Patents by Inventor Michael Sheinberg
Michael Sheinberg 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: 9492151Abstract: A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access location, inserting a flexible tissue modification device through the access location to the spine location, advancing a distal portion of the first flexible tissue modification device from the spine location to a first exit location, passing through the first exit location and out of the patient, advancing the first or a second flexible tissue modification device through the same access location to the spine location and to a second exit location, and passing through the second exit location and out of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Amendia, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery L. Bleich, Michael Sheinberg, Michael P. Wallace
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Publication number: 20150342591Abstract: A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access location, inserting a flexible tissue modification device through the access location to the spine location, advancing a distal portion of the first flexible tissue modification device from the spine location to a first exit location , passing through the first exit location and out of the patient, advancing the first or a second flexible tissue modification device through the same access location to the spine location and to a second exit location, and passing through the second exit location and out of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: AMENDIA, INC.Inventors: Jeffery L. Bleich, Michael Sheinberg, Michael P. Wallace
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Patent number: 9125682Abstract: A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access location, inserting a flexible tissue modification device through the access location to the spine location, advancing a distal portion of the first flexible tissue modification device from the spine location to a first exit location, passing through the first exit location and out of the patient, advancing the first or a second flexible tissue modification device through the same access location to the spine location and to a second exit location, and passing through the second exit location and out of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Amendia, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery L. Bleich, Michael Sheinberg, Michael P. Wallace
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Patent number: 8845639Abstract: Described herein are elongate devices for modifying tissue having a plurality of flexibly connected and rungs or links, and methods of using them, including methods of using them to decompress stenotic spinal tissue. These devices may be included as part of a system for modifying tissue. In general, these devices include a plurality of blades positioned on for formed from) rungs that are flexibly connected and may be separated by one or more spacers. The rungs are typically wider than they are long (e.g., rectangular). The rungs may be arranged, ladder like, and may be connected by a flexible connector substrate or between two or more cables. Different sized rungs may be used, or rungs with different cutting properties. In some variations the tissue modification devices may have a non-linear axial shape, or may be converted from a first axial shape to a second axial shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Baxano Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Wallace, Robert Garabedian, Gregory P. Schmitz, Jeffery L. Bleich, Nestor C. Cantorna, Ronald Leguidleguid, Roy Leguidleguid, Michael Sheinberg
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Publication number: 20130150855Abstract: A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access location, inserting a flexible tissue modification device through the access location to the spine location, advancing a distal portion of the first flexible tissue modification device from the spine location to a first exit location, passing through the first exit location and out of the patient, advancing the first or a second flexible tissue modification device through the same access location to the spine location and to a second exit location, and passing through the second exit location and out of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: Jeffery L. BLEICH, Michael SHEINBERG, Michael P. WALLACE
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Patent number: 8366712Abstract: A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access location, inserting a flexible tissue modification device through the access location to the spine location, advancing a distal portion of the first flexible tissue modification device from the spine location to a first exit location, passing through the first exit location and out of the patient, advancing the first or a second flexible tissue modification device through the same access location to the spine location and to a second exit location, and passing through the second exit location and out of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Baxano, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery L. Bleich, Michael Sheinberg, Michael P. Wallace
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Publication number: 20120078255Abstract: A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access location, inserting a flexible tissue modification device through the access location to the spine location, advancing a distal portion of the first flexible tissue modification device from the spine location to a first exit location, passing through the first exit location and out of the patient, advancing the first or a second flexible tissue modification device through the same access location to the spine location and to a second exit location, and passing through the second exit location and out of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Jeffery L. Bleich, Michael Sheinberg, Michael P. Wallace
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Patent number: 8092456Abstract: A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access location, inserting a flexible tissue modification device through the access location to the spine location, advancing a distal portion of the first flexible tissue modification device from the spine location to a first exit location, passing through the first exit location and out of the patient, advancing the first or a second flexible tissue modification device through the same access location to the spine location and to a second exit location, and passing through the second exit location and out of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Baxano, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery L. Bleich, Michael Sheinberg, Michael P. Wallace
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Publication number: 20110112539Abstract: Described herein are elongate devices for modifying tissue having a plurality of flexibly connected and rungs or links, and methods of using them, including methods of using them to decompress stenotic spinal tissue. These devices may be included as part of a system for modifying tissue. In general, these devices include a plurality of blades positioned on for formed from) rungs that are flexibly connected and may be separated by one or more spacers. The rungs are typically wider than they are long (e.g., rectangular). The rungs may be arranged, ladder like, and may be connected by a flexible connector substrate or between two or more cables. Different sized rungs may be used, or rungs with different cutting properties. In some variations the tissue modification devices may have a non-linear axial shape, or may be converted from a first axial shape to a second axial shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Michael P. Wallace, Robert Garabedian, Gregory P. Schmitz, Jeffery L. Bleich, Nestor C. Cantorna, Ronald Leguidleguid, Roy Leguidleguild, Michael A. Sheinberg
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Publication number: 20110004207Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems and methods for determining if a nerve is nearby a device or portion of a device. The neural stimulation tools described herein are configured to be flexible and low-profile, so that they can be used within body regions that may be tortuous or difficult to reach, such as within a compressed or partially occluded neural foramen. In most cases, these tools described herein are ribbon-shaped and adapted to be manipulated bimanually, for example, by applying force to the ends of the devices from separate locations outside of the patient's body. Thus, in some of the exemplary neural localization devices described herein, the distal end region of the device are configured to couple to the proximal end of a guidewire. One or more surfaces of the devices may include an electrode or multi-polar network of electrodes configured to stimulate only nerves within a predetermined distance of a particular face of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: Baxano, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Wallace, Benjamin Kao-Shing Sun, Michael Sheinberg, Jeffrey L. Bleich, Gregory P. Schimitz, Roy Leguidleguid, Gary A. Schniederman
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Publication number: 20090177241Abstract: A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access location, inserting a flexible tissue modification device through the access location to the spine location, advancing a distal portion of the first flexible tissue modification device from the spine location to a first exit location, passing through the first exit location and out of the patient, advancing the first or a second flexible tissue modification device through the same access location to the spine location and to a second exit location, and passing through the second exit location and out of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2009Publication date: July 9, 2009Inventors: Jeffery L. Bleich, Michael Sheinberg, Michael P. Wallace