Patents by Inventor Yoshio Nekozuka

Yoshio Nekozuka 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).

  • Vertebral body distance retainer
    Patent number: 7530991
    Abstract: A vertebral body distance retainer comprises a retainer member including engaging portions to be engaged with a pair of rods provided on a plurality of adjacent vertebral bodies and abutting portions capable of freely abutting on spinous processes of the adjacent vertebral bodies, and fixing screws which fix the rods being engaged with the engaging portions. The vertebral body distance retainer is disposed between the spinous processes each existing on the adjacent vertebral bodies, so that the distance between the spinous processes can be retained constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Showa Ika Kohgyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Nekozuka, Kazuya Oribe, Hiroshi Takamido
  • Vertebral body distance retainer
    Publication number: 20030153915
    Abstract: A vertebral body distance retainer comprises a retainer member including engaging portions to be engaged with a pair of rods provided on a plurality of adjacent vertebral bodies and abutting portions capable of freely abutting on spinous processes of the adjacent vertebral bodies, and fixing screws which fix the rods being engaged with the engaging portions. The vertebral body distance retainer is disposed between the spinous processes each existing on the adjacent vertebral bodies, so that the distance between the spinous processes can be retained constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: SHOWA IKA KOHGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Nekozuka, Kazuya Oribe, Hiroshi Takamido