone fixation element and to couple the locking cap to the bone fixation element to thereby secure the rod within the bone fixation element.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: Pascal Stihl, Helmut Rutschmann
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Publication number: 20110166606Abstract: A reduction tool for use in posterior spinal fixation to facilitate insertion of a longitudinal spinal rod into a rod-receiving channel formed in a bone fixation element. The reduction tool preferably includes an outer tube sized and configured to transversely receive the spinal rod therethrough, the outer tube being operatively coupled to the bone fixation element, an inner tube operatively coupled to a locking cap and slidably disposed within the outer tube, and a rotatable sleeve for rotatably advancing the inner tube with respect to the outer tube to advance the spinal rod into the rod-receiving channel formed in the bone fixation element and to couple the locking cap to the bone fixation element to thereby secure the rod within the bone fixation element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: Pascal Stihl, Helmut Rutschmann
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Publication number: 20110040335Abstract: A bone fixation element for use in posterior spinal fixation including a pair of spaced apart arms defining a rod-receiving channel and a pair of reduction tabs integrally formed and extending from the arms to facilitate insertion of a rod into the channel. The reduction tabs also preferably include a break-off region so that after the rod has been inserted in the channel, the reduction tabs can be removed leaving behind the bone fixation element and rod. The reduction tabs may also include a cap for coupling a proximal end of the reduction tabs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventors: Pascal Stihl, Helmut Rutschmann