Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Joseph Anderman

Jeffrey Joseph Anderman 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SPINAL SURGERY
    Publication number: 20120059479
    Abstract: An embodiment of an intervertebral prosthetic device for implantation in a spine includes a rigid fixation member and a compressible member. The fixation member is configured to be placed in a cavity of a first vertebral body and against bone of the first vertebral body. The compressible member is configured to be placed in a cavity in an intervertebral disc and to be secured to the first fixation member. Another embodiment includes two compressible members and one fixation member. In this embodiment, the first and second compressible members are sized to substantially replace the nucleus pulposus of first and a second intervertebral discs, respectively, on either side of a vertebral body. The fixation member is sized to fit within a cavity in the vertebral body between the first and second compressible members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Glenn Robin Buttermann, Jeffrey Joseph Anderman, Frank Robert Ferris, JR.
  • Apparatus and method for performing spinal surgery
    Patent number: 8057549
    Abstract: An embodiment of an intervertebral prosthetic device for implantation in a spine includes a rigid fixation member and a compressible member. The fixation member is configured to be placed in a cavity of a first vertebral body and against bone of the first vertebral body. The compressible member is configured to be placed in a cavity in an intervertebral disc and to be secured to the first fixation member. Another embodiment includes two compressible members and one fixation member. In this embodiment, the first and second compressible members are sized to substantially replace the nucleus pulposus of first and a second intervertebral discs, respectively, on either side of a vertebral body. The fixation member is sized to fit within a cavity in the vertebral body between the first and second compressible members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Dynamic Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Robin Butterman, Jeffrey Joseph Anderman, Frank Robert Ferris, Jr.
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SPINAL SURGERY
    Publication number: 20080215153
    Abstract: An embodiment of an intervertebral prosthetic device for implantation in a spine includes a rigid fixation member and a compressible member. The fixation member is configured to be placed in a cavity of a first vertebral body and against bone of the first vertebral body. The compressible member is configured to be placed in a cavity in an intervertebral disc and to be secured to the first fixation member. Another embodiment includes two compressible members and one fixation member. In this embodiment, the first and second compressible members are sized to substantially replace the nucleus pulposus of first and a second intervertebral discs, respectively, on either side of a vertebral body. The fixation member is sized to fit within a cavity in the vertebral body between the first and second compressible members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Glenn Robin Butterman, Jeffrey Joseph Anderman, Frank Robert Ferris