LUIS E DUARTE
Medical Practice in San Angelo, TX

2014001, Jan 9, 2014

Sep 6, 2013

14/020374

Luis Duarte - San Angelo TX, US
Mukund Gundanna - College Station TX, US

SpineSmith Partners, L.P. - Austin TX

A61F 2/44

623 1716

A method and apparatus is provided for use in spinal fusion procedures. An interbody fusion device has a first piece that is a load bearing device designed to bear the axial loading from the end plates of adjacent vertebrae. A second piece of the interbody fusion device is a retention component whose primary functions are to prevent migration of the load bearing device and loss or migration of graft material from within the load bearing device. A secondary function of the retention component is to address fixation of fasteners when the surgeon is confronted with a challenging access to adequate boney structures due to excessive curvature/angulation of the vertebrae column, minimal invasive surgery techniques, danger to surrounding vascular or neurological tissues, poor bone quality, or similar surgical complications. A tertiary function of the retention component is to provide better alignment and stabilization of misaligned vertebrae when spondylolisthesis is a significant factor. One or more fasteners secure the retention component to each of the vertebrae above and below the load bearing device. The fasteners cause the end plates of the vertebrae to compress the end plates to the load bearing device to facilitate proper fusion.

2012027, Nov 1, 2012

Apr 27, 2012

13/506566

Richard Kana - Lexington TX, US
Kevin Dunworth - Dripping Springs TX, US
Luis Duarte - San Angelo TX, US
Brian Burkinshaw - Pflugerville TX, US
Mukund Gundanna - College Station TX, US
Ryan Medema - Pflugerville TX, US

A61F 2/44

623 1716

A method and apparatus is provided for use in spinal fusion procedures. An interbody fusion device has a first piece that is a load bearing device designed to bear the axial loading from the end plates of adjacent vertebrae. A second piece of the interbody fusion device is a retention device whose function is to prevent migration of the load bearing device. One or more fasteners secure the retention device to the vertebrae above and below the load bearing device. The fasteners cause the end plates of the vertebrae to compress the end plates to the load bearing device to facilitate proper fusion. The second piece can be configured to include lips that abut the apothyseal rings during, with the plate including bores angled such that fasteners penetrate the apothyseal rings.

2004000, Jan 8, 2004

Jul 2, 2002

10/189309

Luis Duarte - San Angelo TX, US

A61F002/44

623/017110

An intervertebral support device may include a body having opposing first and second end faces, opposing top and bottom-faces extending between the first and second end faces, and opposing side faces extending between the first and second end faces. A first diagonal direction may be defined between a first vertical corner at the first end face and a diagonally opposite second vertical corner at the second end face, and a second diagonal direction defined between a second vertical corner at the first end face and a diagonally opposite first vertical corner at the second end face. The body may have a tapering height decreasing from the first end face to the second end face, and while also tapering more quickly in the first diagonal direction than the second diagonal direction to provide a corrected angle of spinal curvature upon positioning between adjacent vertebral bodies in a human spine.

8105362, Jan 31, 2012

Jun 29, 2009

12/493709

Luis E. Duarte - San Angelo TX, US

A61B 17/70, A61B 17/58, A61B 17/88

606264, 606279, 606301

A spinal rod implantation system may be used with pedicle screws to be secured to respective pedicles of a patient's spine, each pedicle screw having a spinal rod channel therethrough. The system may include extenders each including an inner member having a distal end, and an outer member surrounding the inner member and being slidable relative thereto to permit removable coupling of the distal end to a respective pedicle screw. The inner and outer members may include respective features defining a first joint permitting at least partial relative rotation to provide a first degree of rotational freedom. The system may further include extender heads each pivotally coupled to a proximal end of a respective outer member to define a second joint providing a second degree of rotational freedom. A spinal rod insertion assembly may be coupled to the extender heads for guiding the spinal rod through the spinal rod channels.

7717117, May 18, 2010

Oct 3, 2005

11/242265

Luis E. Duarte - San Angelo TX, US

A61B 19/00

128849, 128853

A surgical draping method for a patient on an operating table and an adjacent movable medical tool may include positioning a patient drape having a surgical access opening in a medial portion thereof over the patient on the operating table so that the surgical access opening exposes a surgical site on the patient. Opposing medial side portions of the patient drape may be fastened together underneath the operating table to provide a pathway thereunder for passage of at least one portion of the medical tool therethrough. An equipment drape may be positioned adjacent a side of the operating table aligned with the pathway to cover the at least one portion of the medical tool when moved through the pathway.