Patents by Inventor Michael Andrew Slivka

Michael Andrew Slivka 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).

  • HIGHLY LORDOSED FUSION CAGE
    Publication number: 20230240861
    Abstract: A fusion cage has a first component that defines an outside surface that is configured to engage a vertebral endplate, and an interior surface. The fusion cage has a second component that defines first and second opposed surfaces. One of the first and second opposed surfaces can mate with the interior surface of the first component. The fusion cage can include vertical and lateral throughholes adapted to enhance fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: John Riley Hawkins, Anwar Upal, Michael J. O'Neil, Michael Andrew Slivka, Michael Fisher
  • Highly lordosed fusion cage
    Patent number: 11622868
    Abstract: A fusion cage has a first component that defines an outside surface that is configured to engage a vertebral endplate, and an interior surface. The fusion cage has a second component that defines first and second opposed surfaces. One of the first and second opposed surfaces can mate with the interior surface of the first component. The fusion cage can include vertical and lateral throughholes adapted to enhance fusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: John Riley Hawkins, Anwar M. Upal, Michael J. O'Neil, Michael Andrew Slivka, Michael Fisher
  • Anti-microbial implant
    Patent number: 11389202
    Abstract: Non-load-bearing, drug-eluting components, such as a rod cover, that can be added to load bearing spinal implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: De Puy Synthes Products. Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Fisher, Hassan Serhan, John Riley Hawkins, Michael Andrew Slivka
  • HIGHLY LORDOSED FUSION CAGE
    Publication number: 20210169656
    Abstract: A fusion cage has a first component that defines an outside surface that is configured to engage a vertebral endplate, and an interior surface. The fusion cage has a second component that defines first and second opposed surfaces. One of the first and second opposed surfaces can mate with the interior surface of the first component. The fusion cage can include vertical and lateral throughholes adapted to enhance fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: John Riley Hawkins, Anwar M. Upal, Michael J. O'Neil, Michael Andrew Slivka, Michael Fisher
  • Highly lordosed fusion cage
    Patent number: 10973652
    Abstract: A fusion cage has a first component that defines an outside surface that is configured to engage a vertebral endplate, and an interior surface. The fusion cage has a second component that defines first and second opposed surfaces. One of the first and second opposed surfaces can mate with the interior surface of the first component. The fusion cage can include vertical and lateral throughholes adapted to enhance fusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John Riley Hawkins, Anwar M. Upal, Michael J. O'Neil, Michael Andrew Slivka, Michael Fisher
  • BALLOON WITH SHAPE CONTROL FOR SPINAL PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20210015474
    Abstract: In intervertebral operative spinal procedures, using separate or pre-attached spreader blocks to control the directional growth of a distracting balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Neil, Michael Andrew Slivka, Anwar M. Upal, John Riley Hawkins, Michael Alan Fisher
  • Anti-Microbial Implant
    Publication number: 20200367938
    Abstract: Non-load-bearing, drug-eluting components, such as a rod cover, that can be added to load bearing spinal implants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Fisher, Hassan Serhan, John Riley Hawkins, Michael Andrew Slivka
  • Balloon with shape control for spinal procedures
    Patent number: 10786231
    Abstract: In intervertebral operative spinal procedures, using separate or pre-attached spreader blocks to control the directional growth of a distracting balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Neil, Michael Andrew Slivka, Anwar M. Upal, John Riley Hawkins, Michael Alan Fisher
  • Anti-microbial implant
    Patent number: 10786282
    Abstract: Non-load-bearing, drug-eluting components, such as a rod cover, that can be added to load bearing spinal implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Fisher, Hassan Serhan, John Riley Hawkins, Michael Andrew Slivka
  • In-situ formed intervertebral fusion device and method
    Patent number: 10786361
    Abstract: An orthopedic device for implanting between adjacent vertebrae comprising: an arcuate balloon and a hardenable material within said balloon. In some embodiments, the balloon has a footprint that substantially corresponds to a perimeter of a vertebral endplate. An inflatable device is inserted through a cannula into an intervertebral space and oriented so that, upon expansion, a natural angle between vertebrae will be at least partially restored. At least one component selected from the group consisting of a load-bearing component and an osteobiologic component is directed into the inflatable device through a fluid communication means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Michael Andrew Slivka, Bradley Thomas Moore, Hassan Serhan, Sudhakar Kadiyala, Charles M. Bartish, Hal Brent Woodrow, Kathryn Anne Rohr, Kevin Cooper
  • Spinous process spacer hammock
    Patent number: 10736670
