Patents by Inventor Josef Gabelberger

Josef Gabelberger 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: 20230380873
    Abstract: A device for spinal surgery that may be used for tightening a locking cap onto at least a portion of a pedicle screw. The device may include a torque-generating body having a proximal end and an opposing distal end and a drive shaft rotatably driven by the torque-generating body. A proximal end of the drive shaft may be operatively engaged to the distal end of the torque-generating body and an opposing distal end of the drive shaft may engage at least a portion of one of the locking cap and the pedicle screw. An anti-torque device is provided that has an elongated and generally hollow member defining a longitudinal axis. The member has a proximal end and an opposing distal end, where the proximal end of the anti-torque device may be fixed from rotating relative to at least a portion of the torque-generating body and the distal end may be fixed from rotating relative to a spine rod or a pedicle screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jason YIM, Dennis Chien, Barclay Davis, David Rathburn, Josef Gabelberger, Zoher S. Bootwala, Scott Larsen
  • Publication number: 20230338066
    Abstract: A retrograde intramedullary nail for insertion in the medullary canal of a femur includes a body that is elongate and defines a leading end and a trailing end spaced from each other at a length sufficient to extend from an intercondylar region at least to a subtrochanteric region of the femur. The body further defines a leading portion that extends to the leading end. The leading portion defines at least one locking hole configured to receive a fixation member. The at least one locking hole defines a central hole axis that is oriented to extend through the neck and head of the femur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Rohit Shinde, Thomas Keyer, David Cowens, Joshua McManus, Raymond Schmitt, Michael Bushelow, Stanley J. Kmiec, JR., Josef Gabelberger
  • Patent number: 11660129
    Abstract: A device for spinal surgery that may be used for tightening a locking cap onto at least a portion of a pedicle screw. The device may include a torque-generating body having a proximal end and an opposing distal end and a drive shaft rotatably driven by the torque-generating body. A proximal end of the drive shaft may be operatively engaged to the distal end of the torque-generating body and an opposing distal end of the drive shaft may engage at least a portion of one of the locking cap and the pedicle screw. An anti-torque device is provided that has an elongated and generally hollow member defining a longitudinal axis. The member has a proximal end and an opposing distal end, where the proximal end of the anti-torque device may be fixed from rotating relative to at least a portion of the torque-generating body and the distal end may be fixed from rotating relative to a spine rod or a pedicle screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Yim, Dennis Chien, Barclay Davis, David Rathbun, Josef Gabelberger, Zoher S. Bootwala, Scott Larsen
  • Publication number: 20230089550
    Abstract: A bone plate comprises a plate body and at least one tab. The plate body defines an inner body surface configured to face an underlying bone, an outer body surface opposite the inner body surface, and an outer side surface that extends between the inner body surface and the outer body surface. The outer side surface defines an outer perimeter of the plate body. The at least one tab includes a head and an arm that extends from the plate body to the head. The tab defines a tab aperture that extends through the head and is configured to receive a bone anchor. The bone anchor can be coupled with a screw hole in the nail. The arm is configured to deflect with respect to the plate body so as to move the head between a pre-fixation position and a fixation position spaced from the pre-fixation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Josef GABELBERGER, David COWENS, Joshua MCMANUS, Thomas KEYER, Catherine SANTIS, Roberto KHATCHADOURIAN, Peter VAN CITTERS, David W. BOGLE, Alexandra SIBOLE
  • Patent number: 11452607
    Abstract: An expandable interspinous spacer implant that is configured to be inserted into an interspinous space that is defined between a spinous process of a superior vertebral body and a spinous process of an inferior vertebral body is provided. The implant may include a superior housing, an inferior housing, and a distracting member. The superior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the superior vertebral body and the inferior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the inferior vertebral body. The distracting member may be disposed between the superior and inferior housings, such that activation of the distracting member distracts the superior and inferior housings apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Josef Gabelberger
  • Publication number: 20220117639
    Abstract: A bone plate comprises a plate body and at least one tab. The plate body defines an inner body surface configured to face an underlying bone, an outer body surface opposite the inner body surface, and an outer side surface that extends between the inner body surface and the outer body surface. The outer side surface defines an outer perimeter of the plate body. The at least one tab includes a head and an arm that extends from the plate body to the head. The tab defines a tab aperture that extends through the head and is configured to receive a bone anchor. The bone anchor can be coupled with a screw hole in the nail. The arm is configured to deflect with respect to the plate body so as to move the head between a pre-fixation position and a fixation position spaced from the pre-fixation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Josef GABELBERGER, David COWENS, Joshua MCMANUS, Thomas KEYER, Catherine SANTIS, Roberto KHATCHADOURIAN, Peter VAN CITTERS, David W. BOGLE, Alexandra SIBOLE
  • Publication number: 20210369133
