Patents by Inventor Jacques Teisen
Jacques Teisen 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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Publication number: 20170119535Abstract: An inflatable and implantable balloon for treatment of degenerative disc disease, bones, lesions, spinal deformities and spinal motion segment instabilities. The balloon is comprised of adjustable and expandable volumes. Further disclosed are methods of forming, inserting, expanding, and implanting the multi-volume balloon for proper placement and stabilization of the spinal lesion or disease. Still further disclosed are kits for aligning and stabilizing elements of the spine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2017Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Jacques Teisen, Joern Richter, Matthias Wesselmann, Bodo Quint, Stefan Mueller
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Patent number: 9585761Abstract: An inflatable and implantable balloon for treatment of degenerative disc disease, bones, lesions, spinal deformities and spinal motion segment instabilities. The balloon is comprised of adjustable and expandable volumes. Further disclosed are methods of forming, inserting, expanding, and implanting the multi-volume balloon for proper placement and stabilization of the spinal lesion or disease. Still further disclosed are kits for aligning and stabilizing elements of the spine.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Jacques Teisen, Joern Richter, Matthias Wesselmann, Bodo Quint, Stefan Mueller
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Patent number: 9572676Abstract: An inflatable balloon for diagnostics and treatment of diseased discs or fractured bones. The balloon is a multi-volume balloon comprised of a plurality of adjustable and expandable single volumes. Further disclosed are methods of forming, expanding, and implanting the multi-volume balloon for proper placement and stabilization of the diseased discs or fractured bones. Still further disclosed are kits for aligning and stabilizing a bone, disc, or spinal motion segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Jacques Teisen, Joern Richter, Richard Assaker
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Patent number: 9510877Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hybrid bone fixation element including a threaded proximal cortical bone contacting portion for threadably engaging the cortical portion of a human bone and a non-threaded expandable distal collections portion for engaging the cancellous portion of the human bone. The hybrid bone fixation element can be used, for example, as a pedicle screw, a bone screw or in any other type of bone fixation application.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Jacques Teisen, Simon Stucki
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Publication number: 20160338661Abstract: A fracture mobility testing system is provided for use in surgical procedures for augmenting vertebral bodies having collapsed due to compression fractures. The testing system is utilized to determine if the cortical shell of the vertebral body has begun to heal over the fracture lines to the point at which height restoration is not possible. Depending on the feedback provided by the testing system, the surgeon may elect to proceed with any of a variety of known height restoration techniques if the fractured portions of the vertebral body are still mobile, or may elect for a simple vertebroplasty procedure without height restoration if the feedback from the testing system determines that the cortical outer portions of the fractured vertebral body have fused to one another to the point at which height restoration is no longer an option.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Gregor Feigenwinter, Jacques Teisen
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Patent number: 9433455Abstract: A fracture mobility testing system is provided for use in surgical procedures for augmenting vertebral bodies having collapsed due to compression fractures. The testing system is utilized to determine if the cortical shell of the vertebral body has begun to heal over the fracture lines to the point at which height restoration is not possible. Depending on the feedback provided by the testing system, the surgeon may elect to proceed with any of a variety of known height restoration techniques if the fractured portions of the vertebral body are still mobile, or may elect for a simple vertebroplasty procedure without height restoration if the feedback from the testing system determines that the cortical outer portions of the fractured vertebral body have fused to one another to the point at which height restoration is no longer an option.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Gregor Feigenwinter, Jacques Teisen
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Publication number: 20160250032Abstract: Coiled spinal implants for disc, vertebral body, and spinal motion segment replacement or reconstruction comprise a plurality of loops and spaces between the loops, with the loops formed of a hollow material and having a plurality of apertures or a longitudinal gap that extend(s) through the sidewalls of the loops and into the hollow center. The coiled implants include one or more balloons within the hollow center, the spaces between the coil loops, and/or within the central void that the coil surrounds. Filling the balloon expands the loops and thereby increases the height of the coil. Bone graft material or bone cement may be deployed from the apertures or gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Joern Richter, Jacques Teisen
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Patent number: 9358120Abstract: Coiled spinal implants for disc, vertebral body, and spinal motion segment replacement or reconstruction comprise a plurality of loops and spaces between the loops, with the loops formed of a hollow material and having a plurality of apertures or a longitudinal gap that extend(s) through the sidewalls of the loops and into the hollow center. The coiled implants include one or more balloons within the hollow center, the spaces between the coil loops, and/or within the central void that the coil surrounds. Filling the balloon expands the loops and thereby increases the height of the coil. Bone graft material or bone cement may be deployed from the apertures or gap.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Joern Richter, Jacques Teisen
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Publication number: 20160106441Abstract: A bone access instrument comprising a shaft having a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion. The first shaft portion has a first diameter, a proximal end, a tapered distal end including at least three straight cutting edges being equally spaced circumferentially about the tapered distal end, and at least three flutes extending from the tapered distal end toward the proximal end in a parallel relationship to one another. The second shaft portion has a second diameter and a tapered distal end. The second diameter is less than the first diameter, and the second shaft portion extends axially from the distal end of the first shaft portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Jacques Teisen, Rainer Ponzer
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Publication number: 20160100865Abstract: An interspinous process spacer for implantation in an interspinous space between a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process includes a balloon-like body, a first deployable protrusion and a second deployable protrusion. The body has a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends. The spacer is arrangeable in an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The first deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the proximal end and the second deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the distal end. The first and second deployable protrusions are oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis in the unexpanded configuration and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in the expanded configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Daniel Thommen, Markus Weber, Jacques Teisen, Markus Kraft, Florian Kaufmann, Markus Hunziker, Felix Aschmann, Stefan Saladin, Martin Oswald, Roman Randegger
