Bassem A Georgy

US Patent:

20080021463, Jan 24, 2008

Filed:

Jan 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/699173

Inventors:

Bassem Georgy - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/56

US Classification:

606 61

Abstract:

The present invention relates to medically useful devices and methods for introducing flowable compositions into mammalian body cavities. More specifically, the devices and methods of the present invention are useful for introducing restorative compositions into intraosseous cavities. Such devices and methods are particularly useful in percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty procedures for the controlled introduction of bone cement into a vertebral cavity.

US Patent:

20090164016, Jun 25, 2009

Filed:

Dec 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/339009

Inventors:

Bassem Georgy - San Diego CA, US
Eman K. R. Ghobrial - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/44
A61B 17/04

US Classification:

623 1711, 606304, 623 1712, 623 1716

Abstract:

The present invention relates invention relates to devices and methods for the fixation and stabilization of orthopedic fractures and more specifically to stabilization of compression fractures of spinal vertebrae. The systems comprise cannulated orthopedic screws and mechanical expandable implants introducible through the lumen of such screws. In certain embodiments the cannulated implants are expandable within an intraosseous space to introduce scaffold-like structures such that subsequent introduction of a bone cement forms a composite in situ. The devices and methods are also particularly useful for stabilizing the orthopedic screws.

US Patent:

20140074170, Mar 13, 2014

Filed:

Feb 10, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/371141

Inventors:

Herbert H. Mertens - San Diego CA, US
Bassem A. Georgy - San Diego CA, US
Lex Jansen - Menlo Park CA, US
Beto Cantu - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/88
A61F 2/44
A61B 17/60

US Classification:

606279, 606 90, 623 1716

Abstract:

Described herein are devices and systems that can be used to perform minimally-invasive procedures including dilation, distraction and delivery of an implant. In one aspect, disclosed herein is a surgical access and orthopedic distraction device having a first cannula element including a first elongate portion and a first head portion; and a second cannula element including a second elongate portion and a second head portion. The first and second head portions reversibly mate to define a lip surrounding at least a portion of a proximal access portal of an elongate, tubular working channel formed by the first and second elongate portions.

US Patent:

8512409, Aug 20, 2013

Filed:

Feb 10, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/371180

Inventors:

Herbert H. Mertens - San Diego CA, US
Bassem A. Georgy - San Diego CA, US
Lex Jansen - Menlo Park CA, US
Beto Cantu - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Integral Spine Solutions, Inc. - Carlsbad CA

International Classification:

A61F 2/44

US Classification:

623 1716, 623 1711

Abstract:

Described herein are devices, systems and methods for minimally-invasive treating spinal conditions. In one aspect, disclosed is an intervertebral fixation device having a housing sized to be positioned between adjacent inferior and superior vertebrae. The housing includes an internal volume defined by an inferior coupling element, a superior coupling element, and first and second sidewalls. The device includes at least one flexible element coupled to an internal surface of at least one of the inferior or superior coupling elements. The at least one flexible element projects into the internal volume of the housing when in a first configuration. The device includes at least one fixation member coupled to the flexible element and sized to extend through a corresponding aperture in the inferior or superior coupling element.

US Patent:

20140336710, Nov 13, 2014

Filed:

May 7, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/889125

Inventors:

Bassem Georgy - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/70

US Classification:

606279, 606246

Abstract:

The present invention relates invention relates to devices and methods for the fixation and stabilization of orthopedic fractures and more specifically to stabilization of compression fractures of spinal vertebrae. The systems comprise cannulated orthopedic screws and mechanical expandable implants introducible through the lumen of such screws. In certain embodiments the cannulated implants are expandable within an intraosseous space to introduce scaffold-like structures such that subsequent introduction of a bone cement forms a composite in situ. The devices and methods are also particularly useful for stabilizing the orthopedic screws.