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed to coil positioning apparatuses, systems, and methods of employing the same. One portable head coil apparatus is provided for use with a magnetic resonance imaging system. The portable head coil apparatus includes a base having at least one coil array comprising at least two coil elements. The base is positionable relative to the patients head and has a receiving portion defining a receiving surface positionable adjacent the patient positioning device. The portable head coil apparatus includes an extension movable relative to the base and having at least one coil array comprising at least two coil elements. The extension defines an inner surface having a curvature the degree of which is greater than that of the receiving surface of the base. The inner surface of the extension and the receiving surface of the base together at least partially define an imaging region therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Qfix Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel D Coppens, Josef Gabelberger, Andrew Johnson, David M. Rabeno
  • Patent number: 10641415
    Abstract: The current disclosure presents embodiments directed to, among others, a support and/or clamp (60) for receiving a cylindrical element (e.g., a bearing (90)), which can include a base (62), a pair of opposed receiving members (64) projecting from the base (62) and spaced apart from one other to establish a receiving area (66) configured with a size and shape to removably receive at least one of a circular, cylindrical and spherical object therein, and at least one of a detent (24) and magnet (40) arranged within at least a portion of the receiving area (66), the detent (24) and/or magnet (40) configured to at least one of temporarily retain the object within the receiving area (66) and establish a sound associated with the receiving of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: MALLINCKRODT HOSPITAL PRODUCTS IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Vandlik, Shaun Wall, Josef Gabelberger, Eric Rabeno
  • Publication number: 20190314166
    Abstract: An expandable interspinous spacer implant that is configured to be inserted into an interspinous space that is defined between a spinous process of a superior vertebral body and a spinous process of an inferior vertebral body is provided. The implant may include a superior housing, an inferior housing, and a distracting member. The superior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the superior vertebral body and the inferior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the inferior vertebral body. The distracting member may be disposed between the superior and inferior housings, such that activation of the distracting member distracts the superior and inferior housings apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Josef Gabelberger
  • Patent number: 10335286
    Abstract: An expandable interspinous spacer implant that is configured to be inserted into an interspinous space that is defined between a spinous process of a superior vertebral body and a spinous process of an inferior vertebral body is provided. The implant may include a superior housing, an inferior housing, and a distracting member. The superior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the superior vertebral body and the inferior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the inferior vertebral body. The distracting member may be disposed between the superior and inferior housings, such that activation of the distracting member distracts the superior and inferior housings apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Josef Gabelberger
  • Publication number: 20180036046
    Abstract: A device for spinal surgery that may be used for tightening a locking cap onto at least a portion of a pedicle screw. The device may include a torque-generating body having a proximal end and an opposing distal end and a drive shaft rotatably driven by the torque-generating body. A proximal end of the drive shaft may be operatively engaged to the distal end of the torque-generating body and an opposing distal end of the drive shaft may engage at least a portion of one of the locking cap and the pedicle screw. An anti-torque device is provided that has an elongated and generally hollow member defining a longitudinal axis. The member has a proximal end and an opposing distal end, where the proximal end of the anti-torque device may be fixed from rotating relative to at least a portion of the torque-generating body and the distal end may be fixed from rotating relative to a spine rod or a pedicle screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jason YIM, Dennis Chien, Barclay Davis, David Rathbun, Josef Gabelberger, Zoher S. Bootwala, Scott Larsen
  • Publication number: 20180000605
    Abstract: An expandable interspinous spacer implant that is configured to be inserted into an interspinous space that is defined between a spinous process of a superior vertebral body and a spinous process of an inferior vertebral body is provided. The implant may include a superior housing, an inferior housing, and a distracting member. The superior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the superior vertebral body and the inferior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the inferior vertebral body. The distracting member may be disposed between the superior and inferior housings, such that activation of the distracting member distracts the superior and inferior housings apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventor: Josef Gabelberger
  • Patent number: 9788962
    Abstract: An expandable interspinous spacer implant that is configured to be inserted into an interspinous space that is defined between a spinous process of a superior vertebral body and a spinous process of an inferior vertebral body is provided. The implant may include a superior housing, an inferior housing, and a distracting member. The superior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the superior vertebral body and the inferior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the inferior vertebral body. The distracting member may be disposed between the superior and inferior housings, such that activation of the distracting member distracts the superior and inferior housings apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Josef Gabelberger
