Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Haley

Thomas R. Haley 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).

  • VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS, INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME IN SPINAL DECOMPRESSION PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20180028130
    Abstract: A method for positioning a treatment instrument in a subject involves positioning a tissue protector of a visualization instrument in an epidural space of the subject. The tissue protector is viewed and positioned in the epidural space using fluoroscopy. A treatment instrument between a first vertebra and a second vertebra and while viewing the tissue protector positioned in the epidural space. A decompression procedure is performed using the treatment instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Andy W. Choi, Thomas R. Haley, Scott C. Lynch
  • Visualization systems, instruments and methods of using the same in spinal decompression procedures
    Patent number: 9675303
    Abstract: A method for positioning a treatment instrument in a subject involves positioning a tissue protector of a visualization instrument in an epidural space of the subject. The tissue protector is viewed and positioned in the epidural space using fluoroscopy. A treatment instrument between a first vertebra and a second vertebra and while viewing the tissue protector positioned in the epidural space. A decompression procedure is performed using the treatment instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: VertiFlex, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy W. Choi, Thomas R. Haley, Scott C. Lynch
  • VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS, INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME IN SPINAL DECOMPRESSION PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20140275992
    Abstract: A method for positioning a treatment instrument in a subject involves positioning a tissue protector of a visualization instrument in an epidural space of the subject. The tissue protector is viewed and positioned in the epidural space using fluoroscopy. A treatment instrument between a first vertebra and a second vertebra and while viewing the tissue protector positioned in the epidural space. A decompression procedure is performed using the treatment instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Andy W. Choi, Thomas R. Haley, Scott C. Lynch