Patents by Inventor Robert Louis Burden, Jr.

Robert Louis Burden, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus for sensing strain on a spinal fusion rod
    Patent number: 10285637
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are described herein for obtaining medical diagnostic measurements from implanted sensors. In various embodiments, an apparatus may include two or more clamps to be rigidly clamped to the spinal fusion rod at a distance from one another, and a strain-sensing system that is removably mountable to the two or more clamps to span the distance. The strain-sensing system may include one or more strain-sensing elements. In various embodiments, the two or more clamps may be configured to transfer strain detected in the spinal fusion rod to the one or more strain-sensing elements of the strain-sensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Hnat, Michael J. Voor, Robert Louis Burden, Jr.