Patents by Inventor Nirali Patel

Nirali Patel 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: 8894652
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
  • Publication number: 20140172104
    Abstract: An exemplary surgical instrument for inserting a spinal implant includes an inserter portion, a coupling member, a first actuator, and a second actuator. The inserter portion includes at a proximal end a receiving block, at a distal end a sleeve, and a channel extending therethrough. The coupling member includes at a proximal end movably coupled with the receiving block, a middle portion that slides within the channel, a distal end that couples the spinal implant, and a first axial bore extending therethrough. The first actuator includes a proximal end with a first projection for engaging the receiving block, a first shaft extending through the first axial bore, and a distal end with a first engagement feature for engaging a first deployment feature of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Amardeep DUGAL, Yang CHENG, Nirali PATEL, Budi BUDIKENTJANA
  • Publication number: 20140121773
    Abstract: A stand-alone interbody fixation system having a cage, anterior fixation blade and posterior fixation blade. The cage includes an annular side wall with an open interior and upper and lower surfaces, the cage being configured to fit between end plates of adjacent vertebrae. The anterior fixation blade includes an anterior alignment boss with two opposing outward extending anterior blades with end plate penetrating tips configured to fit within the open interior of the cage. The posterior fixation blade includes a posterior alignment boss with two opposing outward extending posterior blades with end plate penetrating tips configured to fit within the open interior of the cage. The anterior alignment boss and posterior alignment boss being rotatably coupled to each other and with a first opening and a second opening in the annular side wall opposite the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Nirali PATEL, Yang CHENG, Fred MURRILLO, Thomas PURCELL, Jens Peter TIMM
  • Publication number: 20140107705
    Abstract: A spinous process device and method are disclosed. The device includes a first plate having a first part slidably coupled to a second part, a second plate having a third part slidably coupled to a fourth part, and first and second connector devices configured to be placed through openings created in spinous processes and rotatably couple respective first and second parts to third and fourth parts of the first and second plates together allowing angular displacement of the second plate with respect to the first plate and secure the spinous processes between the first and second plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Alphatec Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph STERN, Henry ELSNER, Nirali PATEL, Thomas PURCELL, Brett ABSHIRE
  • Patent number: 8636773
    Abstract: A spinous process device and method are disclosed. The device includes a first plate having a first part slidably coupled to a second part, a second plate having a third part slidably coupled to a fourth part, and first and second connector devices configured to be placed through openings created in spinous processes and rotatably couple respective first and second parts to third and fourth parts of the first and second plates together allowing angular displacement of the second plate with respect to the first plate and secure the spinous processes between the first and second plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Alphatec Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Stern, Henry Elsner, Bret Abshire, Nirali Patel, Thomas Purcell
  • Patent number: 8454623
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for inserting an implant includes a first shaft having an axial bore and including a distal end configured to actuate a first feature of a spinal implant and a second shaft extending through the axial bore of the first shaft and including a distal end configured to actuate a second feature of the spinal implant. Rotation of the first shaft in a first direction actuates the first feature and causes rotation of the second shaft in a second direction to actuate the second feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Alphatec Spine, Inc
    Inventors: Nirali Patel, Yang Cheng, Budi Budikentjana
  • Patent number: 8328870
    Abstract: A stand-alone interbody fixation system having a cage, anterior fixation blade and posterior fixation blade. The cage includes an annular side wall with an open interior and upper and lower surfaces, the cage being configured to fit between end plates of adjacent vertebrae. The anterior fixation blade includes an anterior alignment boss with two opposing outward extending anterior blades with end plate penetrating tips configured to fit within the open interior of the cage. The posterior fixation blade includes a posterior alignment boss with two opposing outward extending posterior blades with end plate penetrating tips configured to fit within the open interior of the cage. The anterior alignment boss and posterior alignment boss being rotatably coupled to each other and with a first opening and a second opening in the annular side wall opposite the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Alphatec Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Nirali Patel, Yang Cheng, Fred Murrillo, Thomas Purcell, Jens Peter Timm
  • Patent number: 8328818
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
  • Publication number: 20120253396
    Abstract: A spinous process device and method are disclosed. The device includes a first plate having a first part slidably coupled to a second part, a second plate having a third part slidably coupled to a fourth part, and first and second connector devices configured to be placed through openings created in spinous processes and rotatably couple respective first and second parts to third and fourth parts of the first and second plates together allowing angular displacement of the second plate with respect to the first plate and secure the spinous processes between the first and second plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Alphatec Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Stern, Henry Elsner, Bret Abshire, Nirali Patel, Thomas Purcell
  • Patent number: 8206420
    Abstract: A spinous process device and method are disclosed. The device includes a first plate having a first part slidably coupled to a second part, a second plate having a third part slidably coupled to a fourth part, and first and second connector devices configured to be placed through openings created in spinous processes and rotatably couple respective first and second parts to third and fourth parts of the first and second plates together allowing angular displacement of the second plate with respect to the first plate and secure the spinous processes between the first and second plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Alphatec Spine, Inc
    Inventors: Nirali Patel, Thomas Purcell
  • Publication number: 20120143201
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Jody L Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
  • Publication number: 20120143194
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Jody L Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
  • Publication number: 20120136448
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Jody L Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
  • Publication number: 20120136399
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing a vertebral compression fracture, comprising a superior end plate and an inferior end plate disposed along a vertical axis. The superior end plate and the inferior end plate are slidably separable in a vertical direction along the vertical axis. An interior chamber is provided in fluid communication with a port extending from an exterior to the interior chamber. The device is deployable within a vertebral body and expandable within the vertebral body by injecting a flowable material into the interior chamber thereby displacing the superior and inferior end plates along the vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, Paul W. Millhouse, Jamie Calverley, Michael Lee Boyer, II, Nirali Patel, David W. Ankney, Mark Adams
  • Publication number: 20110112587
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for inserting an implant includes a first shaft having an axial bore and including a distal end configured to actuate a first feature of a spinal implant and a second shaft extending through the axial bore of the first shaft and including a distal end configured to actuate a second feature of the spinal implant. Rotation of the first shaft in a first direction actuates the first feature and causes rotation of the second shaft in a second direction to actuate the second feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Nirali PATEL, Cheng Yang, Budikentjana Budi
  • Publication number: 20110035007
    Abstract: A stand-alone interbody fixation system having a cage, anterior fixation blade and posterior fixation blade. The cage includes an annular side wall with an open interior and upper and lower surfaces, the cage being configured to fit between end plates of adjacent vertebrae. The anterior fixation blade includes an anterior alignment boss with two opposing outward extending anterior blades with end plate penetrating tips configured to fit within the open interior of the cage. The posterior fixation blade includes a posterior alignment boss with two opposing outward extending posterior blades with end plate penetrating tips configured to fit within the open interior of the cage. The anterior alignment boss and posterior alignment boss being rotatably coupled to each other and with a first opening and a second opening in the annular side wall opposite the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
    Inventors: Nirali PATEL, Yang CHENG, Fred MURRILLO, Thomas PURCELL, Jens Peter TIMM
  • Publication number: 20100036419
    Abstract: A spinous process device and method are disclosed. The device includes a first plate having a first part slidably coupled to a second part, a second plate having a third part slidably coupled to a fourth part, and first and second connector devices configured to be placed through openings created in spinous processes and rotatably couple respective first and second parts to third and fourth parts of the first and second plates together allowing angular displacement of the second plate with respect to the first plate and secure the spinous processes between the first and second plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.
    Inventors: Nirali Patel, Thomas Purcell