Patents by Inventor Kamiel Reiner Zale Geenen

Kamiel Reiner Zale Geenen 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).

  • Collapsible and expandable instrument for insertion in a dorsal vertebra
    Patent number: 7625377
    Abstract: An instrument in particular suitable for being inserted into the cavity within a vertebra, which instrument features a collapsed position and an expanded position, in which collapsed position the instrument can be inserted into the cavity through an opening in the vertebral wall. The instrument includes a first upper elongated contact element and a second lower elongated contact element, and member for moving said elements apart in a direction substantially transversely to their contact surfaces to a particular end position, in which the elements are locked in position relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Mandaco 569 Ltd
    Inventors: Albert Gerrit Veldhuizen, Kamiel Reiner Zale Geenen