Patents by Inventor Bryan Fritz
Bryan Fritz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11510712Abstract: A bone plate for treating periprosthetic fractures includes a head portion sized and shaped so that, in an operative position, a proximal end thereof aligns with a vastus ridge of a greater trochanter of a femur. The plate also includes a shaft portion extending distally from the head portion. The shaft portion includes offset holes to receive bone fixation elements therethrough. Each of the offset holes includes a first hole positioned on a first side of a longitudinal axis of the plate and a second hole positioned on a second side of the longitudinal axis opposite the first side so that bone fixation elements inserted therethrough extend anterior and posterior of a prosthetic received within the femur. The first and second holes are staggered relative to one another along a length of the shaft portion and extending beyond longitudinal edges of the shaft portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Kenny Koay, Jessica Galie, Troy Probst, Peter Fatone, Bryan Fritz, Mike Brace, Glenna Smith, George J. Haidukewych, Karl Stoffel, Cory A. Collinge, Frank A. Liporace, Bruce H. Ziran
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Publication number: 20220280209Abstract: A bone plate for treating periprosthetic fractures includes a head portion to be positioned along a greater trochanter of a bone. The head portion includes pairs of bone fixation element receiving openings extending therethrough from a first surface of the plate which, when the plate is in an operative position, faces away from the bone, and a second surface which, when the plate is in the operative position, faces toward the bone. A pair of cable holes extend through the head portion from a first longitudinal side connecting the first and second surfaces to a second longitudinal side connecting the first and second surfaces. The head portion includes a pair of hooks for engaging a superior ridge of the greater trochanter. The plate also includes a shaft portion extending distally from the head portion to extend along a portion of the bone distal of the greater trochanter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Kenny Koay, Jessica Galie, Troy Probst, Peter Fatone, Bryan Fritz, Mike Brace, Glenna Smith, George J. Haidukewych, Karl Stoffel, Cory A. Collinge, Frank A. Liporace, Bruce H. Ziran
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Patent number: 11344344Abstract: A bone plate for treating periprosthetic fractures includes a head portion to be positioned along a greater trochanter of a bone. The head portion includes pairs of bone fixation element receiving openings extending therethrough from a first surface of the plate which, when the plate is in an operative position, faces away from the bone, and a second surface which, when the plate is in the operative position, faces toward the bone. A pair of cable holes extend through the head portion from a first longitudinal side connecting the first and second surfaces to a second longitudinal side connecting the first and second surfaces. The head portion includes a pair of hooks for engaging a superior ridge of the greater trochanter. The plate also includes a shaft portion extending distally from the head portion to extend along a portion of the bone distal of the greater trochanter.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Kenny Koay, Jessica Galie, Troy Probst, Peter Fatone, Bryan Fritz, Mike Brace, Glenna Smith, George J. Haidukewych, Karl Stoffel, Cory A. Collinge, Frank A. Liporace, Bruce H. Ziran
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Publication number: 20180256221Abstract: A bone plate for treating periprosthetic fractures includes a head portion to be positioned along a greater trochanter of a bone. The head portion includes pairs of bone fixation element receiving openings extending therethrough from a first surface of the plate which, when the plate is in an operative position, faces away from the bone, and a second surface which, when the plate is in the operative position, faces toward the bone. A pair of cable holes extend through the head portion from a first longitudinal side connecting the first and second surfaces to a second longitudinal side connecting the first and second surfaces. The head portion includes a pair of hooks for engaging a superior ridge of the greater trochanter. The plate also includes a shaft portion extending distally from the head portion to extend along a portion of the bone distal of the greater trochanter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Kenny KOAY, Jessica GALIE, Troy PROBST, Peter FATONE, Bryan FRITZ, Mike BRACE, Glenna CHAMPION, George J. HAIDUKEWYCH, Karl STOFFEL, Cory A. COLLINGE, Frank A. LIPORACE, Bruce H. ZIRAN
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Publication number: 20180256220Abstract: A bone plate for treating periprosthetic fractures includes a head portion sized and shaped so that, in an operative position, a proximal end thereof aligns with a vastus ridge of a greater trochanter of a femur. The plate also includes a shaft portion extending distally from the head portion. The shaft portion includes offset holes to receive bone fixation elements therethrough. Each of the offset holes includes a first hole positioned on a first side of a longitudinal axis of the plate and a second hole positioned on a second side of the longitudinal axis opposite the first side so that bone fixation elements inserted therethrough extend anterior and posterior of a prosthetic received within the femur. The first and second holes are staggered relative to one another along a length of the shaft portion and extending beyond longitudinal edges of the shaft portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Kenny KOAY, Jessica GALIE, Troy PROBST, Peter FATONE, Bryan FRITZ, Mike BRACE, Glenna CHAMPION, George J. HAIDUKEWYCH, Karl STOFFEL, Cory A. COLLINGE, Frank A. LIPORACE, Bruce H. ZIRAN
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Patent number: 9724500Abstract: A by-pass shunt for use with a bodily fluid pump. The by-pass shunt includes an inflow conduit, an outflow conduit, and an intermediate conduit fluidically coupling the inflow and outflow conduits. A flow restrictor is operably coupled to a portion of the intermediate conduit and is configured to reduce a fluid flow from the outflow conduit, through the intermediate conduit, and into the inflow conduit.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: CircuLite, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Farnan, Bryan Fritz, Yun Yi
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Patent number: 8821527Abstract: A surgical cannula system. The surgical cannula system includes a cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. A tissue attachment ring, being configured to be coupled to a biological tissue, includes a lumen extending therethrough. A locking mechanism has a first locking state, in which the cannula is configured to move with respect to the tissue attachment ring, and a second locking state, in which movement of the cannula with respect to the tissue attachment ring is resisted.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Circulite, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Farnan, Arielle Drummond, Jerry Brightbill, Timothy Walter Robinson, Richard Wisdom, Jonathan O'Keefe, Richard Abraham, Sarah Kostanski, Bryan Fritz
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Publication number: 20130060267Abstract: A surgical cannula system. The surgical cannula system includes a cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. A tissue attachment ring, being configured to be coupled to a biological tissue, includes a lumen extending therethrough. A locking mechanism has a first locking state, in which the cannula is configured to move with respect to the tissue attachment ring, and a second locking state, in which movement of the cannula with respect to the tissue attachment ring is resisted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: CIRCULITE, INC.Inventors: Robert C. Farnan, Arielle Drummond, Jerry Brightbill, Timothy Walter Robinson, Richard Wisdom, Jonathan O'Keefe, Richard Abraham, Sarah Kostanski, Bryan Fritz