Patents by Inventor Peter Barreiro

Peter Barreiro 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).

  • Publication number: 20140277476
    Abstract: An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior endplates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of expansion members or wafers in interlocking engagement. The expansion members are formed to each have a generally U-shaped rearward facing opening. The superior and inferior endplates have openings through their outer surfaces in at least partial alignment and communication with the rearward facing openings of the expansion members. The inferior endplate has a fully bounded cavity for telescoping receipt of the superior endplate. The inferior endplate also has a fully bounded channel extending through the rear endwall thereof in direct communication with the rearward facing opening of at least one expansion member for the receipt of bone graft material into the device to promote fusion between opposing vertebral bodies of the spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Scott McLean, Fabio Amaral Pinto, Peter Barreiro, David Boisvert
  • Publication number: 20140207239
    Abstract: An expandable interbody fusion device configured for placement into the intradiscal space between vertebral bodies in a lumbar spine from a lateral approach. The device is expanded by the insertion of a plurality of wafers into the device in situ. The length of the device is configured to extend on the vertebral body endplate from pedicle to pedicle and to reside interiorly of the ring apophysis with at least a portion of the device resting on the area of increased bone density at the posterior portion of the endplate between the pedicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventor: Peter Barreiro
  • Publication number: 20140107788
    Abstract: An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior endplates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of interlocking expansion members or wafers. The like-configured wafers include features on their top and bottom surfaces that interlock the wafers in multiple degrees of freedom so that the wafer stack is not disrupted when the fusion device is fully expanded. One of the interlocking features includes a plurality of prongs projecting from an upper surface of the wafers and into a recess defined in the lower surface of an adjacent previously inserted like-configured wafer. The prongs and recesses are configured to prevent retrograde movement of each new wafer in a direction opposite the direction of insertion. Other interlocking features prevent movement in the direction of insertion, transverse to the insertion direction and vertically within the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventors: PETER BARREIRO, DENNIS TY, MICHAEL E. LANDRY
  • Patent number: 8574299
    Abstract: An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior endplates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of interlocking expansion members or wafers. The like-configured wafers include features on their top and bottom surfaces that interlock the wafers in multiple degrees of freedom so that the wafer stack is not disrupted when the fusion device is fully expanded. One of the interlocking features includes a plurality of prongs projecting from an upper surface of the wafers and into a recess defined in the lower surface of an adjacent previously inserted like-configured wafer. The prongs and recesses are configured to prevent retrograde movement of each new wafer in a direction opposite the direction of insertion. Other interlocking features prevent movement in the direction of insertion, transverse to the insertion direction and vertically within the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Spine Wave, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Barreiro, Dennis Ty, Michael E. Landry
  • Publication number: 20130131811
    Abstract: An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior endplates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of interlocking expansion members or wafers. The like-configured wafers include features on their top and bottom surfaces that interlock the wafers in multiple degrees of freedom so that the wafer stack is not disrupted when the fusion device is fully expanded. One of the interlocking features includes a plurality of prongs projecting from an upper surface of the wafers and into a recess defined in the lower surface of an adjacent previously inserted like-configured wafer. The prongs and recesses are configured to prevent retrograde movement of each new wafer in a direction opposite the direction of insertion. Other interlocking features prevent movement in the direction of insertion, transverse to the insertion direction and vertically within the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventors: PETER BARREIRO, DENNIS TY, MICHAEL E. LANDRY
  • Patent number: 8349014
    Abstract: An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior endplates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of interlocking expansion members or wafers. The like-configured wafers include features on their top and bottom surfaces that interlock the wafers in multiple degrees of freedom so that the wafer stack is not disrupted when the fusion device is fully expanded. One of the interlocking features includes a plurality of prongs projecting from an upper surface of the wafers and into a recess defined in the lower surface of an adjacent previously inserted like-configured wafer. The prongs and recesses are configured to prevent retrograde movement of each new wafer in a direction opposite the direction of insertion. Other interlocking features prevent movement in the direction of insertion, transverse to the insertion direction and vertically within the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Spine Wave, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Barreiro, Dennis Ty, Michael E. Landry
  • Publication number: 20120316568
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for distracting opposite surfaces from the interior of a bone, such as a vertebral body. A working channel cannula provides a working channel through which an inserter and an injection cannula can simultaneously pass. The inserter transports a plurality of wafers into the interior of the bone to form a load-bearing stack bearing against the opposite surfaces. The injection cannula is used to inject a fluent material into and/or around the stack. In certain embodiments, the fluent material is a load-bearing or hardenable material, such as bone cement. In other embodiments, the fluent material can be a BMP, HAP, or other osteo-inductive, osteo-conductive, or pharmaceutical compositions. A syringe containing the fluent material is engaged to the injection cannula and is operable to inject the fluent material into the vertebral body under controlled pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Manzi, Tyler Lipschultz, Peter Barreiro, Mark D. LoGuidice, Thomas Wilson, Steve Wysocki
