Patents by Inventor James Corin

James Corin 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).

  • Minimally invasive tool to facilitate implanting a pedicle screw and housing
    Patent number: 9314280
    Abstract: A minimally invasive tool to facilitate implanting a pedicle screw and housing is provided. The minimally invasive tool includes a first sleeve having flexible tabs that couple to a housing and a second sleeve slidably engaged in the first sleeve. The second sleeve provides reinforcing such that the first and second sleeve provide counter torque for driving the pedicle screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.
    Inventor: James Corin
  • MINIMALLY INVASIVE TOOL TO FACILITATE IMPLANTING A PEDICLE SCREW AND HOUSING
    Publication number: 20130144349
    Abstract: A minimally invasive tool to facilitate implanting a pedicle screw and housing is provided. The minimaly invasive tool includes a first sleeve having flexible tabs that couple to a housing and a second sleeve slidably engaged in the first sleeve. The second sleeve provides reinforcing such that the first and second sleeve provide counter torque for driving the pedicle screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: LANX, INC.
    Inventor: James Corin
  • Tool to dissect or compress and measure a vertebral body segment
    Patent number: 8403940
    Abstract: The present invention provides tools to distract, compress, and measure a vertebral body segment. In one aspect of the invention, a tool includes a handle assembly and a locking mechanism operable between a first condition in which handle portions can translate and pivot relative to one another and a second condition in which the handle portions are fixed translatably. In another aspect of the invention, a tool for distracting and compressing a vertebral body segment includes a measuring device to simultaneously indicate the length of a connecting element for coupling the fasteners. In another aspect of the invention, a measurement device includes indicia defined by a locus of points corresponding to a particular connecting element length. In another aspect of the invention, a method of coupling a first fastener engaged with a first vertebrae to a second fastener engaged with a second vertebrae is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Lanx, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Parker, James Corin, Alan Burkholder
  • Minimally invasive tool to facilitate implanting a pedicle screw and housing
    Patent number: 8211110
    Abstract: A minimally invasive tool to facilitate implanting a pedicle screw and housing is provided. The minimally invasive tool includes a first sleeve having flexible tabs that couple to a housing and a second sleeve slidably engaged in the first sleeve. The second sleeve provides reinforcing such that the first and second sleeve provide counter torque for driving the pedicle screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Lanx, Inc.
    Inventors: James Corin, Michael Fulton
  • TOOL TO DISSECT OR COMPRESS AND MEASURE A VERTEBRAL BODY SEGMENT
    Publication number: 20080200919
    Abstract: The present invention provides tools to distract, compress, and measure a vertebral body segment. In one aspect of the invention, a tool includes a handle assembly and a locking mechanism operable between a first condition in which handle portions can translate and pivot relative to one another and a second condition in which the handle portions are fixed translatably. In another aspect of the invention, a tool for distracting and compressing a vertebral body segment includes a measuring device to simultaneously indicate the length of a connecting element for coupling the fasteners. In another aspect of the invention, a measurement device includes indicia defined by a locus of points corresponding to a particular connecting element length. In another aspect of the invention, a method of coupling a first fastener engaged with a first vertebrae to a second fastener engaged with a second vertebrae is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Lanx Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Parker, James Corin, Alan Burkholder