Patents by Inventor Damien Shulock
Damien Shulock 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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Publication number: 20240130847Abstract: An orthopedic implant with an inferior portion having a tibia contact surface configured to extend over a tibia; a superior portion opposite to the inferior portion having a tendon contact surface configured to change a position of a patellar tendon by lifting or tilting the patellar tendon when the curved surface of the first portion is engaged with the tibia; and a fixation mechanism adapted to attach the orthopedic implant to the tibia, the orthopedic implant being further configured to change shape from a first configuration to a second configuration in response to a load applied between the tendon contact surface and the tibia contact surface. The invention also addresses corresponding methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Damien Shulock, Jeffrey Halbrecht, John Barrett, Katherine J. Stephenson
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Patent number: 11896476Abstract: An orthopedic implant with an inferior portion having a tibia contact surface configured to extend over a tibia; a superior portion opposite to the inferior portion having a tendon contact surface configured to change a position of a patellar tendon by lifting or tilting the patellar tendon when the curved surface of the first portion is engaged with the tibia; and a fixation mechanism adapted to attach the orthopedic implant to the tibia, the orthopedic implant being further configured to change shape from a first configuration to a second configuration in response to a load applied between the tendon contact surface and the tibia contact surface. The invention also addresses corresponding methods.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: ZKR Orthopedics, Inc.Inventors: Damien Shulock, Jeffrey Halbrecht, John Barrett, Katherine J. Stephenson
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Publication number: 20240024151Abstract: A medical appliance is configured with material that creates a fluid barrier with interior walls of a stoma on a patient. These configurations may include an annular disc with a stem on one side that inserts into the stoma. The material may reside on the stem, for example, in the form of a replaceable hollow tube that covers at least part of the stem. On the other side, a rotatable spigot inserts into a recess. The rotatable spigot has a first position that forms a flow path through the stem and the annular disc to allow waste to drain from the stoma. In one implementation, the rotatable spigot can couple with a collection device that receives the waste. The patient can return the rotatable spigot to a second position to prevent flow of waste.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Robert C. Bell, JR., Damien Shulock, Gary J. Margolis, John Ashley
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Publication number: 20240000583Abstract: Expandable intervertebral spacer system having a top plate and a bottom plate which are separated and held apart a changeable distance forming a cage. The plates are held apart by four locking mechanisms in the cage at or near the corners or the periphery of the plates, leaving the cavity of the cage substantially unobstructed. Each locking mechanism is made of two saw-toothed posts that cooperate to lock the top plate a desired distance from the bottom plate. The saw-tooth posts are biased against each other with a spring. Once the spacer is implanted in a patient with a removable insertion tool, the top and bottom plates are forced apart incrementally, one saw tooth at a time, in a ratchet-like motion, using a removable expansion mechanism. Optionally, each stanchion is surrounded by a sheath to prevent bone particles and other debris from interfering with the mating of the saw teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Ingeniumspine, LLCInventors: Murali Kadaba, Damien SHULOCK, B. Thomas BARKER, Dennis Crandall, Jason DATTA, Lyle YOUNG
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Patent number: 11771585Abstract: A medical appliance is configured with material that creates a fluid barrier with interior walls of a stoma on a patient. These configurations may include an annular disc with a stem on one side that inserts into the stoma. The material may reside on the stem, for example, in the form of a replaceable hollow tube that covers at least part of the stem. On the other side, a rotatable spigot inserts into a recess. The rotatable spigot has a first position that forms a flow path through the stem and the annular disc to allow waste to drain from the stoma. In one implementation, the rotatable spigot can couple with a collection device that receives the waste. The patient can return the rotatable spigot to a second position to prevent flow of waste.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Ostovalve, LLCInventors: Robert C. Bell, Jr., Damien Shulock, Gary J. Margolis, John Ashley
