Patents Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  • Bone Screw and Self-Retaining Driver
    Publication number: 20160235457
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for a bone screw and self-retaining driver. The system includes a mechanism that enables a bone screw to be rigidly attached to a screwdriver for manipulation and transfer of bone fragments and grafts to a fixation site, such as during surgery. The system includes a cannulated bone screw that has a drive connection that engages with a drive structures of a screwdriver. The bone screw also includes a structural connector that securely attaches to or receives an internal shaft or rod of the screwdriver. The internal shaft or rod of the screwdriver can rotate and slide independent of an outer shaft of screwdriver. Accordingly, the internal shaft of the screwdriver can rigidly connect with the bone screw enabling applied torque to the screwdriver to be transferred to the bone screw, without the bone screw falling off of the drive connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Anthony Santangelo, Jeffrey Wyman, Neil J. Etherington, Pascal Boileau
  • THREADED SUTURE ANCHOR
    Publication number: 20160235399
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suture anchor. The suture anchor includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body including threads along at least a partial length of the body and at least one through hole, the threads including a profile such that the threads located near the distal end of the body include a first shape and the threads located near the proximal end of the body include a second shape different from the first shape. Delivery devices and anchor dilators are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Housman, Paul Steven Vincuilla, Richard M. Lunn, Julie Kennelly Tripodi, Paul Leo Salvas, Roland Francis Gatturna
  • Ceramic layered medical implant
    Patent number: 9414924
    Abstract: A new composition and medical implant made there from comprises a thick diffusion hardened zone, and layered ceramic surface. Orthopedic implants comprising the new composition, methods of making the new composition, and methods of making orthopedic implants comprising the new composition are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Devidas Pawar, Shilesh C. Jani, Carolyn L. Weaver
  • Three-dimensional porous film contact layer with improved wound healing
    Patent number: 9414968
    Abstract: A wound dressing has a micro-architecture to produce appropriate strains in cells to promote the healing a wound. The apparatus includes a wound cover for defining a reservoir over a wound in which a negative pressure may be maintained by forming a substantially fluid-tight seal around the wound, a vacuum source in fluid communication with the reservoir and suitable for providing an appropriate negative pressure to the reservoir to stimulate healing of the wound, and a porous structure positioned in contact with the wound for delivering micro-mechanical forces to localized areas of the wound. The porous structure comprises a three-dimensional film material having directional apertures formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: David G. Heagle
  • Sensor with electrical contact protection for use in fluid collection canister and negative pressure wound therapy systems including same
    Patent number: 9415145
    Abstract: A sensor for use in a canister for fluid collection, the canister having a canister top and defining a fluid collection chamber. The sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the first electrode is supported by the canister top, and the second portion of the first electrode is configured to extend into the fluid collection chamber. The second electrode includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the second electrode is supported by the canister top, and the second portion of the second electrode is configured to extend into the fluid collection chamber. The sensor also includes an electric circuit configured to detect an electrical property associated with the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Braga, David R. Swisher
  • SURGICAL FASTENING
    Publication number: 20160228119
    Abstract: Methods of joint repair employing sutures and attached fixation devices are discussed. For example, a bone block graft procedure (e.g., Latarjet) is discussed which employs fixation devices to secure contact between graft surfaces of two bones. A suture construct, including a continuous suture loop routed through a first fastener, is secured to a first bone. Looped ends of the suture loop are passed through passageways formed in the two bones. The looped suture ends are further routed through a second fastener. The second fastener is mounted to the second bone and a sliding knot, formed in the looped suture ends, is advanced into contact with the second fastener. The suture is further tensioned using a tensioner device to secure the two bones together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal Boileau, Mason James Bettenga, Christoph Haessig, Dirk Wunderle, Alexander Iwan Seidl, Oliver Streit, Stephen Anthony Santangelo
  • Tissue repair assembly
    Patent number: 9408690
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tissue repair assembly. The assembly includes an interference device and a fixation device coupled to the interference device, wherein the fixation device includes a coupling portion and a capturing portion. Other assemblies and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben K. Graf, Raymond A. Bojarski, Michael C. Ferragamo, Daniel B. Ellis
  • Low profile patient specific cutting blocks for a knee joint
    Patent number: 9408619
    Abstract: A low profile patient specific cutting block for a knee comprises a plurality of bone interfacing portions and a cutting slot. The plurality of bone interfacing portions are configured to overlie portions of an end of a bone. The bone interfacing portions each have a surface generally a negative of the portion of the bone the bone interfacing portion overlies. The bone interfacing portions are angularly offset from each other such that a first of the bone interfacing portions overlies an anterior portion of the bone and a second of the bone interfacing portions overlies a portion of bone generally perpendicular to the anterior portion of bone. The cutting slot is oriented in a fixed position relative to the bone interfacing portions such that the cutting slot directs a cutting tool at a fixed angle and at a fixed depth from the bone interfacing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Biglari Salehi, David Timothy Mehl, Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi, Aashiish Agnihotri, Jason Sean Jordan
  • Telescoping IM nail and actuating mechanism
    Patent number: 9408644
    Abstract: A length-adjustable IM nail system includes a telescoping IM nail with proximal and distal bodies. An inner magnet within the proximal body is connected to a threaded rod which, in turn, is connected to the distal body. The threaded rod passes through a threaded block which is connected to the proximal body. The position of the distal end of the threaded rod is fixed with respect to the distal body, but may rotate freely within this fixed position. An actuator is also disclosed that includes a pair of rotating magnets disposed in an angular relationship with each other and the axis of the IM nail and the patient's limb. Rotation of these outer magnets in the same direction results in rotation of the inner magnet and threaded rod and a telescoping axial movement of the threaded block and proximal body with respect to the distal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Zahrly, David L. Evans, Sied W. Janna
