SCOTT M TUINSTRA, PA
Nursing in Holland, MI
License number
Michigan 5601003962
Category
Nursing
Type
Surgical
Address
Address
3299 N N Wellness Dr Building C; SUITE 240, Holland, MI 49424
Phone
(616) 738-4420
(616) 738-4432 (Fax)
(616) 738-4432 (Fax)
Professional information
Scott M Tuinstra, Holland MI - PA (Physician assistant; also Posterior–anterior)
Specialties:
Surgical Assistance
Address:
3299 N Wellness Dr STE C, Holland 49424
(616) 738-4420 (Phone), (616) 738-4432 (Fax)
(616) 738-4420 (Phone), (616) 738-4432 (Fax)
Languages:
English
Vertebrally-Mounted Tissue Retractor And Method For Use In Spinal Surgery
US Patent:
2009008, Apr 2, 2009
Filed:
Sep 26, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/239431
Inventors:
David Lowry - Holland MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
David Daugherty - Zeeland MI, US
Gregory Fraley - Holland MI, US
Kim Harrison - Holland MI, US
Marlie Johnson - Holland MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
David Daugherty - Zeeland MI, US
Gregory Fraley - Holland MI, US
Kim Harrison - Holland MI, US
Marlie Johnson - Holland MI, US
International Classification:
A61B 1/32
US Classification:
600210, 600231
Abstract:
A retractor system and associated method are provided to manage soft tissue around a spinal surgical field. The system includes a hollow retractor with proximal and a distal apertures and an internal circumferential surface connecting the apertures, the surface and the apertures defining an operating volume and the area of the distal aperture defining an operating field. The system may further include other elements such as a handling tool to facilitate placement and removal of the retractor, a bone cutting tool, a trajectory control sleeve to guide the bone cutting tool, and/or an implantable bone plate upon which to position the retractor. A method for spinal surgery, particular from an anterior approach, includes positioning the retractor at a surgical site, and performing a medical procedure through the operating volume provided by the retractor.
Device And Method For Tissue Retraction In Spinal Surgery
US Patent:
2009007, Mar 19, 2009
Filed:
Sep 12, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/210109
Inventors:
David Lowry - Holland MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/58
US Classification:
606 90
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system and methods for retracting soft tissue during spinal repair or reconstruction procedures, particularly procedures within intervertebral sites of degenerated discs and associated neural compression. A retractor system includes an implantable bone plate, two or more retractor blades, the bone plate and retractor blades being mutually engageable; and a mechanism to adjust the retractor blade relative to the bone plate. In some embodiments, the retractor system may be applied to span more than one intervertebral space. An implanted retractor system provides an aperture for a clear operating field, and protects collateral tissue. A method for retracting soft tissue to facilitate spinal surgery includes securing a bone plate to adjacent vertebral bodies, engaging one or more retractor blades to the bone plate; and adjusting the angular position of the retractor blade relative to the bone plate so as to retract tissue lying external to the bone plate.
Implantable Vertebral Frame Systems And Related Methods For Spinal Repair
US Patent:
2010015, Jun 17, 2010
Filed:
Nov 11, 2009
Appl. No.:
12/616762
Inventors:
David Lowry - Holland MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/66, A61F 2/44
US Classification:
606282, 623 1711
Abstract:
A system for performing surgical repair of the spine includes a distractor and a permanently implanted bone plate system. A surgical repair methodology is also disclosed that employs an implanted bone plate system with a substantially void internal volume which is attached to adjacent vertebrae subsequent to the distraction and adjustment of curvature of the vertebrae and prior to the excision of disc and/or end plate tissue through the bone plate. The device further facilitates the subsequent delivery of an interbody repair device for the purpose of either fusion or dynamic stabilization, such as by disc arthroplasty. The plate may be permanently implanted, such as when a fusion between the attached vertebral bodies is desired, but it need not be permanently implanted
Methods And Systems For Repairing An Intervertebral Disc Using A Transcorporal Approach
US Patent:
2012020, Aug 16, 2012
Filed:
Mar 23, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/429246
Inventors:
David Lowry - Holland MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
Assignee:
TransCorp, Inc. - Ada MI
International Classification:
A61F 2/44
US Classification:
623 1716
Abstract:
The invention includes a system and methods for performing surgery on a spinal disc. The system includes an implantable bone plate with an access port to accommodate a bone cutting device, a spinal repair device insertable through the access port of the bone plate configured to occupy a surgically-formed vertebral channel from an anterior surface of the host vertebral body to a site central to an end plate of the host vertebral body, a trajectory control sleeve engageable to the bone plate to direct the trajectory of a cutting device, and a cutting device engageable within the trajectory control sleeve. Methods are directed to forming a vertebral channel and restoring the vertebral body and disc with devices that both repair the bone and the disc.