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Patent number: 11737892Abstract: An expandable intervertebral spacer system having a top plate and a bottom plate forming a cage. The top, bottom, and sides of the cage have openings to receive bone graft material. At least one ramp extends into the cage from the top plate or bottom plate. The top plate and bottom plate are connected together at the proximal end of the cage at a hinge. The cage is expanded by inserting a pushrod into the proximal end of the cage against the ramp and forcing the top and bottom plates apart at a desired angle. A locking mechanism at the distal end of the cage locks the plates apart using a ratchet-like mechanism in which a torsion spring biases a movable post against a stationary post, such that the saw teeth of the movable post and stationary post cooperate to lock the top and bottom plates apart.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2023Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Ingeniumspine, LLCInventors: Murali Kadaba, Damien Shulock, Dennis Crandall
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Publication number: 20220323251Abstract: A medical appliance is configured with material that creates a fluid barrier with interior walls of a stoma on a patient. These configurations may include an annular disc with a stem on one side that inserts into the stoma. The material may reside on the stem, for example, in the form of a replaceable hollow tube that covers at least part of the stem. On the other side, a rotatable spigot inserts into a recess. The rotatable spigot has a first position that forms a flow path through the stem and the annular disc to allow waste to drain from the stoma. In one implementation, the rotatable spigot can couple with a collection device that receives the waste. The patient can return the rotatable spigot to a second position to prevent flow of waste.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Robert C. Bell, JR., Damien Shulock, Gary J. Margolis, John Ashley
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Publication number: 20210346165Abstract: An orthopedic implant with an inferior portion having a tibia contact surface configured to extend over a tibia; a superior portion opposite to the inferior portion having a tendon contact surface configured to change a position of a patellar tendon by lifting or tilting the patellar tendon when the curved surface of the first portion is engaged with the tibia; a fixation mechanism adapted to attach the orthopedic implant to the tibia; and an adjustment mechanism adapted to change a distance between the tendon contact surface and the tibia contact surface. The invention also includes a method for repositioning a patellar tendon of a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Damien SHULOCK, Jeffrey HALBRECHT, John BARRETT, Katherine J. STEPHENSON
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Publication number: 20210322060Abstract: Spinal curvature modulation systems, methods and related devices and instrumentation are disclosed, which include a flexible tether, a tether tensioning unit and bone anchors for the flexible tether that allow the tether to be secured across multiple vertebrae in a region of treatment. When the flexible tether is attached to multiple vertebrae, it can be used to correct spinal deformities. Tension in the flexible tether is adjustable transcutaneously without invasive surgical procedures by use of remotely driven actuators, such as a magnet-driven motor, or by a small tool insertable through a small incision. Disclosed systems and methods thus allow for multiple adjustments of tether tension, and spinal curvature, over time without repeated, highly invasive, spinal surgeries.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: John Barrett, Murali Kadaba, John Ashley, Damien Shulock
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Publication number: 20210205068Abstract: An orthopedic implant with an inferior portion having a tibia contact surface configured to extend over a tibia; a superior portion opposite to the inferior portion having a tendon contact surface configured to change a position of a patellar tendon by lifting or tilting the patellar tendon when the curved surface of the first portion is engaged with the tibia; and a fixation mechanism adapted to attach the orthopedic implant to the tibia, the orthopedic implant being further configured to change shape from a first configuration to a second configuration in response to a load applied between the tendon contact surface and the tibia contact surface. The invention also addresses corresponding methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Damien SHULOCK, Jeffrey HALBRECHT, John BARRETT, Katherine J. STEPHENSON
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Publication number: 20210205067Abstract: An orthopedic implant system including an orthopedic implant with an inferior portion having a surface configured to extend over a top surface of a tibia; a superior portion opposite to the inferior portion and configured to change a position of a patellar tendon by lifting or tilting the patellar tendon when the surface of the inferior portion is engaged with the tibia; a first lateral side disposed between the inferior portion and the superior portion; and a second lateral side disposed between the inferior portion and the superior portion opposite to the first lateral side; and a fixation system to attach the orthopedic implant to the tibia. The invention also includes corresponding methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Damien SHULOCK, Jeffrey HALBRECHT, John BARRETT, Katherine J. STEPHENSON
