Patents by Inventor Daniel Vennard
Daniel Vennard 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: 11116492Abstract: An insertion instrument is configured to eject a pair of anchor bodies across an anatomical gap so as to approximate the gap. The insertion instrument can include a single cannula that retains the pair of anchor bodies in a stacked relationship, or a pair of adjacent cannulas that each retain respective anchor bodies. The insertion instrument can be actuated so as to eject the anchor bodies into respective target anatomical locations.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Tom Overes, James Talbot, Daniel Vennard, Kevin Henrichsen, Jamie Manos, Scott Larsen, Wamis Singhatat
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Patent number: 9968348Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide an access tube including a wall structure and an optional handle extending from the wall structure. Selectively weakened areas facilitate selective resection of the wall structure to reveal windows that accommodate lateral intrusions by surrounding anatomical structures and/or provide increased access to an intervertebral disc. For example, a first distal weakened portion is configured to form a first window to afford lateral intrusion of a spinous process. A second distal weakened portion is configured to form a second window to afford lateral intrusion of facet. A proximal weakened portion is configured to afford additional angular access on a proximal end of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Vennard, William Miller, Hewatt McGraw Sims
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Patent number: 9743919Abstract: An anchor assembly can include at least one anchor member, such as a pair of anchor members that are configured to be implanted in a target anatomical location in a first configuration, and can subsequently be actuated to an expanded configuration that secures the anchor members in the target anatomy. The anchor assembly can further include a connector member configured as a stitch lock that attaches the pair of anchor members together across a gap so as to approximate the anatomical defect.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Jamie Manos, Kevin Henrichsen, William Miller, Daniel Vennard
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Patent number: 9713464Abstract: An anchor assembly can include at least one anchor member, such as a pair of anchor members that are configured to be implanted in a target anatomical location in a first configuration, and can subsequently be actuated to an expanded configuration that secures the anchor members in the target anatomy. The anchor assembly can further include a connector member that attaches the pair of anchor members together across a gap so as to approximate the anatomical defect.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Tom Overes, Daniel Vennard, Jamie Manos, Kevin Henrichsen, Wamis Singhatat, Scott Larsen, James Talbot
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Patent number: 9636154Abstract: An anchor-in-anchor fixation system is provided for securing underlying structure, such as bone. The fixation system includes a first bone anchor having a shaft for fixation to underlying bone, and a head that defines an internal bore. A second bone anchor extends through the bore and into underlying bone. A fixation assembly is also provided that includes one or more fixation systems coupled to an auxiliary attachment member configured for long bone fixation, spinal fixation, or fixation of other bones as desired.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Tom Overes, Robert Frigg, Silas Zurschmiede, Andreas Appenzeller, Jamie Manos, Daniel Vennard, Edward J. McShane, III, Joshua McManus, Thomas Keyer, Eric McDivitt, Joseph Capozzoli, Lawton Laurence, Justin Coppes
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Patent number: 9539040Abstract: A locking and lagging bone screw. The screw includes a head having an outer surface which is at least partially threaded and a shaft which is at least partially threaded having a first end coupled to the head and a second end adapted to be fastened to bone. The head of the screw is able to rotate independently of the shaft. Thus, the head of the screw can be locked to a bone plate by using a first driver (e.g., a torx driver) and the plate can be lagged to the bone by using a second driver (e.g., a hex driver).Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Vennard, William Miller
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Publication number: 20160354078Abstract: An insertion instrument is configured to eject a pair of anchor bodies across an anatomical gap so as to approximate the gap. The insertion instrument can include a single cannula that retains the pair of anchor bodies in a stacked relationship, or a pair of adjacent cannulas that each retain respective anchor bodies. The insertion instrument can be actuated so as to eject the anchor bodies into respective target anatomical locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Tom Overes, James Talbot, Daniel Vennard, Kevin Henrichsen, Jamie Manos, Scott Larsen, Wamis Singhatat
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Patent number: 9480507Abstract: An anchor-in-anchor fixation system is provided for securing underlying structure, such as bone. The fixation system includes a first bone anchor having a shaft for fixation to underlying bone, and a head that defines an internal bore. A second bone anchor extends through the bore and into underlying bone. A fixation assembly is also provided that includes one or more fixation systems coupled to an auxiliary attachment member configured for long bone fixation, spinal fixation, or fixation of other bones as desired.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Tom Overes, Robert Frigg, Silas Zurschmiede, Andreas Appenzeller, Jamie Manos, Daniel Vennard, Edward J. McShane, III, Joshua McManus, Thomas Keyer, Eric McDivitt, Joseph Capozzoli, Lawton Laurence, Justin Coppes
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Patent number: 9451938Abstract: An insertion instrument is configured to eject a pair of anchor bodies across an anatomical gap so as to approximate the gap. The insertion instrument can include a single cannula that retains the pair of anchor bodies in a stacked relationship, or a pair of adjacent cannulas that each retain respective anchor bodies. The insertion instrument can be actuated so as to eject the anchor bodies into respective target anatomical locations.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Tom Overes, James Talbot, Daniel Vennard, Kevin Henrichsen, Jamie Manos, Scott Larsen, Wamis Singhatat
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Publication number: 20160007989Abstract: An anchor assembly can include at least one anchor member, such as a pair of anchor members that are configured to be implanted in a target anatomical location in a first configuration, and can subsequently be actuated to an expanded configuration that secures the anchor members in the target anatomy. The anchor assembly can further include a connector member that attaches the pair of anchor members together across a gap so as to approximate the anatomical defect.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Tom Overes, Daniel Vennard, Jamie Manos, Kevin Henrichsen, Wamis Singhatat, Scott Larsen, James Talbot