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Patent number: 9247970Abstract: An expandable implant system is configured to increase the height of a target bone, for instance that has been subjected to a compression fracture. The expandable implant system includes an implant assembly that can be inserted into the target bone, and subsequently expanded so as to increase the height of the target bone. The expandable implant system further includes an insertion assembly that is configured to create an insertion channel into the target bone, such that the implant assembly can be inserted in a collapsed configuration into the target bone along the insertion channel, and subsequently expanded.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2010Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventor: Jacques Teisen
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Patent number: 9226756Abstract: A bone access instrument comprising a shaft having a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion. The first shaft portion has a first diameter, a distal end, and at least one cutting edge formed on the distal end. The second shaft portion has a second diameter and a tapered distal end. The second diameter is less than the first diameter, and the second shaft portion extends axially from the distal end of the first shaft portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Jacques Teisen, Rainer Ponzer
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Patent number: 9155578Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide a fastener including a tip portion, a proximal portion, an advancement mechanism and an expandable member. The tip portion has a first surface. The proximal portion is configured for coupling to the tip portion and has a second surface. The mechanism advances the first surface toward the second surface. The expandable member includes a first end abutting the first surface of the tip portion and a second end abutting the second surface of the proximal portion. Advancement of the two surfaces toward each other advances the first end of the expandable member toward the second end of the expandable member. The expandable member is configured to expand in response to the advancement. At least one of the ends of the expandable member is a free end extending under and configured to rotate with respect to an abutting one of the first or second surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Salman Chegini, Andreas Gfeller, Jacques Teisen
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Patent number: 9155571Abstract: An interspinous process spacer for implantation in an interspinous space between a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process includes a balloon-like body, a first deployable protrusion and a second deployable protrusion. The body has a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends. The spacer is arrangeable in an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The first deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the proximal end and the second deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the distal end. The first and second deployable protrusions are oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis in the unexpanded configuration and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in the expanded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Thommen, Markus Weber, Jacques Teisen, Markus Kraft, Florian Kaufmann, Markus Hunziker, Felix Aschmann, Stefan Saladin, Martin Oswald, Roman Randegger
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Publication number: 20150245857Abstract: An expandable implant system is configured to increase the height of a target bone, for instance that has been subjected to a compression fracture. The expandable implant system includes an implant assembly that can be inserted into the target bone, and subsequently expanded so as to increase the height of the target bone. The expandable implant system further includes an and insertion assembly that is configured to create an insertion channel into the target bone, such that the implant assembly can be inserted in a collapsed configuration into the target bone along the insertion channel, and subsequently expanded.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventor: Jacques Teisen
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Publication number: 20140277465Abstract: An inflatable and implantable balloon for treatment of degenerative disc disease, bones, lesions, spinal deformities and spinal motion segment instabilities. The balloon is comprised of adjustable and expandable volumes. Further disclosed are methods of forming, inserting, expanding, and implanting the multi-volume balloon for proper placement and stabilization of the spinal lesion or disease. Still further disclosed are kits for aligning and stabilizing elements of the spine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: Jacques Teisen, Joern Richter, Matthias Wesselmann, Bodo Quint, Stefan Mueller
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Publication number: 20140277464Abstract: Coiled spinal implants for disc, vertebral body, and spinal motion segment replacement or reconstruction comprise a plurality of loops and spaces between the loops, with the loops formed of a hollow material and having a plurality of apertures or a longitudinal gap that extend(s) through the sidewalls of the loops and into the hollow center. The coiled implants include one or more balloons within the hollow center, the spaces between the coil loops, and/or within the central void that the coil surrounds. Filling the balloon expands the loops and thereby increases the height of the coil. Bone graft material or bone cement may be deployed from the apertures or gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: Joern Richter, Jacques Teisen
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Publication number: 20140277466Abstract: An inflatable balloon for diagnostics and treatment of diseased discs or fractured bones. The balloon is a multi-volume balloon comprised of a plurality of adjustable and expandable single volumes. Further disclosed are methods of forming, expanding, and implanting the multi-volume balloon for proper placement and stabilization of the diseased discs or fractured bones. Still further disclosed are kits for aligning and stabilizing a bone, disc, or spinal motion segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: Jacques Teisen, Joern Richter, Richard Assaker
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Patent number: 8702757Abstract: An interspinous process spacer for implantation in an interspinous space between a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process includes a balloon-like body, a first deployable protrusion and a second deployable protrusion. The body has a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends. The spacer is arrangeable in an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The first deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the proximal end and the second deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the distal end. The first and second deployable protrusions are oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis in the unexpanded configuration and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in the expanded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Daniel Thommen, Markus Weber, Jacques Teisen, Markus Kraft, Florian Kaufmann, Markus Hunziker, Felix Aschmann, Stefan Saladin, Martin Oswald, Roman Randegger
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Publication number: 20140107649Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hybrid bone fixation element including a threaded proximal cortical bone contacting portion for threadably engaging the cortical portion of a human bone and a non-threaded expandable distal collections portion for engaging the cancellous portion of the human bone. The hybrid bone fixation element can be used, for example, as a pedicle screw, a bone screw or in any other type of b ne fixation application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Jacques Teisen, Simon Stucki