Patents Examined by Larry E Waggle, Jr.
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Patent number: 11844556Abstract: Surgical reduction tool assemblies may be used for achieving compression between bone fragments or across joints when performing arthrodesis procedures, bone fracture procedures, etc. The reduction tool assemblies may be used to reduce a gap between bone fragments or between bones of a joint prior to attempting to achieve final compression with a bone plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.Inventors: Alex DelMonaco, Cory Schultz, Paul Fein
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Patent number: 11839383Abstract: Bone deformity correction devices and methods of using such devices to correct bone deformities. The device can include an elongate body, an adjustable manipulation arm movably coupled to the elongate body, wherein the adjustable manipulation arm is configured to move axially and laterally, and a cutting guide removably attachable to the device elongate body.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TRILLIANT SURGICAL, LLCInventors: Troy J. Boffeli, Shannon M. Rush, Michael Lee, Jordan Grossman, Mark Hardy, Graham Hamilton, David Kawalik
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Patent number: 11839385Abstract: A system including an instrument having a working tool configured to penetrate a tissue; a sensor configured to generate in real-time one or more torque signals related to torque of the working tool; a controller in operative communication with the sensor and configured to receive the one or more torque signals. The controller processes the torque signals into one or more processed signals representative of torque, energy, power or a combination thereof. The system also includes a display providing to the user in real-time the one or more processed signals. Related devices, systems, methods, and articles are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: QUARTUS ENGINEERING, INC.Inventors: Wayne Anderson, John J. Perry, Michael M. Karch, Anthony D. Truscott, Edward J. Dohring
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Patent number: 11833062Abstract: A system for implanting an expandable interbody implant into an intervertebral space includes an elongated tool, the distal end of which is removably securable to the implant. The proximal end of the tool has an attachment interface for detachable securement to a plurality of different modules, each of which is adapted to effectuate a different function of the delivery system. The different functions include: grasping the implant delivery tool, providing an impaction surface for driving the advancement of the implant, supplying a graft material into the implant, and actuating the expansion of the implant. One of the modules may include a fluid delivery system for supplying hydraulic fluid to expand the implant. A fluid reservoir of the fluid delivery system may be oriented transverse to the cannula that delivers the fluid to the implant. A grafting block can be used to help pre-pack the implant with graft material.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Oliver Buchert, M. Todd Miller
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Patent number: 11826266Abstract: An osteotomy implant device includes a housing defining a cavity and having a central plane extending therethrough. The housing includes a first bone engaging surface and a second bone engaging surface. The second bone engaging surface disposed on an opposing side of the central plane from the first bone engaging surface. The osteotomy implant device also includes a cutting member. The cutting member rotatable coupled to the housing. The cutting member rotatable about an axis between a first position and a second position. The cutting member entirely disposed within the cavity between the first bone engaging surface and the second bone engaging surface in the first position. A portion of the cutting member extends beyond at least the first bone engaging surface or the second bone engaging surface of the housing in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: MEDARTIS AGInventors: Matthew Coyne, Adam Finley
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Patent number: 11819202Abstract: The system includes a frame composed of materials and geometry allowing selective deformation in a plane perpendicular to a patient's anatomy at the surgical site but resisting deformation in a plane parallel to the anatomy. The frame is connected to stabilizing features and sheets, which are attached to adhesive to secure the frame to the patient. The features, sheets, and adhesive layers extend both into and beyond the frame. An integrated sheet covers the prospective incision site on the patient. When positioned at the site, the frame conforms to the patient. Anchor points are distributed along the frame to reversibly secure and provide a stable base for surgical retractors, even when unilaterally applied. By adaptable positioning and design of the stabilizing members and adhesive layers on the frame, the system is able to provide optimal tractional stability when experiencing tensile loads in myriad surgical environments including ophthalmic and spinal surgery.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: BIOPHYX SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: Robert Richards, Stephen Maguire
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Patent number: 11812973Abstract: A sheathed blade assembly for minimizing or preventing contact between the moving interior blade and the exterior sheath. The assembly includes an exterior sheath having a first portion and second portion with an inner lumen therebetween, an interior blade movable within the inner lumen of the exterior sheath, a first pocket within a first surface of the interior blade, and a first ball bearing within the first pocket. The first ball bearing creates a clearance amount between the first surface of the interior blade and the first portion of the exterior sheath. The assembly may also include a second pocket within a second surface of the interior blade for a second ball bearing. The second ball bearing creates a clearance amount between the second surface of the interior blade and the second portion of the exterior sheath. The second pocket is in a staggered configuration relative to the first pocket.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Conmed CorporationInventors: John Sieh, David Gonzalez