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Patent number: 9173645Abstract: An anchor assembly can include at least one anchor member, such as a pair of anchor members that are configured to be implanted in a target anatomical location in a first configuration, and can subsequently be actuated to an expanded configuration that secures the anchor members in the target anatomy. The anchor assembly can further include a connector member that attaches the pair of anchor members together across a gap so as to approximate the anatomical defect.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Tom Overes, Daniel Vennard, Jamie Manos, Kevin Henrichsen, Wamis Singhatat, Scott Larsen, James Talbot
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Patent number: 9155533Abstract: The present invention provides instrumentation and associated methods for suture-based soft tissue repair. The disclosed instrument is configured to pass suture through tissue, relocate the instrument, and retrieve the suture, thereby creating a stitch. These steps can be repeated any number of times to create multiple stitches through the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Henrichsen, Daniel Vennard
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Publication number: 20150272635Abstract: An anchor-in-anchor fixation system is provided for securing underlying structure, such as bone. The fixation system includes a first bone anchor having a shaft for fixation to underlying bone, and a head that defines an internal bore. A second bone anchor extends through the bore and into underlying bone. A fixation assembly is also provided that includes one or more fixation systems coupled to an auxiliary attachment member configured for long bone fixation, spinal fixation, or fixation of other bones as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Tom Overes, Robert Frigg, Silas Zurschmiede, Andreas Appenzeller, Jamie Manos, Daniel Vennard, Edward J. McShane, III, Joshua McManus, Thomas Keyer, Eric McDivitt, Joseph Capozzoli, Lawton Laurence, Justin Coppes
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Publication number: 20150250516Abstract: A locking and lagging bone screw. The screw includes a head having an outer surface which is at least partially threaded and a shaft which is at least partially threaded having a first end coupled to the head and a second end adapted to be fastened to bone. The head of the screw is able to rotate independently of the shaft. Thus, the head of the screw can be locked to a bone plate by using a first driver (e.g., a torx driver) and the plate can be lagged to the bone by using a second driver (e.g., a hex driver).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Daniel Vennard, William Miller
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Patent number: 9060808Abstract: An anchor-in-anchor fixation system is provided for securing underlying structure, such as bone. The fixation system includes a first bone anchor having a shaft for fixation to underlying bone, and a head that defines an internal bore. A second bone anchor extends through the bore and into underlying bone. A fixation assembly is also provided that includes one or more fixation systems coupled to an auxiliary attachment member configured for long bone fixation, spinal fixation, or fixation of other bones as desired.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Tom Overes, Robert Frigg, Silas Zurschmiede, Andreas Appenzeller, Jamie Manos, Daniel Vennard, Edward J. McShane, III, Joshua McManus, Thomas Keyer, Eric McDivitt, Joseph Capozzoli, Lawton Laurence, Justin Coppes
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Patent number: 9060821Abstract: A locking and lagging bone screw. The screw includes a head having an outer surface which is at least partially threaded and a shaft which is at least partially threaded having a first end coupled to the head and a second end adapted to be fastened to bone. The head of the screw is able to rotate independently of the shaft. Thus, the head of the screw can be locked to a bone plate by using a first driver (e.g., a torx driver) and the plate can be lagged to the bone by using a second driver (e.g., a hex driver).Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Vennard, William Miller
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Publication number: 20150142055Abstract: An anchor-in-anchor fixation system is provided for securing underlying structure, such as bone. The fixation system includes a first bone anchor having a shaft for fixation to underlying bone, and a head that defines an internal bore. A second bone anchor extends through the bore and into underlying bone. A fixation assembly is also provided that includes one or more fixation systems coupled to an auxiliary attachment member configured for long bone fixation, spinal fixation, or fixation of other bones as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Tom Overes, Robert Frigg, Silas Zurschmiede, Andreas Appenzeller, Jamie Manos, Daniel Vennard, Edward J. McShane, III, Joshua McManus, Thomas Keyer, Eric McDivitt, Joseph Capozzoli, Lawton Laurence, Justin Coppes
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Patent number: 9011466Abstract: A bi-directional suture passing instrument configured to approach soft tissues perpendicularly, enables safer and more efficient surgical repairs and minimally invasive techniques to be employed, useful in areas such as annulus repair, meniscal repair, shoulder arthroscopy, hernia repair, laparoscopic repair, and wound closure.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Ray Adams, David T. Banks, Rudolf Bertagnoli, Joel Helfer, Scott Larsen, Lawton Laurence, Adam Lehman, Jamie Manos, Vincent Mata, Dominique Messerli, Tom Overes, Wamis Singhatat, James Talbot, Ken Underhill, Daniel Vennard
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Publication number: 20140243604Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide an access tube including a wall structure and an optional handle extending from the wall structure. Selectively weakened areas facilitate selective resection of the wall structure to reveal windows that accommodate lateral intrusions by surrounding anatomical structures and/or provide increased access to an intervertebral disc. For example, a first distal weakened portion is configured to form a first window to afford lateral intrusion of a spinous process. A second distal weakened portion is configured to form a second window to afford lateral intrusion of facet. A proximal weakened portion is configured to afford additional angular access on a proximal end of the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Daniel Vennard, William Miller, Hewatt McGraw Sims
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Publication number: 20140142639Abstract: A locking and lagging bone screw. The screw includes a head having an outer surface which is at least partially threaded and a shaft which is at least partially threaded having a first end coupled to the head and a second end adapted to be fastened to bone. The head of the screw is able to rotate independently of the shaft. Thus, the head of the screw can be locked to a bone plate by using a first driver (e.g., a torx driver) and the plate can be lagged to the bone by using a second driver (e.g., a hex driver).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: Daniel Vennard, William Miller