Patents by Inventor Michelle B. Gallagher

Michelle B. Gallagher 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).

  • TITANIUM IMPLANT SURFACES FREE FROM ALPHA CASE AND WITH ENHANCED OSTEOINDUCTION
    Publication number: 20230301788
    Abstract: An orthopedic implant having a titanium or titanium alloy body with a plurality of surfaces. The orthopedic implant is produced according to a process comprising the steps of: (a) additively building the orthopedic implant; and then (b) mechanically, chemically, or mechanically and chemically eroding one or more surfaces of the orthopedic implant to (i) remove alpha case from, and (ii) impart an osteoinducting roughness including micro-scale structures and nano-scale structures into, the one or more surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Mark E. Berg, Jennifer M. Schneider
  • Titanium implant surfaces free from alpha case and with enhanced osteoinduction
    Patent number: 11712339
    Abstract: An orthopedic implant having a titanium or titanium alloy body with a plurality of surfaces. The orthopedic implant is produced according to a process comprising the steps of: (a) additively building the orthopedic implant; and then (b) mechanically, chemically, or mechanically and chemically eroding one or more surfaces of the orthopedic implant to (i) remove alpha case from, and (ii) impart an osteoinducting roughness including micro-scale structures and nano-scale structures into, the one or more surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Titan Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Mark E. Berg, Jennifer M. Schneider
  • Implant surfaces that enhance osteoinduction
    Patent number: 11690723
    Abstract: Bone-contacting surfaces and free surfaces of orthopedic implants. The implants are additively manufactured, followed by mechanical, chemical, or mechanical and chemical erosion. At least some of the surfaces of the implants include an osteoinducting roughness that has micro-scale structures and nano-scale structures that facilitate and enhance osteoinduction and osteogenesis, as well as enhanced alkaline phosphatase, osterix, and osteocalcin expression levels along the pathway of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation to osteoblasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TITAN SPINE, INC.
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Mark E. Berg, Jennifer M. Schneider
  • PROCESSES FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20220355375
    Abstract: Orthopedic implants produced by additive manufacture, followed by refinement of exterior and interior surfaces trough mechanical erosion, chemical erosion, or a combination of mechanical and chemical erosion. Surface refinement removes debris, and also produces bone-growth enhancing micro-scale and nano-scale structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Jennifer M. Schneider, Mark E. Berg
  • Processes for additively manufacturing orthopedic implants
    Patent number: 11376660
    Abstract: Orthopedic implants produced by additive manufacture, followed by refinement of exterior and interior surfaces trough mechanical erosion, chemical erosion, or a combination of mechanical and chemical erosion. Surface refinement removes debris, and also produces bone-growth enhancing micro-scale and nano-scale structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TITAN SPINE, INC.
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Jennifer M. Schneider, Mark E. Berg
  • Processes for additively manufacturing orthopedic implants followed by eroding
    Patent number: 11370025
    Abstract: Orthopedic implants produced by additive manufacture, followed by refinement of exterior and interior surfaces trough mechanical erosion, chemical erosion, or a combination of mechanical and chemical erosion. Surface refinement removes debris, and also produces bone-growth enhancing micro-scale and nano-scale structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TITAN SPINE, INC.
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Jennifer M. Schneider, Mark E. Berg
  • TITANIUM IMPLANT SURFACES FREE FROM ALPHA CASE AND WITH ENHANCED OSTEOINDUCTION
    Publication number: 20200397589
    Abstract: An orthopedic implant having a titanium or titanium alloy body with a plurality of surfaces. The orthopedic implant is produced according to a process comprising the steps of: (a) additively building the orthopedic implant; and then (b) mechanically, chemically, or mechanically and chemically eroding one or more surfaces of the orthopedic implant to (i) remove alpha case from, and (ii) impart an osteoinducting roughness including micro-scale structures and nano-scale structures into, the one or more surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Mark E. Berg, Jennifer M. Schneider
  • Titanium implant surfaces free from alpha case and with enhanced osteoinduction
    Patent number: 10821000
    Abstract: An orthopedic implant having a titanium or titanium alloy body with a plurality of surfaces. The orthopedic implant is produced according to a process comprising the steps of: (a) additively building the orthopedic implant; and then (b) mechanically, chemically, or mechanically and chemically eroding one or more surfaces of the orthopedic implant to (i) remove alpha case from, and (ii) impart an osteoinducting roughness including micro-scale structures and nano-scale structures into, the one or more surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Titan Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Mark E. Berg, Jennifer M. Schneider
  • TITANIUM IMPLANT SURFACES FREE FROM ALPHA CASE AND WITH ENHANCED OSTEOINDUCTION
    Publication number: 20190231535
    Abstract: An orthopedic implant having a titanium or titanium alloy body with a plurality of surfaces. The orthopedic implant is produced according to a process comprising the steps of: (a) additively building the orthopedic implant; and then (b) mechanically, chemically, or mechanically and chemically eroding one or more surfaces of the orthopedic implant to (i) remove alpha case from, and (ii) impart an osteoinducting roughness including micro-scale structures and nano-scale structures into, the one or more surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Titan Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Mark E. Berg, Jennifer M. Schneider
  • IMPLANT SURFACES THAT ENHANCE OSTEOINDUCTION
    Publication number: 20190192303
    Abstract: Bone-contacting surfaces and free surfaces of orthopedic implants. The implants are additively manufactured, followed by mechanical, chemical, or mechanical and chemical erosion. At least some of the surfaces of the implants include an osteoinducting roughness that has micro-scale structures and nano-scale structures that facilitate and enhance osteoinduction and osteogenesis, as well as enhanced alkaline phosphatase, osterix, and osteocalcin expression levels along the pathway of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation to osteoblasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Titan Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Mark E. Berg, Jennifer M. Schneider
  • PROCESSES FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS FOLLOWED BY ERODING
    Publication number: 20180333782
    Abstract: Orthopedic implants produced by additive manufacture, followed by refinement of exterior and interior surfaces trough mechanical erosion, chemical erosion, or a combination of mechanical and chemical erosion. Surface refinement removes debris, and also produces bone-growth enhancing micro-scale and nano-scale structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Jennifer M. Schneider, Mark E. Berg
  • PROCESSES FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20180326493
    Abstract: Orthopedic implants produced by additive manufacture, followed by refinement of exterior and interior surfaces trough mechanical erosion, chemical erosion, or a combination of mechanical and chemical erosion. Surface refinement removes debris, and also produces bone-growth enhancing micro-scale and nano-scale structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Titan Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle B. Gallagher, Schneider M. Jennifer, Mark E. Berg
  • Endplate-preserving spinal implant with an integration plate having durable connectors
    Patent number: 8585766
    Abstract: An interbody spinal implant including a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, opposing anterior and posterior portions, a substantially hollow center, and single vertical aperture, as well as an integration plate having a roughened surface topography on its top surface. The integration plate and implant body are joined together with a durable connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Titan Spine, LLC
    Inventors: Peter F. Ullrich, Jr., Chad J. Patterson, Michelle B. Gallagher
  • ENDPLATE-PRESERVING SPINAL IMPLANT WITH AN INTEGRATION PLATE HAVING DURABLE CONNECTORS
    Publication number: 20120245694
    Abstract: An interbody spinal implant including a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, opposing anterior and posterior portions, a substantially hollow center, and single vertical aperture, as well as an integration plate having a roughened surface topography on its top surface. The integration plate and implant body are joined together with a durable connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Titan Spine, LLC
    Inventors: Peter F. Ullrich, JR., Chad J. Patterson, Michelle B. Gallagher