Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Ryan

Christopher J. Ryan 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).

  • Patent number: 10695192
    Abstract: An implant includes a central wall extending from a first side of a peripheral frame portion to a second side of the peripheral frame portion, and a first helical bone contacting member attached at the central wall and disposed within the superior half of the implant. The implant further includes a first support member attached at the central wall at a junction coincident with the first helical bone contacting member and extending to a central region of the implant internal to the first helical bone contacting member. In addition, the implant includes a non-helical bone contacting member extending from a portion of the first support member that is disposed internal to the first helical bone contacting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Edward J. McShane, III, Joseph M. Nyahay, Megan A. Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20200188129
    Abstract: An implant may include a body having a first portion and a second portion and a structural member having a central member curve. In addition, the structural member may be exposed on an outer surface of the implant. Further, the central member curve may include a winding segment, and the winding segment of the central member curve may wind around a fixed path extending from the first portion of the body to the second portion of the body. Also, the central member curve may make one or more full turns around the fixed path. And, the structural member may have a member diameter at the winding segment, wherein the winding segment has a winding diameter corresponding with the full turn around the fixed path and the member diameter is greater than the winding diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Edward J. McShane, III, Christopher J. Ryan
  • Patent number: 10667924
    Abstract: A corpectomy implant is comprised of multiple layers of structural elements having a generalized helical geometry. These elements are separated by structural elements having an undulating planar geometry. The corpectomy implant also includes centrally located structural elements that have a closed loop geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Nyahay, Edward J. McShane, III, Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Megan A. Stauffer
  • Patent number: 10512549
    Abstract: An implant for use in a spine includes a body and a plurality of structural members. The superior and inferior surfaces each include a ring and structural members arranged in a web-like pattern around the ring. Bone contacting members are arranged radially away from the ring and support members are arranged in a circumferential direction around the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Edward J. McShane, III, Megan A. Stauffer, Joseph M. Nyahay
  • Patent number: 10478312
    Abstract: An implant for use in a spine includes a body and a plurality of structural members. The plurality of structural members includes outer members that are arranged to contact a vertebra upon implantation and support members that provide reinforcement and stability to the outer members. The outer members may have sections with a generalized helical geometry. The generalized helical geometry provides distal and proximal outwardly facing surface regions and creates a series of protected fusion zones along the superior and inferior surfaces of the implant to foster adjacent bone growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.
    Inventors: Edward J. McShane, III, Christopher J. Ryan
  • Publication number: 20190307574
    Abstract: An implant including a first body member and a second body member and a first bone contacting element extending from the first body member to the second body member. The first bone contacting element may have a spiral configuration forming a plurality of arched members including at least two arched members extending substantially parallel to and offset with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph M. Nyahay, Edward J. McShane, III, Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Megan A. Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20190231554
    Abstract: An implant includes a central wall extending from a first side of a peripheral frame portion to a second side of the peripheral frame portion, and a first helical bone contacting member attached at the central wall and disposed within the superior half of the implant. The implant further includes a first support member attached at the central wall at a junction coincident with the first helical bone contacting member and extending to a central region of the implant internal to the first helical bone contacting member. In addition, the implant includes a non-helical bone contacting member extending from a portion of the first support member that is disposed internal to the first helical bone contacting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Edward J. McShane, Joseph M. Nyahay, Megan A. Stauffer
  • Patent number: 10357377
    Abstract: An implant includes a first body member and a second body member connected by a plurality of bone contacting elements. Some of the bone contacting elements may have a generally helical geometry. Some of the bone contacting elements may have an undulating planar geometry. The bone contacting elements may have a rounded cross-sectional shape or a rectangular cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Nyahay, Edward J. McShane, III, Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Megan A. Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20190183657
    Abstract: An implant including a peripheral frame portion defining a periphery of the body; a first helical bone contacting member attached to the body and disposed within the superior half of the implant; and a second helical bone contacting member attached to the body and disposed within the superior half of the implant. The implant also includes a first support member extending inwardly of the bone contacting member into a central region of the implant; and a second support member extending inwardly of the bone contacting members. The first support member and the second support member are substantially U-shaped and are connected to one another at the bottoms of the two U-shapes in the central region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Edward J. McShane, III, Megan A. Stauffer, Joseph M. Nyahay
  • Patent number: 10213317
    Abstract: An implant includes a body including a peripheral frame portion defining a periphery of the body and a central wall extending from a first side of the peripheral frame portion to a second side of the peripheral frame portion. The implant may further include a first bone contacting member attached to the body and disposed within the superior half of the implant. Also, the implant may include a first support member extending from a first point on a superior side of the peripheral frame portion to the first the bone contacting member and further extending inwardly of the bone contacting member into a central region of the implant and terminating at a second point on an inferior side of the peripheral frame portion adjacent to the first point from which the first support member extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education
    Inventors: Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Edward J. McShane, III, Megan A. Stauffer, Joseph M. Nyahay
  • Publication number: 20190038428
    Abstract: An implant for insertion into a spine is configured with a body and a plurality of bone contacting elements. The implant is configured with an insertion axis that is diagonal to a lateral axis and to a posterior-anterior axis. The diagonal insertion axis allows for insertion of the implant using an oblique lumbar interbody fusion procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Megan A. Stauffer, Christopher J. Ryan, Edward J. McShane, III, Joseph M. Nyahay, Sean S. Bishop
