Patents Assigned to Depuy (Ireland)
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Patent number: 11234841Abstract: An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A method or technique for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Kyle R. Flakne, Thomas E. Wogoman
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Patent number: 11234711Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a polymer 4-in-2 cutting instrument having a number of metallic cutting guides secured thereto. An A/P femoral cutting block of the instrument is removably secured to the instrument's chamfer femoral cutting block.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Charles D. Christie, Duncan G. Young, Jon M. Edwards, Hasib Mohammed
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Patent number: 11213301Abstract: The invention provides a reamer handle comprising: a shank having a distal tool coupling end adapted to releasably couple to a part of a surgical tool and a proximal end; a retractable catch which is linearly displaceable along the shank between a non-retracted position in which the catch captures the surgical tool within the distal tool coupling end of the tool holder and a retracted position in which the catch enables the tool to be released from the distal tool coupling end; a biasing member configured to bias the catch in the non-retracted position; and a sleeve extending along the shank. The sleeve comprises: a distally located catch contacting portion and a proximally located handle portion for manually displacing the sleeve relative to the shank such that displacement of the catch contacting portion moves the retractable catch between the non-retracted position and the retracted position to enable capture and release of the tool from the tool holder.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited CompanyInventors: James Anderson, Alec Birkbeck, Ian Flatters, David Horne
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Patent number: 11213397Abstract: A joint prosthesis system is suitable for cementless fixation. The system includes a metal implant component that has a mounting surface for supporting an insert. The metal implant component includes a solid metal portion and a porous metal portion. The porous metal portion has surfaces with different characteristics, such as roughness, to improve bone fixation, ease removal of the implant component in a revision surgery, reduce soft tissue irritation, improve the strength of a sintered bond between the solid and porous metal portions, or reduce or eliminate the possibility of blood traveling through the porous metal portion into the joint space. A method of making the joint prosthesis is also disclosed. The invention may also be applied to discrete porous metal implant components, such as augment.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Stephanie M. Wainscott, Daren L. Deffenbaugh, Hengda D. Liu, Andrew J. Martin, Jeffrey A. Rybolt, Bryan J. Smith, Anthony D. Zannis
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Patent number: 11207085Abstract: A method of surgically preparing a proximal end of a tibia includes inserting an intramedullary orthopaedic surgical instrument into a medullary canal of the tibia, securing an attachment device to the intramedullary orthopaedic surgical instrument, attaching a cutting block to the attachment device, resecting the proximal end of the tibia using the cutting block to form a surgically-prepared surface, positioning a tibial base trial on the surgically-prepared surface, and inserting a keel punch through a slot defined in the tibial base trial and into the surgically-prepared surface of the tibia.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Kyle B. Thomas, Todd A. Kilpela, Steven P. Gowers, Ryan C. Keefer, William R. Macumber, Jonathan C. Lee, Lisa M. Robertson
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Patent number: 11185340Abstract: A surgical instrument assembly includes a metallic hemispherical component and a driver component removably coupled to the hemispherical component. The metallic hemispherical component has a convex outer surface configured to engage a patient's natural acetabulum, a concave inner surface positioned opposite the outer surface and defining a cavity in the hemispherical component, a plurality of cutting teeth extending outwardly from the outer surface, and a plurality of apertures defined in the inner surface. The driver component has a shank and a plurality of ribs secured to, and extending outwardly from, the shank. Each rib has a tab that is received in a corresponding aperture of the hemispherical component to secure the driver component to the hemispherical component.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Michael J Fortin, John Cuneo, Rod G. Cameron
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Patent number: 11173035Abstract: A collar arranged to couple to a prosthetic component for implantation at the end of a long bone, the prosthetic component having a distal portion arranged to couple to the bone and a proximal neck portion arranged to couple to an articulation component. The collar comprises a plate including a neck hole to receive a neck portion, such that the collar can rotate about the neck portion. The collar further comprises a plurality of attachment portions for coupling the plate to bone fragments or soft tissues. The collar is lockable to the neck portion to prevent further rotation. A prosthesis comprising a combination of a collar, a prosthetic component and an articulation component, and a surgical method of using the collar are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Depuy Ireland Unlimited CompanyInventors: Anders Ekelund, Sylvain Gauthier, Laurent Lafosse, Jack Long, Robin Maisonneuve, Didier Poncet
