Patents by Inventor Larry Cicoretti

Larry Cicoretti 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).

  • Spine surgery method and implant
    Patent number: 9271843
    Abstract: An implant has a first contact surface to contact a first vertebral body endplate and a second contact surface to contact a second vertebral body endplate adjacent the first vertebral body. The implant is deployable, when positioned within an intradiscal space between the first and second vertebral bodies, from a first non-expanded condition where the first contact surface has a first effective footprint area A1 to a second expanded condition where the first contact surface has a second effective footprint area A2. The ratio A2/A1 is at least 1.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Inventors: Henry F. Fabian, Larry A. Cicoretti
  • SPINE SURGERY METHOD AND IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20160000574
    Abstract: An implant has a first contact surface to contact a first vertebral body endplate and a second contact surface to contact a second vertebral body endplate adjacent the first vertebral body. The implant is deployable, when positioned within an intradiscal space between the first and second vertebral bodies, from a first non-expanded condition where the first contact surface has a first effective footprint area A1 to a second expanded condition where the first contact surface has a second effective footprint area A2. The ratio A2/A1 is at least 1.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Henry F. Fabian, Larry A. Cicoretti
  • Spine surgery method and instrumentation
    Patent number: 9079550
    Abstract: Surgical instrumentation for use in placing an implant into a disc space between a pair of spinal vertebrae may include: (a) a distractor having a distal end that may be placed into the disc space between the pair of spinal vertebrae; (b) an inserter for use in moving the implant toward the disc space between the pair of spinal vertebrae; and, (c) a distractor/inserter rail/groove interconnection that interconnects the distractor and the inserter for relative movement thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Vertebration, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry F. Fabian, Larry A. Cicoretti
  • SPINE SURGERY METHOD AND IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20130310939
    Abstract: An implant has a first contact surface to contact a first vertebral body endplate and a second contact surface to contact a second vertebral body endplate adjacent the first vertebral body. The implant is deployable, when positioned within an intradiscal space between the first and second vertebral bodies, from a first non-expanded condition where the first contact surface has a first effective footprint area A1 to a second expanded condition where the first contact surface has a second effective footprint area A2. The ratio A2/A1 is at least 1.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Henry F. Fabian, Larry A. Cicoretti
  • Spine surgery method and implant
    Patent number: 8236058
    Abstract: An implant has a first contact surface to contact a first vertebral body endplate and a second contact surface to contact a second vertebral body endplate adjacent the first vertebral body. The implant is deployable, when positioned within an intradiscal space between the first and second vertebral bodies, from a first non-expanded condition where the first contact surface has a first effective footprint area A1 to a second expanded condition where the first contact surface has a second effective footprint area A2. The ratio A2/A1 is at least 1.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Inventors: Henry F. Fabian, Larry A. Cicoretti
  • SPINE SURGERY METHOD AND INSTRUMENTATION
    Publication number: 20120029645
    Abstract: Surgical instrumentation for use in placing an implant into a disc space between a pair of spinal vertebrae may include: (a) a distractor having a distal end that may be placed into the disc space between the pair of spinal vertebrae; (b) an inserter for use in moving the implant toward the disc space between the pair of spinal vertebrae; and, (c) a distractor/inserter rail/groove interconnection that interconnects the distractor and the inserter for relative movement thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Henry F. Fabian, Larry A. Cicoretti
  • Spine surgery method and instrumentation
    Patent number: 8070754
    Abstract: Surgical instrumentation for use in placing an implant into a disc space between a pair of spinal vertebrae may include: (a) a distractor having a distal end that may be placed into the disc space between the pair of spinal vertebrae; (b) an inserter for use in moving the implant toward the disc space between the pair of spinal vertebrae; and, (c) a distractor/inserter rail/groove interconnection that interconnects the distractor and the inserter for relative movement thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Inventors: Henry F. Fabian, Larry A. Cicoretti
  • SPINE SURGERY METHOD AND INSTRUMENTATION
    Publication number: 20080300601
    Abstract: Surgical instrumentation for use in placing an implant into a disc space between a pair of spinal vertebrae may include: (a) a distractor having a distal end that may be placed into the disc space between the pair of spinal vertebrae; (b) an inserter for use in moving the implant toward the disc space between the pair of spinal vertebrae; and, (c) a distractor/inserter rail/groove interconnection that interconnects the distractor and the inserter for relative movement thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Henry F. Fabian, Larry A. Cicoretti
  • Spine surgery method and implant
    Publication number: 20070073398
    Abstract: An implant has a first contact surface to contact a first vertebral body endplate and a second contact surface to contact a second vertebral body endplate adjacent the first vertebral body. The implant is deployable, when positioned within an intradiscal space between the first and second vertebral bodies, from a first non-expanded condition where the first contact surface has a first effective footprint area A1 to a second expanded condition where the first contact surface has a second effective footprint area A2. The ratio A2/A1 is at least 1.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Henry Fabian, Larry Cicoretti