Patents Examined by Yashita Sharma
  • Methods and procedures for ligament repair
    Patent number: 11076846
    Abstract: Methods and devices for the repair of a ruptured ligament using a scaffold device are provided. Aspects of the invention, may include a scaffold attached by a suture to an anchor. In aspects of the invention, the anchor may be secured to a bone near or at the repair site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventor: Martha M. Murray
  • Lymph node replacement construct
    Patent number: 11071618
    Abstract: An implantable lymph node replacement construct (10) comprising a body (12) having a plurality of inlets (24,26) and a lesser number of outlets (30). The body (12) further having an internal structure defining a fluid communication path through the body (12) from the inlets (24,26) to the outlet or outlets (30). The internal structure of the body (12) comprises an inlet portion (38), a convergent portion (40) and an outlet portion (42) such that lymph received by the construct (10) at the inlets (24,26) is conveyed through the inlet portion (38) of the internal structure to the convergent portion (40) whereupon the lymph is combined before passing to the outlet or outlets (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: James E. Moore, Jr.
  • Reinforced biological construct and method of reinforcing biological construct
    Patent number: 11065105
    Abstract: A reinforced graft construct for repairing a tendon or ligament formed by inserting a piece of material, such as suture, through the graft lengthwise. The material may be inserted along only a portion of the graft or along the entire graft. The material may be a reinforcement (reinforcing) material such as suture, tape, weave, or mesh passed lengthwise through the graft (for example, along the center of the graft). The ends of the graft may be whipstitched to provide additional fixation when implanted. The material may be bioabsorbable such that it will resorb away after a period of time in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventor: John Konicek
  • Prosthetic heart valve having an improved tubular seal
    Patent number: 11065113
    Abstract: A tubular seal includes an outflow end region and an inflow end region. The inflow end region is a portion of a polymeric web retaining a woven fabric, wherein the woven fabric has a non-linear edge defining an interface between the inflow end region and the outflow end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. H. Backus, Loren M. Crow
  • Frame with integral sewing cuff for prosthetic valves
    Patent number: 11065112
    Abstract: Described embodiments are related to a prosthetic valve for surgical placement with a sewing cuff durably attached to a frame. The durability of the attachment is accomplished by sandwiching a fabric between the frame and a composite material. The fabric extends beyond the frame base to form a sewing cuff that is integral to a frame assembly. The sewing cuff facilitates tissue ingrowth while tissue ingrowth is discouraged elsewhere around the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul D. Gassler
  • Composite scaffold for the repair, reconstruction, and regeneration of soft tissues
    Patent number: 11065102
    Abstract: A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Biorez, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Rocco, Bhavana Mohanraj, Jeffrey Ott, Justin Bendigo, Jacob Edward Komenda, Mark Theodore Aronson, Andrew James Carter
  • Tubular prostheses
    Patent number: 11058534
    Abstract: Tubular prostheses are provided for use in airways, upper digestive, and urinary tracts. Each of these uses has its own specific sets of biological specifications, based on what it must contain and exclude and the physical and chemical pressures and stresses to which it is subjected. The prostheses may be made from allogeneic cells. Thus they can be manufactured and stored prior to an individual's personal need arising.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: Humacyte, Inc, Yale University
    Inventors: Laura Niklason, Angela Huang, Liping Zhao, Shannon Dahl
  • Composite scaffold for the repair, reconstruction, and regeneration of soft tissues
    Patent number: 11058532
    Abstract: A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Biorez, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Rocco, Bhavana Mohanraj, Jeffrey Ott, Justin Bendigo, Jacob Edward Komenda, Mark Theodore Aronson, Andrew James Carter
  • Bone repositioning guide system and procedure
    Patent number: 11058546
    Abstract: An improved surgical system and procedure for correcting a deformity between first and second bones using an alignment guide based on a correction factor. The correction factor can be based on a virtual model of the first and second bones in a deformed configuration and a corrected configuration. In the virtual corrected configuration, first and second virtual axes can be fixed in the respective first and second bones. When reverted to the virtual deformed configuration, the orientation of the first and second axes can be used to determine the correction factor. The alignment guide is used to insert one or more k-wires into each of the first and second bones in a deformed configuration. A correction guide is passed along the k-wires to rotate and/or translate the first bone relative to the second bone into the corrected configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: CrossRoads Extremity Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Hollis, Daniel Sayger
  • Hip prosthesis
    Patent number: 11045322
    Abstract: A short-stem femoral implant suitable for use in hip arthroplasty configured to self-stabilise against sliding across the endo-cortex when implanted in a subject's femur. The femoral implant includes a distal end configured to engage in abutment with the lateral endo-cortex of the subject's femur at two distal locations such that when implanted, the femoral implant has a reduced tendency for sliding across the endo-cortex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventor: David Phillip Kirwan
  • Thread insertion devices
    Patent number: 11039910
    Abstract: Devices and methods for inserting an implant into skin or other tissue of a patient can include an insertion device having moveable portions that can retain, move, or otherwise control engagement and injection of a hyaluronic thread. The device can include a tubular member and a handle. The handle can include a body component coupled to the tubular member. The body component can include a passage that extends in communication with the lumen. The handle can further comprise first and second arms coupled to the body component and extending outwardly from the distal portion of the tubular member. Based on the configuration, the first and second arms can be positioned along the passage to change a cross-sectional profile of the passage and permit the device to engage or disengage the thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Allergan Industrie SAS
    Inventors: Antoine Duc, Bastien Mandaroux
  • Heart valve repair devices and methods
    Patent number: 11039924
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the repair of the functioning of heart valves are provided. A device may comprise a first section having a generally spiral shape and a second section connected to the first section. A method involves positioning the device such that chords associated with the heart valve are positioned within the path of the generally spiral shape of the first section and positioning the second section on an opposite side of the heart valve. The first section may be turned in a manner such that the chords move closer to the center of the first section. The first section draws the chords closer together, thereby pulling the valve leaflets closer together in order to facilitate their coaptation and proper closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MITRALIX LTD.
