Patents Assigned to Stryker
  • Patent number: 11786417
    Abstract: A patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure. The support structure comprises a base, a frame, and a patient support surface to support a patient. The patient transport apparatus also includes a first and a second caster assembly respectively coupled to the support structure to facilitate movement of the support structure along a floor surface, with the first caster assembly comprising a first brake assembly and the second caster assembly comprising a second brake assembly. The patient transport apparatus also includes an actuator assembly operatively coupling the first and second brake assemblies, with the actuator assembly comprising a first and second actuator respectively operatively coupled to the first and second brake assemblies. The actuator assembly further comprises a cable assembly interconnecting the first and second actuator that places the operatively coupled first and second brake assemblies in the braked state or the unbraked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: Mackenzie Van Loon
  • Patent number: 11791039
    Abstract: A system for communication of data is provided. The system includes a medical device. A data consuming device is positioned at a first network layer. An edge communication device is positioned at a second network layer. The edge communication device is in communication with the medical device to receive data from the medical device. The edge communication device has a profile. The profile defines a data format for the data and a communication path for transmitting the data between the network layers. A gateway device is configured to route the data from the edge communication device to the data consuming device via the communication path. The edge communication device is also configured to modify the data format to correspond to the data consuming device and to format the data according to the data format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: David Becker
  • Patent number: 11786647
    Abstract: A medical waste collection system includes a medical waste collection device for providing suction at a surgical site, and a manifold releasably couplable to the medical waste collection device. The manifold defines a pathway through which the medical waste collection device is configured to provide suction to the surgical site. The medical waste collection device is configured to control activation of suction based on a proper manifold being present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian MacLachlan, Grant Westphal
  • Publication number: 20230321689
    Abstract: Control console for a powered surgical tool that includes a transformer with a secondary winding across which the tool drive signal is present. Also internal to the transformer is a matched current source that consists of a leakage control winding and a capacitor. The current sourced by the matched current at least partially cancels out leakage current that may be present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: Adam Darwin Downey
  • Publication number: 20230320579
    Abstract: Anti-fogging system for an endoscope including an endoscope having an outer housing, an imaging arrangement, and a distal window. A filter lens is located at the distal window, with the filter lens allowing a first portion of electromagnetic light to pass therethrough while absorbing a second portion of electromagnetic light in order to heat the filter lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: David B. BENNETT, Benjamin H. FEINGOLD, John SHEN
  • Publication number: 20230320928
    Abstract: Chest compression machine systems and methods adjust the administration of patient treatment based on received physiological parameter measurements, such as a CO2 measurement. Adjustment of the administered chest compressions can include adjusting one or more chest compression parameters, such as the depth of the administered compressions, the administration of active decompressions, adjusting the height of active decompression, adjusting the rate of compressions and/or active decompressions and/or other changes to one or more properties, or characteristics, of the administered chest compressions and/or active decompressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Erik von Schenck, Bjarne Madsen Härdig, Anders Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20230320577
    Abstract: A system includes an illumination source and an imaging apparatus that includes an electronic rolling shutter imager and is configured for sequentially resetting rows of pixels of the rolling shutter imager from a first row to a last row, sequentially reading charge accumulated at the rows of pixels from the first row to the last row, wherein the first row is read after resetting the last row, controlling the illumination source to illuminate the tissue of the subject with illumination light for an illumination period that lasts longer than a vertical blanking period, wherein the vertical blanking period is the period from the resetting of the last row to the reading of the first row, and generating an image frame from the readings of charge accumulated at the rows of pixels, wherein at least one reading of charge accumulated at a row of pixels is removed or replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: William Huei Liang CHANG, Bryan LARSON, John SHEN, Benjamin FEINGOLD, Ajay RAMESH
  • Patent number: 11779377
