Patents by Inventor Keith H. Bridwell

Keith H. Bridwell 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).

  • Spinal derotation instruments and methods
    Patent number: 8221474
    Abstract: A method for assembling a system for correcting alignment of a spinal column of a patient is provided. The method includes the steps of engaging first and second implants to a first vertebra; engaging a distal portion of respective first and second implant holders to respective ones of the first and second implants, the first and second implant holders each extending from said distal portion along a longitudinal axis to a proximal end outside the patient; engaging a transverse bridge between and to proximal ends of each of the first and second implant holders; and engaging a derotation handle to the transverse bridge at a location between the first and second implant holders and in a generally parallel orientation to a sagittal plane of the spinal column so that the transverse derotation handle extends transversely to the sagital plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith H. Bridwell, John Stewart Young, Brian Burd, Douglas D. Kave