Patents by Inventor Rafael Zubok

Rafael Zubok 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).

  • Instrument and system for preparing the disc space between two vertebral bodies
    Publication number: 20070162041
    Abstract: An instrument for distracting the disc space between adjacent vertebrae and simultaneously preparing endplates of the vertebrae includes a body having opposing upper and lower surfaces separated by curved side surfaces that extend between a posterior end of the body and an anterior end of the body. A first plurality of teeth extends across the upper surface of the body, and a second plurality of teeth extends across the lower surface of the body. The first and second plurality of teeth may constructed as ratcheting teeth that angle back toward the anterior end of the body. Also a system for distracting the disc space between adjacent vertebrae and simultaneously preparing endplates of the vertebrae, includes at least two differently dimensioned instruments as set forth above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: ZIMMER TRABECULAR METAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Robie, Felix Blouin, Rafael Zubok
  • INSTRUMENT SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A DISC SPACE BETWEEN ADJACENT VERTEBRAL BODIES TO RECEIVE A REPAIR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20070016213
    Abstract: An instrument system for preparing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies to receive a repair device includes a series of distractors for distracting the vertebral bodies in a manner that restores natural lordosis of the lumbar and cervical spine, a vertebrae immobilizing template to fix the positions of the bodies, a handle for employing the distractor and the template, and a reamer for cutting tissue from endplates of the vertebral bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Zimmer Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Robie, Felix Blouin, Rafael Zubok, John Wilhelmy
  • Instrument system for preparing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies to receive a repair device
    Patent number: 7153304
    Abstract: An instrument system for preparing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies to receive a repair device includes a series of distractors for distracting the vertebral bodies in a manner that restores natural lordosis of the lumbar and cervical spine, a vertebrae immobilizing template to fix the positions of the bodies, a handle for employing the distractor and the template, and a reamer for cutting tissue from endplates of the vertebral bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Zimmer Trabecular Metal Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Robie, Felix Blouin, Rafael Zubok, John Wilhelmy
  • Instrument and system for preparing the disc space between two vertebral bodies
    Publication number: 20030045884
    Abstract: An instrument for distracting the disc space between adjacent vertebrae and simultaneously preparing endplates of the vertebrae includes a body having opposing upper and lower surfaces separated by curved side surfaces that extend between a posterior end of the body and an anterior end of the body. A first plurality of teeth extends across the upper surface of the body, and a second plurality of teeth extends across the lower surface of the body. The first and second plurality of teeth may constructed as ratcheting teeth that angle back toward the anterior end of the body. Also a system for distracting the disc space between adjacent vertebrae and simultaneously preparing endplates of the vertebrae, includes at least two differently dimensioned instruments as set forth above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Bruce Robie, Felix Blouin, Rafael Zubok
  • Instrument system for preparing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies to receive a repair device
    Publication number: 20020161366
    Abstract: An instrument system for preparing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies to receive a repair device includes a series of distractors for distracting the vertebral bodies in a manner that restores natural lordosis of the lumbar and cervical spine, a vertebrae immobilizing template to fix the positions of the bodies, a handle for employing the distractor and the template, and a reamer for cutting tissue from endplates of the vertebral bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Bruce Robie, Felix Blouin, Rafael Zubok, John Wilhelmy