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ST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC
US·44 granted patents·22 pending applications·21,826 citations·filing 1998–2007
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66 records- 0199US7217291B2System and method for replacing degenerated spinal disksST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 15, 2007·737 cites·62 claims
- 0299US6699247B2Spine distraction implantST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 2, 2004·591 cites·6 claims
- 0399US6699246B2Spine distraction implantST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 2, 2004·696 cites·11 claims
- 0499US6695842B2Interspinous process distraction system and method with positionable wing and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 24, 2004·832 cites·57 claims
- 0599US6500178B2Spine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 31, 2002·517 cites·18 claims
- 0699US6419676B1Spine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 16, 2002·499 cites·5 claims
- 0799US6074390ASpine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 13, 2000·685 cites·14 claims
- 0899US6068630ASpine distraction implantST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1998·Granted May 30, 2000·982 cites·51 claims
- 0997US7201751B2Supplemental spine fixation deviceST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 10, 2007·667 cites·33 claims
- 1097US6478796B2Spin distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 12, 2002·520 cites·15 claims
- 1197US6451020B1Spine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 17, 2002·484 cites·8 claims
- 1297US6451019B1Supplemental spine fixation device and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 17, 2002·838 cites·70 claims
- 1397US6419677B2Spine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 16, 2002·430 cites·18 claims
- 1497US6048342ASpine distraction implantST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 11, 2000·1.2k cites·5 claims
- 1596US7189234B2Interspinous process implant sizer and distractor with a split head and size indicator and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 13, 2007·225 cites·4 claims
- 1696US6926728B2Curved dilator and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 9, 2005·377 cites·10 claims
- 1796US6712819B2Mating insertion instruments for spinal implants and methods of useST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 30, 2004·671 cites·62 claims
- 1896US6514256B2Spine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 4, 2003·737 cites·26 claims
- 1996US6190387B1Spine distraction implantST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 20, 2001·528 cites·28 claims
- 2095US7306628B2Interspinous process apparatus and method with a selectably expandable spacerST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 11, 2007·358 cites·23 claims
- 2195US7101375B2Spine distraction implantST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 5, 2006·502 cites·40 claims
- 2295US6902566B2Spinal implants, insertion instruments, and methods of useST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 7, 2005·415 cites·52 claims
- 2395US6796983B1Spine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 28, 2004·478 cites·19 claims
- 2495US6652527B2Supplemental spine fixation device and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 25, 2003·469 cites·105 claims
- 2595US6379355B1Spine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 30, 2002·455 cites·8 claims
- 2695US6332883B1Spine distraction implantST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 25, 2001·373 cites·10 claims
- 2795US6235030B1Spine distraction implantST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 22, 2001·611 cites·31 claims
- 2895US5876404ASpine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 2, 1999·653 cites·9 claims
- 2994US6332882B1Spine distraction implantST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 25, 2001·377 cites·33 claims
- 3094US6149652ASpine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 21, 2000·373 cites·27 claims
- 3194US6090112ASpine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 18, 2000·400 cites·24 claims
- 3293US6966929B2Artificial vertebral disk replacement implant with a spacerST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 22, 2005·265 cites·89 claims
- 3393US6183471B1Spine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 6, 2001·499 cites·15 claims
- 3492US7320707B2Method of laterally inserting an artificial vertebral disk replacement implant with crossbar spacerST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 22, 2008·185 cites·16 claims
- 3592US7083649B2Artificial vertebral disk replacement implant with translating pivot pointST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 1, 2006·307 cites·35 claims
- 3691US7273496B2Artificial vertebral disk replacement implant with crossbar spacer and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 25, 2007·168 cites·19 claims
- 3790US7029473B2Deflectable spacer for use as an interspinous process implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 18, 2006·233 cites·49 claims
- 3890US6746485B1Hair used as a biologic disk, replacement, and/or structure and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 8, 2004·186 cites·75 claims
- 3990US6652534B2Apparatus and method for determining implant sizeST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 25, 2003·255 cites·61 claims
- 4090US6582433B2Spine fixation device and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 24, 2003·784 cites·52 claims
- 4190US6156038ASpine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 5, 2000·382 cites·10 claims
- 4290US6152926ASpine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 28, 2000·374 cites·24 claims
- 4388US6045552ASpine fixation plate systemST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 4, 2000·437 cites·33 claims
- 4469US6416776B1Biological disk replacement, bone morphogenic protein (BMP) carriers, and anti-adhesion materialsST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 9, 2002·79 cites·4 claims
- 4561US2004153071A1Interspinous process distraction system and method with positionable wing and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4654US2007055246A1Spine distraction implant and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4753US2007208425A1Artificial vertebral disk replacement implant with crossbar spacer and methodST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4853US2008071280A1System and Method for Insertion of an Interspinous Process Implant that is Rotatable in Order to Retain the Implant Relative to the Spinous ProcessesST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4952US2008086212A1Spine distraction implantST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 5050US2008177390A1Disk Replacement EndoprosthesisST FRANCIS MEDICAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
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