Patents by Inventor Robert Vandervelde

Robert Vandervelde 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).

  • PERCUTANEOUS SPINAL IMPLANTS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20080058934
    Abstract: A method includes positioning a medical device within a body between adjacent spinous processes, moving the medical device from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration within the body using an actuator removably coupled to the medical device, and removing the actuator from the body while the medical device remains between the adjacent spinous processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Hugues Malandain, Avram Edidin, Robert Vandervelde
  • PERCUTANEOUS SPINAL IMPLANTS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20080051891
    Abstract: A method includes positioning a medical device within a body between adjacent spinous processes, moving the medical device from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration within the body using an actuator removably coupled to the medical device, and removing the actuator from the body while the medical device remains between the adjacent spinous processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Hugues MALANDAIN, Avram EDIDIN, Robert VANDERVELDE
  • PERCUTANEOUS SPINAL IMPLANTS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20080051892
    Abstract: A method includes positioning a medical device within a body between adjacent spinous processes, moving the medical device from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration within the body using an actuator removably coupled to the medical device, and removing the actuator from the body while the medical device remains between the adjacent spinous processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Hugues Malandain, Avram Edidin, Robert Vandervelde
  • PERCUTANEOUS SPINAL IMPLANTS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20080051893
    Abstract: A method includes positioning a medical device within a body between adjacent spinous processes, moving the medical device from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration within the body using an actuator removably coupled to the medical device, and removing the actuator from the body while the medical device remains between the adjacent spinous processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Hugues Malandain, Avram Edidin, Robert Vandervelde
  • Percutaneous Spinal Implants and Methods
    Publication number: 20070276372
    Abstract: A method includes inserting percutaneously an implant in a first configuration between adjacent spinous processes, the implant having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, moving the first end of the implant in a first axial direction, and moving the second end of the implant in a second axial direction, opposite from the first axial direction, such that the implant is in a second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Hugues Malandain, Avram Edidin, Robert Vandervelde
  • Percutaneous Spinal Implants and Methods
    Publication number: 20070265623
    Abstract: A method includes positioning a medical device within a body between adjacent spinous processes, moving the medical device from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration within the body using an actuator removably coupled to the medical device, and removing the actuator from the body while the medical device remains between the adjacent spinous processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Hugues Malandain, Avram Edidin, Robert Vandervelde
  • Percutaneous spinal implants and methods
    Publication number: 20060184247
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an elongate member having a proximal portion configured to be deformed from a first configuration to a second configuration. The elongate member has a distal portion configured to be deformed from a first configuration to a second configuration. A non-expanding central portion is positioned between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The non-expanding central portion is configured to engage adjacent spinous processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Avram Edidin, Hugues Malandain, Robert Vandervelde