Patents by Inventor R. Hurlbert

R. Hurlbert 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).

  • Intervertebral disc prosthesis
    Patent number: 8257441
    Abstract: An intervertebral disc prosthesis comprises first and second articulated elements wherein one the elements includes an articulated tongue and the other of the elements includes a groove adapted to receive the tongue. The first and second elements are adapted to be moveable with respect to each other in various planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kinetic Spine Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan J. Duplessis, Lall Sekhon, John R. Hurlbert
  • DYNAMIC PEDICLE SCREW
    Publication number: 20110295319
    Abstract: A bone screw, such as a pedicle screw, comprises en elongate structure having a head, an anchoring portion or tip distal from the head, and an open, helical body extending there-between. In one embodiment, the invention provides a screw having an anchoring portion, which engages bone and which includes a means for engaging a driver or the like whereby the screw is driven into the bone by the anchoring portion. A method of driving a screw is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: KINETIC SPINE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Stephan J. Duplessis, John R. Hurlbert, Lali Sekhon
  • Artificial intervertebral disc
    Publication number: 20080065216
    Abstract: An artificial intervertebral disc for implantation between two adjacent vertebrae includes an outer casing, an inner casing contained within the outer casing, and a resilient nucleus contained within the inner casing. The inner and outer casings are formed, respectively, by two interlocking members. The resilient nucleus is biased against the two members forming the inner casing, thereby elastically separating same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: KINETIC SPINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: R. Hurlbert, Stephan Duplessis, Lali Sekhon
  • Artificial vertebral body
    Publication number: 20080065217
    Abstract: An artificial vertebral body includes superior and inferior portions wherein said portions are positively engageable. The relative positions of the superior and inferior portions are variable about the sagittal plane. The artificial vertebral body also includes one or more means for engaging adjacent spinal structures to establish placement of the body in the spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: KINETIC SPINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: R. HURLBERT, Lali SEKHON, Stephan DUPLESSIS