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Patent number: 11096801Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical system includes a sensor module for determining the joint force of a patient's knee joint and an adaptor for coupling various tibial trialing components to the sensor module. The sensor module includes a tibial paddle to which the adaptor is configured to couple. The adaptor and tibial paddle include structures that control the orientation at which the adaptor is attachable to the tibial paddle. Some tibial trialing components may be positioned over the adaptor in a mobile orientation that facilities rotation of the tibial trialing component relative to the tibial paddle or a fixed orientation that restricts the rotation of the tibial trialing component.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Jason T. Sherman, Michael J. Rock, Daren L. Deffenbaugh, Kyle S. Moore
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Publication number: 20210228378Abstract: There invention relates to a handle (100) for coupling to orthopaedic surgical instruments used in joint arthroplasty. The handle is universal. The handle comprises a body (102) having a proximal end (106), a distal end (104), and an open-ended channel (108) extending between the distal end and the proximal end. The channel is configured for receiving a shaft of a first orthopaedic instrument (10) such that the shaft extends completely through the handle, and the handle is in a sliding relationship with the shaft. The channel is also configured for separately and independently receiving a handle-attachment portion located at a proximal end of a second orthopaedic surgical instrument (500, 502, 504) such that the handle and the second orthopaedic surgical instrument are held in a fixed relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Depuy Ireland Unlimited CompanyInventors: Jamie ATKIN, Lewis BUTLER
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Patent number: 11071574Abstract: A twist-drivable pin assembly includes first and second drivers, each having a driving end which can be received in a bore in the end of a twist-drivable pin, and an opposite end at which torque can be applied. The cross-sectional shape of each of the drivers at its driving end has a first plurality of apexes whose relative locations coincide with the apexes of a regular polygon such as a hexagon. The drivers differ from one another in their cross-sectional shapes at the driving end by virtue of one or more faces of at least one of the drivers between adjacent pairs of apexes having a groove formed in it. Each of first and second twist-drivable pins has a bore extending into it which is defined by a second plurality of apexes arranged as a regular polygon such as a hexagon and which is open at one end.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Joshua Auger, Patrick Cannon, Jonathan Lee, Duncan Young
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Patent number: 11045323Abstract: An orthopaedic joint prosthesis assembly includes a head part of an orthopaedic joint prosthesis component and an alignment guide. The head part has a spherical hearing surface for articulation with a corresponding joint surface, and an assembly surface having a first bore formed in it for receiving a spigot on another part of the orthopaedic joint prosthesis. The bore has a first axis that extends perpendicular to the assembly surface. The alignment guide has an axial portion defining a second axis and an arm extending from the axial portion. The arm includes a distal portion which is configured to engage the assembly surface, with the axial portion being arranged to engage the bearing surface of the head part when the head part is mounted within the guide such that an impaction force applied along the second axis is directed along the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited CompanyInventors: Gary Moore, Alec Birkbeck, Christopher Hunt, Richard Patnelli, David Horne, Henry Prout
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Patent number: 11033396Abstract: An orthopaedic prosthesis system includes a femoral component configured to be attached to a distal end of a patient's femur. A tibial tray is configured to be attached to a proximal end of a patient's tibia. A tibial insert is configured to be positioned between the femoral component and the tibial tray. An elongated pin rotatably couples the tibial insert to the femoral component.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Aaron J. Matyas, Tyler S. Hathaway, Paul B. Sade, Sr., Nathan C. Reeder, Kyle D. Steffe, David E. Rottger, Anthony J. Webb
