Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. Horton

Kenneth L. Horton 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).

  • ALLOGRAFT ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080269899
    Abstract: A method for inserting an allograft implant between adjacent cervical vertebrae to fuse the vertebrae together and a surgical kit for use therein. The kit preferably comprises an allograft implant, a plurality of bio-absorbable screws, a forceps-type implant inserter tool, a drill, a drill guide, a tapping tool, and a screwdriver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • ALLOGRAFT SPINAL FACET FUSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080255667
    Abstract: A method for fusing a spinal facet joint and a surgical kit for use therein. The kit preferably comprises an allograft implant, a facet finder, a drill, a drill guide, and an implant inserter. The method preferably comprises the steps of locating the facet joint with a facet finer, sliding a drill guide over the facet finder until the drill guide engages the facet joint, removing the facet finder from within the drill guide, inserting a drill through the drill guide and drilling a socket within the facet joint to a predetermined depth, removing the drill from within the drill guide, securing an allograft implant within an implant inserter, inserting the implant inserter through the drill guide until the implant engages the socket, tapping the implant inserter to push the implant completely within the socket, removing the implant inserter from within the drill guide, and removing the drill guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • Surgical implant
    Patent number: D581538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • Cannulated surgical instrument
    Patent number: D600806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Horton, Joshua J. Reardon
  • Surgical instrument
    Patent number: D601251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Horton, Joshua J. Reardon
  • Surgical drill guide
    Patent number: D605289
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • Surgical drill guide
    Patent number: D610257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • Spinal implant
    Patent number: D615653
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • Spinous process inserter
    Patent number: D622843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • Spinous process reamer
    Patent number: D622851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • Spinal implant
    Patent number: D623747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • Cervical spinal implant with lock
    Patent number: D623748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Horton, Robert Masson
  • Cervical spinal implant
    Patent number: D623749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Horton, Robert Masson
  • Spinous process sizer distractor
    Patent number: D627460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • Spinous process implant
    Patent number: D629105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Horton
  • Facet fusion wedge
    Patent number: D629106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Horton, Jeffrey Roh, Evan Zeiger