Patents by Inventor Steven J. Tallarida
Steven J. Tallarida 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: 8147559Abstract: A system for positioning an element relative to an articular surface. An embodiment of the system may include a first element having a positional reference relative to an articular surface. The system may further include a second element capable of indicating the positional reference of the first element relative to said articular surface. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Arthrosurface IncorporatedInventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Steven W. Ek
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Patent number: 8092525Abstract: A method according to one embodiment may include providing a heart valve implant including an anchor capable of engaging coronary tissue, a shaft coupled to said anchor, and a valve body coupled to said shaft. The method may further include at least partially collapsing the heart valve implant and percutaneously inserting the heart valve implant into a heart. The percutaneously inserted implant may be secured within the heart and may then be expanded. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2005Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Cardiosolutions, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Arden Eliasen, Steven J. Tallarida, Adrian Ebner
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Publication number: 20120004663Abstract: A generic bone implant, or set of standardized implants, is created based on using a guide device to develop an axis normal to an articular surface of bone and collecting only one or two data points. A generic cutting tool is used to cut the bone to a point where a generic implant can be used. Several improved tools relating to the procedure for using such an implant, as well as methods for using implants consistent with the invention are further described, including: single-axis and biaxial drill guide tools and methods, generic single-axis implant methods and devices, generic biaxial implant methods and devices, tools and methods for holding or delivering an implant, removal or revision tools and methods, digital measuring systems and methods, and set of measuring gauges for determining the appropriate implant dimensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: ARTHROSURFACE INC.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Steven W. Ek
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Publication number: 20110137288Abstract: An access port, wherein the access port may include a body having an exterior surface and a chamber defined therein, a bore defined in the body providing fluid communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a needle in fluid communication with the chamber, a passage defined in the body providing communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a seal secured within the passage, and an actuator in communication with the needle, configured to move the needle relative to the passage or move the passage relative to the needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: STD MED, INC.Inventors: Steven J. TALLARIDA, Kenneth Arden ELIASEN
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Patent number: 7857817Abstract: A generic bone implant, or set of standardized implants, is created based on using a guide device to develop an axis normal to an articular surface of bone and collecting only one or two data points. A generic cutting tool is used to cut the bone to a point where a generic implant can be used. Several improved tools relating to the procedure for using such an implant, as well as methods for using implants consistent with the invention are further described, including: single-axis and biaxial drill guide tools and methods, generic single-axis implant methods and devices, generic biaxial implant methods and devices, tools and methods for holding or delivering an implant, removal or revision tools and methods, digital measuring systems and methods, and set of measuring gauges for determining the appropriate implant dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Arthrosurface Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Steven W. Ek
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Publication number: 20100280465Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular access port comprising a port base with a metallic dish insert molded (or bonded) into the bottom of the reservoir. In one embodiment, a single reservoir is provided. In another embodiment, plural reservoirs are provided. The metallic bottom of the reservoir provides a hard surface that will resist abrasion and puncture by the access needles used to infuse medication or withdraw blood. Additionally, the single and dual ports can include exit ports that are intended to better anatomically fit into the subcutaneous areas around muscle tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: STD MED, INCInventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Mark Ettlinger
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Patent number: 7803143Abstract: An implantable hemodialysis port includes a housing and a septum, the housing being formed from a flexible material and including a plurality of chambers. The chambers are fluidly interconnected with one another by integrated outlet passageways. Each of the chambers includes a sidewall portion and a funnel portion tapering from the sidewall portion. The septum encloses each of the chambers.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2005Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: STD Med, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Mark Ettlinger
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Publication number: 20100204701Abstract: A system for repairing a defect on a patient's articular surface comprising a guide, a guide pin, a reamer, and an implant. The guide is configured to be disposed about the defect and includes a passageway configured to establish a reference axis extending generally outwardly from the articular surface. The guide pin is configured to be received through the guide passageway along the reference axis and into bone beneath the articular surface. The reamer comprises a cannulated shaft configured to be advanced over the guide pin along the reference axis and further comprises a cutting surface configured to be rotated about the guide pin to form an excision site. The implant comprises a bone facing surface configured to be received in the excision site and a load bearing surface having a contour approximating a contour of the patient's articular surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: ARTHROSURFACE INCORPORATEDInventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Steven W. Ek
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Patent number: 7713251Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular access port comprising a port base with a metallic dish insert molded (or bonded) into the bottom of the reservoir. In one embodiment, a single reservoir is provided. In another embodiment, plural reservoirs are provided. The metallic bottom of the reservoir provides a hard surface that will resist abrasion and puncture by the access needles used to infuse medication or withdraw blood. Additionally, the single and dual ports can include exit ports that are intended to better anatomically fit into the subcutaneous areas around muscle tissue.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: STD Med, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Mark Ettlinger
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Publication number: 20100070048Abstract: A system for positioning an element relative to an articular surface. An embodiment of the system may include a first element having a positional reference relative to an articular surface. The system may further include a second element capable of indicating the positional reference of the first element relative to said articular surface. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: ARTHROSURFACE, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Steven W. Ek
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Patent number: 7604641Abstract: A system for positioning an element relative to an articular surface. An embodiment of the system may include a first element having a positional reference relative to an articular surface. The system may further include a second element capable of indicating the positional reference of the first element relative to said articular surface. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Arthrosurface IncorporatedInventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Steven W. Ek
