Patents by Inventor Rick C. Sasso

Rick C. Sasso 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).

  • Instruments and techniques for guiding instruments to a spinal column
    Patent number: 8016831
    Abstract: Systems and methods of shaping surfaces of vertebral bodies include a reference guide instrument that can be positioned relative to a disc space between vertebral bodies and referenced to the caudally located endplate of the disc space. The reference guide instrument can then be employed to guide preparation instruments to the vertebral bodies in an orientation and spacing referenced to the caudal endplate of the subject disc space to shape vertebral surfaces to receive an implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos E. Gil, Rick C. Sasso, Mark C. Dace
  • Instruments and techniques for guiding instruments to a spinal column
    Publication number: 20080234684
    Abstract: Systems and methods of shaping surfaces of vertebral bodies include a reference guide instrument that can be positioned relative to a disc space between vertebral bodies and referenced to the caudally located endplate of the disc space. The reference guide instrument can then be employed to guide preparation instruments to the vertebral bodies in an orientation and spacing referenced to the caudal endplate of the subject disc space to shape vertebral surfaces to receive an implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Carlos E. Gil, Rick C. Sasso, Mark C. Dace