Patents by Inventor Marcel F. Dvorak
Marcel F. Dvorak 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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Publication number: 20230414260Abstract: A surgical instrument comprises a member being engageable to a spinal implant configured for connection to a bone fastener shaft. An actuator is connected to the member. A latch is connected to the actuator and the connection is configured to change between at least one non-locked orientation such that the actuator is movable relative to the member and a locked orientation such that the actuator is fixed relative to the member. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.Inventors: William Alan Rezach, Charles G. Fisher, Marcel F. Dvorak, Lawrence G. Lenke, Ronald A. Lehman
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Publication number: 20220323121Abstract: A surgical instrument comprises a member being engageable to a spinal implant configured for connection to a bone fastener shaft. An actuator is connected to the member. A latch is connected to the actuator and the connection is configured to change between at least one non-locked orientation such that the actuator is movable relative to the member and a locked orientation such that the actuator is fixed relative to the member. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.Inventors: William Alan Rezach, Charles G. Fisher, Marcel F. Dvorak, Lawrence G. Lenke, Ronald A. Lehman
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Patent number: 11426215Abstract: A surgical instrument comprises a member being engageable to a spinal implant configured for connection to a bone fastener shaft. An actuator is connected to the member. A latch is connected to the actuator and the connection is configured to change between at least one non-locked orientation such that the actuator is movable relative to the member and a locked orientation such that the actuator is fixed relative to the member. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: William Alan Rezach, Charles G. Fisher, Marcel F. Dvorak, Lawrence G. Lenke, Ronald A. Lehman
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Patent number: 11426292Abstract: A method for treating a spine is provided. The method includes the steps of: disposing an interbody implant adjacent a posterior portion of an intervertebral disc space; connecting a surgical instrument with at least one fixation element fastened with tissue adjacent the posterior portion; and manipulating the surgical instrument such that tissue adjacent the posterior portion engages the interbody implant and one or more vertebra rotate about the interbody implant. Spinal implants; surgical instruments and systems are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles G. Fisher
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Publication number: 20220125487Abstract: A surgical instrument comprises a member being engageable to a spinal implant configured for connection to a bone fastener shaft. An actuator is connected to the member. A latch is connected to the actuator and the connection is configured to change between at least one non-locked orientation such that the actuator is movable relative to the member and a locked orientation such that the actuator is fixed relative to the member. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: William Alan Rezach, Charles G. Fisher, Marcel F. Dvorak, Lawrence G. Lenke, Ronald A. Lehman
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Publication number: 20200138599Abstract: A method for treating a spine is provided. The method includes the steps of: disposing an interbody implant adjacent a posterior portion of an intervertebral disc space; connecting a surgical instrument with at least one fixation element fastened with tissue adjacent the posterior portion; and manipulating the surgical instrument such that tissue adjacent the posterior portion engages the interbody implant and one or more vertebra rotate about the interbody implant. Spinal implants; surgical instruments and systems are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles G. Fisher
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Patent number: 10543108Abstract: A method for treating a spine is provided. The method includes the steps of: disposing an interbody implant adjacent a posterior portion of an intervertebral disc space; connecting a surgical instrument with at least one fixation element fastened with tissue adjacent the posterior portion; and manipulating the surgical instrument such that tissue adjacent the posterior portion engages the interbody implant and one or more vertebra rotate about the interbody implant. Spinal implants, surgical instruments and systems are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles G. Fisher
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Publication number: 20180064559Abstract: A method for treating a spine is provided. The method includes the steps of: disposing an interbody implant adjacent a posterior portion of an intervertebral disc space; connecting a surgical instrument with at least one fixation element fastened with tissue adjacent the posterior portion; and manipulating the surgical instrument such that tissue adjacent the posterior portion engages the interbody implant and one or more vertebra rotate about the interbody implant. Spinal implants, surgical instruments and systems are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles G. Fisher
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Patent number: 9877846Abstract: A method for treating a spine is provided. The method includes the steps of: disposing an interbody implant adjacent a posterior portion of an intervertebral disc space; connecting a surgical instrument with at least one fixation element fastened with tissue adjacent the posterior portion; and manipulating the surgical instrument such that tissue adjacent the posterior portion engages the interbody implant and one or more vertebra rotate about the interbody implant. Spinal implants, surgical instruments and systems are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles G. Fisher
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Patent number: 9788867Abstract: A method for treating vertebrae comprises the steps of: connecting at least one fastener with portions of vertebrae; providing a fastener comprising a first portion including a receiver defining an implant cavity and a member disposable with the implant cavity and movable relative to the receiver, and a second portion defining a longitudinal axis and being configured to penetrate vertebral tissue, wherein the receiver is non-pivotable relative to the longitudinal axis and connecting the fastener to the vertebrae; providing a longitudinal element; connecting a first portion of the longitudinal element with the at least one fastener; derotating the vertebrae to a selected orientation; and connecting a second portion of the longitudinal element with the fastener to substantially maintain the vertebrae in the selected orientation. Systems are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles G. Fisher
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Publication number: 20160206442Abstract: A method for treating a spine is provided. The method includes the steps of: disposing an interbody implant adjacent a posterior portion of an intervertebral disc space; connecting a surgical instrument with at least one fixation element fastened with tissue adjacent the posterior portion; and manipulating the surgical instrument such that tissue adjacent the posterior portion engages the interbody implant and one or more vertebra rotate about the interbody implant. Spinal implants, surgical instruments and systems are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles G. Fisher
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Publication number: 20150127055Abstract: A method for treating vertebrae comprises the steps of: connecting at least one fastener with portions of vertebrae; providing a fastener comprising a first portion including a receiver defining an implant cavity and a member disposable with the implant cavity and movable relative to the receiver, and a second portion defining a longitudinal axis and being configured to penetrate vertebral tissue, wherein the receiver is non-pivotable relative to the longitudinal axis and connecting the fastener to the vertebrae; providing a longitudinal element; connecting a first portion of the longitudinal element with the at least one fastener; derotating the vertebrae to a selected orientation; and connecting a second portion of the longitudinal element with the fastener to substantially maintain the vertebrae in the selected orientation. Systems are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles G. Fisher
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Patent number: 8123808Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include implants and methods for connecting devices to bones, such as one or more endplates of vertebrae. Devices may include mechanisms for connecting to one or more vertebrae by extending portions of the devices through an aperture in a vertebral implant and expanding the implant within the one or more vertebrae. A fill material may be used to drive the expansion in some embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan M. Dewey, Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles G. Fisher, Anthony J. Melkent, Keith E. Miller, Y. Raja Rampersaud
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Publication number: 20100268340Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include expandable, implantable devices and methods. Devices expand linearly within the volume of a membrane and laterally to provide secure fixation between or among anatomical structures. In some embodiments, an implant replaces one or more vertebral bodies, or portions of vertebral bodies, of the spine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Marco D. Capote, Jonathan M. Dewey, Thomas E. Drochner, Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles Fisher, Anthony J. Melkent, Keith E. Miller, Y Raja Rampersaud, Ronald G Stewart
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Publication number: 20100268343Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include implants and methods for connecting devices to bones, such as one or more endplates of vertebrae. Devices may include mechanisms for connecting to one or more vertebrae by extending portions of the devices through an aperture in a vertebral implant and expanding the implant within the one or more vertebrae. A fill material may be used to drive the expansion in some embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan M. DEWEY, Marcel F. Dvorak, Charles G. Fisher, Anthony J. Melkent, Keith E. Miller, Y. Raja Rampersaud