Patents by Inventor Robert Velez

Robert Velez 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).

  • Spinal implant and instrument
    Patent number: 8840620
    Abstract: An instrument of an instrument set is used to insert an implant into a disc space. The implant comprises a first cage and a second cage and the instrument comprises a distal end configured to push the cage first inserted into the disc space laterally in its proper anatomical location. Said distal end of the instrument has a tip, which is curved and has a curved inner side configured to contact an outer curved side of the first cage. The instrument set allows the insertion of two cages through a relatively small incision in the interdisc space in a simple yet safe procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Coligne AG
    Inventors: Didier Recoules-Arche, Robert Velez, Robert Lange
  • Method for repair of a spine and intervertebral implant
    Patent number: 7682394
    Abstract: Repair of a spine from a posterior approach especially for locating an implant between a lower and upper human vertebra includes making an incision in the skin lateral to the midline, making an incision through the Erector Spinae Aponeurosis (ESA) following the ELIF groove, separating the ESA from the Longissimus Thoracis Pars Lumborum (LTPL), atraumatic separating the Multifidus from the LTPL using the interfascial boundary between the Multifidus and the LTPL, and creating a surgical plane having an angle of 20°-60°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Co-Ligne AG
    Inventors: Didier Recoules-Arche, Robert Velez, Robert Lange
  • SPINAL IMPLANT AND INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20080132901
    Abstract: An instrument of an instrument set is used to insert an implant into a disc space. The implant comprises a first cage and a second cage and the instrument comprises a distal end configured to push the cage first inserted into the disc space laterally in its proper anatomical location. Said distal end of the instrument has a tip, which is curved and has a curved inner side configured to contact an outer curved side of the first cage. The instrument set allows the insertion of two cages through a relatively small incision in the interdisc space in a simple jet safe procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: coLigne AG
    Inventors: Didier RECOULES-ARCHE, Robert Velez, Robert Lange
  • Method for repair of a spine and intervertebral implant
    Publication number: 20070016298
    Abstract: Repair of a spine from a posterior approach especially for locating an implant between a lower and upper human vertebra includes making an incision in the skin lateral to the midline, making an incision through the Erector Spinae Aponeurosis (ESA) following the ELIF groove, separating the ESA from the Longissimus Thoracis Pars Lumborum (LTPL), atraumatic separating the Multifidus from the LTPL using the interfascial boundary between the Multifidus and the LTPL, and creating a surgical plane having an angle of 20°-60°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Co-Ligne AG
    Inventors: Didier Recoules-Arche, Robert Velez, Robert Lange
  • Pre-shaped spinal rod for spinal fixation system
    Patent number: D833614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Lange, Jakob Funnemark, Vittoria Brighenti, Robert Velez