Patents by Inventor Pat Fatyol

Pat Fatyol 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).

  • Method and apparatus for artificial disc insertion
    Publication number: 20060167461
    Abstract: An anterior method for implanting an artificial disc in an intervertebral space of a human body includes inserting a midline marker in a face of a vertebral body for instrument alignment and artificial disc placement. A kit for implanting an artificial disc in an intervertebral space of a human body includes site preparation instruments, artificial disc insertion instruments, and a midline marker for guiding the artificial disc insertion instruments into a prepared intervertebral space. Also included are a verification instrument, a midline marker, a midline marker insertion instrument, an endplate shaping device, a distraction instrument, a trial insertion instrument, an endplate insertion instrument, a core insertion instrument, and a trial spacer head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: John Hawkins, Shawn Stad, Christopher Rogers, Alexander Grinberg, Ronald Naughton, Michael Sorrenti, Niall Casey, Mark Gracia, Carl Souza, Pat Fatyol
  • Method and apparatus for artificial disc insertion
    Publication number: 20050027300
    Abstract: An anterior method for implanting an artificial disc in an intervertebral space of a human body includes inserting a midline marker in a face of a vertebral body for instrument alignment and artificial disc placement. A kit for implanting an artificial disc in an intervertebral space of a human body includes site preparation instruments, artificial disc insertion instruments, and a midline marker for guiding the artificial disc insertion instruments into a prepared intervertebral space. Also included are a verification instrument, a midline marker, a midline marker insertion instrument, an endplate shaping device, a distraction instrument, a trial insertion instrument, an endplate insertion instrument, a core insertion instrument, and a trial spacer head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hawkins, Shawn Stad, Christopher Rogers, Alexander Grinberg, Ronald Naughton, Michael Sorrenti, Niall Casey, Mark Gracia, Carl Souza, Pat Fatyol