  • Patent number: 8317828
    Abstract: An apparatus for placement of a suture anchor having a suture connected thereto includes a handle dimensioned for engagement by the user and an elongated member connected to the handle and extending therefrom. The elongated member has an anchor mount for mounting a suture anchor. The handle includes a frame having a suture retainer adapted for retaining a suture, at least one cover releasably mounted to the frame to at least partially enclose the suture retainer and a release button mounted to the frame and movable to release the at least one cover from the frame to expose the suture portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Martinek, Stephen Zlock, Hanspeter R. Bayer, Peter Barreiro, Pat A. Libero, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8317802
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for distracting opposite surfaces from the interior of a bone, such as a vertebral body. A working channel cannula provides a working channel through which an inserter and an injection cannula can simultaneously pass. The inserter transports a plurality of wafers into the interior of the bone to form a load-bearing stack bearing against the opposite surfaces. The injection cannula is used to inject a fluent material into and/or around the stack. In certain embodiments, the fluent material is a load-bearing or hardenable material, such as bone cement. In other embodiments, the fluent material can be a BMP, HAP, or other osteo-inductive, osteo-conductive, or pharmaceutical compositions. A syringe containing the fluent material is engaged to the injection cannula and is operable to inject the fluent material into the vertebral body under controlled pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Spine Wave, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Manzi, Tyler Lipschultz, Peter Barreiro, Mark LoGuidice, Thomas Wilson, Steve Wysocki
  • Patent number: 8246630
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for distracting opposite surfaces from the interior of a bone, such as a vertebral body. A working channel cannula provides a working channel through which an inserter and an injection cannula can simultaneously pass. The inserter transports a plurality of wafers into the interior of the bone to form a load-bearing stack bearing against the opposite surfaces. The injection cannula is used to inject a fluent material into and/or around the stack. In certain embodiments, the fluent material is a load-bearing or hardenable material, such as bone cement. In other embodiments, the fluent material can be a BMP, HAP, or other osteo-inductive, osteo-conductive, or pharmaceutical compositions. A syringe containing the fluent material is engaged to the injection cannula and is operable to inject the fluent material into the vertebral body under controlled pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Spine Wave, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Manzi, Tyler Lipschultz, Peter Barreiro, Mark LoGuidice, Thomas Wilson, Steve Wysocki
  • Publication number: 20120158067
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for distracting opposite surfaces from the interior of a bone, such as a vertebral body. A working channel cannula provides a working channel through which an inserter and an injection cannula can simultaneously pass. The inserter transports a plurality of wafers into the interior of the bone to form a load-bearing stack bearing against the opposite surfaces. The injection cannula is used to inject a fluent material into and/or around the stack. In certain embodiments, the fluent material is a load-bearing or hardenable material, such as bone cement. In other embodiments, the fluent material can be a BMP, HAP, or other osteo-inductive, osteo-conductive, or pharmaceutical compositions. A syringe containing the fluent material is engaged to the injection cannula and is operable to inject the fluent material into the vertebral body under controlled pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Manzi, Tyler Lipschultz, Peter Barreiro, Mark D. LoGuidice, Thomas Wilson, Steve Wysocki
  • Patent number: 8197544
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for distracting opposite surfaces from the interior of a bone, such as a vertebral body. A working channel cannula provides a working channel through which an inserter and an injection cannula can simultaneously pass. The inserter transports a plurality of wafers into the interior of the bone to form a load-bearing stack bearing against the opposite surfaces. The injection cannula is used to inject a fluent material into and/or around the stack. In certain embodiments, the fluent material is a load-bearing or hardenable material, such as bone cement. In other embodiments, the fluent material can be a BMP, HAP, or other osteo-inductive, osteo-conductive, or pharmaceutical compositions. A syringe containing the fluent material is engaged to the injection cannula and is operable to inject the fluent material into the vertebral body under controlled pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Spine Wave, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Manzi, Tyler Lipschultz, Peter Barreiro, Mark LoGuidice, Thomas Wilson, Steve Wysocki
  • Publication number: 20110251693
    Abstract: An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior endplates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of interlocking expansion members or wafers. The like-configured wafers include features on their top and bottom surfaces that interlock the wafers in multiple degrees of freedom so that the wafer stack is not disrupted when the fusion device is fully expanded. One of the interlocking features includes a plurality of prongs projecting from an upper surface of the wafers and into a recess defined in the lower surface of an adjacent previously inserted like-configured wafer. The prongs and recesses are configured to prevent retrograde movement of each new wafer in a direction opposite the direction of insertion. Other interlocking features prevent movement in the direction of insertion, transverse to the insertion direction and vertically within the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventors: PETER BARREIRO, DENNIS TY, MICHAEL E. LANDRY
  • Patent number: 7967867
