Patents by Inventor Mark Kurd

Mark Kurd 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).

  • Surgical access instrument
    Patent number: 12150637
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an access instrument for creating a surgical working portal includes a body having a first end and a body length, a first slot having a first slot length running along the length of the body from the first end, and a second slot having a second slot length running along the length of the body from the first end, wherein the first slot length and the second slot length are less than the body length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: K2M, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaitlin Elizabeth Anne McClymont, Erica Lynn Marron, Kern Singh, Sheeraz Qureshi, Mark Kurd, Callie Frances Turlington
  • Surgical Access Instrument
    Publication number: 20230083363
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an access instrument for creating a surgical working portal includes a body having a first end and a body length, a first slot having a first slot length running along the length of the body from the first end, and a second slot having a second slot length running along the length of the body from the first end, wherein the first slot length and the second slot length are less than the body length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kaitlin Elizabeth Anne McClymont, Erica Lynn Marron, Kern Singh, Sheeraz Qureshi, Mark Kurd, Callie Frances Turlington
  • Surgical access instrument
    Patent number: 11529133
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an access instrument for creating a surgical working portal includes a body having a first end and a body length, a first slot having a first slot length running along the length of the body from the first end, and a second slot having a second slot length running along the length of the body from the first end, wherein the first slot length and the second slot length are less than the body length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: K2M, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaitlin Elizabeth Anne Mcclymont, Erica Lynn Marron, Kern Singh, Sheeraz Qureshi, Mark Kurd, Callie Frances Turlington
  • Surgical rongeur with modified footplate
    Patent number: 11039841
    Abstract: A rongeur includes a lower member, a footplate, an upper member and an extension. The lower member is elongate along a first longitudinal axis. The footplate extends upwardly from a distal end portion of the lower member. The footplate includes a first cutting element that defines an apex spaced farthest upwardly from the first longitudinal axis. The upper member includes a second cutting element and is movable relative to the lower member. The extension is provided on the footplate and fixed to the footplate. The extension extends away from the first cutting element a maximum distance D1 measured upwardly from the apex and a maximum distance D2 measured laterally from the first cutting element and perpendicular to D1, where D1?D2, and when D1>0 the extension is laterally confined between opposite lateral sides of the footplate above the apex of the first cutting element in an upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: A&K Spinal Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Kurd, David Greg Anderson, Shanu Kohli Kurd, Sam Sarcia
  • SURGICAL ACCESS INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20210068802
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an access instrument for creating a surgical working portal includes a body having a first end and a body length, a first slot having a first slot length running along the length of the body from the first end, and a second slot having a second slot length running along the length of the body from the first end, wherein the first slot length and the second slot length are less than the body length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kaitlin Elizabeth Anne Mcclymont, Erica Lynn Marron, Kern Singh, Sheeraz Qureshi, Mark Kurd, Callie Frances Turlington
  • SURGICAL RONGEUR WITH MODIFIED FOOTPLATE
    Publication number: 20190150952
    Abstract: A rongeur includes a lower member, a footplate, an upper member and an extension. The lower member is elongate along a first longitudinal axis. The footplate extends upwardly from a distal end portion of the lower member. The footplate includes a first cutting element that defines an apex spaced farthest upwardly from the first longitudinal axis. The upper member includes a second cutting element and is movable relative to the lower member. The extension is provided on the footplate and fixed to the footplate. The extension extends away from the first cutting element a maximum distance D1 measured upwardly from the apex and a maximum distance D2 measured laterally from the first cutting element and perpendicular to D1, where D1?D2, and when D1>0 the extension is laterally confined between opposite lateral sides of the footplate above the apex of the first cutting element in an upward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Kurd, David Greg Anderson, Shanu Kohli Kurd, Sam Sarcia