Patents by Inventor Nathan J. Pierce

Nathan J. Pierce 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).

  • Patent number: 8486078
    Abstract: The present invention features new methods, apparatuses and devices for fixing adjacent bone segments, segments of a bony structure and adjacent vertebrate of a spine. The methods, apparatuses and devices utilize an apparatus for forming a channel in a surface of the bone or bony structure segments or adjacent vertebra or a channel submerged within the bone or bony structure segments or adjacent vertebra. In more particular embodiments such apparatuses and methods including forming an arcuate channel and which channel can receive therein a curved rod or implant member. Also featured are systems, apparatuses and methods for removably suspending a spacer in the intervertebral space while forming such a channel as well as systems, apparatuses and methods for use of dynamized implant members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Highgate Orthopedics
    Inventors: Allen Carl, Josef K. Winkler, Robert F. Beisel, Spanky A. Raymond, Daniel S. Savage, Jason J. Gromek, Carl M. Nilsson, Nathan J. Pierce