    Abstract: An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior endplates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of interlocking expansion members or wafers. The like-configured wafers include features on their top and bottom surfaces that interlock the wafers in multiple degrees of freedom so that the wafer stack is not disrupted when the fusion device is fully expanded. One of the interlocking features includes a plurality of prongs projecting from an upper surface of the wafers and into a recess defined in the lower surface of an adjacent previously inserted like-configured wafer. The prongs and recesses are configured to prevent retrograde movement of each new wafer in a direction opposite the direction of insertion. Other interlocking features prevent movement in the direction of insertion, transverse to the insertion direction and vertically within the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Spine Wave, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Barreiro, Dennis Ty, Michael E. Landry
  • Publication number: 20110004217
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for distracting opposite surfaces from the interior of a bone, such as a vertebral body. A working channel cannula provides a working channel through which an inserter and an injection cannula can simultaneously pass. The inserter transports a plurality of wafers into the interior of the bone to form a load-bearing stack bearing against the opposite surfaces. The injection cannula is used to inject a fluent material into and/or around the stack. In certain embodiments, the fluent material is a load-bearing or hardenable material, such as bone cement. In other embodiments, the fluent material can be a BMP, HAP, or other osteo-inductive, osteo-conductive, or pharmaceutical compositions. A syringe containing the fluent material is engaged to the injection cannula and is operable to inject the fluent material into the vertebral body under controlled pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventors: RIchard Manzi, Tyler Lipschultz, Peter Barreiro, Mark D. LoGuidice, Thomas Wilson, Steve Wysocki
  • Patent number: 7789912
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for distracting opposite surfaces from the interior of a bone, such as a vertebral body. A working channel cannula provides a working channel through which an inserter and an injection cannula can simultaneously pass. The inserter transports a plurality of wafers into the interior of the bone to form a load-bearing stack bearing against the opposite surfaces. The injection cannula is used to inject a fluent material into and/or around the stack. In certain embodiments, the fluent material is a load-bearing or hardenable material, such as bone cement. In other embodiments, the fluent material can be a BMP, HAP, or other osteo-inductive, osteo-conductive, or pharmaceutical compositions. A syringe containing the fluent material is engaged to the injection cannula and is operable to inject the fluent material into the vertebral body under controlled pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Spine Wave, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Manzi, Tyler Lipschultz, Peter Barreiro, Mark D. LoGuidice, Thomas Wilson, Steve Wysocki
  • Publication number: 20100179592
    Abstract: An apparatus for placement of a suture anchor having a suture connected thereto includes a handle dimensioned for engagement by the user and an elongated member connected to the handle and extending therefrom. The elongated member has an anchor mount for mounting a suture anchor. The handle includes a frame having a suture retainer adapted for retaining a suture, at least one cover releasably mounted to the frame to at least partially enclose the suture retainer and a release button mounted to the frame and movable to release the at least one cover from the frame to expose the suture portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Jonathan Martinek, Stephen Zlock, Hanspeter R. Bayer, Peter Barreiro, Pat A. Libero, JR.
  • Patent number: 7645293
    Abstract: An apparatus for placement of a suture anchor having a suture connected thereto includes a handle dimensioned for engagement by the user and an elongated member connected to the handle and extending therefrom. The elongated member has an anchor mount for mounting a suture anchor. The handle includes a frame having a suture retainer adapted for retaining a suture, at least one cover releasably mounted to the frame to at least partially enclose the suture retainer and a release button mounted to the frame and movable to release the at least one cover from the frame to expose the suture portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Martinek, Stephen Zlock, Hanspeter R. Bayer, Peter Barreiro, Pat A. Libero, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20080300598
    Abstract: An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior endplates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of interlocking expansion members or wafers. The like-configured wafers include features on their top and bottom surfaces that interlock the wafers in multiple degrees of freedom so that the wafer stack is not disrupted when the fusion device is fully expanded. One of the interlocking features includes a plurality of prongs projecting from an upper surface of the wafers and into a recess defined in the lower surface of an adjacent previously inserted like-configured wafer. The prongs and recesses are configured to prevent retrograde movement of each new wafer in a direction opposite the direction of insertion. Other interlocking features prevent movement in the direction of insertion, transverse to the insertion direction and vertically within the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: SPINE WAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Barreiro, Dennis Ty, Michael E. Landry
  • Publication number: 20050240199
    Abstract: An apparatus for placement of a suture anchor having a suture connected thereto includes a handle dimensioned for engagement by the user and an elongated member connected to the handle and extending therefrom. The elongated member has an anchor mount for mounting a suture anchor. The handle includes a frame having a suture retainer adapted for retaining a suture, at least one cover releasably mounted to the frame to at least partially enclose the suture retainer and a release button mounted to the frame and movable to release the at least one cover from the frame to expose the suture portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Jonathan Martinek, Stephen Zlock, Hanspeter Bayer, Peter Barreiro, Pat Libero