Stephen M Connolly

US Patent:

7235082, Jun 26, 2007

Filed:

Aug 12, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/639782

Inventors:

Charles Bartish - East Providence RI, US
Jeff Brousseau - Barrington RI, US
David Konieczynski - Needham MA, US
Stephen Connolly - Sharon MA, US

Assignee:

DePuy Spine, Inc. - Raynham MA

International Classification:

A61B 17/88

US Classification:

606 99

Abstract:

A device and method, which can be used for insertion of surgical implants, are provided in which the device includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one moveable element. In a particular embodiment, the moveable element is disposed within a conduit defined by the shaft. The moveable element includes a leg extending through the conduit and a foot at an end of the leg proximal to the distal end of the shaft. The element is moveable relative to the shaft between a first position, wherein the foot extends beyond the distal end, and a second position, wherein the foot is substantially adjacent to the distal end. The device can further include a surgical implant that can be removably attached to the distal end.

US Patent:

7594888, Sep 29, 2009

Filed:

Oct 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/255784

Inventors:

Douglas Raymond - Randolph MA, US
Shinikequa White - Dorchester MA, US
Richard Pellegrino - Upton MA, US
Anthony Carlone - Bristol RI, US
William Frasier - New Bedford MA, US
Connie Marchek - Foxboro MA, US
Brian Murphy - Quincy MA, US
Stephen Connolly - Sharon MA, US
Nicholas Pavento - Walpole MA, US
Sara Dziedzic - Braintree MA, US

Assignee:

Depuy Spine, Inc. - Raynham MA

International Classification:

A61B 1/32

US Classification:

600219, 600215, 600222

Abstract:

An expandable port for minimally invasive surgery includes a first section, a second section, and at least one intermediate section. The port is expandable from a closed configuration in which the first section is proximate the second section along at least a portion of a length of the first section to an expanded configuration in which the first section is spaced apart from the second section. The intermediate portion spans a gap between the first section and the second section when the port is in the expanded configuration.

US Patent:

8021428, Sep 20, 2011

Filed:

May 25, 2005

Appl. No.:

10/908766

Inventors:

Jeffrey Brousseau - Barrington RI, US
Patrick Fatyol - Whitman MA, US
Conor McCrea - Dedham MA, US
Michael J. O'Neil - West Barnstable MA, US
Stephen Connolly - Sharon MA, US

Assignee:

DePuy Spine, Inc. - Raynham MA

International Classification:

A61F 2/44

US Classification:

623 1715, 623 1716, 606297

Abstract:

A prosthetic is provided for replacing a vertebral disc. The prosthesis can comprise first and second endplates formed of a ceramic material, each including an articulating contact surface and a bone facing surface. The contact surface of the first endplate can have a shape complementary to the contact surface of the second endplate, thereby facilitating articulation of the first and second endplates while in contact with one another. The device can further include at least one non-ceramic bone attachment element mated with at least one of the bone facing surfaces, such that the bone attachment element covers less than a full area of the bone facing surface.

US Patent:

20060200186, Sep 7, 2006

Filed:

Jan 4, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/325275

Inventors:

Connie Marchek - Foxboro MA, US
William Frasier - New Bedford MA, US
Anthony Carlone - Bristol RI, US
Katherine Herard - Harrisville RI, US
Nicholas Pavento - Walpole MA, US
Timothy Beardsley - Kingston MA, US
John Malone - Franklin MA, US
Sara Dziedzic - Braintree MA, US
Sheryl Frank - Taunton MA, US
Stephen Connolly - Sharon MA, US
Sean Selover - Westport MA, US

International Classification:

A61M 29/00

US Classification:

606191000

Abstract:

An access device for providing access from a skin incision to a surgical site is described. The access device has a first section having a proximal end and a distal end defining a first path therethrough. The access device has a second section having a proximal end and a distal end defining a second path therethrough, the second section is movable relative to the first section, and the first and second sections cooperate to form a continuous path such that movement of the second section changes the length of the path.

US Patent:

20090163955, Jun 25, 2009

Filed:

Sep 19, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/234091

Inventors:

Missoum Moumene - Newton MA, US
Jonathan Fanger - Raynham MA, US
Michael J. O'Neil - West Barnstable MA, US
Anwar Upal - Fall River MA, US
Stephen Connolly - Sharon MA, US
John Riley Hawkins - Cumberland RI, US
Michael A. Slivka - Taunton MA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/70

US Classification:

606257, 606246, 606254

Abstract:

A spinal pedicle rod comprising an internally reinforced polymeric core that is at least partially encased within at least one polymeric coating.A dynamic stabilization device for bones in which flexible rods are combined with a pair of dynamic anchoring devices comprising i) a shank for anchoring into a bone or a vertebra, ii) a head connected to the shank, iii) a receiving part for the head and iv) a mobile element acting on the head.

US Patent:

20090326657, Dec 31, 2009

Filed:

Jun 25, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/145724

Inventors:

Alexander Grinberg - Newton MA, US
Michael J. O'Neil - West Barnstable MA, US
Andrew Dooris - Raynham MA, US
Stephen Connolly - Sharon MA, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/44

US Classification:

623 1716, 623 1715, 623 1711

Abstract:

An intervertebral implant for replacing an intervertebral disc of the human spine, the implant including first and second conformable foam endplates, each endplate being conformable to a boney vertebral endplate under an anatomical load, and a core between the endplates, wherein the conformable foam endplates partition the core from the boney vertebral endplate so that the core does not contact the boney vertebral endplate.