Patents Assigned to DePuy
  • Aneurysm method and system
    Patent number: 11672543
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a self-expanding braided implant, including a distal implant end and a proximal implant end, the braided implant being invertible about the distal implant end. Translation of the braided implant distally causes the braided implant to invert and fold into itself thereby forming an occlusive sack configured to occlude the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Juan Lorenzo
  • Side-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument systems and associated methods of use
    Patent number: 11672638
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Dennis A. Stoller, Stephanie M. Wainscott, Jonathan C. Lee, Rebecca L. Chaney
  • ANEURYSM TREATMENT WITH PUSHABLE BALL SEGMENT
    Publication number: 20230172614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a braided implant with a retractable dual proximal layer and methods for administering the braided implant to treat aneurysms. The implant can include a tubular braid that can be set into a predetermined shape, compressed for delivery through a microcatheter, and implanted in at least one implanted position that is based on the predetermined shape and the geometry of the aneurysm in which the braid is implanted. The implant can also have a retractable ball segment at the proximal end of the device made of the same braid that can be heat treated into an ellipsoid shape. The retractable ball segment can be movable from a position outside the aneurysm to a position at least partially enclosed within the implant to increase or decrease the height of the implant relative to the aneurysm or better conform the implant to the neck of the aneurysm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruijiao XU, Lacey GOROCHOW
  • DEVICE AND METHOD TO DETECT AND REMOVE BLOOD CLOTS FOR TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIC STROKE USING FORCE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING
    Publication number: 20230165483
    Abstract: A device can detect and retrieve a blood clot by advancing a catheter with a clot sensing element through a patient’s vascular system. The catheter can map, using an electromagnetic sensor disposed at a distal end of the clot sensing element, the patient’s vascular system. A force sensor can generate a position signal indicating the clot sensing element contacted the clot in the patient’s vascular system. Once located, a blood clot retrieval device can be deployed through the catheter and a lumen in the clot sensing element to remove the clot from the patient’s vascular system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jetmir PALUSHI, Fatemeh Homa AKBARIAN
  • Dilation system
    Patent number: 11660082
    Abstract: A dilation system for accessing a surgical target site to perform surgical procedures. In one version, the dilation system includes a wedge assembly and an actuating mechanism. The wedge assembly comprises includes a base and a plurality of blades extending from the base so that the distal end of the blades extend away from the base. The mechanism is operably associated with the blades so as to cause the distal end of the blades to move from a closed condition to an expanded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Heiman
  • Tightening device for spine surgery
    Patent number: 11660129
    Abstract: A device for spinal surgery that may be used for tightening a locking cap onto at least a portion of a pedicle screw. The device may include a torque-generating body having a proximal end and an opposing distal end and a drive shaft rotatably driven by the torque-generating body. A proximal end of the drive shaft may be operatively engaged to the distal end of the torque-generating body and an opposing distal end of the drive shaft may engage at least a portion of one of the locking cap and the pedicle screw. An anti-torque device is provided that has an elongated and generally hollow member defining a longitudinal axis. The member has a proximal end and an opposing distal end, where the proximal end of the anti-torque device may be fixed from rotating relative to at least a portion of the torque-generating body and the distal end may be fixed from rotating relative to a spine rod or a pedicle screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Yim, Dennis Chien, Barclay Davis, David Rathbun, Josef Gabelberger, Zoher S. Bootwala, Scott Larsen
  • Intervertebral implant
    Patent number: 11660206
    Abstract: An adjustable spinal fusion intervertebral implant is provided that can comprise upper and lower body portions that can each have proximal and distal wedge surf aces disposed at proximal and distal ends thereof. An actuator shaft disposed intermediate the upper and lower body portions can be actuated to cause proximal and distal protrusions to converge towards each other and contact the respective ones of the proximal and distal wedge surfaces. Such contact can thereby transfer the longitudinal movement of the proximal and distal protrusions against the proximal and distal wedge surfaces to cause the separation of the upper and lower body portions, thereby expanding the intervertebral implant. The upper and lower body portions can have side portions that help facilitate linear translational movement of the upper body portion relative to the lower body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Fausto Olmos, Brad Culbert, Bob Flower
  • Patella bone plate and methods of fixation
    Patent number: 11660132
    Abstract: A patella fracture fixation system includes a bone plate that is configured to be implanted along an anterior approach. The bone plate has a fixation hub and a plurality of fixation nodes that are connected to the fixation hub. The fixation hub and the fixation nodes can define respective fixation holes. The bone plate can further include legs that are configured to be bent around respective inferior aspects of the patella.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Penman, William N. Woodburn, Sr., Eladio Saura-Sanchez, Daniel Andermatt, Arabella Fontana
  • Method of designing and manufacturing low-profile customized patient-specific orthopaedic surgical instruments
    Patent number: 11653933
    Abstract: Methods of designing and manufacturing a number of low-profile metallic customized, patient-specific orthopaedic surgical instruments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Fritzinger, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Distractible intervertebral implant
    Patent number: 11654033
    Abstract: A distractible intervertebral implant configured to be inserted in an insertion direction into an intervertebral space that is defined between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body is disclosed. The implant may include a first body and a second body. The first body may define an outer surface that is configured to engage the first vertebral body, and an opposing inner surface that defines a rail. The second body may define an outer surface that is configured to engage the second vertebral body, and an inner surface that defines a recess configured to receive the rail of the first body. The second body moves in a vertical direction toward the second vertebral body as the second body is slid over the first body and the rail is received in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jann-Paul Suedkamp, Sean Saidha, Philipp Brun
  • SPIRAL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR EMBOLIC BRAID
    Publication number: 20230149023