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Patent number: 9987149Abstract: An insertion handle for medical implants includes a handle with an elongate shaft extending therefrom and connection means for the implant disposed at the end of the shaft opposite the handle. The connection means includes a pivotable attachment for the implant that is controlled remotely from the handle. Both angle of the implant with respect to the handle and shaft as well as the attachment may be separately controlled and adjusted. Remote angular adjustment facilitates insertion of implants in to small surgical sites because the orientation of the implant may be repeatedly, remotely adjusted as the implant is inserted. Connectors may also be provided at the engagement surface between the handle and implant in order to provide communication with the implant or surgical site. The connectors also may serve as torque bearing members to avoid the need for separate torque bearing means such as keyways and the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Philip J. Simpson, George A. Mansfield, III, Damien Shulock, David G. Matsuura, Walter Dean Gillespie, John E. Ashley
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Patent number: 9545316Abstract: A spinal implant which is configured to be deployed between adjacent vertebral bodies. The implant has at least one extendable support element with a retracted configuration to facilitate deployment of the implant and an extended configuration so as to expand the implant and effectively distract the disc space, stabilize the motion segments and eliminate pathologic spine motion. The implant has a minimal dimension in its unexpanded state that is smaller than the dimensions of the neuroforamen through which it typically passes to be deployed within the intervertebral space. The implant is provided with a locking system having a plurality of linked locking elements that work in unison to lock the implant in an extended configuration. Bone engaging anchors also may be provided to ensure secure positioning.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: John E. Ashley, Philip J. Simpson, Walter Dean Gillespie, Damien Shulock, Murali Kadaba, David G. Matsuura, George A. Mansfield, III, Thomas Grotz, Rudy Pretti, Dennis Crandall
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Publication number: 20150289988Abstract: A spinal implant which is configured to be deployed between adjacent vertebral bodies. The implant has at least one extendable support element with a retracted configuration to facilitate deployment of the implant and an extended configuration so as to expand the implant and effectively distract the disc space, stabilize the motion segments and eliminate pathologic spine motion. The implant has a minimal dimension in its unexpanded state that is smaller than the dimensions of the neuroforamen through which it typically passes to be deployed within the intervertebral space. The implant is provided with a locking system having a plurality of linked locking elements that work in unison to lock the implant in an extended configuration. Bone engaging anchors also may be provided to ensure secure positioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: John E. Ashley, Philip J. Simpson, Walter Dean Gillespie, Damien Shulock, Murali Kadaba, David G. Matsuura, George A. Mansfield, III, Thomas Grotz, Rudy Pretti, Dennis Crandall
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Publication number: 20150202054Abstract: An insertion handle for medical implants includes a handle with an elongate shaft extending therefrom and connection means for the implant disposed at the end of the shaft opposite the handle. The connection means includes a pivotable attachment for the implant that is controlled remotely from the handle. Both angle of the implant with respect to the handle and shaft as well as the attachment may be separately controlled and adjusted. Remote angular adjustment facilitates insertion of implants in to small surgical sites because the orientation of the implant may be repeatedly, remotely adjusted as the implant is inserted. Connectors may also be provided at the engagement surface between the handle and implant in order to provide communication with the implant or surgical site. The connectors also may serve as torque bearing members to avoid the need for separate torque bearing means such as keyways and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Philip J. Simpson, George A. Mansfield, III, Damien Shulock, David G. Matsuura, Walter Dean Gillespie, John E. Ashley
