Patents Assigned to IZI Medical Products
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Patent number: 10980568Abstract: A handle device is provided comprising a first wing and a second wing. The first wing and the second wing are configured to pivot about a common axis to one another. The first wing has one or more first ridge, and a first one or more clearance spaces. The second wing has one or more second ridges and a second one or more clearance spaces. The one or more first ridges is configured to be received within the second one or more clearance spaces and the one or more second ridges is configured to be received within the first one or more clearance spaces when the first wing is pivoted about the common axis to the second wing in a folded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: IZI Medical Products, LLCInventor: Kieran Murphy
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Patent number: 10537393Abstract: A device and manufacturing method for a surgical navigation system, comprising a frame member having an attachment location and a rigid mounting device disposed in the attachment location. The frame member comprises an upper straight portion connected to a lower straight portion via a bent portion, wherein the lower straight portion comprises a plurality of mounts each having a top surface. A centerline extending through the rigid mounting device is level with each of the top surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: IZI Medical Products, LLCInventors: Nelson L. Huldin, Greg Groenke, Holger-Claus Rossner
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Patent number: 10130543Abstract: In an initial configuration a device comprises a casing containing: a plurality of beads, a rupturable first container containing one or more isocyanates and a rupturable second container containing one or more polyols, wherein in the final configuration the casing is substantially filled by a polyurethane in which the plurality of beads are embedded. In an intermediate configuration the device is transformed from the initial configuration to a final configuration by rupturing the first container and rupturing the second container so that the one or more isocyanates react with the one or more polyols in a reaction that forms the polyurethane. As the polyurethane is formed during the reaction the polyurethane surrounds the plurality of beads. The device may be molded as the polyurethane is formed in the casing.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: IZI Medical Products, LLCInventor: Nelson L. Huldin
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Patent number: 10085872Abstract: A device comprising a casing and having an initial configuration, an intermediate configuration, and a final configuration, wherein in the initial configuration the casing contains: a plurality of beads, a rupturable first container containing one or more isocyanates and a rupturable second container containing one or more polyols. In the final configuration the casing is substantially filled by a polyurethane in which the plurality of beads is embedded. In the intermediate configuration the device is transformed from the initial configuration to the final configuration by rupturing the first container and rupturing the second container so that the one or more isocyanates react with the one or more polyols in a reaction that forms the polyurethane. As the polyurethane is formed during the reaction the polyurethane surrounds the plurality of beads. The casing includes one or more vent tubes configured to allow gases formed by the reaction to escape the casing.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: IZI Medical Products, LLCInventor: Nelson L. Huldin
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Patent number: 10085783Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices for injecting material into a body. The devices include a housing having a deployment cannula extending therefrom. The device also includes a rotary drive member wherein rotational movement of the drive member relative to the housing results in linear movement of an elongated injection member within a lumen of and out of a distal end opening of the deployment cannula. The elongated injection member includes a proximal end portion that may have a Tuohy-Huber tip and/or varying radii therealong.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: IZI MEDICAL PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Jeffrey L. Emery, Laurent Schaller, Ryan J. Connolly, Andrew Huffmaster, Ebrahim M. Quddus, Timothy J. McGrath, Sean M. Tutton
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Patent number: 10028840Abstract: Spinal tissue distraction devices that include a member which has a pre-deployed configuration for insertion between tissue layers and a deployed configuration in which the member, by change of configuration, forms a support structure for separating and supporting layers of spinal tissue.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: IZI Medical Products, LLCInventor: Laurent Schaller
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Patent number: 9964649Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: IZI Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Abraham Crumb
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Patent number: 9808321Abstract: A device and manufacturing method for a surgical navigation system, comprising a rigid frame member having a top portion, a plurality of mounts each having a top surface, wherein the plurality of mounts are disposed at prescribed locations of the top portion. The top surface of the plurality of mounts are configured to align on a common horizontal plane that extends in parallel with the top portion of the frame member.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: IZI Medical Products, LLCInventors: Nelson L. Huldin, Greg Groenke, Holger-Claus Rossner
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Publication number: 20150282735Abstract: A device and method for a surgical navigation system comprising a connection unit, a marker carrier unit removably attached to the connection unit, an attachment unit connected to the connection unit for fixing the device to a body part of a patient. The connection unit comprises an articulated arm and the marker carrier unit comprises an attachment area for removably attaching the marker carrier element to the connection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: IZI MEDICAL PRODUCTS,LLCInventor: HOLGER-CLAUS ROSSNER
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Patent number: 9085401Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: IZI MEDICAL PRODUCTSInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb
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Patent number: 8672490Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Izi Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb
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Patent number: 8668343Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: IZI Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb
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Patent number: 8668342Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: IZI Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb
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Patent number: 8668345Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: IZI Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb
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Patent number: 8668344Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: IZI Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb
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Patent number: 8662684Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Izi Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb
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Patent number: 8661573Abstract: A protective liner is described comprising a collar having a main collar portion, a first extension emanating from the main collar portion in a first direction, a second extension emanating from the main collar portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction. Disclosed embodiments may include a chest portion extending from the main collar portion. The protective liner may also include an adjustable releasable fastener for joining the first extension to the second extension. The adjustable releasable fastener may be disposed upon at least one of the first extension and second extension, wherein a material of the protective liner comprises a non-woven, fluid repellent material.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: IZI Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb
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Patent number: 8651274Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Izi Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb
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Patent number: 8646921Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: IZI Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb
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Patent number: 8641210Abstract: Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: IZI Medical ProductsInventors: Helen Zinreich Shafer, David Alan Zinreich, Douglas Crumb