Patents by Inventor Mark A. Lorenz

Mark A. Lorenz 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).

  • Vertebral body replacement apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7776093
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for vertebral body replacement and methods associated therewith. In one embodiment, a vertebral body replacement apparatus may be used to correct and stabilize the spine (e.g., the thoracolumbar spine (T1-L5)). In another embodiment, a vertebral body (e.g., a diseased and/or damaged vertebral body) that has been resected or excised (e.g., for the treatment of a tumor or trauma) may be replaced (with the height of the resected or excised vertebral body being substantially replaced and restored by the apparatus of the present invention).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Blackstone Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Wolek, Franceso Larosa, Jeffrey A. Kozak, Mark A. Lorenz, Michael R. Zindrick