Patents by Inventor Phillip Levins

Phillip Levins 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: 20260215930
    Abstract: Expandable intervertebral fusion implants, system, and methods for coronal correction. The implant may include top and bottom endplates configured to engage adjacent vertebrae, a dual actuator assembly including a rotatable drive screw actuator and a rotatable actuator nut concentric to the drive screw actuator, and driving ramps positioned along the shaft of the drive screw actuator and engaged with the top and bottom endplates via complementary ramped surfaces. When inserted in a disc space, the implant has an ipsilateral side and a contralateral side, and rotation of the drive screw actuator and/or the actuator nut causes movement of one or more of the driving ramps, thereby causing independent expansion in height of the contralateral and/or ipsilateral sides of the implant to correct the coronal deformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Andrew McQuaide, Phillip Levins, Mark Miccio
  • Publication number: 20260026942
    Abstract: Expandable intervertebral fusion implants, system, and methods for coronal correction. The implant may include top and bottom endplates configured to engage adjacent vertebrae, a dual actuator assembly including a rotatable drive screw actuator and a rotatable actuator nut concentric to the drive screw actuator, and driving ramps positioned along the shaft of the drive screw actuator and engaged with the top and bottom endplates via complementary ramped surfaces. When inserted in a disc space, the implant has an ipsilateral side and a contralateral side, and rotation of the drive screw actuator and/or the actuator nut causes movement of one or more of the driving ramps, thereby causing independent expansion in height of the contralateral and/or ipsilateral sides of the implant to correct the coronal deformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Andrew McQuaide, Phillip Levins, Mark Miccio
  • Publication number: 20250268772
    Abstract: Systems for positioning a patient are provided. A patient positioning system comprising: an upper support comprising: a mounting plate for a pad; a hinge comprising a curved surface including teeth, the curved surface operable to rotate; a pawl that is in contact with the teeth of the hinge, wherein the pawl is operable to allow rotation of the pad in a first direction due to angles of the teeth; a moveable member extending from the hinge, the moveable member including teeth; and a second pawl that is in contact with the teeth of the moveable member, the second pawl operable to allow movement of the moveable member due to angles of the teeth of the moveable member; and a lower support connected to the upper support via the moveable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Bess Lorman, Jenna Israel, Phillip Levins
  • Patent number: 12318334
    Abstract: Systems for positioning a patient are provided. A patient positioning system comprising: an upper support comprising: a mounting plate for a pad; a hinge comprising a curved surface including teeth, the curved surface operable to rotate; a pawl that is in contact with the teeth of the hinge, wherein the pawl is operable to allow rotation of the pad in a first direction due to angles of the teeth; a moveable member extending from the hinge, the moveable member including teeth; and a second pawl that is in contact with the teeth of the moveable member, the second pawl operable to allow movement of the moveable member due to angles of the teeth of the moveable member; and a lower support connected to the upper support via the moveable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Bess Lorman, Jenna Israel, Phillip Levins
  • Publication number: 20240074930
    Abstract: Systems for positioning a patient are provided. A patient positioning system comprising: an upper support comprising: a mounting plate for a pad; a hinge comprising a curved surface including teeth, the curved surface operable to rotate; a pawl that is in contact with the teeth of the hinge, wherein the pawl is operable to allow rotation of the pad in a first direction due to angles of the teeth; a moveable member extending from the hinge, the moveable member including teeth; and a second pawl that is in contact with the teeth of the moveable member, the second pawl operable to allow movement of the moveable member due to angles of the teeth of the moveable member; and a lower support connected to the upper support via the moveable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Bess Lorman, Jenna Israel, Phillip Levins
  • Publication number: 20230190255
    Abstract: Systems for positioning a patient are provided. A patient positioning system comprises a set of break assemblies, each break assembly comprising a mount for receiving padding, wherein each break assembly is operable to independently rotate to provide a coronal break relative to a longitudinal axis of the frame; and a set of tilt assemblies mounted to the frame, each tilt assembly operable to independently tilt relative to a longitudinal axis of the frame, wherein the break assemblies are mounted to the tilt assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Phillip Levins