Patents by Inventor John M. Blumers

John M. Blumers 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).

  • Intervertebral implantation apparatus
    Patent number: 7780676
    Abstract: An implantation apparatus for preparing adjacent vertebral bodies to receive an intervertebral implant including a plurality of keels. The implantation apparatus includes an elongated handle portion, and a template portion carried at a distal end of the handle portion substantially perpendicularly to the handle portion. The template portion defines a plurality of open channels corresponding in position and shape of the plurality of keels. Each channel is positioned and shaped for preparing a vertebral opening to receive a corresponding keel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: EBI, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Cameron Lakin, Kirk J. Bailey, John M. Blumers
  • INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANTATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20080015702
    Abstract: An implantation apparatus for preparing adjacent vertebral bodies to receive an intervertebral implant including a plurality of keels. The implantation apparatus includes an elongated handle portion, and a template portion carried at a distal end of the handle portion substantially perpendicularly to the handle portion. The template portion defines a plurality of open channels corresponding in position and shape of the plurality of keels. Each channel is positioned and shaped for preparing a vertebral opening to receive a corresponding keel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: EBI, L.P.
    Inventors: Ryan Cameron LAKIN, Kirk J. BAILEY, John M. BLUMERS