PETER A GUAGLIANO
Dentist in Brooklyn, NY

6436143, Aug 20, 2002

May 12, 2000

09/569807

Anthony C. Ross - Hollywood SC 29349
Peter A. Guagliano - Brooklyn NY 11709

A61F 244

623 1716, 606 94, 606 99, 604 38

The method and apparatus as shown in FIGS. 8-10 in which a fluid expandable member ( ) is positioned in concentric relation about a needle ( ). The fluid expandable member ( ) is expanded into the nucleus pulposus potential space bordered by the annulus fibrosus of an intervertebral disk. Then, thermoplastic material in a flowing state is injected by a needle ( ) within the annulus fibrosus to collapse the fluid expandable member ( ) and occupy the space formerly occupied by the fluid expandable member ( ).

RE43434, May 29, 2012

Aug 20, 2004

10/923564

Anthony C. Ross - John's Island SC, US
Peter A. Guagliano - Brooklyn NY, US

A61B 17/56

606 94, 606 99, 606 93, 623 1716, 604 38

The method and apparatus as shown in in which a fluid expandable member () is positioned in concentric relation about a needle (). The fluid expandable member () is expanded into the nucleus pulposus potential space bordered by the annulus fibrosus of an intervertebral disk. Then, thermoplastic material in a flowing state is injected by a needle () within the annulus fibrosus to collapse the fluid expandable member () and occupy the space formerly occupied by the fluid expandable member ().

2004022, Nov 18, 2004

May 20, 2004

10/849756

Anthony Ross - Hollywood SC, US
Peter Guagliano - Brooklyn NY, US

A61K033/24

424/423000, 424/617000

A thermopolymer composition is disclosed suitable for use in filling voids within a human body, including but not limited to orthopedic joints (i.e. the discs of the spine and joints of the extremities), spaces between bone fractures or separations, and/or voids created within muscle and/or viscera for the purpose of tissue augmentation. The thermopolymer composition of the present invention may be heated and injected into the body in flowable form and thereafter cooled to body temperature to become a flexible, yet relatively solid material.

2006023, Oct 19, 2006

Jun 14, 2006

11/453437

Anthony Ross - Hollywood SC, US
Peter Guagliano - Brooklyn NY, US

NuVasive, Inc. - San Diego CA

A61B 1/04

600109000

A thermopolymer composition is disclosed suitable for use in filling voids within a human body, including but not limited to orthopedic joints (i.e. the discs of the spine and joints of the extremities), spaces between bone fractures or separations, and/or voids created within muscle and/or viscera for the purpose of tissue augmentation. The thermopolymer composition of the present invention may be heated and injected into the body in flowable form and thereafter cooled to body temperature to become a flexible, yet relatively solid material.

6183518, Feb 6, 2001

Mar 23, 1999

9/274217

Anthony C. Ross - John's Island SC
Peter A. Guagliano - Brooklyn NY

A61F 244, A61B 1756

623 1716

A process for repairing the annulus fibrosus, and replacing the nucleus pulposus. Removal of the nucleus pulposus and only as much of the annulus fibrosus and intervertebral disk as is necessary is performed. The tissue so removed is replaced by a material which is resilient, but non-dispersing upon setting. After application of the material, and after the material is set, the resiliency of the material permits motion of the vertebrae and performs the cushioning and joint functions of the intervertebral disk. The material is physiologically acceptable to the human body.

6264659, Jul 24, 2001

Dec 8, 1999

9/456375

Anthony C. Ross - Hollywood SC
Peter A. Guagliano - Brooklyn NY

A61B 1756

606 93

A process of injecting a thermoplastic material (20) within an annulus fibrosus of a selected intervertebral disk. The thermoplastic material (20) is heated by an injection device to a predetermined high temperature to provide flow of the thermoplastic material from a needle into the annulus fibrosus of the disk upon injection. After injection, the thermoplastic material is cooled by the body temperature of the patient for setting of the thermoplastic material in a non-flowing state while retaining a suitable resilience to provide desired cushioning. The thermoplastic material (20) may also be injected into an abnormal curvature of the spine to correct the abnormal curvature. The preferred thermoplastic material is gutta percha or a gutta percha compound.

6206921, Mar 27, 2001

Feb 22, 1999

9/255372

Peter A. Guagliano - Brooklyn NY
Anthony C. Ross - John's Island SC

A61F2/44

623 17

A process for repairing the annulus fibrosus, and replacing the nucleus pulposus. Removal of the nucleus pulposus and only as much of the annulus fibrosus and intervertebral disk as necessary is performed. The tissue so removed is replaced by a material which is resilient, but non-dispersing upon setting. After application of the material, and after the material is set, the resiliency of the material permits motion of the vertebrae and performs the cushioning and joint functions of the intervertebral disk. The material is physiologically acceptable to the human body.