Patents by Inventor Luis A. ESCOBAR, III

Luis A. ESCOBAR, III 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).

  • Patent number: 11944355
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. A system may include an implant having a proximal superior surface with a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, a proximal inferior surface with an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process, a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina. The implant may further have a threaded member extending along a proximal-distal direction, that rotates to urge the implant to move from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration by urging the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface to move apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-Lun Soo, Peter M. Harris, Robert Bombach, James Q Spitler, Luis A. Escobar, III
  • Publication number: 20230114676
    Abstract: In some implementations, the interbody implant may include an anterior side, a posterior side, a cephalad side, a caudal side, a right side, and a left side. In addition, the interbody implant may include a proximal end and a distal end. The interbody implant may include a mesh having a first set of pores having a first diameter based on a first relationship to a first locus and a second set of pores having a second diameter based on a second relationship to the first locus. Moreover, the interbody implant may include where at least one of the anterior side, posterior side, left side, right side, cephalad side, and caudal side may include the mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Peter M. HARRIS, James Q. SPITLER, Luis A. ESCOBAR, III, James SZALAS
  • Publication number: 20220249135
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. A system may include an implant having a proximal superior surface with a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, a proximal inferior surface with an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process, a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina. The implant may further have a threaded member extending along a proximal-distal direction, that rotates to urge the implant to move from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration by urging the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface to move apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-Lun SOO, Peter M. HARRIS, Robert BOMBACH, James Q. SPITLER, Luis A. ESCOBAR, III
  • Patent number: 11317950
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. A system may include an implant having a proximal superior surface with a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, a proximal inferior surface with an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process, a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina. The implant may further have a threaded member extending along a proximal-distal direction, that rotates to urge the implant to move from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration by urging the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface to move apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-Lun Soo, Peter M. Harris, Robert Bombach, James Q. Spitler, Luis A. Escobar, III
  • Publication number: 20210052307
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. A system may include an implant having a proximal superior surface with a superior concavity shaped to receive the superior spinous process, a proximal inferior surface with an inferior concavity shaped to receive the inferior spinous process, a distal superior surface, distal to the proximal superior surface, that faces the superior lamina, and a distal inferior surface, distal to the proximal inferior surface, that faces the inferior lamina. The implant may further have a threaded member extending along a proximal-distal direction, that rotates to urge the implant to move from a retracted configuration to a deployed configuration by urging the distal superior surface and the distal inferior surface to move apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: FloSpine, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-Lun SOO, Peter M. HARRIS, Robert BOMBACH, James Q. SPITLER, Luis A. ESCOBAR, III