Patents by Inventor Fraser Harvie
Fraser Harvie 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: 11583382Abstract: Packaging for a breast implant, the packaging comprising a lid and a cavity, wherein one of the lid or the cavity is configured to provide direct delivery of the breast implant from the packaging to a surgical pocket. A method for the direct delivery of a breast implant from breast implant packaging to a surgical pocket, the method comprising the steps of: a. ensuring that a delivery device present in a lid or a cavity of the packaging is in a delivery position; b. forming an aperture in the delivery device, thereby opening the packaging; c. transferring the breast implant to the delivery device; d. positioning the delivery device in contact with the surgical pocket; and e. delivering the breast implant to the surgical pocket.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: GC Aesthetics (Distribution) LimitedInventor: Fraser Harvie
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Patent number: 11446131Abstract: An implant comprising an implant body, wherein the implant body comprises one or more regions of macro-texturisation on a surface of the implant body. Various methods of making an implant comprising one or more regions of macro-texturisation on a surface of the implant body are described, the methods being (i) making an implant comprising forming a shell on a mandrel, wherein the mandrel is shaped to form regions of macro-texturisation in the shell and filling the shell with a core material; (ii) making an implant comprising securing a scaffold comprising a silicone polymer to a surface of an implant body or (iii) making an implant comprising extruding a material that will form regions of macro-texturisation onto an implant body or (iv) making an implant comprising laser etching a surface on an implant body to form regions of macro-texturisation.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: GC Aesthetics (Distribution) LimitedInventor: Fraser Harvie
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Publication number: 20210038367Abstract: An implant comprising a shell, a core within the shell, and a conductive layer between the core and the shell; wherein the implant additionally comprises a sensor for detecting a change in one or more electrical properties of the conductive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventor: Fraser Harvie
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Publication number: 20200146801Abstract: An implant comprising an implant body, wherein the implant body comprises one or more regions of macro-texturisation on a surface of the implant body. Various methods of making an implant comprising one or more regions of macro-texturisation on a surface of the implant body are described, the methods being (i) making an implant comprising forming a shell on a mandrel, wherein the mandrel is shaped to form regions of macro-texturisation in the shell and filling the shell with a core material; (ii) making an implant comprising securing a scaffold comprising a silicone polymer to a surface of an implant body or (iii) making an implant comprising extruding a material that will form regions of macro-texturisation onto an implant body or (iv) making an implant comprising laser etching a surface on an implant body to form regions of macro-texturisation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventor: Fraser Harvie
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Publication number: 20200100885Abstract: Packaging for a breast implant, the packaging comprising a lid and a cavity, wherein one of the lid or the cavity is configured to provide direct delivery of the breast implant from the packaging to a surgical pocket. A method for the direct delivery of a breast implant from breast implant packaging to a surgical pocket, the method comprising the steps of: a. ensuring that a delivery device present in a lid or a cavity of the packaging is in a delivery position; b. forming an aperture in the delivery device, thereby opening the packaging; c. transferring the breast implant to the delivery device; d. positioning the delivery device in contact with the surgical pocket; and e. delivering the breast implant to the surgical pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Fraser Harvie
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Patent number: 8696748Abstract: Sheaths for implantable fixation devices are disclosed. Sheaths have a flexible body with a perforated wall, an open end, a closed end, and a body interior sized and shaped to receive the fixation device.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Raymond A. Bojarski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Fraser Harvie, Steven W. Ek
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Publication number: 20110282362Abstract: Sheaths for implantable fixation devices are disclosed. Sheaths have a flexible body with a perforated wall, an open end, a closed end, and a body interior sized and shaped to receive the fixation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Ray Bojarski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Fraser Harvie, Steven Ek
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Patent number: 7988732Abstract: Sheaths for implantable fixation devices are disclosed. Sheaths have a flexible body with a perforated wall, an open end, a closed end, and a body interior sized and shaped to receive the fixation device.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Raymond C. Bojarski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Fraser Harvie, Steven W. Ek
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Publication number: 20100222826Abstract: Sheaths for implantable fixation devices are disclosed. Sheaths have a flexible body with a perforated wall, an open end, a closed end, and a body interior sized and shaped to receive the fixation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Ray Bojarski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Fraser Harvie, Steven Ek
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Patent number: 7785347Abstract: Surgical instruments and methods are provided. In one aspect, a method of securing a fixation device within an opening in a tissue is provided, including delivering a material in a flowable state to said opening, and changing the state of the material so that the material forms an interference fit that secures the fixation device in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Fraser Harvie, Graham Smith, Philip B. Sample, Gary R. McCarthy, Adam James, Peter Richardson, Sally L. Carter
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Patent number: 7758642Abstract: Sheaths for implantable fixation devices and methods of using the sheaths are disclosed. Sheaths have a flexible body with a perforated wall, and an interior of the body is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device. Sheaths include a plurality of flexible or inflexible tubes arranged to form a ring, where the central cavity defined by the ring is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Raymond A. Bojarski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Fraser Harvie, Steven W. Ek
