Stephen Thomas Gilbert

US Patent:

7544196, Jun 9, 2009

Filed:

Sep 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/654543

Inventors:

Charanpreet S. Bagga - Phoenixville PA, US
Stephen G Gilbert - West Chester PA, US
Antony Koblish - Malvern PA, US
Maarten Persenaire - Phoenixville PA, US
Erik M. Erbe - Berwyn PA, US

Assignee:

Orthovita, Inc. - Malvern PA

International Classification:

A61B 17/58
A61B 17/60

US Classification:

606 93, 606 92, 606 94

Abstract:

Novel kits are provided for the delivery of restorative or injectable compositions into an intraosseous space or surgical defect comprising cannulae for accessing an intraosseous space, mandarins insertable into the cannulae and movable therein, one or more catheters and a system for the delivery of aliquots of restorative compositions into the space via the catheters.

US Patent:

8647614, Feb 11, 2014

Filed:

Feb 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/706530

Inventors:

Theodore D. Clineff - Phoenixville PA, US
Maarten Persenaire - Phoenixville PA, US
Gina M. Nagvajara - Narberth PA, US
Marissa M. Darmoc - Philadelphia PA, US
Matthew B. Havener - Conshohocken PA, US
Stephen G. Gilbert - Morrisville PA, US
Erik M. Erbe - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US

Assignee:

Orthovita, Inc. - Malvern PA

International Classification:

A61K 31/78
A61K 31/74
A61P 19/00
A61F 2/44
A61K 6/08

US Classification:

424 7832, 424 7808, 424 7831, 623 1711, 623908, 523116

Abstract:

A method for reducing the occurrence of new post-operative fractures in vertebrae of a patient's spine after a vertebroplasty procedure performed to stabilize a fracture in a vertebra of a patient comprising the steps of performing a vertebroplasty procedure to stabilize a fracture in a vertebra of the patient, wherein the vertebroplasty procedure comprises the step of injecting a material into the fractured vertebra, wherein the material is formed by mixing together a first paste and a second paste, wherein the first paste comprises at least one of a polymerizable monomer and a filler, and wherein the second paste comprises at least one of a polymerizable monomer and a filler.