Peter O Miller

US Patent:

20110093014, Apr 21, 2011

Filed:

Oct 19, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/581705

Inventors:

Reginald James Davis - Cockeysville MD, US
Peter Thomas Miller - Austin TX, US
Charles R. Forton - Leander TX, US

Assignee:

Zimmer Spine, Inc. - Minneapolis MN

International Classification:

A61B 17/70
A61B 17/88

US Classification:

606259, 606279

Abstract:

Embodiments disclosed herein provide a rod and a corresponding rod inserter. The rod has an elongated body with a removable end configured for an insertion tool engagement. The removable end of the rod has a part that can be securely attached to a rod holder of a rod inserter ex situ prior to minimally invasive rod insertion. A breakable portion is located between the part and the elongated body. The part can be broken off from the rod in situ to release the rod inserter. The broken off part of the rod is removed with the rod inserter and separated from the rod inserter ex situ.

US Patent:

20180177520, Jun 28, 2018

Filed:

Feb 21, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/900999

Inventors:

- Baltimore MD, US
Peter Miller - Silver Spring MD, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/32
A61B 1/07

Abstract:

HIFU (High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound) sometimes FUS or MIFUS is a highly precise medical procedure using high-intensity focused ultrasound to heat and destroy pathogenic tissue rapidly in the brain for neurosurgical purposes, by causing coagulation necrosis. Here we have described a system that uses specially designed micro-transducer heads that are placed inside the later ventricles for the purposes of MIFUS lesioning of brain targets under real time MRI, endoscopic and Doppler guidance. A minimally invasive approach using Kocher's point allows small incisions with little bleeding, recovery time, infection risk and surgical time. This approach allows insertion of the micro-ultrasound transducers into the lateral ventricles of the brain avoiding skull bone attenuation of the ultrasonic waves and unnecessary heating of brain tissues in the process.