Patents by Inventor Hsi-Ching Hsu

Hsi-Ching Hsu 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: 8372151
    Abstract: An adjustable vertebral spacer includes a spacer body, a movable member coupled to the spacer body, an adjustment ring mounted on the spacer body and rotatable to move the movable member and to further adjust the combined height of the spacer body and the movable member, a lock ring mounted on the spacer body for locking the movable member to the adjustment ring, and a top endplate coupled to the movable member at the top and tiltable to fit the angle of the adjacent upper vertebral body during surgery operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Inventors: Wen-Hsien Hsu, Hsi-Ching Hsu, Ching-Chi Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Kao-Shang Shih, Long-Ming Lu
  • Patent number: 8142484
    Abstract: A vertebral fixation plate assembly for insertion into the resection site between two vertebrae of a patients vertebral column and fixation to front or lateral side of the two adjacent vertebral bodies above and below the resection site by means of surgical implantation is disclosed to include a fixation plate that has a plurality of round holes and elongated holes and an opening on the middle, a plurality of bone screws respectively inserted through the round holes and elongated holes for fastening the fixation plate to the patient's vertebral column, and a cage affixed to the opening on the fixation plate and holding holes cut through the periphery for bone fusion and grow. The cage is linked to a vertebral spacer for artificial vertebrae by means of bone fusion to prevent vertebral sinking or slipping of the vertebral spacer and to improve bone fusion efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ching-Kong Chao, Wen-Hsien Hsu, Ching-Chi Hsu, Hsi-Ching Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai
  • Publication number: 20110307065
    Abstract: An adjustable vertebral spacer includes a spacer body, a movable member coupled to the spacer body, an adjustment ring mounted on the spacer body and rotatable to move the movable member and to further adjust the combined height of the spacer body and the movable member, a lock ring mounted on the spacer body for locking the movable member to the adjustment ring, and a top endplate coupled to the movable member at the top and tiltable to fit the angle of the adjacent upper vertebral body during surgery operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Wen-Hsien Hsu, Hsi-Ching Hsu, Ching-Chi Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Kao-Shang Shih, Long-Ming Lu
  • Patent number: 8034111
    Abstract: An adjustable vertebral spacer includes a spacer body, a movable member coupled to the spacer body, an adjustment ring mounted on the spacer body and rotatable to move the movable member and to further adjust the combined height of the spacer body and the movable member, a lock ring mounted on the spacer body for locking the movable member to the adjustment ring, and a top endplate coupled to the movable member at the top and tiltable to fit the angle of the adjacent upper vertebral body during surgery operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventors: Wen-Hsien Hsu, Hsi-Ching Hsu, Ching-Chi Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Kao-Shang Shih, Long-Ming Lu
  • Publication number: 20090210009
    Abstract: A vertebral fixation plate assembly for insertion into the resection site between two vertebrae of a patients vertebral column and fixation to front or lateral side of the two adjacent vertebral bodies above and below the resection site by means of surgical implantation is disclosed to include a fixation plate that has a plurality of round holes and elongated holes and an opening on the middle, a plurality of bone screws respectively inserted through the round holes and elongated holes for fastening the fixation plate to the patient's vertebral column, and a cage affixed to the opening on the fixation plate and holding holes cut through the periphery for bone fusion and grow. The cage is linked to a vertebral spacer for artificial vertebrae by means of bone fusion to prevent vertebral sinking or slipping of the vertebral spacer and to improve bone fusion efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Ching-Kong Chao, Wen-Hsien Hsu, Ching-Chi Hsu, Hsi-Ching Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai
  • Publication number: 20090164019
    Abstract: An adjustable vertebral spacer includes a spacer body, a movable member coupled to the spacer body, an adjustment ring mounted on the spacer body and rotatable to move the movable member and to further adjust the combined height of the spacer body and the movable member, a lock ring mounted on the spacer body for locking the movable member to the adjustment ring, and a top endplate coupled to the movable member at the top and tiltable to fit the angle of the adjacent upper vertebral body during surgery operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Wen-Hsien Hsu, Hsi-Ching Hsu, Ching-Chi Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Kao-Shang Shih, Long-Ming Lu