    Abstract: A system for percutaneous spinal fusion may include two spaced apart blades connected together by a coupling such that the blades define a percutaneous pathway from a skin incision to an implanted pedicle fastener. The coupling may be c-shaped and may have at least one flexible tab for engaging one or more holes along the length of the blades. If one of the blades becomes disconnected from the pedicle fastener, a supplemental access device may be provided comprising a tubular body having a channel therein for receiving the other of the blades. If both of the blades become disconnected, a supplemental access device may be provided comprising a gripping member received within a locking member. The gripping member may have two legs engageable with the pedicle fastener, and the locking member may move along the gripping member to prevent the legs from disengaging the pedicle fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Abram Reitblat, Joshua Stein, Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr
  • Patent number: 11779497
    Abstract: A patient transport apparatus transports a patient over a floor surface and includes a support structure and a plurality of support wheels coupled to the support structure. The patient transport apparatus also includes a user interface including at least two handles coupled to the support structure, with each of the handles movable between a stowed position and non-stowed position. The patient transport apparatus also includes a user input device coupled to the user interface, and a controller coupled to the user interface. The controller is configured to electronically coordinate the movement of the handles to the stowed position upon actuation of the user input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Hieu Phan, Richard A. Derenne
  • Publication number: 20230314788
    Abstract: A light source includes a first LED to provide light of a first light wavelength spectrum along a first light path; a second LED to provide light of a second light wavelength spectrum along a second light path; a dichroic filter for passing light emitted from at least one of the first LED and the second LED and reflecting light emitted from at least one of the first LED and the second LED; an optical filter movable between a first position in which the optical filter receives light from the first light path and a second position of which the optical filter does not receive light from the first light path; a light output; a controller which is capable of switching the light source between a first mode for providing a first light to the light output and a second mode for providing a second light to the light output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory G. OTTERSTROM, Ajay RAMESH, Hannah LAWRENCE, Candice PACK, Richard I. PALMISANO
  • Publication number: 20230310032
    Abstract: A tool for implementing a correction plan in an external fixation frame having a plurality of adjustment elements or screws, for example, generally includes a driver, a motor, a controller, and a processor. The driver is adapted to engage and rotate each of the screws. The motor is coupled the driver and adapted to rotate the driver. The controller is connected to the motor and configured to control operation of the motor. The processor adapted configured to: receive correction plan data; receive identification data including information for identifying at least one of the plurality of screws; determine movement of at least one of the plurality of the screws based on the correction plan data and the identification data; and send signals indicative of the determined movement to the controller in order to rotate at least one of the plurality of screws according to a predetermined correction plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Vinzenz Andreas Burgherr, Adam John Edelhauser, Yves Stephane Crozet, Marcel Aeschlimann, Christoph Dworzak, Antonino Lanci, Markus Mast
  • Publication number: 20230310806
    Abstract: An intravascular device comprises an elongated outer catheter body having a proximal catheter end, a distal catheter end, and an inner catheter lumen extending between the proximal catheter end and the distal catheter end. The intravascular device further comprises an elongated inner articulating member slidably disposed within the inner catheter lumen. The inner articulating member has a proximal member end and an articulatable distal member end. The intravascular device further comprises a control assembly mechanically coupled to the proximal catheter end and the proximal member end. The control assembly is configured for distally translating the outer catheter body over the inner articulating member, and for articulating the distal member end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: STRYKER CORPORATION, STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Stephen Porter
  • Publication number: 20230310239
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus for removably retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices. The patient support apparatus comprises a base, a litter with a patient support deck for supporting the patient, and a side rail. The side rail is coupled to the litter and arranged for movement relative to the base. The side rail includes a caddy comprising a back, a first brace, and a second brace spaced from the first brace. The first brace extends laterally from the back and defines a first bottom support region. The second brace extends laterally from the back and defines a second bottom support region converging toward the first bottom support region to arrange the first and second bottom support regions to provide differing points of contact for retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Kurosh Nahavandi, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Anish Paul, Jerald A. Trepanier, Kyle Stephen Spieker
  • Publication number: 20230310237