Methods And Systems For Repairing An Intervertebral Disc Using A Transcorporal Approach
US Patent:
8163021, Apr 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov 25, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/323361
Inventors:
David Lowry - Holland MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
Assignee:
Transcorp, Inc. - Ada MI
International Classification:
A61F 2/44
US Classification:
623 1711
Abstract:
The invention includes a system and methods for performing surgery on a spinal disc. The system includes an implantable bone plate with an access port to accommodate a bone cutting device, a spinal repair device insertable through the access port of the bone plate configured to occupy a surgically-formed vertebral channel from an anterior surface of the host vertebral body to a site central to an end plate of the host vertebral body, a trajectory control sleeve engageable to the bone plate to direct the trajectory of a cutting device, and a cutting device engageable within the trajectory control sleeve. Methods are directed to forming a vertebral channel and restoring the vertebral body and disc with devices that both repair the bone and the disc.
Transcorporeal Spinal Decompression And Repair System
US Patent:
2013009, Apr 18, 2013
Filed:
Dec 4, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/693847
Inventors:
David Lowry - Holland MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/16
US Classification:
606280
Abstract:
A system and method are provided for making an access channel through a vertebral body to access a site of neural compression, decompressing it, and repairing the channel to restore vertebral integrity. System elements include an implantable vertebral plate, a guidance device for orienting bone cutting tools and controlling the path of a cutting tool, a bone cutting tool to make a channel in the vertebral body, a tool for opening or partially-resecting the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine, a tool for retrieving a herniated disc, an implantable device with osteogenic material to fill the access channel, and a retention device that lockably-engages the bone plate to retain it in position after insertion. System elements may be included in a surgery to decompress an individual nerve root, the spinal cord, or the cauda equina when compressed, for example, by any of a herniated disc, an osteophyte, a thickened ligament arising from degenerative changes within the spine, a hematoma, or a tumor.
Transcorporeal Spinal Decompression And Repair Systems And Related Methods
US Patent:
2013024, Sep 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr 30, 2013
Appl. No.:
13/874273
Inventors:
David Lowry - Holland MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
International Classification:
A61F 2/44, A61B 17/88
US Classification:
623 1711, 606 79
Abstract:
A system and method are provided for making an access channel through a vertebral body to access a site of neural compression, decompressing it, and repairing the channel to restore vertebral integrity. System elements include an implantable vertebral plate, a guidance device for orienting bone cutting tools and controlling the path of a cutting tool, a bone cutting tool to make a channel in the vertebral body, a tool for opening or partially-resecting the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine, a tool for retrieving a herniated disc, an implantable device with osteogenic material to fill the access channel, and a retention device that lockably-engages the bone plate to retain it in position after insertion. System elements may be included in a surgery to decompress an individual nerve root, the spinal cord, or the cauda equina when compressed, for example, by any of a herniated disc, an osteophyte, a thickened ligament arising from degenerative changes within the spine, a hematoma, or a tumor.
Implantable Bone Plate System And Related Method For Spinal Repair
US Patent:
2010005, Mar 4, 2010
Filed:
Nov 13, 2009
Appl. No.:
12/618578
Inventors:
David Lowry - Holland MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - East Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - East Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/80, A61B 1/32
US Classification:
606286, 606280, 600201
Abstract:
A system for performing surgical repair of the spine includes a distractor and a permanently implanted bone plate system. A surgical repair methodology is also disclosed that employs an implanted bone plate system with a substantially void internal volume which is attached to adjacent vertebrae subsequent to the distraction and/or adjustment of curvature of the vertebrae and prior to the excision of disc and/or end plate tissue through the bone plate. The device further facilitates the subsequent delivery of an interbody repair device for the purpose of either fusion or dynamic stabilization, such as by disc arthroplasty. The plate may be permanently implanted, such as when a fusion between the attached vertebral bodies is desired, but it need not be permanently implanted.
Device And Method For Variably Adjusting Intervertebral Distraction And Lordosis
US Patent:
2009009, Apr 16, 2009
Filed:
Aug 7, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/188131
Inventors:
David Lowry - Holland MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
Desmond O'Farrell - Grand Rapids MI, US
Scott Tuinstra - Holland MI, US
Roger Veldman - Hudsonville MI, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/58, A61F 2/44
US Classification:
606 90, 623 1711
Abstract:
A removably insertable surgical apparatus is configured for insertion between adjacent vertebrae during spinal surgery and adjusted in-situ to produce varying degrees of distraction, neural-decompression, lordotic, kyphotic and/or scoliotic adjustment in the spine.