Patents by Inventor Nathan W. Erickson

Nathan W. Erickson 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).

  • METHODS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR INTERVERTEBRAL CAGE EXPANSION
    Publication number: 20210315714
    Abstract: An instrument may be coupled to a multi-axis expandable intervertebral cage so that the cage may be inserted into an intervertebral space, expanded along multiple different directions, filled with bone graft, and locked with a fastener. The instrument may be part of an instrument set that includes auxiliary instruments to determine implant size, insert bone graft into the cage, and deliver the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Amplify Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Darin EWER, David KOCH, Nathan W. ERICKSON, Daniel J. TRIPLETT
  • Methods and instrumentation for intervertebral cage expansion
    Patent number: 10993815
    Abstract: An instrument may be coupled to a multi-axis expandable intervertebral cage so that the cage may be inserted into an intervertebral space, expanded along multiple different directions, filled with bone graft, and locked with a fastener. The instrument may be part of an instrument set that includes auxiliary instruments to determine implant size, insert bone graft into the cage, and deliver the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: IMDS LLC
    Inventors: Darin Ewer, David Koch, Nathan W. Erickson, Daniel J. Triplett
  • FASTENER RETENTION MECHANISMS
    Publication number: 20190329388
    Abstract: Fasteners and instruments with fastener retention mechanisms are disclosed. The fastener retention mechanisms may be independent of fastener deployment forces, such as torque. The fastener retention mechanisms may include spring elements of the instruments, whose flexion is limited by other features of the instruments so that the springs function only in their elastic zones and are prevented from experiencing yielding, plastic deformation, bending, cracking, or breaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Nathan W. Erickson, Justin Hyer
  • METHODS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR INTERVERTEBRAL CAGE EXPANSION
    Publication number: 20180110629
    Abstract: An instrument may be coupled to a multi-axis expandable intervertebral cage so that the cage may be inserted into an intervertebral space, expanded along multiple different directions, filled with bone graft, and locked with a fastener. The instrument may be part of an instrument set that includes auxiliary instruments to determine implant size, insert bone graft into the cage, and deliver the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Darin Ewer, David Koch, Nathan W. Erickson, Daniel J. Triplett