DR. DANIEL D KIM, D.D.S.
Dentist at Long Point Rd, Houston, TX

2008020, Aug 28, 2008

Feb 21, 2008

12/035323

Singfatt CHIN - Pleasanton CA, US
Daniel H. Kim - Houston TX, US
John T. To - Newark CA, US

A61B 17/32, C21D 1/30

606167, 148559

An apparatus and method for removing tissue and/or other material from a patient includes a shaft and a tissue disrupting mechanism operatively coupled to the shaft. The shaft may be coupled to a handpiece or a robotic or remote-controlled system. The mechanism may comprise a rotatable or other movable element having a distal portion with fixed or adjustable radial dimensions. The mechanism may have one or more tissue cutting, chopping, grinding, emulsifying or disrupting features with an adjustable outer diameter for removing substantial tissues. The apparatus may be configured to urge or draw substantial material into the device upon rotation or other movement of the shaft and/or tissue, and may optionally be coupled to sources of suction or aspiration. A radiofrequency or other energy source is optionally included for tissue ablation or other tissue remodeling effects, and/or to enhance coagulation.

2009009, Apr 16, 2009

May 23, 2008

12/126646

Daniel H. Kim - Houston TX, US
Roy Chin - Pleasanton CA, US

A61B 17/22, A61M 29/00, A61B 17/32, A61B 19/00

606159, 606198, 606167, 128898

Embodiments of the present invention are suitable for treating a vascular occlusion. In one embodiment, a tissue removal apparatus includes a catheter having a lumen; a rotatable shaft disposed in the lumen of the catheter; a tissue removal portion connected to the rotatable shaft; and an expandable element circumferentially disposed at a distal end of the catheter, wherein upon expansion, at least a portion of the expandable element extends past the distal end of the catheter. In another embodiment, the rotatable shaft may include an auger portion to facilitate withdrawal of the removed tissue. In yet another embodiment, the tissue removal portion may include a plurality of expandable cutting members.

2013016, Jun 27, 2013

Feb 25, 2013

13/776630

Moti Altarac - Irvine CA, US
Daniel H. Kim - Houston TX, US

VERTIFLEX, INC. - San Clemente CA

A61B 17/70, A61B 17/56

606249, 606279

Devices, systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The devices include an expandable spacer having an undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the spacer has axial and radial dimensions for positioning between the spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae. The systems include one or more spacers and a mechanical actuation means for delivering and deploying the spacer. The methods involve the implantation of one or more spacers within the interspinous space.

2012027, Nov 1, 2012

Apr 27, 2012

13/458697

Jeffery M. Kramer - San Francisco CA, US
Daniel H. Kim - Houston TX, US
Mir A. Imran - Los Altos CA, US

A61N 1/05

607118

Systems, methods and devices are provided for the targeted treatment of a variety of medical conditions by directly neuromodulating a target anatomy associated with the condition while minimizing or excluding undesired neuromodulation of other anatomies. Typically, the target anatomy includes one or more dorsal root ganglia, dorsal roots, dorsal root entry zones, or portions thereof. Such target stimulation areas are utilized due in part to their effect on the sympathetic nervous system.

8613747, Dec 24, 2013

Dec 18, 2008

12/338793

Moti Altarac - Irvine CA, US
Shawn Tebbe - Oceanside CA, US
Daniel H. Kim - Houston TX, US

VertiFlex, Inc. - San Clemente CA

A61F 2/44

606 99, 606 86 A, 623 1716

A percutaneous and minimally invasive instrument for inserting an interspinous process spacer into a patient is disclosed. The insertion instrument includes a first assembly connected to a handle assembly. The first assembly includes an inner shaft located inside an outer shaft; the inner and outer shafts being configured for relative translational motion with respect to each other to thereby deflect at least one prong formed on one of the inner or outer shafts wherein such deflection causes engagement with a juxtapositioned interspinous spacer. The instrument further includes a driving tool configured for removable insertion into a proximal end of a passageway of the instrument. The driving tool has a distal spacer engaging portion configured to engage that part of the spacer requiring activation for deployment of the spacer from at least one undeployed configuration to at least one deployed configuration and vice versa.

2012028, Nov 8, 2012

Jul 16, 2012

13/550439

Daniel H. Kim - Houston TX, US
Mir A. Imran - Los Altos CA, US

A61M 5/00, A61N 1/05

604506

Some embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia through implantation of an electrode on, in or around a dorsal root ganglia. Some other embodiments of the present invention provide methods for selective neurostimulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia as well as techniques for applying neurostimulation to the spinal cord. Still other embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia through implantation of an electrode on, in or around a dorsal root ganglia in combination with a pharmacological agent.

2012029, Nov 22, 2012

Nov 12, 2010

13/509571

Daniel H. Kim - Houston TX, US

A61B 17/94, A61B 1/04, A61F 7/12, A61B 19/00, A61M 5/00

600109, 606129, 606130, 604500, 604506, 607113

A method for treating a patient includes inserting an endoscope into an intradural space of the patient via an interspace of a vertebral column of the patient; steering the endoscope along the intradural space to a location; and performing a medical procedure at the location using a working lumen of the endoscope.

2009022, Sep 10, 2009

Feb 5, 2009

12/366089

Stanley Kyle Hayes - Mission Viejo CA, US
Joey Camia Reglos - Lake Forest CA, US
Moti Altarac - Irvine CA, US
Daniel H. Kim - Houston TX, US

A61B 17/70

606257, 606264, 606278

A dynamic rod implantable into a patient and connectable between two vertebral anchors in adjacent vertebral bodies is provided. The dynamic rod fixes the vertebral bodies together in a dynamic fashion providing immediate postoperative stability and support of the spine. The dynamic rod comprises a first rod portion and a second rod portion connected together. The dynamic rod further includes at least a one bias element configured to provide a bias force in response to deflection or translation of the first rod portion relative to the second rod portion. The dynamic rod includes a locking construct which advantageously enables the extension and/or angulation of one rod portion with respect to the other rod portion to be reversibly locked in position. The dynamic rod permits relative movement of the first and second rod portions allowing the rod to carry some of the natural flexion and extension moments of the spine.