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Publication number: 20150075541Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and devices for the treatment of airway obstruction, such as obstructive sleep apnea, and devices and methods that facilitate insertion and retrieval of the same. In one embodiment, disclosed is a tissue tensioner that includes an elongate flexible tether having a first end and a second end, a bone anchor configured to be connected to a patient's mandible, a tissue ingrowth implant configured to be implanted in a patient's tongue and connected to the second end of the tether, and an adjustment mechanism configured to be held by the bone anchor adjacent the patient's mandible and configured to receive the first end of the tether and configured to adjust tension in the flexible tether between the patient's mandible and tongue. Various anchors, tethers, securement mechanisms, and adjustment mechanisms that can be used with glossal and palatal remodeling systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Michael DINEEN, Mark HIROTSUKA, Jasper JACKSON, Damien SHULOCK, Andrew FRAZIER, Chad ROUE, Erik VAN DER BURG
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Patent number: 8757163Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and devices for the treatment of airway obstruction, such as obstructive sleep apnea, and devices and methods that facilitate insertion and retrieval of the same. In one embodiment, disclosed is a tissue tensioner that includes an elongate flexible tether having a first end and a second end, a bone anchor configured to be connected to a patient's mandible, a tissue ingrowth implant configured to be implanted in a patient's tongue and connected to the second end of the tether, and an adjustment mechanism configured to be held by the bone anchor adjacent the patient's mandible and configured to receive the first end of the tether and configured to adjust tension in the flexible tether between the patient's mandible and tongue. Various anchors, tethers, securement mechanisms, and adjustment mechanisms that can be used with glossal and palatal remodeling systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Michael Dineen, Mark Hirotsuka, Jasper Jackson, Damien Shulock, Andrew Frazier, Chad Roue, Erik Van Der Burg
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Publication number: 20130146065Abstract: Methods and devices for the treatment of airway obstruction, sleep apnea and snoring are disclosed. In some embodiments, a glossal suspension system includes a tissue tensioner that includes a suture loop made of one or more sutures configured to suspend the tongue with at least one portion configured to extend laterally through the tongue, and a securement mechanism configured to be attached to a patient's mandible that includes one more more adjustment assemblies for engaging the one or more sutures and adjusting tension on the suture loop. Various tethers and anchors that can he used with the glossal suspension system are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2013Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Mark HIROTSUKA, Jasper JACKSON, Damien SHULOCK, Andrew FRAZIER, Char ROUE, Erik VAN DER BURG, Michael DINEEN
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Patent number: 8371307Abstract: Methods and devices for the treatment of airway obstruction, sleep apnea and snoring are disclosed. In some embodiments, a glossal suspension system includes a tissue tensioner that includes a suture loop made of one or more sutures configured to suspend the tongue with at least one portion configured to extend laterally through the tongue, and a securement mechanism configured to be attached to a patient's mandible that includes one more adjustment assemblies for engaging the one or more sutures and adjusting tension on the suture loop. Various tethers and anchors that can be used with the glossal suspension system are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2007Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Mark Hirotsuka, Jasper Jackson, Damien Shulock, Andrew Frazier, Chad Roue, Erik van der Burg, Michael Dineen
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Publication number: 20120111341Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and devices for the treatment of airway obstruction, such as obstructive sleep apnea, and devices and methods that facilitate insertion and retrieval of the same. In one embodiment, disclosed is a tissue tensioner that includes an elongate flexible tether having a first end and a second end, a bone anchor configured to be connected to a patient's mandible, a tissue ingrowth implant configured to be implanted in a patient's tongue and connected to the second end of the tether, and an adjustment mechanism configured to be held by the bone anchor adjacent the patient's mandible and configured to receive the first end of the tether and configured to adjust tension in the flexible tether between the patient's mandible and tongue. Various anchors, tethers, securement mechanisms, and adjustment mechanisms that can be used with glossal and palatal remodeling systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2012Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Michael DINEEN, Mark HIROTSUKA, Jasper JACKSON, Damien SHULOCK, Andrew FRAZIER, Chad ROUE, Erik VAN DER BURG