  • Publication number: 20180256353
    Abstract: A corpectomy implant is comprised of multiple layers of structural elements having a generalized helical geometry. These elements are separated by structural elements having an undulating planar geometry. The corpectomy implant also includes centrally located structural elements that have a closed loop geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph M. Nyahay, Edward J. McShane, III, Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Megan A. Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20180256352
    Abstract: An implant includes a first body member and a second body member connected by a plurality of bone contacting elements. Some of the bone contacting elements may have a generally helical geometry. Some of the bone contacting elements may have an undulating planar geometry. The bone contacting elements may have a rounded cross-sectional shape or a rectangular cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph M. Nyahay, Edward J. McShane, III, Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Megan A. Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20180256351
    Abstract: An implant for use in a spine includes a body and a plurality of structural members. The superior and inferior surfaces each include a ring and structural members arranged in a web-like pattern around the ring. Bone contacting members are arranged radially away from the ring and support members are arranged in a circumferential direction around the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Edward J. McShane, Megan A. Stauffer, Joseph M. Nyahay
  • Publication number: 20180256361
    Abstract: An implant includes a body including a peripheral frame portion defining a periphery of the body and a central wall extending from a first side of the peripheral frame portion to a second side of the peripheral frame portion. The implant may further include a first bone contacting member attached to the body and disposed within the superior half of the implant. Also, the implant may include a first support member extending from a first point on a superior side of the peripheral frame portion to the first the bone contacting member and further extending inwardly of the bone contacting member into a central region of the implant and terminating at a second point on an inferior side of the peripheral frame portion adjacent to the first point from which the first support member extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Sean S. Bishop, Christopher J. Ryan, Edward J. McShane, III, Megan A. Stauffer, Joseph M. Nyahay
  • Publication number: 20180110626
    Abstract: An implant for use in a spine includes a body and a plurality of structural members. The plurality of structural members includes outer members that are arranged to contact a vertebra upon implantation and support members that provide reinforcement and stability to the outer members. The outer members may have sections with a generalized helical geometry. The generalized helical geometry provides distal and proximal outwardly facing surface regions and creates a series of protected fusion zones along the superior and inferior surfaces of the implant to foster adjacent bone growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Edward J. McShane, III, Christopher J. Ryan
  • Patent number: 9889774
    Abstract: A seat adjustment mechanism may include a recliner mechanism, a recliner handle, a hub and an unlock lever. The recliner mechanism is operable in an unlocked state permitting relative rotation between a seatback and a seat bottom and a locked state preventing relative rotation between the seatback and the seat bottom. The recliner handle is rotatable between locked and unlocked positions to move the recliner mechanism between the locked and unlocked states. The hub may transmit motion of the recliner handle to the recliner mechanism as the recliner handle moves between the unlocked and locked positions. The unlock lever may move the recliner mechanism between the locked and unlocked states. Rotation of the recliner handle may cause corresponding rotation of the hub and the unlock lever. However, the unlock lever may move the recliner mechanism into the unlocked state without causing corresponding rotation of the hub and the recliner handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FISHER & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Joe C. Espinosa, Christopher J. Ryan
  • Patent number: 9827885
    Abstract: A seat assembly is provided and may include a base assembly, a first arm, a seat bottom assembly, a second arm, and an adjustment arm. The base assembly may be mounted to a vehicle. The first arm may be rotatably coupled to the base assembly and may be operable to rotate relative to the base assembly about a first axis of rotation. The seat bottom assembly may be rotatably coupled to the first arm and may be operable to rotate relative to the first arm about a second axis of rotation. The second arm may be rotatably coupled to the seat bottom assembly and may be operable to rotate relative to the seat bottom assembly about a third axis of rotation. The adjustment arm may include an adjustment mechanism, and may be rotatably coupled to the second arm and rotatably coupled to the base assembly. The adjustment mechanism may be operable to rotate the adjustment arm relative to the base assembly about a fourth axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FISHER & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael R. Fisher, James S. Maksymiuk, David L. Robinson, Christopher J. Ryan, Andrew J. Simms
  • Publication number: 20170036570
    Abstract: A seat adjustment mechanism may include a recliner mechanism, a recliner handle, a hub and an unlock lever. The recliner mechanism is operable in an unlocked state permitting relative rotation between a seatback and a seat bottom and a locked state preventing relative rotation between the seatback and the seat bottom. The recliner handle is rotatable between locked and unlocked positions to move the recliner mechanism between the locked and unlocked states. The hub may transmit motion of the recliner handle to the recliner mechanism as the recliner handle moves between the unlocked and locked positions. The unlock lever may move the recliner mechanism between the locked and unlocked states. Rotation of the recliner handle may cause corresponding rotation of the hub and the unlock lever. However, the unlock lever may move the recliner mechanism into the unlocked state without causing corresponding rotation of the hub and the recliner handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: FISHER & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Joe C. ESPINOSA, Christopher J. RYAN
  • Patent number: 9414870
    Abstract: Translational bone fixation assemblies, kits containing such assemblies, and methods of use are described herein. The described assemblies may be used in spinal fusion procedures in which a damaged or diseased disc (or part of a disc) is removed from between a pair of vertebrae and a spinal fusion spacer is placed between the vertebrae. The assemblies may be applied to an anterior portion of the affected vertebrae to span the affected disc space, and may be fixed to the vertebrae using bone screws. The assemblies may function to maintain the vertebrae aligned during the initial period following fixation in which fusion of the spacer to the adjacent vertebrae occurs. The assemblies may also function to share some of the axial spinal load applied to the fusion spacer to prevent extreme subsidence of the spacer into the vertebral body, such as where the patient has poor bone quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Ryan, Sean S. Suh, David S. Rathbun, Christoph A. Roth, David Koch