Patents by Inventor Jonathan Lloyd Arcos

Jonathan Lloyd Arcos 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).

  • RADIOLUCENT SURGICAL RETRACTOR
    Publication number: 20240164763
    Abstract: A self-supporting surgical retractor is provided for retracting soft tissue and anatomy at a spinal surgical site. The retractor includes a tubular base defining an upper rim and a lower rim and a working channel there between the upper and lower rims, in which the base and lower rim are sized and configured to be seated on adjacent vertebral bodies spanning an intervertebral space. At least two elongated legs are provided, each projecting from the upper rim and each including a fixation feature at a free end thereof. Each of the legs has a length sufficient for the fixation feature to be outside the body of a patient when the lower rim is seated on adjacent vertebral bodies of the patient. The retractor is formed of a radio-transparent or radio-lucent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Nick Sandham, Eddie Hamilton, Jonathan Lloyd Arcos, Christopher Reah, John Sutcliffe, Patrick Joseph McKenna, Obi Agu
  • Radiolucent surgical retractor
    Patent number: 11844504
    Abstract: A self-supporting surgical retractor is provided for retracting soft tissue and anatomy at a spinal surgical site. The retractor includes a tubular base defining an upper rim and a lower rim and a working channel there between the upper and lower rims, in which the base and lower rim are sized and configured to be seated on adjacent vertebral bodies spanning an intervertebral space. At least two elongated legs are provided, each projecting from the upper rim and each including a fixation feature at a free end thereof. Each of the legs has a length sufficient for the fixation feature to be outside the body of a patient when the lower rim is seated on adjacent vertebral bodies of the patient. The retractor is formed of a radio-transparent or radio-lucent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Axis Spine Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Nick Sandham, Eddie Hamilton, Jonathan Lloyd Arcos, Christopher Reah, John Sutcliffe, Patrick Joseph McKenna, Obi Agu
  • RADIOLUCENT SURGICAL RETRACTOR
    Publication number: 20210085307
    Abstract: A self-supporting surgical retractor is provided for retracting soft tissue and anatomy at a spinal surgical site. The retractor includes a tubular base defining an upper rim and a lower rim and a working channel there between the upper and lower rims, in which the base and lower rim are sized and configured to be seated on adjacent vertebral bodies spanning an intervertebral space. At least two elongated legs are provided, each projecting from the upper rim and each including a fixation feature at a free end thereof. Each of the legs has a length sufficient for the fixation feature to be outside the body of a patient when the lower rim is seated on adjacent vertebral bodies of the patient. The retractor is formed of a radio-transparent or radio-lucent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Nick Sandham, Eddie Hamilton, Jonathan Lloyd Arcos, Christopher Reah, John Sutcliffe, Patrick Joseph McKenna, Obi Agu