Patents by Inventor Michael L. Rea

Michael L. Rea 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).

  • INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR FORMING A CAVITY
    Publication number: 20140058432
    Abstract: A cavity creating device having a cavity creating axis is introduced through a percutaneous access path into a cancellous bone volume, e.g., within a vertebral body. The cavity creating device is manipulated to form a cavity in the cancellous bone volume. The manipulation includes deflecting the cavity creating device along the cavity creating axis relative to the axis of the access path. A material, such as bone cement, can be conveyed into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: KYPHON SARL
    Inventors: Robert M. Scribner, Michael L. Rea