    Abstract: A spinal distractor for distracting opposed vertebrae in which a pair of elements are threadably connected by a screw having opposing threads, wherein actuating the screw spreads the elements apart and pushes the vertebrae apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Slivka, Michael J O'Neil, Hassan Serhan, Michael Fisher, John Riley Hawkins
  • In-situ formed intervertebral fusion device and method
    Patent number: 10639164
    Abstract: An orthopedic device for implanting between adjacent vertebrae comprising: an arcuate balloon and a hardenable material within said balloon. In some embodiments, the balloon has a footprint that substantially corresponds to a perimeter of a vertebral endplate. An inflatable device is inserted through a cannula into an intervertebral space and oriented so that, upon expansion, a natural angle between vertebrae will be at least partially restored. At least one component selected from the group consisting of a load-bearing component and an osteobiologic component is directed into the inflatable device through a fluid communication means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Michael Andrew Slivka
  • In-situ formed intervertebral fusion device and method
    Patent number: 10583013
    Abstract: An orthopedic device for implanting between adjacent vertebrae comprising: an arcuate balloon and a hardenable material within said balloon. In some embodiments, the balloon has a footprint that substantially corresponds to a perimeter of a vertebral endplate. An inflatable device is inserted through a cannula into an intervertebral space and oriented so that, upon expansion, a natural angle between vertebrae will be at least partially restored. At least one component selected from the group consisting of a load-bearing component and an osteobiologic component is directed into the inflatable device through a fluid communication means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Michael Andrew Slivka
  • In-situ formed intervertebral fusion device and method
    Patent number: 10575959
    Abstract: An orthopedic device for implanting between adjacent vertebrae comprising: an arcuate balloon and a hardenable material within said balloon. In some embodiments, the balloon has a footprint that substantially corresponds to a perimeter of a vertebral endplate. An inflatable device is inserted through a cannula into an intervertebral space and oriented so that, upon expansion, a natural angle between vertebrae will be at least partially restored. At least one component selected from the group consisting of a load-bearing component and an osteobiologic component is directed into the inflatable device through a fluid communication means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Michael Andrew Slivka
  • In-situ formed intervertebral fusion device and method
    Patent number: 10555817
    Abstract: An orthopedic device for implanting between adjacent vertebrae comprising: an arcuate balloon and a hardenable material within said balloon. In some embodiments, the balloon has a footprint that substantially corresponds to a perimeter of a vertebral endplate. An inflatable device is inserted through a cannula into an intervertebral space and oriented so that, upon expansion, a natural angle between vertebrae will be at least partially restored. At least one component selected from the group consisting of a load-bearing component and an osteobiologic component is directed into the inflatable device through a fluid communication means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Michael Andrew Slivka
  • Spinous Process Spacer Hammock
    Publication number: 20190046246
    Abstract: A spinal distractor for distracting opposed vertebrae in which a pair of elements are threadably connected by a screw having opposing threads, wherein actuating the screw spreads the elements apart and pushes the vertebrae apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Slivka, Michael J O'Neil, Hassan Serhan, Michael Fisher, John Riley Hawkins
  • Anti-Microbial Implant
    Publication number: 20180317968
    Abstract: Non-load-bearing, drug-eluting components, such as a rod cover, that can be added to load bearing spinal implants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Fisher, Hassan Serhan, John Riley Hawkins, Michael Andrew Slivka
  • Spinous Process Spacer Hammock
    Publication number: 20180296252
    Abstract: A spinal distractor for distracting opposed vertebrae in which a pair of elements are threadably connected by a screw having opposing threads, wherein actuating the screw spreads the elements apart and pushes the vertebrae apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Slivka, Michael J. O'Neil, Hassan Serhan, Michael Fisher, John Riley Hawkins
  • Balloon With Shape Control For Spinal Procedures
    Publication number: 20180256144
    Abstract: In intervertebral operative spinal procedures, using separate or pre-attached spreader blocks to control the directional growth of a distracting balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Neil, Michael Andrew Slivka, Anwar M. Upal, John Riley Hawkins, Michael Alan Fisher
  • Anti-microbial implant
    Patent number: 10064655
    Abstract: Non-load-bearing, drug-eluting components that can be added to load bearing spinal implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Fisher, Hassan Serhan, John Riley Hawkins, Michael Andrew Slivka