Patents by Inventor Julie Osterberg

Julie Osterberg 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).

  • POSTERIOR DYNAMIC STABILIZATION OF SPINE
    Publication number: 20110166605
    Abstract: The present invention provides various interspinous vertebral implants and methods for using the same for dynamic stabilization of a spine. The interspinous vertebral implants of the present invention comprise a resiliently compressible body that is adapted for position between adjacent superior and inferior spinous processes, and an anchoring member that is affixed to the superior and the inferior spinous processes posterior to the resiliently compressible body. The anchoring member provides a compressive force while the resiliently compressible body provides a distraction. Without being bound by any theory, it is believed that the combination of the distraction and compressive forces created by interspinous vertebral implants of the present invention result in a rotational moment, which alleviates compression on the intervertebral disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ZIMMER SPINE, INC.
    Inventors: HUGH D. HESTAD, MIKE E. LANCIAL, JOHN F. OTTE, SCOTT C. LYNCH, JOHN J. GRABOWSKI, JULIE OSTERBERG
  • Posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine
    Patent number: 7922745
    Abstract: An interspinous vertebral implant comprises a resiliently compressible body that is adapted for position between adjacent superior and inferior spinous processes, and an anchoring member that is affixed to the superior and the inferior spinous processes posterior to the resiliently compressible body. The anchoring member provides a compressive force while the resiliently compressible body provides a distraction. Without being bound by any theory, it is believed that the combination of the distraction and compressive forces created by this type of interspinous vertebral implant results in a rotational moment, which alleviates compression on the intervertebral disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Zimmer Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh D. Hestad, Mike E. Lancial, John F. Otte, Scott C. Lynch, John J. Grabowski, Julie Osterberg
  • Posterior dynamic stabilization of spine
    Publication number: 20070173818
    Abstract: The present invention provides various interspinous vertebral implants and methods for using the same for dynamic stabilization of spine. The interspinous vertebral implants of the present invention comprises a resiliently compressible body that is adapted for position between adjacent superior and inferior spinous processes, and an anchoring member that is affixed to the superior and the inferior spinous processes posterior to the resiliently compressible body. The anchoring member provides a compressive force while the resiliently compressible body provides a distraction. Without being bound by any theory, it is believed that the combination of the distraction and compressive forces created by interspinous vertebral implants of the present invention results in a rotational moment, which alleviates compression on the intervertebral disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: Zimmer Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh Hestad, Mike Lancial, John Otte, Scott Lynch, John Grabowski, Julie Osterberg