Patents by Inventor Nathaniel P. Brooks

Nathaniel P. Brooks 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).

  • System and method for percutaneous spine fusion
    Patent number: 9603623
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a retractor including an enclosure extending from a first open end to a second open end to form a lumen extending along an axis therebetween and that is accessible from the first open end and the second open end. The retractor further includes a first aperture formed at first angular position in the enclosure, and a second aperture formed at second angular position in the enclosure and opposing the first aperture to form a passage extending transverse to the axis from the first aperture, through the lumen, and to the second aperture. The first aperture and the second aperture are located proximate to the first open end and sized to arrange the passage along a spine of a patient to receive a trocar for delivering a graft material to the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Nathaniel P. Brooks, Meghan A. Anderson, Hannah O. Meyer, Hannah Pezzi, Andrea Schuster, Amy R. Slawson
  • System and Method for Percutaneous Spine Fusion
    Publication number: 20160038132
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a retractor including an enclosure extending from a first open end to a second open end to form a lumen extending along an axis therebetween and that is accessible from the first open end and the second open end. The retractor further includes a first aperture formed at first angular position in the enclosure, and a second aperture formed at second angular position in the enclosure and opposing the first aperture to form a passage extending transverse to the axis from the first aperture, through the lumen, and to the second aperture. The first aperture and the second aperture are located proximate to the first open end and sized to arrange the passage along a spine of a patient to receive a trocar for delivering a graft material to the spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Nathaniel P. Brooks, Meghan A. Anderson, Hannah O. Meyer, Hannah Pezzi, Andrea Schuster, Amy R. Slawson