Patents Assigned to Medtronics Xomed, Inc.
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Patent number: 11992679Abstract: A monitoring system may include a processor and display system for displaying results from the monitoring. A user may be in a sterile field away from the processor and display system and selected input devices. A controller may be physically connected to the monitoring system from the sterile field to allow the user to control the monitoring system.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: John R. Prisco, David C. Hacker, Matthew L. Cantwell, Anirudhan Narasimhan, Amber A. Katada
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Patent number: 11986192Abstract: Surgical instruments with ultrasonic cutting and sensing capabilities, as well as related systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a surgical instrument including a housing; an ultrasonic transducer contained in the housing and capable of acting as an ultrasonic receiver; an output member at least partially received in the housing and configured to be driven by the ultrasonic transducer; a dissection head having an attachment portion configured to be selectively driven by the ultrasonic transducer; and a controller operable to initiate and stop the ultrasonic transducer according to an alternating duty cycle.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventor: Manfred K. Luedi
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Patent number: 11980465Abstract: A bipolar stimulation probe including a first electrode, a second electrode, a control module, and switches. The control module is configured to stimulate nerve tissue of a patient by generating (i) a first output signal indicative of a first pulse to be output from the first electrode, and (ii) a second output signal indicative of a second pulse to be output from the second electrode. The first pulse and the second pulse are monophasic. The switches are configured to output from the bipolar stimulation probe (i) the first pulse on the first electrode based on the first output signal, and (ii) the second pulse on the second electrode based on the second output signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. McFarlin, Bryan L. Courtney, David C. Hacker
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Patent number: 11980460Abstract: A stimulation electrode assembly configured to be positioned relative to a patient for an operative procedure is disclosed. An evoked stimulation response may be sensed by a sensor near a portion of a subject. The evoked response may be sensed by an electrode and determined with a monitoring system. The evoked response may additionally and/or alternatively be sensed with a motion sensor. A position sensor may be provided to measure or determine whether the sensor has moved during a procedure.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Dana Michael Inman, Kevin L. McFarlin, Wenjeng Li
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Patent number: 11980752Abstract: A surgical tool including first connecting elements, contacting elements, and conductive elements. The contacting elements are configured to contact nerve tissue of a patient. The conductive elements extend from the connecting elements to the contacting elements. The conductive elements have respective insulative outer layers. The insulative outer layers isolate the conductive elements from each other. The first connecting elements are configured to connect to and receive monophasic stimulation pulses from second connecting elements on a modular stimulation module. The modular stimulation module is configured to connect to the tool and other tools via the second connecting elements. The conductive elements are configured to transfer the monophasic stimulation pulses from the connecting elements to the contacting elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. McFarlin, Bryan L. Courtney, Matthew L. Cantwell
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Patent number: 11974820Abstract: Disclosed is an instrument assembly usable in a procedure. The instrument includes a connection for a working portion and to a tool handle. A tracking device or assembly may be associated with the instrument for determining a position of the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Schwamb, Phillip Berman, Ali Mowlai-Ashtiani, John R. Prisco, Alana M. Lacy
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Patent number: 11964094Abstract: Disclosed is an irrigation system. The irrigation system includes a manual pump. The manual pump can provide pressurized liquid through a tube at an outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventor: Jie Wen
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Patent number: 11957361Abstract: A surgical instrument employs a mass-spring system to drive the periodic reversal of the rotational direction of a bone dissection head. The instrument comprises a housing, a harmonic oscillator contained in the housing, an output member at least partially received in the housing and configured to be driven by the harmonic oscillator to reversibly rotate about a longitudinal axis in alternating directions, a dissection head having an attachment portion configured to be selectively driven in alternating rotational directions by the output member to remove material from a target bone, and a controller operable to initiate and stop the harmonic oscillator.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventor: Manfred K. Luedi
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Patent number: 11950832Abstract: Concepts presented herein relate to an interface module that can be electrically coupled to an electrical stimulation generator, a radio frequency generator and an instrument. A selection module is coupled to the interface module and operates in a first mode to deliver electrical stimulation signals from the electrical stimulation generator to the instrument and in a second mode to deliver radio frequency signals from the radio frequency generator to the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.Inventors: Kevin Lee McFarlin, John C. Bruce, David C. Hacker, Robert Allen Tucker
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Patent number: 11944371Abstract: A bipolar electrosurgical device including an outer shaft, an inner shaft, first and second electrode surfaces, and an irrigation channel. The outer shaft defines a lumen, a proximal end and a distal end forming a cutting window. The inner shaft is rotatably disposed within the outer shaft, and defines a distal portion forming a cutting tip. The cutting tip and the cutting window combine to define a cutting implement. The first and second electrode surfaces are electrically isolated, and are formed at the cutting implement. The irrigation channel extends parallel to the outer shaft, and terminates in at least one outlet port. The outlet port is proximally spaced from the cutting window and is located radially outside of the outer shaft. Fluid (e.g., saline) is emitted at the exterior surface of the device near the cutting window and is readily present for interacting with the electrode surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: John R Prisco, Eric P. Detmers, Wenjeng Li, David J. Little, Patrick Richart, Jose Valdez