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Patent number: 7740657Abstract: A sheath for organizing soft tissue includes a first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a fixation device, and a second tube coupled to the first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a soft tissue graft. A method for implanting soft tissue in a bone tunnel includes coupling a soft tissue graft to a sheath assembly; and positioning the sheath assembly relative to the soft tissue graft based on a measured depth of a bone tunnel. A set of surgical devices for implanting soft tissue grafts in a bone tunnel includes a sheath assembly, a measurement device for measuring the depth of the bone tunnel, a securing element configured to secure the sheath assembly to the soft tissue graft at a position determined by the measured bone tunnel depth, and a tensioning device configured to organize a plurality of soft tissue grafts.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2007Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Inventors: Charles H. Brown, Jr., Bernard J. Bourque, Rebecca A. Blough, Michael C. Ferragamo, Raymond A. Bojarski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Ben K. Graf, Fraser Harvie, Steve Ek
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Patent number: 7731750Abstract: Sheaths for implantable fixation devices and methods of using the sheaths are disclosed. Sheaths have a flexible body with a perforated wall, and an interior of the body is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device. Sheaths include a plurality of flexible or inflexible tubes arranged to form a ring, where the central cavity defined by the ring is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Raymond A. Bojarski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Fraser Harvie, Steven W. Ek
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Publication number: 20080319546Abstract: Sheaths for implantable fixation devices and methods of using the sheaths are disclosed. Sheaths have a flexible body with a perforated wall, and an interior of the body is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device. Sheaths include a plurality of flexible or inflexible tubes arranged to form a ring, where the central cavity defined by the ring is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Ray Bojarski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Fraser Harvie, Steven Ek
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Patent number: 7407512Abstract: Sheaths for implantable fixation devices and methods of using the sheaths are disclosed. Sheaths have a flexible body with a perforated wall, and an interior of the body is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device. Sheaths include a plurality of flexible or inflexible tubes arranged to form a ring, where the central cavity defined by the ring is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2004Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Raymond A. Bojarski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Fraser Harvie, Steven W. Ek
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Publication number: 20080109079Abstract: Sheaths for implantable fixation devices and methods of using the sheaths are disclosed. Sheaths have a flexible body with a perforated wall, and an interior of the body is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device. Sheaths include a plurality of flexible or inflexible tubes arranged to form a ring, where the central cavity defined by the ring is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2008Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Ray BOJARSKI, Paul Torrie, Fraser Harvie, Steven Ek
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Publication number: 20080027445Abstract: A sheath for organizing soft tissue includes a first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a fixation device, and a second tube coupled to the first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a soft tissue graft. A method for implanting soft tissue in a bone tunnel includes coupling a soft tissue graft to a sheath assembly; and positioning the sheath assembly relative to the soft tissue graft based on a measured depth of a bone tunnel. A set of surgical devices for implanting soft tissue grafts in a bone tunnel includes a sheath assembly, a measurement device for measuring the depth of the bone tunnel, a securing element configured to secure the sheath assembly to the soft tissue graft at a position determined by the measured bone tunnel depth, and a tensioning device configured to organize a plurality of soft tissue grafts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Charles BROWN, Bernard Bourque, Rebecca Blough, Michael Ferragamo, Raymond Bojarski, Paul Torrie, Ben Graf, Fraser Harvie, Steve Ek
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Patent number: 7279008Abstract: A sheath for organizing soft tissue includes a first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a fixation device, and a second tube coupled to the first tube having a flexible body sized and shaped to receive a soft tissue graft. A method for implanting soft tissue in a bone tunnel includes coupling a soft tissue graft to a sheath assembly; and positioning the sheath assembly relative to the soft tissue graft based on a measured depth of a bone tunnel. A set of surgical devices for implanting soft tissue grafts in a bone tunnel includes a sheath assembly, a measurement device for measuring the depth of the bone tunnel, a securing element configured to secure the sheath assembly to the soft tissue graft at a position determined by the measured bone tunnel depth, and a tensioning device configured to organize a plurality of soft tissue grafts.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Charles H. Brown, Bernard J. Bourque, Rebecca A. Blough, Michael C. Ferragamo, Raymond A. Bojarski, Paul Alexander Torrie, Ben K. Graf, Fraser Harvie, Steve Ek
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Patent number: 7144414Abstract: Surgical instruments and methods are provided. In one aspect, a method of securing a fixation device within an opening in a tissue is provided, including delivering a material in a flowable state to said opening, and changing the state of the material so that the material forms an interference fit that secures the fixation device in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Fraser Harvie, Graham Smith, Philip B. Sample, Gary R. McCarthy, Adam James, Peter Richardson
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Publication number: 20060149280Abstract: Surgical instruments and methods are provided. In one aspect, a method of securing a fixation device within an opening in a tissue is provided, including delivering a material in a flowable state to said opening, and changing the state of the material so that the material forms an interference fit that secures the fixation device in the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2003Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventors: Fraser Harvie, Graham Smith, Philip Sample, Gary McCarthy, Adam James, Peter Richardson, Sally Carter