Patents by Inventor Tony Melkent
Tony Melkent 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: 11918238Abstract: A capital fragment guide is configured to be temporarily secured to a capital fragment of a metatarsal that has been surgically separated from a proximal portion of the metatarsal. The capital fragment guide can be manipulated to correspondingly manipulate the capital fragment, thereby correcting a bunion. An implant can permanently secure the proximal portion to the capital fragment.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLCInventors: Peter Bregman, Chad Hollis, Tony Melkent
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Publication number: 20220354513Abstract: A capital fragment guide is configured to be temporarily secured to a capital fragment of a metatarsal that has been surgically separated from a proximal portion of the metatarsal. The capital fragment guide can be manipulated to correspondingly manipulate the capital fragment, thereby correcting a bunion. An implant can permanently secure the proximal portion to the capital fragment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Peter Bregman, Chad Hollis, Tony Melkent
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Publication number: 20100286713Abstract: A guide is disclosed for use in performing spinal surgery to prepare across a spinal disc and adjacent vertebrae an implantation space. The guide is associated with a computer controlled surgical navigation system employing an energy-detecting array to track positions of the guide in three dimensional space relative to a known reference point. The guide comprises a body for providing protected access to prepare across the spinal disc and into the adjacent vertebrae the implantation space. The body has a passage adapted to receive a bone removal device for forming the implantation space through the body. At least one electrically energizable energy emitter array is attached to the body for use in identifying the location of the guide relative to the adjacent vertebrae. A system and method for using the guide in spinal surgery are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.Inventors: Tony Melkent, Kevin T. Foley, Bradley T. Estes, Joseph Chaudoin
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Patent number: 7763035Abstract: A guide is disclosed for use in performing spinal surgery to prepare across a spinal disc and adjacent vertebrae an implantation space. The guide is associated with a computer controlled surgical navigation system employing an energy-detecting array to track positions of the guide in three dimensional space relative to a known reference point. The guide comprises a body for providing protected access to prepare across the spinal disc and into the adjacent vertebrae the implantation space. The body has a passage adapted to receive a bone removal device for forming the implantation space through the body. At least one electrically energizable energy emitter array is attached to the body for use in identifying the location of the guide relative to the adjacent vertebrae. A system and method for using the guide in spinal surgery are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2004Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.Inventors: Tony Melkent, Kevin T Foley, Bradley T Estes, Joseph Chaudoin
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Patent number: 7063705Abstract: A registration device is used to couple an identification superstructure of a surgical navigation system to the spinal column. The registration device includes a pair of vertebral engaging members positionable in a spinal disc space. At least one of the vertebrae engaging members moves outwardly from a collapsed position to engage the registration device to the endplates of the adjacent vertebrae.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: SDGI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: John Stewart Young, Harold S. Taylor, Tony Melkent, Thomas A. Carls, Chris Johnson
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Publication number: 20050059885Abstract: A guide is disclosed for use in performing spinal surgery to prepare across a spinal disc and adjacent vertebrae an implantation space. The guide is associated with a computer controlled surgical navigation system employing an energy-detecting array to track positions of the guide in three dimensional space relative to a known reference point. The guide comprises a body for providing protected access to prepare across the spinal disc and into the adjacent vertebrae the implantation space. The body has a passage adapted to receive a bone removal device for forming the implantation space through the body. At least one electrically energizable energy emitter array is attached to the body for use in identifying the location of the guide relative to the adjacent vertebrae. A system and method for using the guide in spinal surgery are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2004Publication date: March 17, 2005Inventors: Tony Melkent, Kevin Foley, Bradley Estes, Joseph Chaudoin
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Patent number: 6796988Abstract: A guide is disclosed for use in performing spinal surgery to prepare across a spinal disc and adjacent vertebrae an implantation space. The guide is associated with a computer controlled surgical navigation system employing an energy-detecting array to track positions of the guide in three dimensional space relative to a known reference point. The guide comprises a body for providing protected access to prepare across the spinal disc and into the adjacent vertebrae the implantation space. The body has a passage adapted to receive a bone removal device for forming the implantation space through the body. At least one electrically energizable energy emitter array is attached to the body for use in identifying the location of the guide relative to the adjacent vertebrae. A system and method for using the guide in spinal surgery are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2001Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tony Melkent, Kevin T. Foley, Bradley T. Estes, Joseph Chaudoin
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Publication number: 20030009169Abstract: A registration device is used to couple an identification superstructure of a surgical navigation system to the spinal column. The registration device includes a pair of vertebral engaging members positionable in a spinal disc space. At least one of the vertebrae engaging members moves outwardly from a collapsed position to engage the registration device to the endplates of the adjacent vertebrae.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Inventors: John Stewart Young, Harold S. Taylor, Tony Melkent, Thomas A. Carls, Chris Johnson
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Publication number: 20020151894Abstract: A guide is disclosed for use in performing spinal surgery to prepare across a spinal disc and adjacent vertebrae an implantation space. The guide is associated with a computer controlled surgical navigation system employing an energy-detecting array to track positions of the guide in three dimensional space relative to a known reference point. The guide comprises a body for providing protected access to prepare across the spinal disc and into the adjacent vertebrae the implantation space. The body has a passage adapted to receive a bone removal device for forming the implantation space through the body. At least one electrically energizable energy emitter array is attached to the body for use in identifying the location of the guide relative to the adjacent vertebrae. A system and method for using the guide in spinal surgery are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2001Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Tony Melkent, Kevin T. Foley, Bradley T. Estes, Joseph Chaudoin
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Patent number: 6348058Abstract: A guide is disclosed for use in performing spinal surgery to prepare across a spinal disc and adjacent vertebrae an implantation space. The guide is associated with a computer controlled surgical navigation system employing an energy-detecting array to track positions of the guide in three dimensional space relative to a known reference point. The guide comprises a body for providing protected access to prepare across the spinal disc and into the adjacent vertebrae the implantation space. The body has a passage adapted to receive a bone removal device for forming the implantation space through the body. At least one electrically energizable energy emitter array is attached to the body for use in identifying the location of the guide relative to the adjacent vertebrae. A system and method for using the guide in spinal surgery are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1998Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tony Melkent, Kevin T. Foley, Bradley T. Estes, Joseph Chaudoin
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Patent number: 5702460Abstract: A trial femoral prosthesis for use in knee joint replacement surgery includes a trial prosthesis body that is generally J-shaped. The prosthesis body provides a distal articulating surface and a proximal non-articulating surface. The articulating surface includes medial and lateral condylar portions, a distal portion, and an anterior portion. An elongated stem extends from the distal non-articulating surface for anchoring the trial prosthesis to the intramedullary canal of the patient's femur. Wedge trial insert members are connectable to the trial prosthesis body at the non-articulating surface. The inserts can be of different shape and different thicknesses and can be independently placed on opposite sides of the stem. However, the prosthesis body can be used independently without any inserts. The apparatus assists a surgeon who is going to revise a total knee that had been previously implanted. If a surgeon needs a wedge insert for the trial, a corresponding wedge is placed on the final knee implant.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1995Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Carls, Tony Melkent, Leo A. Whiteside, Tim Vendrely