    Inventor: Ira Yaron
  • Solid wire ureteral stent
    Patent number: 11033412
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a solid wire and a delivery catheter. The solid wire being provided with one or more retention mechanisms at a proximal end, a distal end, or both. The delivery catheter being capable of maintaining the one or more retention mechanisms in a delivery configuration. The one or more retention mechanisms are configured to expand to a deployed configuration upon removal of the delivery catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Gyrus Acmi, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Carroux
  • Walking assistance method and apparatuses
    Patent number: 11013302
    Abstract: Disclosed is a walking assistance method and apparatuses, wherein a walking assistance apparatus is configured to adaptively control at least one of a length or a stiffness based on a gait motion of a user to assist an upper body of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun-Won Jang
  • Instruments for preparing bone implants
    Patent number: 11007068
    Abstract: A system includes a cutting guide and a cutting template. The cutting guide has a body including a plurality of sides that together define a cavity that is accessible via an opening defined by a first side of the plurality of sides. A second side of the plurality of sides defines at least two elongate slots. The second side is disposed adjacent to the first side and at a distance from an opposed third side. Each of the at least two slots is in communication with the cavity and disposed at a different location along the second side. The cutting template has a body defining at least one elongate slot. The cutting template is configured to be engaged with the cutting guide such that the at least one elongate slot of the cutting template aligns with at least one of the at least two elongate slots of the cutting guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Kian-Ming (Kevin) Wong
  • Subannular sealing for paravalvular leak protection
    Patent number: 11007054
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The stent includes an annulus section adjacent the proximal end and having a first diameter, a plurality of first struts forming cells, and a plurality of second struts connected to the annulus section and forming a plurality of deflecting cells expandable to define a second diameter larger than the first diameter. A valve assembly is disposed within the stent and a cuff is coupled to the stent and covers the plurality of deflecting cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Kent J. Smith, Andrea L. McCarthy, Andrea N. Para, Sounthara Khouengboua, Thomas M. Benson, Saravana B. Kumar, Bruce Moseman, Gaurav Satam
  • Apparatus and method for joint characterization and treatment
    Patent number: 11000382
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a human knee joint, includes: cutting away a proximal portion of the tibia; inserting the gap tensioner between the tibia and the femur; extending the gap tensioner urging the tibia and the femur apart and applying tension to the medial and lateral collateral ligaments; associating at least two tracking markers with the knee joint; providing an electronic receiving device operable to determine a position and orientation of each of the tracking markers relative to the electronic receiving device; moving the knee joint through at least a portion of its range of motion; while moving the knee joint, using the electronic receiving device to collect position data from the tracking markers; processing the collected position data to produce a geometric model of at least a portion of the knee joint; and computing one or more tool paths passing through the knee joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Little Engine, LLC
    Inventors: J. Dean Cole, Franz W. Kellar, Michael D. Bissette, Franz Austen Kellar, Harold L. Crowder
  • Connectable catheter
    Patent number: 10994109
    Abstract: There are provided a connectable catheter system, device and methods of use thereof. The connectable catheter system, comprising: an intermediary catheter comprising an external section and a tip section, the tip section is configured to be inserted into a body of a subject; and a reconnectable indwelling stent comprising a connecting section and a target section, the target section being configured to be located within a body of the subject, wherein the connecting section of the reconnectable indwelling stent is configured to reversibly connect, within the subject body, to the tip section of the intermediary catheter to form a continuous conduit between the intermediary catheter and the reconnectable indwelling stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Urogen Pharma Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Hakim, Yosh Dollberg, Nadav Malchi
  • Medical implant delivery system and related methods
    Patent number: 10987210
    Abstract: An example implant delivery system is disclosed. The example implant delivery system includes a delivery shaft including a proximal portion, a distal portion and a lumen extending therebetween. The delivery system also includes a frame detachably coupled to the distal portion of the delivery shaft and a tack member coupled to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: ROTATION MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Zenz-Olson, Nathaniel Tran
  • Prosthetic valved conduits with mechanically coupled leaflets
    Patent number: 10980633
    Abstract: Described embodiments are directed toward centrally-opening leaflet prosthetic valve devices having a leaflet frame and a non-sewn mechanically coupled leaflet. The described leaflet frames have projections that are configured to couple with apertures located within the leaflet attachment region of a leaflet. Some embodiments are further directed toward pulmonary valved conduits incorporating such leaflet and leaflet frame constructs. Methods of making and using such prosthetic valve devices are also described amongst others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin V. Dienno, Michael G. Dunham, Cody L. Hartman