Patents by Inventor Ramone A. Ruberte

Ramone A. Ruberte 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).

  • Expandable intervertebral tool system and method
    Patent number: 8137352
    Abstract: The invention includes a system and method for loosening of tissue. In one embodiment, an intervertebral tissue removal system includes at least one abrading member for abrading tissue in an area to be cleared and at least one expandable member operable to be expanded from a first condition to a second condition, wherein the volume defined by the at least one expandable member in the second condition is greater than the volume defined by the at least one expandable member in the first condition, the at least one expandable member operably connected to the at least one abrading member such that as the at least one expandable member expands from the first condition to the second condition, the at least one abrading member is moved from a first position to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Neil, Ramone A. Ruberte, Shawn D. Stad, John Riley Hawkins