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Patent number: 7597706Abstract: A tissue staple that includes a pair of legs arranged generally parallel to one another connected by a pair of tabs. The tabs define an arc that extends distally from the proximal ends of the legs, and further define a slot between the tabs. The distal end of the leg may include a forked portion that defines two or more tissue piercing prongs. The location of the fork also may define a tissue stop. The legs may also include an indent that bends inwardly toward an indent formed on the other leg.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2004Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Medtronic Anqiolink, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Kanner, Kenneth Arden Eliasen, Steven J. Tallarida, Steve Bollinger
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Publication number: 20090192516Abstract: A generic bone implant, or set of standardized implants, is created based on using a guide device to develop an axis normal to an articular surface of bone and collecting only one or two data points. A generic cutting tool is used to cut the bone to a point where a generic implant can be used. Several improved tools relating to the procedure for using such an implant, as well as methods for using implants consistent with the invention are further described, including: single-axis and biaxial drill guide tools and methods, generic single-axis implant methods and devices, generic biaxial implant methods and devices, tools and methods for holding or delivering an implant, removal or revision tools and methods, digital measuring systems and methods, and set of measuring gauges for determining the appropriate implant dimensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: ArthroSurface Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Steven W. Ek
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Patent number: 7510558Abstract: A generic bone implant, or set of standardized implants, is created based on using a guide device to develop an axis normal to an articular surface of bone and collecting only one or two data points. A generic cutting tool is used to cut the bone to a point where a generic implant can be used. Several improved tools relating to the procedure for using such an implant, as well as methods for using implants consistent with the invention are further described, including: single-axis and biaxial drill guide tools and methods, generic single-axis implant methods and devices, generic biaxial implant methods and devices, tools and methods for holding or delivering an implant, removal or revision tools and methods, digital measuring systems and methods, and set of measuring gauges for determining the appropriate implant dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2003Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: ArthroSurface, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Steven W. Ek
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Patent number: 7311702Abstract: A catheter based delivery system may be used for both therapeutic and diagnostic applications. The catheter based delivery system includes a catheter having a distal end. The distal end of the catheter includes several electrodes that can emit a radio frequency waveform, and may receive a signal representative of an impedance of material in the exposed to the radio frequency waveform. The radio frequency waveform may also be applied to ablate specifically targeted material exposed to the radio frequency waveform. The several electrodes may be configured as an antenna.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2003Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: STD Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Scott M. Epstein, Kenneth Eliasen, Steven Ek
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Patent number: 7029479Abstract: The present invention provides tools and methods for mapping and measuring the articular surface of a joint (or of any bony surface) and for fabricating a prosthetic device based on this recorded data. In one embodiment, once the defect of the chondral surface has been identified, a guide pin is inserted arthroscopically. A fixation screw is driven into the subchondral bone in relation to a reference axis that is approximately central to the defect, the fixation device also serving to define a tangent point to the surrounding articular surface. A further cylindrical proximal extension of the screw that eventually serves as a fixation element for the surface prosthetic is concealed with a cover or plug. The depth positioning of the cover or plug establishes an origin or reference point for all future measuring, cutting, and prosthetic machining operations. A measuring tool having a static post that establishes the axial location of origin is inserted on the reference axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: ArthroSurface, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Steven W. Ek
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Patent number: 6989016Abstract: A suction cannula, dilator, stapler and staple are provided herein. The suction cannula is concentrically aligned with a puncture site (e.g., puncture in an artery or vein) and provides vacuum about the periphery of the puncture site so that the puncture hole is always located during a medical procedure, and to thereby permit a surgeon to quickly and efficiently close the puncture using, for example, a stapling device. In the preferred embodiment the suction cannula has a tube-in-tube construction having an inner tube and an outer tube where a vacuum can be applied between the tubes. The dilator (and suction cannula) centers around a guide wire (that is already in place within the venous structure) and follows the path of the guide wire to the puncture site. Preferably, the dilator has a tapered tip on the distal end that enters a hole made in the vein or artery. A blood indicator is provided on the proximal end to provide visual feedback when the surgeon is in the artery (i.e.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: Medtronic Angiolink, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Mark Ettlinger
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Patent number: 6962577Abstract: A hemodialysis port comprising a flexible housing member defining one or more ports. Each port has a selectively-permeable septum member disposed thereon to permit medical devices, for example, Huber needles, sheath and/or dilators to be inserted therein. At the interface between the housing and the septum, a spring member is provided to provide an axial force on the septum which seals the puncture created by the aforementioned medical devices. In one exemplary embodiment, the hemodialysis access port of the present invention is comprised of a plurality of ports designed for multiple hemodialysis treatments over the life of the port. In other exemplary embodiments, the bottom of each port may comprise a needle stop insert formed of, for example, metal, titanium, stainless steel or ceramic.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2001Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: STD Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Mark Ettlinger
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Publication number: 20040267312Abstract: A tissue staple that includes a pair of legs arranged generally parallel to one another connected by a pair of tabs. The tabs define an arc that extends distally from the proximal ends of the legs, and further define a slot between the tabs. The distal end of the leg may include a forked portion that defines two or more tissue piercing prongs. The location of the fork also may define a tissue stop. The legs may also include an indent that bends inwardly toward an indent formed on the other leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Glenn Kanner, Kenneth Arden Eliasen, Steven J. Tallarida, Steve Bollinger
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Patent number: 6767356Abstract: A tissue staple that includes a pair of legs arranged generally parallel to one another connected by a pair of tabs. The tabs define an arc that extends distally from the proximal ends of the legs, and further define a slot between the tabs. The distal end of the leg may include a forked portion that defines two or more tissue piercing prongs. The location of the fork also may define a tissue stop. The legs may also include an indent that bends inwardly toward an indent formed on the other leg.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: AngioLink CorporationInventors: Glenn Kanner, Kenneth Arden Eliasen, Steven J. Tallarida, Steve Bollinger