Patents Assigned to Arthrex, Inc.
  • Knotless self-locking anchor constructs and methods of tissue fixation
    Patent number: 11497484
    Abstract: Systems and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs, without knot tying. The soft tissue repair systems include self-cinching constructs with a fixation device, a flexible coupler and an optional shuttle/pull device attached to the flexible strand. An accordion-style weave region is formed by pulling on the shuttle/pull device subsequent to the fixation device being secured into the bone, to allow desired tensioning of soft tissue to be fixated or repaired relative to the bone and secured self-locking of the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventor: Jereme J. Lund
  • SYSTEM PROVIDING IMPROVED VISIBILITY FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20220354359
    Abstract: A modular access medical system configured to enable a surgeon to conduct a medical procedure in fluid contained within a defined space is disclosed. As such, the system increases visibility to an operating surgeon by eliminating smoke and other vapors formed during use of a medical instrument at the surgical site. The modular access medical system may be formed from a distal end of a cannula configured to be placed into contact with tissue such that fluid can be administered within the cannula and retained therein to facilitate a surgical procedure to be conducted via one or more instruments extending through fluid contained within the cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Dreyfuss, Zachary A. Kemp, Tim E. Adamson, Michael Gallizzi, Wade K. Jensen, G. Joshua Karnes, Shane J. Noble
  • Point-loading knotless fixation devices
    Patent number: 11478239
    Abstract: Surgical constructs and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs, without knot tying. The soft tissue repair constructs include a fixation device, a flexible strand, and a shuttle/pull device attached to the flexible strand and provided within the body of the fixation device. A splice is formed by pulling on the shuttle/pull device to allow desired tensioning of soft tissue to be fixated or repaired relative to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen S. Burkhart, Thomas Dooney, Jr., Derek C. Sullivan
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING DETECTABLE RADIATION IN SURGERY
    Publication number: 20220330799
    Abstract: A surgical camera system includes a camera with at least one sensor configured to capture image data comprising a first range of wavelengths and a second range of wavelengths. An excitation light source emits an excitation emission at an excitation wavelength. A controller is in communication with the at least one sensor of the camera. The controller is configured to process the image data from the at least one sensor and detect at least one fluorescent portion of the image data in response to a fluorescent emission generated by a fluorescent agent in the second range of wavelengths. The controller is further configured to generate enhanced image data demonstrating the at least one fluorescent portion of the surgical implement in the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Arthrex, Inc
    Inventors: Bruce Laurence Kennedy, Craig Speier, Eric Butler, Ryan Kellar, Peter Dreyfuss, John Sodeika, Jake Jolly, Tom Dooney, Reinhold Schmieding
  • Cerclage suture tensioner and methods of tensioning
    Patent number: 11471146
    Abstract: A surgical tensioner and methods for surgical repairs. A tensioner can tension a flexible strand (suture or wire) attached to tissue (for example, graft or bone segments). A tensioner can include an angled tip with a split hole to past-point on a knot and lock the construct during tensioning. A tensioner can include a securing mechanism that can capture a flexible strand and lock it into place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew C. Petry, John D. Paterson, Steven L. Vander Meulen
  • Internal brace for tissue repairs and reinforcements
    Patent number: 11471266
    Abstract: A reconstruction system and associated techniques for soft tissue repairs and repair augmentation. The reconstruction system is an internal soft tissue brace formed of at least one fixation device (for example, anchors or screws) and a replacement/reinforcement construct (for example, a suture construct in the form of a suture tape such as FiberTape® or a collagen tape or a suture with biological material or a collagen coated material, or a collagen patch, or a biological construct such as Arthroflex). The reinforcement construct and fixation devices may be used as a suture repair alone (to replace the ligament or tendon), or in conjunction with other traditional soft tissue repair procedures, acting as a reinforcement system for the repaired soft tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventor: Gordon M. Mackay
  • Soft suture-based anchors
    Patent number: 11464505
    Abstract: Suture constructs and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs. The suture construct is a soft, suture-based anchor which is self-cinching and has a specific, accordion-type configuration (i.e., with the ability to fold from a first, extended position to a second, folded or compressed position). The suture-based anchor may be formed essentially of a flexible material such as a high strength surgical suture, suture chain, or suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen S. Burkhart, Peter J. Dreyfuss, Paul C. Brady
  • Device for implanting compression plate within a body
    Patent number: 11457963
    Abstract: A delivery device delivers a compression plate to a fracture line in a bone. The delivery device includes a body that retains the compression plate in a strained condition, the body including a proximal end, a distal end, and a first beam. The delivery device also includes a cover plate attached to and moveable relative to the body, the cover plate including a second beam. A space is defined between the first beam and the second beam that receives the compression plate. The delivery device also includes a compression clip that retains the compression plate in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Morgan, Matthew Palmer, Matthew Fonte, Robert Devaney, Zachary Day, Chris Powell
  • Systems and methods for cellular separation
    Patent number: 11458468
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein provide systems and methods for maintaining sterile conditions inside of a biological-fluid container during an entire process of delivery, incubation, centrifugation, and extraction of fluid. The methods and systems also provide systems and methods for localized extraction of a portion of a biological fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah McIntyre, Christopher Bare, Melissa Tucker, Andrea Matuska