    Abstract: A device for treating an aneurysm with a braided implant can include a delivery tube having a spiral groove on an outer surface of the delivery tube and a braided implant having a spiral segment. The spiral segment can engage the spiral groove as the braided implant is delivered to an aneurysm treatment site. At the treatment site, the braided implant can be implanted, and the delivery tube can be rotated to disengage the spiral segment from the spiral groove. Once released, the spiral segment can reshape to occlude the neck of the aneurysm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Lacey GOROCHOW
  • Method and system including sleeves and broaches for surgically preparing the patient's bone
    Patent number: 11648127
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument system includes a first broach including a first end configured to be separately secured to a handle and a tapered body having a plurality of cutting teeth defined therein, and a second broach including a first end configured to be separately secured to the handle in place of the first broach, a first tapered body extending distally from a second end positioned opposite the first end, and a second tapered body extending distally from the first tapered body. The tapered body of the first broach and the first tapered body of the second broach have a first outer geometry and the second tapered body has a second outer geometry different from the first outer geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Jay R. Lieberman, Benjamin J. Sordelet, Richard Spencer Jones, Timothy G. Vendrely, Stephanie M. Wainscott, Rebecca L. Chaney, Joseph G. Wyss, Stephen A. Hazebrouck, Aaron J. Matyas
  • System and method for delivering a catheter
    Patent number: 11648375
    Abstract: A method of delivering a catheter to a location of interest in the vasculature, the method including positioning a self-expanding sheath within a lumen of the catheter; advancing the catheter and the self-expanding sheath in tandem over a guidewire; and distally moving a distal end of the self-expanding sheath out from the lumen of the catheter thereby causing the self-expanding sheath to move from a collapsed state within the catheter to an expanded state outside the catheter, wherein when the self-expanding sheath is in the expanded state both the self-expanding sheath and the catheter are distally advanceable in tandem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Lorenzo, Kirk Johnson, Dillon Karg
  • Orthopaedic surgical instrument
    Patent number: 11648018
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument for use in resecting a patient's bone is disclosed. In some embodiments, the instrument may be for single patient use and may be disposed of at the end of each surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Robert Freeman, Kevin D. Booth, Mark Reason, Duncan J. Beedall, Michael J. Rees, Alberto P. Verteramo
  • Drill guide with integrated variable angle and zero degree drilling
    Patent number: 11648017
    Abstract: A drill guide, including: frustoconical body with a first opening at a narrower distal end and second opening at a wider the proximal end; a first support with a first end connected to the frustoconical body and a second end; a zero angle guide with an opening aligned with the first opening and wherein the zero angle guide is connected to the second end of the first support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, Mirko Rocci, This Aebi, Johanna F. Menze, Joel Oberli
  • Intervertebral implant
    Patent number: 11642229
    Abstract: An adjustable spinal fusion intervertebral implant is provided that can comprise upper and lower body portions that can each have proximal and distal wedge surf aces disposed at proximal and distal ends thereof. An actuator shaft disposed intermediate the upper and lower body portions can be actuated to cause proximal and distal protrusions to converge towards each other and contact the respective ones of the proximal and distal wedge surfaces. Such contact can thereby transfer the longitudinal movement of the proximal and distal protrusions against the proximal and distal wedge surfaces to cause the separation of the upper and lower body portions, thereby expanding the intervertebral implant. The upper and lower body portions can have side portions that help facilitate linear translational movement of the upper body portion relative to the lower body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Fausto Olmos, Brad S. Culbert, Bob Flower
  • Methods and devices for spinal screw insertion
    Patent number: 11642158
    Abstract: Surgical instruments and methods for delivering bone anchor assemblies into bone are disclosed herein. Use of these anchors or instruments can eliminate one or more of the steps in a conventional bone anchor installation procedure, improving surgical efficiency and safety. In general, a surgical instrument can include a handle assembly having an elongate shaft extending distally therefrom. The handle assembly can be configured to axially translate a stylet extending therethrough relative to a bone anchor assembly coupled to the elongate shaft, and it can be configured to move the stylet proximally in response to distal advancement of a bone anchor assembly into bone. The surgical instruments can include various mechanisms for adjusting the position of the stylet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John DiVincenzo, Nicholas Pavento
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMBOLIZATION PROCEDURES FOR TREATMENT OF DEFECTS IN THE VASCULATURE
    Publication number: 20230135762
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and kits for treating unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations in a human patient with reduced procedure time by embolizing by delivering a first embolic agent comprising N-butyl cyanoacrylate (“n-BCA”) within at least one blood vessel adjacent a vascular tangle in a first group of human patients and achieving a reduced embolization procedure time compared to a second group of human patients treated by delivering a second embolic agent. Methods, systems, and kits for reducing costs of embolization by at least approximately 18% are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Emilie KOTTENMEIER PARK, Shelly IKEME, Rahul KHANNA, Xiaozhou FAN, Sudhakar SATTI
  • SUPER RESOLUTION AND COLOR MOTION ARTIFACT CORRECTION IN A PULSED COLOR IMAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230137694
    Abstract: The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for producing an image in light deficient environments and associated structures, methods and features. The features of the systems and methods described herein may include providing improved resolution and color reproduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John Richardson, Laurent Blanquart
  • Disc nucleus removal devices and methods
    Patent number: 11638592
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices and methods for removing tissue. In one aspect, a device for removing tissue includes a hollow elongate member having an outer wall and a lumen, a selectively deployable tissue-cutting element extending from the hollow elongate member, and an actuation member extending through the lumen and coupled to the hollow elongate member at a location that is distal to the tissue-cutting element. Movement of the actuation member can cause the tissue-cutting element to move from the insertion configuration where the tissue-cutting element is not deployed to a tissue-cutting configuration where the tissue-cutting element is deployed such that it is radially extended relative to the insertion configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn D. Stad, John Riley Hawkins, Michael J. O'Neil