Patents by Inventor Walt Pazanowski

Walt Pazanowski 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).

  • Patent number: 8388664
    Abstract: An implant locking plate system and a method of using such a system are provided. The implant locking plate system generally includes at least one “T”-headed bone anchor, such as a screw or bolt that can be inserted into a vertebral body adjacent to the artificial disc to be stabilized, and a stabilizing plate attached to the bone anchor designed to overlap at least a portion of the artificial disk or graft when the bone anchor is inserted into the vertebral body adjacent to the artificial disk or graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Inventors: Walt Pazanowski, Laurence M. McKinley, Timothy Allen Peppers
  • Publication number: 20090254180
    Abstract: A customizable vertebral replacement assembly system and methods of using such a system to perform spinal fusions are described. The assembly generally includes a wall that encloses a hollow central core, a plurality of openings arranged in the wall that extend from the exterior or the assembly to the interior of the central core, and at least one stacking armature. The openings disposed in the surface of the wall both allow for the easy trimming and adjustment of the size and shape of the assembly and for bone to grow into the assembly once the spacer is installed in the body, which can help to secure the assembly in place, while the stacking armature allows for the facile interconnection of multiple assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Walt Pazanowski, Timothy Allen Peppers
  • Publication number: 20090254127
    Abstract: An implant locking plate system and a method of using such a system are provided. The implant locking plate system generally includes at least one “T”-headed bone anchoring means, such as a screw or bolt that can be inserted into a vertebral body adjacent to the artificial disc to be stabilized, and a stabilizing plate attached to the bone anchoring means designed to overlap at least a portion of the artificial disk or graft when the bone anchor is inserted into the vertebral body adjacent to the artificial disk or graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Walt Pazanowski, Laurence M. McKinley, Timothy Allen Peppers