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Patent number: 10980579Abstract: A kit of parts for inserting a deformable implant into a cavity in a bone of a patient is described. An inserter instrument comprises a body having a cavity extending along a longitudinal axis from a distal end to a proximal end. An attachment mechanism is provided at the distal end and to which a deformable implant can be releasably attached. A drive mechanism is provided at the proximal end of the body. An insertion stop is mounted on the body and arranged to control the depth of insertion of the inserter instrument into a guide tube. A push rod is freely and slidably arranged within the cavity and has a distal end engageable with a part of the deformable implant and a proximal end abutable by the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is operable to drive the push rod toward the distal end of the body. The kit also includes an impactor dimensioned for slidable engagement within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited CompanyInventors: James Anderson, Gary Moore, Ivan Green
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Patent number: 10952745Abstract: A cutting apparatus for resecting a distal face of a femur prior to implanting a femoral component of a total knee prosthesis, comprises an elongate rod adapted for inserting into an intramedullary canal of the femur, a distal femoral cutting block, and a distal femoral jig assembly. The jig assembly can position the distal femoral cutting block on either left leg or right leg. It includes a distal femoral jig having at least one passage for slidingly receiving the rod with a preset valgus angle and a distal end face being adapted for abutting against on the distal face of the femur of either left leg or right leg dependent on its two flip orientations.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Stuart Grant, Xiaohui Dong
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Patent number: 10952863Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument system for use during a surgical procedure to implant an orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial base trial component adapted to be positioned on a surgically-prepared proximal end of a patient's tibia and an insert component shaped to be received in an opening defined in the tibial base trial component. The insert component has a base plate and a central post extending upwardly from a superior surface of the base plate. A superior surface of the central post has a ramp surface defined therein, with the ramp surface inclining superiorly in the anterior-to-posterior direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: David W. Waite, II, Aaron J. Matyas, Duncan G. Young, Scott M. Thomas
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Patent number: 10952874Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument system that includes an orthopaedic surgical instrument adapted to be positioned on a proximal end of a patient's tibia, and a tibial bearing trial assembly, and a tibial evaluation component, and a tibial base trial component configured to be coupled to the orthopaedic surgical instrument. A tibial evaluation component includes a base plate and a generally Y-shaped posterior buttress extending upwardly from a superior surface of the base plate, such that the posterior buttress of the insert component is configured to be received in the opening of the tibial bearing trial assembly to prevent rotation of the tibial bearing trial component relative to the tibial base trial component.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Thomas E. Wogoman, Jon M. Edwards, Matthew S. Wallace, Jeremy Oden, Corinna Johanna Klawon, Megan Wallace, Erica Roche
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Patent number: 10945777Abstract: Surgical instruments, systems, and methods of performing orthopaedic surgical procedures on a patient's knee are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Jeremy Oden, Steven Kitch, Graeme John Dutton, Takayuki Nakamura, Kevin Cooney
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Patent number: 10940022Abstract: A surgical instrument system includes a pair of side-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument assemblies. The right-limb side-specific instrument assembly is kitted so as to be devoid of left-limb side-specific instruments and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited CompanyInventors: Dennis A. Stoller, Stephanie M. Wainscott, Jonathan C. Lee, Rebecca L. Chaney
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Patent number: 10932855Abstract: Methods and apparatus for planning and/or carrying out a total knee replacement surgical procedure on a knee of a leg of a patient are described. Anatomical data for the leg of the patient is obtained, which allows the femoral mechanical axis, the tibial mechanical axis and the joint line of the knee to be determined. A planned proximal tibial cut angle and a planned distal femoral cut angle are determined. A total knee replacement procedure is carried out on the knee of the patient, wherein a distal femoral cut is made using the planned distal femoral cut angle and a proximal tibial cut is made using the planned proximal tibial cut angle.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Sarah J. Shupe, Michael Joseph Rock, David Robert Wolfson, Gianpaolo Fusari, Hawys Eleri Tomos, Robert Edward Matthews, John Naybour, Mark Heldreth
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Patent number: D941466Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Erica Roche, Andrew Keith Bailey, James Edward Barnett, Kenneth Harold Patrick