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Patent number: 11944272Abstract: A system operable to allowing viewing of a physical subject with information regarding at least an item separate from the subject overlaid thereon. The system includes a viewscreen. The system is further able to determine the position of the item relative to the subject.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Kyle A. Godwin, James Britton Hissong, Christopher S. Kellar
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Patent number: 11940070Abstract: A swivel knuckle assembly for interconnecting a motor and a supply line. The knuckle assembly may include a bearing member to reduce a coefficient of friction. A locking mechanism is disclosed to connect members of the knuckle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Scott Andrew Singer, Ken Riedel, Juan P. Angulo
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Patent number: 11918363Abstract: Stimulation and recording electrode assemblies that are particularly useful for Automatic Period Stimulation (APS). Such embodiments are compatible with nerve monitoring systems to provide continuous stimulation of a nerve during surgery. Certain embodiments include an electrode assembly having cuff including a body and two ears extending from the body. Within the body, at least one electrode is supported and connected to a lead wire assembly. The ears can be brought together to enlarge a gap in the body so that the electrode assembly can be fixated around a nerve. Other embodiments include an electrode assembly including first and second needle electrodes that each have a tip. A body is provided to interconnect the needle electrodes and can be manipulated to move the tips either toward or away from one another. Disclosed embodiments provide nerve monitoring and stimulation in cases where the nerve is only partially dissected.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Matthew L. Cantwell, David C. Hacker, John R. Prisco
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Patent number: 11911607Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring EMG signals of a patient's laryngeal muscles includes an endotracheal tube having an exterior surface and a first location configured to be positioned at the patient's vocal folds. A first electrode is formed on the exterior surface of the endotracheal tube substantially below the first location to receive EMG signals primarily from below the vocal folds. A second electrode is formed on the exterior surface of the endotracheal tube substantially above the first location to receive EMG signals primarily from above the vocal folds. The first and second electrodes are configured to receive the EMG signals from the laryngeal muscles when the endotracheal tube is placed in a trachea of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventor: David C. Hacker
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Patent number: 11890463Abstract: A method of implanting a lead includes inserting a needle through tissue near a chin of a patient and through a tongue of the patient, inserting an introducer through an opening created by the needle, and inserting the lead through the introducer, the lead comprising an elongated member and one or more electrodes in a distal portion of the elongated member such that the one or more electrodes are implantable proximate to one or more motor points of a protrusor muscle within the tongue of the patient, wherein inserting the lead comprises inserting the lead to have a shape of one of a helix, a compound helix, a wave shape, or saw-tooth shape, or to have a loop in the lead.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Avram Scheiner, Patrick W. Kinzie, Randal C. Schulhauser, David C. Hacker
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Patent number: 11883063Abstract: A tube can include an elongated cannulated member that has an external wall. The tube can be navigated during a selected procedure. The tube can be shaped to selected configurations.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Wald, Brad Jacobsen, Charles R. Considine, Frank Strupeck
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Patent number: 11850428Abstract: A system for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is described. The system may include a device having a size and shape selected to couple externally to a patient near a jaw of the patient. The device may be configured to receive at least one of a needle or an introducer for insertion into a tongue of the patient for lead placement of a lead for OSA treatment, and guide at least a portion of the at least one of the needle or introducer for insertion into the tongue of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Avram Scheiner, David C. Hacker
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Patent number: 11839693Abstract: An implantable article comprising a dissolvable sponge derived from the mixture of chitosan, a first polysaccharide and a second polysaccharides. The polysaccharides have different number average molecular weight characteristics to enable the control of the mechanical features of the sponge.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Ethan G Sherman, Wei Chen, Denise E. Guenther
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Patent number: 11839407Abstract: A system for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is described. The system includes an introducer needle having an elongated body. The introducer needle is configured to create an opening in a tongue of a patient for implantation of a lead for treating OSA. One or more electrically conductive areas are located on the elongated body. A medical device is configured to deliver a stimulation signal via the introducer needle through the one or more electrically conductive areas to the tongue of the patient to stimulate one or more motor points of a protrusor muscle within the tongue of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Avram Scheiner, James Hissong
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Patent number: 11832831Abstract: A surgical instrument including a tool, a handpiece, and a locking member. The handpiece includes both a coupling member configured to cooperate with the tool, and a driver for rotating the tool. The locking member is movable from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to centrifugal force generated during rotation of the locking member. The locking member is configured to secure the tool to the handpiece when in the locked position.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.Inventor: Martin Masson