  • Surgical fastening
    Patent number: 9402650
    Abstract: Methods of joint repair employing sutures and attached fixation devices are discussed. For example, a bone block graft procedure (e.g., Latarjet) is discussed which employs fixation devices to secure contact between graft surfaces of two bones. A suture construct, including a continuous suture loop routed through a first fastener, is secured to a first bone. Looped ends of the suture loop are passed through passageways formed in the two bones. The looped suture ends are further routed through a second fastener. The second fastener is mounted to the second bone and a sliding knot, formed in the looped suture ends, is advanced into contact with the second fastener. The suture is further tensioned using a tensioner device to secure the two bones together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal Boileau, Mason James Bettenga, Christoph Haessig, Dirk Wunderle, Alexander Iwan Seidl, Oliver Streit, Stephen Anthony Santangelo
  • High performance knee prostheses
    Patent number: 9402729
    Abstract: Knee prostheses featuring components that more faithfully replicate the structure and function of the human knee joint in order to provide, among other benefits: greater flexion of the knee in a more natural way by promoting or at least accommodating internal tibial rotation in a controlled way, replication of the natural screw home mechanism, and controlled articulation of the tibia and femur respective to each other in a more natural way. In a preferred embodiment, such prostheses include an insert component disposed between a femoral component and a tibial component, the insert component preferably featuring among other things a reversely contoured posterolateral bearing surface that helps impart internal rotation to the tibia as the knee flexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Jason K. Otto, Brian William McKinnon, Michael Dean Hughes, Michael D. Ries, Jan Victor, Johan Bellemans, Jonathan Garino, Timothy Wilton
  • Stabilizing microfracture device
    Patent number: 9398918
    Abstract: A microfracture device comprising a guide shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an internal passage between the proximal and distal ends, the distal end having a curved tip, a stabilizing portion disposed along an outer surface of the guide shaft, at least a portion of the stabilizing portion being wider than the guide shaft, and a flexible element movably positioned within the internal passage of the guide shaft, the flexible element having a distal tip configured for driving into bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Alexander Torrie
  • Knee prosthesis
    Patent number: 9398958
    Abstract: Tibial inserts and tibial femoral systems are provided for improved knee reconstruction systems. External rotation of a knee joint implant is enhanced by modifications to the post, providing a recess that allows clearance of the post against the corners of a box wall within the femoral component. The rotation provides for a more natural knee joint motion of the implant. The depth, size, and location of the post relief may be modified for certain applications to provide both improved rotational motion and constraint against undesirable motion of the knee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathaniel M. Lenz
  • Threaded suture anchor
    Patent number: 9393006
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suture anchor. The suture anchor includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body including threads along at least a partial length of the body and at least one through hole, the threads including a profile such that the threads located near the distal end of the body include a first shape and the threads located near the proximal end of the body include a second shape different from the first shape. Delivery devices and anchor dilators are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Housman, Paul Steven Vincuilla, Richard Mark Lunn, Julie Kennelly Tripodi, Paul Leo Salvas, Roland Francis Gattuma
  • Patient-matched instruments
    Patent number: 9386994
    Abstract: Patient-matched surgical instruments, and methods for making patient-matched surgical instruments, may include patient-matched surgical instruments having an anatomy facing side with several discrete, physically separate anatomy contacting portions configured to match the anatomy of a particular patient. The anatomy contacting portions may be one or more of non-uniform in distribution, non-uniform in shape or non-uniform in surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Aashiish Agnihotri, Patrick Brian Conway, David L. Evans, Luke Andrew Gibson, Jennifer Allyn Griffin, Michael Dean Hughes, David Timothy Mehl, Abraham Biglari Salehi, Jeffrey Andrew Sharp, Maroun Hanna Tarsha, Andrew Justin Wald, Thomas S. Wolfe
  • Composite anchor
    Patent number: 9386977
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite anchor. The anchor includes a cannulated proximal portion having a threaded outer surface and a distal portion coupled to the proximal portion, the distal portion including a top portion, a bottom portion, and a through hole, wherein the top portion is configured to be disposed within the cannulation of the proximal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard M. Lunn
  • Hindfoot nail
    Patent number: RE46078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nail and fastener assembly for use in providing a stable construct for optimal fixation of the hindfoot and to methods for implanting the nail and fastener assembly. One embodiment of the nail and fastener assembly provides additional fixation, for example, in the form of one or more threaded bores, to hold the fasteners in a fixed position. Another embodiment provides angled bores to allow multi-planar and multi-axial implantation of the fasteners. In some instances, the fasteners may cross one or more articulating surfaces of the foot. For example, the fastener may traverse one or more of the calcaneo-cuboid and the talo-calcaneal articulating surfaces to aid in more secure stabilization of the hindfoot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Sied W. Janna, William Stewart, Roy W. Sanders
  • Therapy unit assembly
    Patent number: D764047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian P. Bjelovuk, Carrie Lee Childress, Kealoha Young Deutsch, William W. Gregory, Kathryn Ann Leigh, Andrew P. Muser, Felix C. Quintanar, Billy J. Ratliff, Michael T. Roller, Robert H. Roth, Mark Schaefer
  • Device for applying negative pressure to a wound
    Patent number: D764048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian P. Bjelovuk, Carrie Lee Childress, Kealoha Young Deutsch, William W. Gregory, Kathryn Ann Leigh, Andrew P. Muser, Felix C. Quintanar, Billy J. Ratliff, Michael T. Roller, Robert H. Roth
  • Canister for collecting wound exudate
    Patent number: D764653
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian P. Bjelovuk, Carrie Lee Childress, William W. Gregory, Kathryn Ann Leigh, Andrew P. Muser, Billy J. Ratliff, Michael T. Roller, Robert H. Roth, Mark Schaefer