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Eugene A. Dickhudt

TRTrans1: 23 patents #3 of 12Top 25%
ZTZyga Technology: 15 patents #3 of 7Top 45%
Medtronic: 12 patents #859 of 6,325Top 15%
RARaymedica: 5 patents #2 of 14Top 15%
STSurgalign Spine Technologies: 4 patents #1 of 12Top 9%
SDSurgical Dynamics: 2 patents #10 of 36Top 30%
RSRti Surgical: 2 patents #10 of 42Top 25%
CSCedar Surgical: 1 patents #3 of 3Top 100%
Lino Lakes, MN: #8 of 309 inventorsTop 3%
Minnesota: #504 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #31,909 of 4,157,543Top 1%
67 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 67 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7905905 Spinal mobility preservation apparatus Andrew H. Cragg, Robert L. Assell, Steven D. Alnsworth, Bradley J. Wessman 2011-03-15
7905908 Spinal mobility preservation method Andrew H. Cragg, Robert L. Assell, Steven D. Ainsworth, Bradley J. Wessman 2011-03-15
7799033 Access kits for enabling axial access and procedures in the spine Robert L. Assell, Stephen D. Ainsworth, Andrew H. Cragg 2010-09-21
7799032 Guide pin introducer for guiding instrumentation through soft tissue to a point on the spine Robert L. Assell, Stephen D. Ainsworth, Andrew H. Cragg 2010-09-21
7776068 Spinal motion preservation assemblies Stephen D. Ainsworth, Brandon Arthurs, Robert L. Assell, Bradley J. Wessman 2010-08-17
7776042 Methods and apparatus for provision of therapy to adjacent motion segments Stephen D. Ainsworth, Robert L. Assell, Andrew H. Cragg, Tawney Schwarz, Bradley J. Wessman 2010-08-17
7763025 Spinal fusion kit for guiding instrumentation through soft tissue to a point on the spine Robert L. Assell, Stephen D. Ainsworth, Andrew H. Cragg 2010-07-27
7740633 Guide pin for guiding instrumentation along a soft tissue tract to a point on the spine Robert L. Assell, Stephen D. Ainsworth, Andrew H. Cragg 2010-06-22
7717958 Prosthetic nucleus apparatus Andrew H. Cragg, Robert L. Assell, Steven D. Ainsworth, Bradley J. Wessman 2010-05-18
7717919 Application of therapy aligned to an internal target path Robert L. Assell 2010-05-18
7662173 Spinal mobility preservation apparatus Andrew H. Cragg, Robert L. Assell, Steven D. Ainsworth, Bradley J. Wessman 2010-02-16
7632274 Thin cutter blades with retaining film for preparing intervertebral disc spaces Robert L. Assell, T. Matthew Womble 2009-12-15
7608077 Method and apparatus for spinal distraction and fusion Andrew H. Cragg, Robert L. Assell 2009-10-27
7601171 Spinal motion preservation assemblies Stephen D. Ainsworth, Robert L. Assell, Bradley J. Wessman 2009-10-13
7588574 Kits for enabling axial access and procedures in the spine Robert L. Assell, Stephen D. Ainsworth, Andrew H. Cragg 2009-09-15
7547324 Spinal mobility preservation apparatus having an expandable membrane Andrew H. Cragg, Robert L. Assell, Stephen D. Ainsworth, Bradley J. Wessman 2009-06-16
7500977 Method and apparatus for manipulating material in the spine Robert L. Assell, Steven D. Ainsworth, Andrew Cragg 2009-03-10
7491236 Dual anchor prosthetic nucleus apparatus Andrew H. Cragg, Robert L. Assell, Steven D. Ainsworth, Bradley J. Wessman 2009-02-17
7473256 Method and apparatus for spinal distraction Robert L. Assell, Steven D. Ainsworth, Andrew Cragg 2009-01-06
6921403 Method and apparatus for spinal distraction and fusion Andrew H. Cragg, Robert L. Assell 2005-07-26
5824093 Prosthetic spinal disc nucleus Charles D. Ray, Robert L. Assell 1998-10-20
5674295 Prosthetic spinal disc nucleus Charles D. Ray, Philip J. Ledoux, Beth A. Frutiger 1997-10-07
5665111 Method for anchoring a surgical suture to bone Charles D. Ray 1997-09-09
5649945 Spinal anulus cutter Charles D. Ray 1997-07-22
5562736 Method for surgical implantation of a prosthetic spinal disc nucleus Charles D. Ray 1996-10-08