Peter McCombe - Brisbane, AU Eric Heinz - Memphis TN, US
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. - Warsaw IN
International Classification:
A61B 17/58 A61B 17/60 A61F 2/00
US Classification:
606 90, 606 86 R, 606105, 606246
Abstract:
A cam spreader having a substantially rigid body with a proximal end defining a handle and a distal end defining a cam. The cam has at least a first lobe, the first lobe having an outer surface in a first quadrant of the cam as viewed in cross section along a longitudinal central axis of the body. At least a portion of the outer surface, or profile, of the curve is mathematically driven and produces a constant incremental lift.
B. Thomas Barker - Bartlett TN, US Eric Steven Heinz - Memphis TN, US Ian Farey - Chatswood, AU
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. - Warsaw IN
International Classification:
A61B 17/80
US Classification:
606280, 606 70, 606 60
Abstract:
An occipital plating system includes a plate extending along a longitudinal axis. The plate is engageable to the occiput, and includes at least one coupling member laterally offset relative to the longitudinal axis of the plate. The coupling member extends along a portion of the length of the plate. The at least one coupling member includes a passage to receive a connecting element. The coupling member is structured to at least medially and laterally constrain a portion of a length of the connecting element positioned in the passage.
Delivery Tool And Method For Delivering Bone Growth Material
A delivery tool and method for placing bone growth material at an operative location a patient is provided. The delivery tool includes a housing having a chamber for receiving the bone growth material and a delivery mechanism operably coupled to the housing to displace the bone growth material through the chamber to a distal opening of the chamber for delivery to the operative site.
Eric Steven Heinz - Memphis TN, US John Stewart Young - Memphis TN, US
International Classification:
A61F 5/00 A61B 17/58
US Classification:
606 86A, 606 99
Abstract:
A surgical installation tool to insert a vertebral implant into a patient includes an elongated handle and a head attached to one end. The vertebral implant may be attached to the head. The head may include an engagement member that is movable between engaged and released positions. The engagement member may be outwardly biased so that it naturally rests in the released position. The engagement member may be inwardly movable from the released position to the engaged position. A reactive force caused by the inward deflection may supply the attachment force between the installation tool and the vertebral implant. The attachment between the vertebral implant to the installation tool may be maintained while the engagement member is in the engaged position.
Stabilized, Adjustable Expandable Implant And Method
David W. Castleman - Germantown TN, US Eric S. Heinz - Memphis TN, US
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. - Warsaw IN
International Classification:
A61F 2/44
US Classification:
623 1716, 623 1711
Abstract:
An expandable medical implant with a length along its expandable dimension that has a first tubular member with a connection end including a first set of protrusions and an opposite skeletal interface end. Also, the expandable implant has a second tubular member with a connection end including a second set of protrusions configured to engage with the connection end of the first tubular member. The second tubular member including an opposite end opposite from the connection end. The first set of protrusions includes a flank with a negative flank angle such that the flank is positively loaded when the implant is compressively loaded along its length.
Instrumentation And Methods For Vertebral Distraction
An instrument for distracting vertebrae includes a shaft assembly and a distraction assembly at a distal end of the shaft assembly. The distraction assembly includes first and second distraction members movable from an unexpanded configuration for insertion toward an expanded configuration to separate the vertebrae. The shaft assembly is movable relative to the distraction assembly to facilitate placement of the distraction assembly in the disc space.
A sacral reconstruction fixation device aids in stabilizing the pelvis and the lumbar spine after a sacrectomy in cooperation with a spinal rod and transiliac rod. A pair of the fixation devices may be secured to respective ilia and respective spinal rods. The transiliac rod may be secured to both of the fixation devices. The fixation devices include first and second parts that are initially relatively rotatable about a common axis to aid in connecting the fixation devices to the spinal rod and transiliac rod. The body part is intended to be mated to the spinal rod, while the second part is intended to be mated to the transiliac rod. The fixation device's parts are subsequently locked against rotation and against longitudinal translation, advantageously both relative to each other and the rods.
A sacral prosthesis for a partial or complete sacrectomy has a central body with a platform on a superior face thereof; first and second arms extending superiorly and laterally from the central body, with the arms including respective terminal portions for anchoring to a respective ilium. The terminal portions are held spaced from one another and the central body is suspended by the arms such that the platform is disposed inferiorly to the terminal portions at a fixed position relative thereto. The sacral prosthesis supports a spinal column against inferior displacement by supporting a vertebral body with the platform, while advantageously simultaneously preventing relative lateral displacement of the ilia. The sacral prosthesis may advantageously be formed of a radiolucent material.
Intuitive Surgical since Jul 2008
Product Manager, Instruments and Accessories
Benvenue Medical, Inc. Mar 2008 - Jul 2008
Senior R&D Engineer
Medtronic Spinal and Biologics May 2006 - Feb 2008
Sr. Product Development Engineer, International
Medtronic Sofamor Danek May 2004 - May 2006
Product Development Engineer, International
Sofamor Danek Aug 2001 - May 2004
Associate Product Development Engineer, International
Education:
Stanford University 2009 - 2010
Christian Brothers University 2002 - 2004
MEM, Engineering Management
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1998 - 2001
BS, Bioengineering
Wheeling High School 1994 - 1998
Skills:
Medical Devices Product Launch Cross Functional Team Leadership Surgical Instruments Product Development Market Development Biomedical Engineering Product Management Capital Equipment Design Control Fda Commercialization Surgeons Spine Operating Room Orthopedic Surgery Disposables Product Marketing Neurosurgery R&D Orthopedics Minimally Invasive Procedures Strategy Business Strategy Urology New Business Development Intellectual Property International Business International Marketing Financial Modeling Strategic Planning U.s. Food and Drug Administration Robotic Surgery Negotiation Surgical Navigation Regulatory Strategy Development Patent Portfolio Analysis Leadership Due Diligence Marketing Business Development Management Working With Surgeons Product Strategy Business Process Improvement Contractual Agreements Corporate Strategy Formulation Mergers and Acquisitions Marketing Strategy
Interests:
Leadership Director of Strategy Director of Product Management Robotic Surgery Medical Device M&A Professional History Cooking Biotechnology Education Vice President Photography Student Pilot Family International Travel Non Fiction Reading Entrepreneurship Medicine Director of Marketing Director of Product Development Real Estate Renovation Director of Business Development Intuitive Surgical Private Equity New Technology Due Diligence Alpine Skiing Politics Venture Capital Personal Medtronic
Certifications:
Registered Patent Agent Series 79 - Investment Banking Representative Qualification Exam Series 63 - Uniform State Securities Law Qualification Exam Certified Project Management Professional (Pmp) Project Management Institute Uspto Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra)
Eric Heinz is the owner of Heinz Optical Engineering, a company that helps instrumentation companies develop bioassay readers, chromatography detectors, spectrometers, and related scientific instrumen...