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Patent number: 11813008Abstract: A method of bone fixation includes placing a bone plate adjacent to a lesser trochanter on a medial aspect of a femur such that at least a portion of the lesser trochanter is positioned between appendages of the bone plate, wrapping cables coupled to the bone plate about a first and second bone fragment of a proximal femur, and tightening the cables to secure the first and second bone fragments together.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Keith Chakramakkil, Haley Prout, Don Imami, Erika Corbin, Sheldon Nidhan, Rachel Gibbons, Matthew P. Abdel
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Patent number: 11813010Abstract: Implant tensioning and/or implant anchor deployment devices are described. Certain embodiments may be recognized in the form of a so-called tensioning “gun.” Other embodiments take a simpler and more compact form. Various optional features are described in connection with these embodiments. Optional aspects of anchor embodiments for the subject implants are also described. Some of these features are coordinated for use with the implant tensioning and anchor deployment instrument, others are not.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: MEDEON BIODESIGN, INC.Inventors: Kathryn A. Stecco, Carlos Castro, Stephen Powelson, Forrest Grinstead, Damon Covell Campbell
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Patent number: 11771562Abstract: A balloon, a medical device, and a medical procedure for discoplasty are disclosed. The balloon has a compressed, collapsed or folded balloon body containing a first chamber for, in use, receiving injected bone cement. With the bone cement filled and cured therein, the balloon acts as a support in tissue of an intervertebral disc while preventing the bone cement from leakage and dispersion. The deployed balloon body defines a second chamber running therethrough. The second chamber is configured to receive a material or cells that activate osteogenesis and/or osteo-induction, so that the material or cells injected into the second chamber through a second sprue form osteocytes or induce human spontaneous local cellular differentiation to in turn form osteocytes in the cavity of the intervertebral disc and connect vertebrae above and below the intervertebral disc, thereby securely anchoring the balloon within the intervertebral space.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Aimin Wu, Xiangyang Wang, Yan Lin, Wenfei Ni, Zhongke Lin, Qishan Huang, Fangmin Mao, Sheng Wang
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Patent number: 11771481Abstract: A plate system for securing a first sternal portion and a second sternal portion of a separated sternum can include a first plate and a second plate. The first plate can include a first body and a first hook. The first body can include a first reduction bore. The first hook can extend from the first body. The first hook can be engageable with a lateral portion of the first sternal portion. The second plate can include a second body and a second hook. The second body can include a second reduction bore. The second hook can extend from the second body. The second hook can be engageable with a lateral portion of the second sternal portion opposite the first hook.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Zimmer Biomet CMF and Thoracic, LLCInventor: Saddy Rodolfo Garcia
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Patent number: 11751885Abstract: A compressed gas motor. The motor has a port and a hollow cylinder delimited by a wall with a ventilation opening, a rear closure, and a plunger axially movable in the cylinder. The plunger divides the cylinder into front and back chambers. The ventilation opening is periodically opened towards the back chamber during operation of the motor by movement of the plunger. A compression spring in the front chamber urges the plunger towards the rear closure and/or a tension spring in the back chamber draws the plunger towards the rear closure so that the back chamber is closed relative to the ventilation opening by the plunger and the back chamber is connected with the port when the same pressure prevails in the front and back chambers. The motor can be used in surgical drive systems, medical lavage systems and medical devices. Also disclosed is a method for operating the motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbHInventors: Sebastian Vogt, Thomas Kluge
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Patent number: 11751802Abstract: Provided are embodiments of a posture measuring device for determining the forward head posture of a patient. Forward head posture (FHP) is the anterior positioning of the cervical spine that is caused by sleeping with the head elevated, extended use of computers and cellphones, lack of developed back muscle strength and lack of nutrients such as calcium. This deformation is associated with headaches, neck pain, thoracic spine pain and symptoms of pain, parastesia or numbness in the upper extremities. The device of the disclosure provides a numerical measurement of the displacement of the skull from the vertical as defined by a datum between the two most posterior points of a patient's spine.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Inventor: Kurt William Gray
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Patent number: 11744626Abstract: A bone fixation assembly is disclosed. The bone fixation assembly may include a bone fixation plate including a fastener hole and a cavity adjacent to the fastener hole. The bone fixation assembly may also include a clip. The clip may include a body having a partial circular shape, the body positioned at least partially in the cavity. The clip may further include a plurality of tabs extending inward relative to the partial circular shape of the body, each tab having a convex shape extending inward relative to the partial circular shape of the body, wherein the body and the plurality of tabs are positioned below a top surface of the bone fixation plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Leith Medical, LLCInventor: Timothy Leak