  • Circular suture constructs and methods for use
    Patent number: 11452518
    Abstract: A suture construct includes, inter alia, a sheath and a flexible strand threaded through the sheath to configure the sheath in a circular or oblong shape. The suture construct may be utilized in various tissue reconstruction procedures. The suture construct can be connected to a second suture construct to form a surgical assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Best, Tyler Esposito, Colin Baker, Arley Perez, III
  • Bone compression plate
    Patent number: 11452551
    Abstract: A bone plate according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, inter alia, a body portion. The body portion includes a first slotted portion extending at least partially through the body portion and a plurality of teeth adjacent the first slotted portion for engaging a driver in the first slotted portion. The body portion also includes a second slotted portion extending at least partially through the body portion and a ramped portion at least partially surrounding the second slotted portion. The ramped portion tapers from an outer surface of the body portion toward an inner surface of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Brad Dresher, Mihaela Morar, Chris Powell, Michael J. Dresher
  • Joint kinematic reconstruction techniques
    Patent number: 11446135
    Abstract: Methods for reconstructing a joint include fixating at least one suture inside a joint space, retrieving the at least one suture from inside the joint space, passing the at least one suture through a graft at a location external to the joint space, shuttling the graft into the joint space, and fixating the graft to bone using the at least one suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Adams, Alan Hirahara, Thomas Dooney, Jr., Stephen S. Burkhart
  • Surgical constructs and methods of tissue repair
    Patent number: 11439382
    Abstract: Systems and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs employing tensionable knotless anchors, without knot tying. The tensionable knotless anchors may be used by themselves or in combination with additional constructs (which may have a similar or different configuration, i.e., modified according to the specific repair) to achieve novel remplissage and soft tissue repairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen S. Burkhart
  • Meniscal repair adhesive
    Patent number: 11433162
    Abstract: A composition that includes (a) a prepolymer having at least one free isocyanate group that is capable of bonding to tissue and that cures in vivo upon exposure to water to form a polymer having a compressive modulus between 1.9 and 14.4 MPa and a tensile modulus between 5.0 and 30, and (b) an oil that is miscible in the prepolymer, the oil being selected from the group consisting of silicone oils, mineral oil, vegetable oils, and combinations thereof. The composition retains its integrity when delivered in an aqueous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Dottie M. Clower, Eric J. Beckman, Bradd N. Picone
  • Orthopaedic implants including peripheral aperture arrangements
    Patent number: 11432935
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implants and methods for repairing bone defects and restoring functionality to a joint. The implants disclosed herein include augment geometries that may approximate a surface contour or bone void along a surgical site and include patterns of peripheral apertures that may be utilized for improved fixation of the implants at the surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: John D. Paterson, Rudraksh Khosla
  • Surgical fixation systems and methods
    Patent number: 11432813
    Abstract: A surgical fixation system can include a fixation device, a loop connected to the fixation device, a graft carried by the loop, and a reinforcement material. Surgical fixation systems can be used in various tissue reconstruction procedures, including but not limited to, ACL and PCL reconstructions. The graft and the reinforcement material may be tensioned independently of one another to avoid stress shielding the graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Bachmaier, Coen Wijdicks, Stefan Krupp, Adrian Wilson, Patrick Smith, Jacob Jolly
  • Devices for generating and applying compression within a body
    Patent number: 11426158
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to surgical fixation devices (e.g., staples, screws, etc.) which are able to bring bone fragments into close proximity with each other, generate a compressive load, and maintain that compressive load for a prolonged period of time while healing occurs. The surgical fixations devices are manufactured from a shape memory material (e.g., a material capable of exhibiting superelasticity and/or a temperature-induced shape change).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Palmer, Matthew Fonte, Robert Devaney, Daniel Morgan
  • Surgical drill guide
    Patent number: 11426183
    Abstract: Drill guides allow an implant to be partially inserted after the holes are drilled and before the drill guide has been removed from the surgical location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris M. Powell, Matthew Palmer
  • Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plate
    Patent number: 11419648
    Abstract: A TPLO plate configured to accommodate flexible strands (flexible loops) attached to tissue to be attached to bone. The TPLO plate has one or more suture eyelets, to allow the user (surgeon) to pass a flexible strand through the eyelets and attach/reattach the tissue to the plate at the anatomical location, and to improve the rotational stability of the joint or bone. The eyelets may have various shapes, forms and configurations and may be provided on or within a surface of the TPLO bone plate in any number, depending on the characteristics of the fractured bone or bone segments, or of the plate design. The eyelets preferably receive one or more flexible strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: James R. Dunlop, Gregory Joshua Karnes, Brandon L. Roller, Antonio Pozzi, James L. Cook
  • TISSUE REPAIR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220249085
    Abstract: Tissue repair devices that has a movable inserter configured to support a suture implant construct that is positioned for deployment and methods for using the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua J. Best, Anthony A. Laviano, Matthew R. Johnson, Zachary A. Ingwer, Samuel B. Roque, Kenneth T. Helenbolt, Silas Wendell Holmes, JR., Andrew K. Osika