DR. ERIC WILLIAM NOTTMEIER, MD
Medical Practice at Belfort Rd, Jacksonville, FL

2012023, Sep 13, 2012

Mar 9, 2012

13/416984

Eric W. Nottmeier - Atlantic Beach FL, US

A61B 6/00, A61B 17/70, A61B 6/03, A61B 5/055, A61B 8/00, A61B 6/02

600411, 600424

Surgical navigation for revision surgery includes temporality coupling a reference arc to a surgical object that was substantially permanently affixed to a bone of a patient during a preceding surgery. The reference arc includes a navigation tracker configured to communicate with a navigation system. A surgical instrument is coupled to a respective navigation tracker that is also configured to communicate with the navigation system. A known relationship between the navigation tracker of the reference arc and the navigation tracker of the surgical instrument is used to determine a spatial characteristic of the surgical instrument, such as an position or orientation of the surgical instrument. The spatial characteristic is rendered upon a display unit.

2012026, Oct 18, 2012

Apr 12, 2012

13/445571

Eric W. Nottmeier - Atlantic Beach FL, US

A61B 1/32, A61B 17/90, A61B 17/88

600219, 606281, 606279, 606 86 R, 606 96

An orthopedic surgery system includes: a retractor support arm; a table mounting assembly for securing the retractor support arm to the operating table; a first blade mounting arm slidably engaging the retractor support arm; a second blade mounting arm slidably engaging the retractor support arm in spaced relationship with respect to the first blade mounting arm; a first retractor blade connected to the first blade mounting arm; a second retractor blade connected to the second blade mounting arm; and a plate support assembly for releasably engaging an orthopedic plate wherein the plate support assembly slidably engages at least one of the retractor support arm or the first blade mounting arm or the second blade mounting arm. In one version of the invention, the system used in anterior cervical spine surgery and the orthopedic plate is an anterior cervical plate.

2012011, May 10, 2012

Oct 31, 2011

13/285503

Eric W. Nottmeier - Atlantic Beach FL, US

A61B 17/86, A61B 17/88

606279, 606304

A bone fixation device for fixing a first bone to a second bone includes a self tapping screw having an aperture extending along a longitudinal axis of the screw, and a driver having an aperture extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis of the driver, the distal end being configured to engage the screw such that the aperture of the driver and the aperture of the screw are coaxially aligned, thereby defining a lumen. A guide rod having a tapered tip for piercing bone tissue is shaped and dimensioned to extend through the lumen and configured to fasten to the driver. A blunt-ended rod advances a bioactive agent through the lumen, the blunt-ended rod being dimensioned to extend through the lumen to decrease the injury to vital structures as the screw is advanced into the second bone.