  • Patent number: 9402732
    Abstract: An expandable interspinous spacer implant that is configured to be inserted into an interspinous space that is defined between a spinous process of a superior vertebral body and a spinous process of an inferior vertebral body is provided. The implant may include a superior housing, an inferior housing, and a distracting member. The superior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the superior vertebral body and the inferior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the inferior vertebral body. The distracting member may be disposed between the superior and inferior housings, such that activation of the distracting member distracts the superior and inferior housings apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Josef Gabelberger
  • Publication number: 20150313718
    Abstract: An expandable interspinous spacer implant that is configured to be inserted into an interspinous space that is defined between a spinous process of a superior vertebral body and a spinous process of an inferior vertebral body is provided. The implant may include a superior housing, an inferior housing, and a distracting member. The superior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the superior vertebral body and the inferior housing may have an outer surface that is configured to engage the spinous process of the inferior vertebral body. The distracting member may be disposed between the superior and inferior housings, such that activation of the distracting member distracts the superior and inferior housings apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventor: Josef Gabelberger
  • Publication number: 20150105831
    Abstract: A device for spinal surgery that may be used for tightening a locking cap onto at least a portion of a pedicle screw. The device may include a torque-generating body having a proximal end and an opposing distal end and a drive shaft rotatably driven by the torque-generating body. A proximal end of the drive shaft may be operatively engaged to the distal end of the torque-generating body and an opposing distal end of the drive shaft may engage at least a portion of one of the locking cap and the pedicle screw. An anti-torque device is provided that has an elongated and generally hollow member defining a longitudinal axis. The member has a proximal end and an opposing distal end, where the proximal end of the anti-torque device may be fixed from rotating relative to at least a portion of the torque-generating body and the distal end may be fixed from rotating relative to a spine rod or a pedicle screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SYNTHES USA, LLA
    Inventors: Jason Yim, Dennis Chien, Barclay Davis, David Rathbun, Josef Gabelberger, Zoher S. Bootwala, Scott Larsen
  • Patent number: 8652174
    Abstract: An expandable interspinous process spacer implant for insertion and/or implantation between a spinous process of a superior vertebral body and a spinous process of an inferior vertebral body, the implant comprising multiple pairs of legs joined in a scissor-like fashion and pivotally coupled to each other by one or more pins, where each leg has multiple slots along its longitudinal axis. The implant further may include a pair of bearing surfaces coupled between the legs via cross pins and a first plate and second plate each of which is coupled to a pair of roller pins disposed between a pair of slots on the legs where rotation of a fastener in the fastener holes of the first and second plate results in the first plate and the second plate being drawn toward each other causing the expansion of the height of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Josef Gabelberger, Zoher Bootwala, Justin Coppes
  • Patent number: 8617225
    Abstract: A threaded bone anchor includes a plurality of recesses formed lengthwise along an exterior cylindrical surface for engagement with a driver instrument through which a user applies clockwise or counterclockwise torque for the insertion or removal of the bone anchor into and from bone. The bone anchor includes a cross-sectional geometry that minimizes the anchor's outer diameter, survives high insertion/removal torque without compromising the anchor's bending/shear strength, and allows a mating clamp to be attached to the entire non-threaded surface, including the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Edward McShane, Josef Gabelberger, Joseph Capozzoli
  • Patent number: 8585741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamp, and, more particularly, to a clamp for securing the position of a bone anchor with respect to a longitudinal rod, preferably for use in the spine. The clamp may include a housing, a rod clamping assembly, and a bone anchor clamping assembly. The clamp preferably enables the longitudinal axis of the rod to be offset or laterally displaced from the longitudinal axis of the bone anchor. The rod clamping assembly and the bone anchor clamping assembly are preferably moveably coupled to the housing in order to provide increased flexibility to better accommodate the location and geometry of the longitudinal rod and to better accommodate bone positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Josef Gabelberger, Edward McShane, Daniel Vennard, Nicholas Angert, Barclay Davis, Stefan Schwer, Manuel Schaer, Lee-Ann Norman, Reto Halbeisen, Benno Niedermann
  • Patent number: 8377065
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for moving a clamp relative to a bone anchor to properly position and secure the clamp to the bone anchor. The surgical instrument including a housing, a socket assembly, a manipulating assembly, a gripping assembly and a reduction assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Synthes USA, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Kuntz, Josef Gabelberger, Zoher Bootwala, Edward McShane