    Abstract: A mattress cover for a mattress providing movement therapy to a patient. A patient support portion covers the upper surface of the mattress, and a bottom portion is coupled to the patient support portion. The mattress cover may substantially encase the mattress. An augmenting feature is associated with a peripheral portion with the augmenting feature adapted to move between a stored configuration, and a deployed configuration in response to increasing thickness of the mattress during the movement therapy. The augmenting feature may include concertinaed material, such as thermoformed plastic, and/or a fold of material coupled to the peripheral portion. The patient support portion and the bottom portion may at least partially overlap and be moveable relative to one another. The mattress cover may be included on a mattress overlay having a patient turning device, or on the mattress supported on a patient support apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: James K. Galer, Carrie Klain, Patrick Lafleche, Justin Raymond, Kevin M. Patmore, Alexey Titov, Henry Kuhnen, Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11771464
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a probe for use in minimally invasive surgery. The probe includes a shaft and a tip extending from the shaft. The tip includes a bulbous shape with a smooth and rounded outer surface. In some embodiments, the shaft is separated from the tip by a neck such that both the shaft and the tip expand outward from a concave surface of the neck. In some embodiments, one or both of a neuromonitoring element and an ultrasound sensor are disposed on the tip. In some embodiments, a probe may include a surface feature that resists expulsion of the probe from a human body when the probe is disposed in the human body. In further embodiments, a probe may include insulated material over a first surface region and conductive material over a second surface region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven F. Krause, Spencer Popejoy, Heesang Samuel Lee, Douglas G. Pedrick, Nathaniel G. Magee
  • Patent number: 11771607
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient comprising a support frame and a support deck coupled to the support frame. The support deck has a deck section arranged to articulate relative to said support frame between a first position and a second position. An actuator is interposed in force-translating relation between the support frame and the deck section to articulate the deck section. The actuator comprises a biasing device configured to store mechanical energy and having an interface. The actuator further comprises a torque multiplier coupled to the deck section and engaged with the interface to translate mechanical energy stored in the biasing device into force acting on the deck section to urge the deck section toward the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Trimble, Christopher S. Hough, Bryan E. Garfoot, Ross Timothy Lucas
  • Patent number: 11771476
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a cannulated body extending along an axis and having a first working end spaced along the axis from a second working end. The surgical instrument may be used with a fenestrated screw assembly, a delivery unit, and an alignment guide wire. The first working end of the surgical instrument is configured to transmit a force to a delivery unit in a direction about the axis and the second working end is configured to transmit a force to a delivery unit in a direction generally transverse to the axis. The first working end may be used to rotate the delivery unit to thereby removably attach the delivery unit to the fenestrated screw assembly. The surgical instrument may be repositioned to engage the second working end with the proximal end of the delivery unit to maintain the rotational position of the delivery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Steven F. Krause, Abram Reitblat
  • Patent number: 11771611
    Abstract: A gripping assembly for gripping at least one conduit routed within a vertically adjustable medical boom head assembly includes a support, and a plurality of grip paddles pivotally mounted to the support and arranged around a central pathway for routing the at least one conduit, wherein the grip paddles are configured to pivot inwardly relative to the central pathway to grip the at least one conduit running through the central pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Lancer Drake Halcom, Dustin Ryan Campbell, Wojciech Kazimierz Timoszyk, Matthew Ryan Adamo, David P. Chase
  • Patent number: 11771466
    Abstract: An external fixation system includes first and second fixation members having first and second pluralities of mounting holes, respectively. The first and second plurality of holes are configured to receive first and second ends of a plurality of struts, each strut having a default or initial mounting position. A simulation of the correction may be performed with the struts in the default positions, but it may be determined that the correction is not achievable. Additional simulations of the correction may be performed with the ends of the struts in different mounting positions to determine if other mounting positions of the struts allow the correction to be completed. During the correction, if one of the struts reaches a maximum length, it may be disconnected and reconnected to a different mounting hole so that, after being reconnected, the strut may be further increased in length to continue the correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Adam John Edelhauser, Ashish Gangwar, Sridhar Anjanappa, Subash K. Mannanal, Patrick Valli
  • Patent number: 11771471
    Abstract: Hydraulically expandable spinal rods and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The spinal rod may include a piston rod, a static rod, and a hydraulic pressure chamber for accepting hydraulic fluid and causing the piston rod to move in an expansion direction relative to the static rod. Upon connection of the piston and static rods to a patient's spinal column, the hydraulic spinal rod may be expanded to aid in correction of an underlying spinal deformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Oliver Buchert