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Patent number: 11737801Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bioresorbable foam closure device for trans-nasally closing an opening in a base of a skull. The closure device comprises a phase-separated polymer having a porosity of greater than 80%. The device includes a stem portion having a proximal end and a distal end, and a head portion at the distal end of the stem portion. The closure device is deformed from a free shape to a constricted shape, inserted through a nasal cavity and into the opening, and released to at least partially revert back to the free shape such that the stem portion fills the opening and the head portion abuts cranium and dura to secure the closure device in position and seal the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLCInventors: Patrick Eoin Cushen, Johannes Jacobus Jacobs
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Patent number: 11737785Abstract: A hip/shoulder prosthesis includes: a head component; a metaphyseal component; a diaphyseal nail, and a locking device. The head component includes: a front face and rear face; with a bore, and first and second shaped recesses in the rear face. The metaphyseal component includes: a central transverse aperture at an angle to the metaphyseal component's axis; a first end configured for threaded engagement within the bore of the head component; and a longitudinal hole that begins at the second end, transects the transverse aperture and reaches the first end, to receive the locking device. The diaphyseal nail is inserted in the femoral or humeral canal, and includes: fastening apertures that receive corresponding screws for fastening the diaphyseal nail to the femur or humerus; a portion configured to be received within, and engage, the transverse aperture of the metaphyseal component, and a transverse hole configured to receive the locking device.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Desarrollos Biomecanicos Innovasan S.L.Inventors: Javier Cortes Cubero, Carlos M. Atienza Vicente, Andres Penuelas Herraiz, Fernando Garcia Torres
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Patent number: 11723778Abstract: A vertebral implant system is provided comprising a staple and a vertical member. In some embodiments, the vertical member is an adjustable member. In some embodiments, the adjustable member is configured to be adjusted by a small diameter tool or an electromagnetic mechanism. In some embodiments, the adjustable member is a strain inducer adjusted by a radio frequency receiver and transmitter. In some embodiments, the vertical member is a plate or a bracket. In some embodiments, the vertebral implant system is configured to be installed from an anterior, oblique, or lateral angle to the vertebral body. In some embodiments, a self adjusting screw plate alignment system is provided comprising a bone screw having threaded and tip portions, a plate with a through hole, a locking element and a securing element configured to frictionally anchor the tip portion of the bone screw in the plate through hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: NOFUSCO CORPORATIONInventors: Randal R. Betz, Dale E. Whipple
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Patent number: 11723706Abstract: Implant delivery systems for delivering sheet-like implants include a delivery shaft, an implant expander, a sheath, and a sheet-like implant. In some embodiments, the delivery shaft has a proximal end and a distal end. The implant expander is mounted to the distal end of the delivery shaft. The implant expander includes a central portion and a plurality of leg portions radiating from the central portion. The implant expander is evertable between an unstressed configuration in which a distal surface of the implant expander defines a concave surface, and a first compact configuration in which the distal surface of the implant expander defines a convex surface. The implant expander has a first lateral extent when the implant expander is free to assume the unstressed configuration. The sheath defines a lumen having a lumen diameter. At least a portion of the delivery shaft is slidably disposed in the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Rotation Medical, Inc.Inventors: Charles L. Euteneuer, Rebecca McCarville, Duane Frion, Nathaniel Zenz-Olson, Diane M. Feehan, John Quackenbush
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Patent number: 11712348Abstract: An expandable, intervertebral spacer includes a top component and a base component in engagement with the top component, the base component defining at least one channel for receiving a hardening material, and placement of the hardening material within the channel causes the top component to move between a first position in which the top component is a first distance from the base component and a second position in which the top component is a second distance from the base component, the second distance being greater than the first distance. The hardening material can be removed from the channel by a flexible coring tool, and the top component forced toward the base component to collapse the spacer.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLCInventors: Christopher P. Bell, Agustin Quintana
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Patent number: 11707307Abstract: Systems and methods include solutions for fixation at the rib head for fractures and osteotomies adjacent to the rib head and transverse process. The disclosed rib plates, anchor systems, other implants, and instrumentation may also be applied to mid-rib fractures. The systems and methods may be used in the treatment of rib deformities, including the correction of rib hump deformity via thoracoplasty, as well as general corrections of chest and rib deformities. Systems and methods herein may be used in chest wall reconstructions due to trauma, cancer, or deformity.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventor: John LaColla