Patents by Inventor Mauricio Carrasco

Mauricio Carrasco 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).

  • Publication number: 20070050029
    Abstract: An implant to be inserted in a disc space between two adjacent vertebrae for the correction of vertebral spine curvature and method related thereto. A lateral configuration of the invention is a wedge or acute-angled isosceles triangle, wherein the base of the isosceles triangle is a rounded pyramid-like surface, and upper and lower surfaces of the isosceles triangle include fixation protuberances for fixing the implant to vertebral plates of the adjacent vertebrae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventor: Mauricio Carrasco
  • Publication number: 20050010292
    Abstract: This invention relates to an implant to be inserted in the disc space between two adjacent vertebrae for the correction of the vertebral spine curvature. The configuration (lateral view) of the invention is basically a wedge or acute-angled isosceles trapeze, wherein the area opposite the shorter base or opposite to the vertex is a rounded pyramid-like surface, and the upper and lower surfaces of the trapeze include fixation protuberances to the vertebral plates of the adjacent vertebrae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventor: Mauricio Carrasco