Patents by Inventor Katherine Torres
Katherine Torres 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).
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Patent number: 8911498Abstract: The present invention includes intervertebral prosthetic devices and methods for installing intervertebral prosthetic devices into an intervertebral space. In one embodiment, an intervertebral prosthetic disc includes a superior endplate; an inferior endplate; and at least one protrusion element, wherein at least one of the superior endplate and the inferior endplate is adapted to receive the protrusion element. In another embodiment, the invention includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc having a superior endplate including a core retaining member; an inferior endplate including a core retaining member; and an asymmetric core positioned between the superior endplate and the inferior endplate, wherein the superior endplate and the inferior endplate are adapted to accommodate the core. The present invention also includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc system that includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc and at least one spring element.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Charles M. Bartish, Jr., Katherine Torres, J. Riley Hawkins, S. Daniel Kwak
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Patent number: 8864772Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Dominique Verhulst, Amie Borgstrom, Charles M. Bartish, Jr., John Riley Hawkins, SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, William Dunbar, Katherine Torres
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Patent number: 7993376Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.Inventors: Dominique Verhulst, Amie Borgstrom, Charles M. Bartish, Jr., John Riley Hawkins, SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, William Dunbar, Katherine Torres
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Publication number: 20110172722Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: DEPUY SPINE, INC.Inventors: Dominique Verhulst, Amie Borgstrom, Charles M. Bartish, JR., John Riley Hawkins, SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, William Dunbar, Katherine Torres
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Patent number: 7690381Abstract: The present invention includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc, a method for installing a plate into an intervertebral space, and a method for installing a prosthetic disc into an intervertebral space. The intervertebral prosthetic disc can include a superior endplate and an inferior endplate, wherein at least one of the superior endplate and the inferior endplate is adapted to receive a guidewire. In the methods for installing a plate into an intervertebral space and for installing a prosthetic disc into an intervertebral space, a guidewire is used to facilitate installing plates onto vertebral bone endplates.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2005Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.Inventors: Charles M. Bartish, Jr., Katherine Torres, J. Riley Hawkins
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Publication number: 20090030421Abstract: A method and system for engaging an implant with a bone is disclosed. In one method incorporating principles of the invention, a bone is engaged with an implant by placing a first surface of an implant adjacent to a first bone portion, contacting the first bone portion with at least one first engagement member extending from the first surface, controlling an agitator to agitate the first surface of the implant and the at least one first engagement member, generating at least one first surface feature in the first bone portion with the agitated at least one first engagement member, stilling the first surface implant and the at least one first engagement member and settling the stilled at least one first engagement member into engagement with the at least one first surface feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2007Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: DePuy Spine, Inc.Inventors: J. Riley Hawkins, Paul Birkmeyer, Brett R. Zarda, Katherine Torres, Katherine Herard
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Publication number: 20070073405Abstract: Various methods and devices are provided for implanting a motion segment repair system. In particular, exemplary methods and devices are provided for implanting a spinal disc implant and/or a PDS device using a posterior surgical approach, including methods and devices for distracting adjacent vertebrae using a posterior surgical approach, methods and devices for posteriorly introducing a spinal implant into a disc space between adjacent vertebrae, and methods and devices for coupling a PDS device to the adjacent vertebrae to provide a complete motion segment repair system that is implanted using a posterior surgical approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2005Publication date: March 29, 2007Inventors: Dominique Verhulst, Amie Borgstrom, Charles Bartish, John Riley Hawkins, SeungKyu Daniel Kwak, William Dunbar, Katherine Torres
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Publication number: 20060178746Abstract: The present invention includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc, a method for installing a plate into an intervertebral space, and a method for installing a prosthetic disc into an intervertebral space. The intervertebral prosthetic disc can include a superior endplate and an inferior endplate, wherein at least one of the superior endplate and the inferior endplate is adapted to receive a guidewire. In the methods for installing a plate into an intervertebral space and for installing a prosthetic disc into an intervertebral space, a guidewire is used to facilitate installing plates onto vertebral bone endplates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2005Publication date: August 10, 2006Applicant: DePuy Spine, Inc.Inventors: Charles Bartish, Katherine Torres, J. Hawkins
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Publication number: 20060178745Abstract: The present invention includes intervertebral prosthetic devices and methods for installing intervertebral prosthetic devices into an intervertebral space. In one embodiment, an intervertebral prosthetic disc includes a superior endplate; an inferior endplate; and at least one protrusion element, wherein at least one of the superior endplate and the inferior endplate is adapted to receive the protrusion element. In another embodiment, the invention includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc having a superior endplate including a core retaining member; an inferior endplate including a core retaining member; and an asymmetric core positioned between the superior endplate and the inferior endplate, wherein the superior endplate and the inferior endplate are adapted to accommodate the core. The present invention also includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc system that includes an intervertebral prosthetic disc and at least one spring element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2005Publication date: August 10, 2006Applicant: DePuy Spine, Inc.Inventors: Charles Bartish, Katherine Torres, J. Hawkins, S. Kwak