Inventor · disambiguated record
Joel Saal
Also filed as: SAAL JOEL · SAAL JOEL S · SAAL JOEL STUART
30 granted patents·4 pending applications·7,333 citations·filing 1997–2011
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34 records- 0199US6073051AApparatus for treating intervertebal discs with electromagnetic energyORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 6, 2000·710 cites·37 claims
- 0296US7647123B2Method for treating intervertebral discsORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 12, 2010·121 cites·20 claims
- 0396US6126682AMethod for treating annular fissures in intervertebral discsORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 3, 2000·628 cites·33 claims
- 0495US6997941B2Method and apparatus for treating annular fissures in intervertebral discsORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 14, 2006·285 cites·50 claims
- 0595US6099514AMethod and apparatus for delivering or removing material from the interior of an intervertebral discORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 8, 2000·481 cites·29 claims
- 0694US6261311B1Method and apparatus for treating intervertebral discsORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 17, 2001·421 cites·3 claims
- 0794US6095149AMethod for treating intervertebral disc degenerationORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 1, 2000·499 cites·28 claims
- 0894US5980504AMethod for manipulating tissue of an intervertebral discORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 9, 1999·538 cites·13 claims
- 0993US7282061B2Method of treating intervertebral discORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 16, 2007·193 cites·153 claims
- 1093US7267683B2Method for treating intervertebral discsORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 11, 2007·191 cites·28 claims
- 1193US6547810B1Method for treating intervertebral discsORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 15, 2003·194 cites·17 claims
- 1293US6517568B1Method and apparatus for treating intervertebral discsORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 11, 2003·189 cites·24 claims
- 1393US6122549AApparatus for treating intervertebral discs with resistive energyORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 19, 2000·514 cites·37 claims
- 1492US8277437B2Method of accessing two lateral recessesSAAL JEFFREY ALAN·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 2, 2012·88 cites·16 claims
- 1592US7400930B2Method for treating intervertebral discsORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 15, 2008·169 cites·29 claims
- 1692US6290715B1Method for delivering energy adjacent the inner wall of an intervertebral discORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 18, 2001·327 cites·31 claims
- 1791US7069087B2Apparatus and method for accessing and performing a function within an intervertebral discORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 27, 2006·157 cites·48 claims
- 1891US6258086B1Catheter for delivery of energy to a surgical siteORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 10, 2001·380 cites·20 claims
- 1990US8226697B2Method for treating intervertebral discSHARKEY HUGH R·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 24, 2012·33 cites·25 claims
- 2090US8187312B2Method for treating intervertebral discSHARKEY HUGH R·Filed 2007·Granted May 29, 2012·32 cites·25 claims
- 2190US8128619B2Method for treating intervertebral discsSHARKEY HUGH R·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 6, 2012·32 cites·25 claims
- 2290US6007570AApparatus with functional element for performing function upon intervertebral discsORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 28, 1999·495 cites·41 claims
- 2389US8082043B2Method for treating intervertebral disc degenerationSHARKEY HUGH R·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 20, 2011·40 cites·25 claims
- 2489US6767347B2Catheter for delivery of energy to a surgical siteORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 27, 2004·163 cites·6 claims
- 2588US7896909B2Method for treating intervertebral discsNEUROTHERM INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 1, 2011·37 cites·19 claims
- 2688US6749605B2Catheter for delivery of energy to a surgical siteORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 15, 2004·137 cites·25 claims
- 2786US8088119B2Methods and devices for treating tissueSAAL JEFFREY ALAN·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 3, 2012·40 cites·17 claims
- 2885US7309336B2Catheter for delivery of energy to a surgical siteORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 18, 2007·107 cites·18 claims
- 2983US6878155B2Method of treating intervertebral disc tissue employing attachment mechanismORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 12, 2005·116 cites·21 claims
- 3076US8414587B2Styli used to position device for carrying out selective discetomySAAL JEFFREY ALAN·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 9, 2013·16 cites·35 claims
- 3157US2009048678A1Spinal disc annulus augmentationSAAL JEFFREY ALAN·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3254US2006271197A1Spinal disc annulus augmentationSAAL JEFFREY A·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 3351US2006271196A1Spinal disc annulus augmentationSAAL JEFFREY A·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3448US2011306879A1Methods and devices for treating tissueSAAL JEFFREY ALAN·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
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