Patents by Inventor Stanley Palmatier
Stanley Palmatier 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).
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Patent number: 8945225Abstract: A prosthetic spinal disc system is provided. The prosthetic disc system has a nucleus component having an upper surface configured to engage a superior vertebra and a lower surface configured to engage an inferior vertebra, an anchor configured to affix to an anterior surface of at least one of the superior vertebra or the inferior vertebra, and a tether tying the nucleus component to the anchor. In such embodiments, the nucleus component further has a perimeter situated substantially between the upper surface and the lower surface of the nucleus component and the tether is at least partially situated on the perimeter of the nucleus component. In certain embodiments, the upper surface and the lower surface of the nucleus component are configured to allow for implantation of the disc system such that after a discectomy, no preparation of at least one of the superior and inferior vertebrae is necessary.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Warsaw, Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Craig Squires, Mark Dace, Stanley Palmatier
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Patent number: 8465547Abstract: Methods and devices for spacing vertebral members using modular intervertebral devices and insertion tools. The devices may include opposing first and second endplates, and an intermediate member configured to fit between and support the endplates. The insertion tool may include an elongated handle and a distracter. A method of inserting the device using the tool may include inserting the endplates positioned on opposing sides of the handle into the intervertebral space and positioning the endplates in the intervertebral space relative to first and second vertebral members. The method may include deploying the distracter and increasing a distance between the endplates. Another step may include inserting the intermediate member into the intervertebral space and between the endplates and supporting the endplates with the intermediate member. The insertion tool may then be removed from the intervertebral space.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Anthony J. Melkent, William David Armstrong, Lindsey G. Waugh, Frank J. Schwab, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Brian Bulter, Stanley Palmatier
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Publication number: 20110184522Abstract: Methods and devices for spacing vertebral members using modular intervertebral devices and insertion tools. The devices may include opposing first and second endplates, and an intermediate member configured to fit between and support the endplates. The insertion tool may include an elongated handle and a distracter. A method of inserting the device using the tool may include inserting the endplates positioned on opposing sides of the handle into the intervertebral space and positioning the endplates in the intervertebral space relative to first and second vertebral members. The method may include deploying the distracter and increasing a distance between the endplates. Another step may include inserting the intermediate member into the intervertebral space and between the endplates and supporting the endplates with the intermediate member. The insertion tool may then be removed from the intervertebral space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2010Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Anthony J. Melkent, William David Armstrong, Lindsey G. Waugh, Frank J. Schwab, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Brian Butler, Stanley Palmatier
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Publication number: 20110015744Abstract: A prosthetic spinal disc system is provided. The prosthetic disc system has a nucleus component having an upper surface configured to engage a superior vertebra and a lower surface configured to engage an inferior vertebra, an anchor configured to affix to an anterior surface of at least one of the superior vertebra or the inferior vertebra, and a tether tying the nucleus component to the anchor. In such embodiments, the nucleus component further has a perimeter situated substantially between the upper surface and the lower surface of the nucleus component and the tether is at least partially situated on the perimeter of the nucleus component. In certain embodiments, the upper surface and the lower surface of the nucleus component are configured to allow for implantation of the disc system such that after a discectomy, no preparation of at least one of the superior and inferior vertebrae is necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Craig Squires, Mark Dace, Stanley Palmatier
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Publication number: 20060031990Abstract: A patient support apparatus having a base, a litter frame, an elevation mechanism interconnecting the base to the litter frame and being configured to effect changes in elevation of the litter frame relative to the base. The litter frame includes a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending support rails and a plurality of laterally extending support rails interconnecting the longitudinally extending support rails so that the litter frame has a rectangular configuration. Selected ones of the laterally extending support rails are mounted to the elevation mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2004Publication date: February 16, 2006Inventors: Stanley Palmatier, Richard McDaniel, Jeffrey Shiery, Michael Petrowski, William Childs, Jerry Wheeler, Alfred Dacey, Eugene Keller
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Patent number: 6289537Abstract: A patient support having a frame supporting a patient supporting surface as well as supporting a pair of foot rest mechanisms thereon. The pair of foot rest mechanisms are each selectively movable from stowed positions beneath the patient supporting surface to deployed positions thereof which straddle a drop leaf foot section forming a part of the patient supporting surface. As the drop-leaf foot section is moved to a vertically upright position, a space between the two foot rest mechanisms is available for physician use. Further, as the drop leaf foot section is moved in the vertically upright position toward the floor, a mechanism is provided for preventing contact of the foot end of the drop leaf foot section with the floor.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2000Date of Patent: September 18, 2001Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Hopper, Stanley Palmatier, Jeffrey C. Shiery, Jerry Wheeler, Rick McDaniel