Patents by Inventor Mark C. Boomer
Mark C. Boomer 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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Patent number: 8109974Abstract: A spinal fixation device is provided having first and second elongate members that are angularly adjustable relative to one another. Each elongate member can include a connecting feature formed on a terminal end thereof, and each connecting feature can be coupled to one another to allow angular movement of the first and second elongate members. The device can also include a locking mechanism that is adapted to couple to the connecting feature on each of the first and second elongate members to lock the elongate members in a fixed position relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: DePUY Spine SarlInventors: Mark C. Boomer, Raymond F. Murphy, Bryan S. Jones
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Publication number: 20110245874Abstract: A spinal fixation device is provided having first and second elongate members that are angularly adjustable relative to one another. Each elongate member can include a connecting feature formed on a terminal end thereof, and each connecting feature can be coupled to one another to allow angular movement of the first and second elongate members. The device can also include a locking mechanism that is adapted to couple to the connecting feature on each of the first and second elongate members to lock the elongate members in a fixed position relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: DEPUY SPINE, INC.Inventors: Mark C. Boomer, Bryan S. Jones, Raymond F. Murphy
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Patent number: 7988698Abstract: Spinal implants, spinal rod approximators for seating a stabilizing rod in a rod-receiving portion of a spinal implant, and methods for using the same are provided. In one embodiment, a spinal rod approximator is provided including an elongate member having a grasping member formed on a distal end thereof, and a rod pusher member slidably mated to or mounted on the elongate member. The grasping member is effective to grasp a portion of a spinal implant, and the pusher member is effective to grasp and engage a stabilizing rod and push the rod into a rod-receiving portion of the spinal implant being grasped by the grasping member.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.Inventors: William S. Rosenberg, Thomas V. Doherty, Mark C. Boomer, Bryan S. Jones
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Publication number: 20110144695Abstract: Spinal implants, spinal rod approximators for seating a stabilizing rod in a rod-receiving portion of a spinal implant, and methods for using the same are provided. In one embodiment, a spinal rod approximator is provided including an elongate member having a grasping member formed on a distal end thereof, and a rod pusher member slidably mated to or mounted on the elongate member. The grasping member is effective to grasp a portion of a spinal implant, and the pusher member is effective to grasp and engage a stabilizing rod and push the rod into a rod-receiving portion of the spinal implant being grasped by the grasping member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: DEPUY SPINE, INC.Inventors: William S. Rosenberg, Thomas V. Doherty, Mark C. Boomer, Bryan S. Jones
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Publication number: 20110098749Abstract: A spinal fixation device is provided having first and second elongate members that are angularly adjustable relative to one another. Each elongate member can include a connecting feature formed on a terminal end thereof, and each connecting feature can be coupled to one another to allow angular movement of the first and second elongate members. The device can also include a locking mechanism that is adapted to couple to the connecting feature on each of the first and second elongate members to lock the elongate members in a fixed position relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2011Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: DePuy Spine, Inc.Inventors: Mark C. Boomer, Bryan S. Jones, Raymond F. Murphy
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Patent number: 7909852Abstract: A spinal fixation device is provided having first and second elongate members that are angularly adjustable relative to one another. Each elongate member can include a connecting feature formed on a terminal end thereof, and each connecting feature can be coupled to one another to allow angular movement of the first and second elongate members. The device can also include a locking mechanism that is adapted to couple to the connecting feature on each of the first and second elongate members to lock the elongate members in a fixed position relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: DePuy Spine SarlInventors: Mark C. Boomer, Bryan S. Jones, Raymond F. Murphy
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Publication number: 20100010541Abstract: A spinal fixation plate that is adapted to be implanted in a variety of positions in the occiput is provided. In general, the plate has a substantially planar configuration and it includes a mid-line or central portion having several thru-bores formed therein, and first and second opposed branch portions that extend from the central portion and that also include at least one thru-bore formed therein. The configuration of the branch portions relative to the central portion, as well as the position of the mid-line thru-bores formed in the central portion in relation to the thru-bore(s) formed in each branch portion, allow the spinal fixation plate to be implanted in a variety of positions in the occiput, thus allowing the optimal implant site to be selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: DePuy Spine SARLInventors: Mark C. Boomer, Iain Kalfas, Raymond F. Murphy
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Patent number: 7572282Abstract: A spinal fixation plate that is adapted to be implanted in a variety of positions in the occiput is provided. In general, the plate has a substantially planar configuration and it includes a mid-line or central portion having several thru-bores formed therein, and first and second opposed branch portions that extend from the central portion and that also include at least one thru-bore formed therein. The configuration of the branch portions relative to the central portion, as well as the position of the mid-line thru-bores formed in the central portion in relation to the thru-bore(s) formed in each branch portion, allow the spinal fixation plate to be implanted in a variety of positions in the occiput, thus allowing the optimal implant site to be selected.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2004Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: DePuy Spine SARLInventors: Mark C. Boomer, Iain Kalfas, Raymond F. Murphy
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Publication number: 20090149857Abstract: Tissue dilation systems are disclosed. The present systems provide percutaneous access to one or more target structures located in a patient's body. The tissue dilation systems include two or more tissue dilation tubes telescopically arranged and moveable relative to each other. The tissue dilation tubes can be preassembled prior to use by utilizing a dilation tube retention assembly which can maintain the dilation tubes in a substantially fixed position and release the tubes therefrom in order to dilate a patient's tissue. Methods of producing the present systems and using the present systems in surgical procedures are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2005Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: Triage MedicalInventors: Brad Culbert, Mark C. Boomer, Christopher Warren, Fausto Olmos
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Publication number: 20080287981Abstract: A method is provided for a minimally invasive procedure utilizing the telescoping dilation introducer to insert a bone fixation device into a patient's spine for posterior spine fusion. The dilation introducer has a locked assembled configuration for placement of the dilation introducer against a patient's bone tissue to be treated, and an unlocked, collapsed configuration for dilating the patient's soft tissue down to the bone tissue to be treated to a desired degree of dilation to permit minimally invasive surgical procedures on the patient's bone tissue to be treated. Dilator tubes are successively released and advanced to progressively expand the patient's soft tissue down to the bone tissue to be treated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: Interventional Spine, Inc.Inventors: Brad S. Culbert, Mark C. Boomer, Christopher Warren
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Patent number: RE43317Abstract: An installation tool that is useful for the efficient and effective placement of an article, such as an artificial disc, between adjacent vertebral bodies is provided. The installation tool can be provided as a kit having modular components which allow the surgeon to select from among a variety of components to assemble an installation tool that is optimized for its intended use. The installation tool of the invention generally includes a pair of opposed levers, each of which has a proximal handle portion and a distal portion. A fulcrum is disposed between the two levers to enable proper operation of the tool. The tool further includes a pusher block that is positioned between the two levers and is selectively movable between an initial location distal of the fulcrum and a final location adjacent the distal end of the levers. The pusher block includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a bore extending at least partially therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.Inventors: Robert D. Fraser, Alexander D. Grinberg, John D. Malone, Bradley Moore, Michael J. O'Neil, Mark C. Boomer