Patents by Inventor Stan Mikulowski

Stan Mikulowski 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, methods and systems for spine surgery
    Patent number: 12023017
    Abstract: Embodiments of a corpectomy method, comprising the steps of: providing a distractor unit comprising at least a first hydraulic cylinder configured to removably receive a piston of a predetermined length during a surgical procedure; providing the piston; providing a plurality of bone screws; affixing a first bone screw of the plurality of bone screws to a first vertebrae of a spine and a second bone screw of the plurality of bone screws to a second vertebrae of the spine; mounting the distractor unit onto the first bone screw and the second bone screw; and extending the hydraulic piston of the distractor unit to cause the first vertebrae and the second vertebrae to move away from each other are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: OrtoWay-US Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Mikulowski, Staffan Bowald
  • Apparatus, methods and systems for spine surgery
    Patent number: 10952714
    Abstract: Embodiments of a corpectomy method, comprising the steps of: providing a distractor unit comprising at least a first hydraulic cylinder configured to removably receive a piston of a predetermined length during a surgical procedure; providing the piston; providing a plurality of bone screws; affixing a first bone screw of the plurality of bone screws to a first vertebrae of a spine and a second bone screw of the plurality of bone screws to a second vertebrae of the spine; mounting the distractor unit onto the first bone screw and the second bone screw; and extending the hydraulic piston of the distractor unit to cause the first vertebrae and the second vertebrae to move away from each other are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: OrtoWay AB
    Inventors: Stan Mikulowski, Staffan Bowald