Patents by Inventor Jeffrey M. Brittan

Jeffrey M. Brittan 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).

  • Publication number: 20230094575
    Abstract: This disclosure describes spinal implants with anchoring elements including an aperture for delivery of injectable materials. In one aspect, a spinal implant includes a body defining one or more injection ports and one or more channels, the one or more injection ports configured to receive flowable material and to provide the flowable material to the one or more channels; and one or more anchoring elements protruding from a surface of the body, the one or more anchoring elements each defining an aperture coupled to the one or more channels and configured to receive the flowable material from the one or more channels and to provide/output the flowable material from the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Justin Earl BIRD, Nicolas M. CORDARO, Jeffrey M. BRITTAN
  • Publication number: 20210015528
    Abstract: A surgical screw system and device with a screw head having multiple insertion engagement features. The screw preferably a tubular body having a first end and a closed second end, wherein the head configured to engage with a diiver to advance the screw into the bone. The head of the screw has at least two different insertion features, such as a cross shaped insertion feature and a hexalobe shaped insertion. The screw can be advanced or removed via a driver that mates with the cross shaped or the hexalobe shaped insertion features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen James O'Brien, Thomas Zink, Jeffrey M. Brittan, Nicholas Cordaro
  • Patent number: 8846060
    Abstract: A matrix for tissue growth includes: (a) a first layer including a first assembly of collagen fibers; (b) a plurality of projections on a top surface of the first layer; and (c) a second layer bonded to a bottom portion of the first layer and including a second assembly of collagen fibers, wherein the second layer has a lower density than the first layer, and the matrix includes pores effective to support cell growth into the matrix. A method for providing the matrix is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Integra LifeSciences Corporation
    Inventors: Simon J. Archibald, Mark Spilker, Ronald T. Ingram, Jeffrey M. Brittan