Patents Assigned to Conmed
  • MENISCAL TRANSPLANT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160270933
    Abstract: A workstation having a pair of posts on either side of a clamping plate where a donor bone may be placed on sequentially cut in three separate cutting paths. Cutting gates are attached to the posts and used to provide cutting paths that can be precisely oriented with respect to the meniscus of the donor bone part using visual alignment without any manual measurements. The graft is affixed to a machining clamp and shaved to appropriately shape the sides and form a radius on the bottom of the graft. A tibia is then prepared by using a drill guide to form a pilot hole and then to drill out a large hole for the graft. The drilled hole is expanded and shaped using a rod guide and chisel and then a rasp. The shaped graft may then be implanted into the shaped hole and sutured in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian E. Bosworth, Peter C. Miller
  • INDICATING POSITION AND LENGTH OF A BONE TUNNEL AND IMPLEMENTATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160270801
    Abstract: An apparatus for indicating the position and length of a bone tunnel, including a first member configured to couple with a drill guide; and a second member in spaced relation to the first member, the second member comprising an indicator configured to provide an indication of thickness of a boney member with the first member disposed on a first side of the boney member and the second member disposed on a second side of the boney member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Kam, Brenda Yantzer, Joshua Dines
  • SUTURE ANCHOR COMPRISING SUTURE FILAMENT AND SUTURE TAPE
    Publication number: 20160270777
    Abstract: A suture anchor that is configured to pull repair sutures into a pre-formed hole in bone or boney tissue, having a fibrous construct having a first side and a second side; and a first filament body passing through the fibrous construct, the first filament body forming a first pair of loops that interleave with one another on one of the first side or the second side of the fibrous construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: Peter C. Miller, Jeremy Reedy
  • Dual Pump Arthroscopic Irrigation/Aspiration System With Outflow Control
    Publication number: 20160199565
    Abstract: A fluid pump system having a first fluid pump for pumping fluid from a source to a surgical site and a second fluid pump for removing fluid from the surgical site at a first predetermined rate, wherein said fluid pump system intermittently operates in conjunction with a surgical tool which, when operational, removes fluid from the surgical site at a second predetermined rate greater than said first predetermined rate, the improvement including a sensor for sensing a predetermined parameter of the surgical tool and providing an output signal indicating that the surgical tool is operating; and an actuating means responsive to said output signal to actuate said second fluid pump to remove fluid from the surgical site at second predetermined rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Stubkjaer, David D. Blight, Peter C. Miller, Karl W. Guenther
  • Method and apparatus for securing an object to bone, including the provision and use of a novel suture assembly for securing suture to bone
    Patent number: 9307977
    Abstract: A suture assembly including a first suture having a generally U-shaped configuration including a first arm, a second arm and a bridge connecting the first arm to the second arm; a second suture including a first arm, a second arm and a bridge connecting the first arm to the second arm; the first arm of the second suture being wrapped around the first arm of the first suture in a first direction, and the second arm of the second suture being wrapped around the second arm of the first suture in a second, opposite direction. The suture assembly being capable of assuming (i) a longitudinally-extended, radially-contracted first configuration, and (ii) a longitudinally-contracted, radially-expanded second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: ConMed Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis McDevitt, Vincent Novak
  • 360 degree panning stereo endoscope
    Patent number: 9204787
    Abstract: A panning stereo endoscope which maintains an up-down orientation as the stereo endoscope pans an operative field, the panning stereo endoscope including a shaft having an axis; first and second optical channels extending along the shaft, each of the first and second optical channels having an off-axis direction of view; and an actuating mechanism carried by the shaft and adapted to (i) synchronously rotate the first and second optical channels about their respective axes, and (ii) synchronously, inversely piston the first and second optical channels along their respective axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: ConMed Corporation
    Inventors: Yuri Kazakevich, Douglas D. Sjostrom
  • Tissue fusion system and method of performing a functional verification test
    Patent number: 8840609
    Abstract: A jaw heating element of a handpiece of a thermal tissue operating system is tested on an ongoing basis by supplying a test heater power signal to the jaw heating element between individual thermal tissue operations. Voltage and current through the jaw heating element is sensed and the resistance of the jaw heating element is calculated. If the calculated resistance is outside a range of predetermined acceptable values, an error condition is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Brian C. Stuebe
  • Jaw movement mechanism and method for a surgical tool
    Patent number: 8663270
    Abstract: A jaw movement mechanism for surgical tools has improved mechanical efficiency and other advantages. The jaw movement mechanism controls the orientation and position of a movable jaw relative to a fixed jaw through a range of movement of the movable jaw. The jaws maintain a parallel orientation throughout a portion of the range of movement of the movable jaw. The jaws maintain an angular relationship throughout a portion of the range of movement of the movable jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Donnigan, Eric Sugalski, Erik Holverson, Randall Koplin, Michael Gregor
  • Surgical device thumb bow
    Patent number: D670378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: ConMed Corporation
    Inventors: Edward C. Connell, Petr A. Sapalev, Adrian F. D'Lima, Timothy A. Donaldson
  • Surgical device front handle
    Patent number: D670379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: ConMed Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian F. D'Lima, Petr A. Sapalev, Edward C. Connell, Timothy A. Donaldson
  • Connector
    Patent number: D739526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: ConMed Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Chauvette
  • Connector
    Patent number: D739527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: ConMed Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Chauvette
  • Keyway portion
    Patent number: D749211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Chauvette
  • Connector
    Patent number: D749212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Chauvette
  • Connector
    Patent number: D749213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Chauvette
  • Connector
    Patent number: D749722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Chauvette
  • Connector
    Patent number: D749723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Chauvette
  • Keyway portion
    Patent number: D759811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Chauvette
  • Keyway portion
    Patent number: D759812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Chauvette
  • Keyway portion
    Patent number: D761956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Guillaume Chauvette