Patents Assigned to Synthes
  • Patent number: 8790637
    Abstract: Cells derived from postpartum umbilicus and placenta are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions, devices and methods for the regeneration or repair of ocular tissue using the postpartum-derived cells are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Sanjay Mistry, Darin Messina
  • Patent number: 8790346
    Abstract: A kit (400) for use in performing joint arthroplasty is provided. The kit (400) includes a trial (12) and a reamer (2). The reamer (2) is for preparing a cavity (4) in the intramedullary canal (8) of a long bone (8) with the use of a driver (10) and to assist in performing a trial reduction. The reamer (2) includes a first portion (14) for placement at least partially in the cavity (4) of the long bone (8) and a second portion (16) operably connected to the first portion (14). The reamer (2) is removably connected to the driver (10) to rotate the reamer (2). The trial (12) is removably attachable to the reamer (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: David Wayne Daniels, Charles Wesley Jaggers, Kimberly Ann Dwyer, David William Morrow, Brad Alan Parker, Daniel J. Berry
  • Patent number: 8790350
    Abstract: An instrument for preparing a surface of a joint is provided. The glenoid surface is adapted for receiving a prosthetic component having a feature closely conforming to the surface. The prosthetic component provides a bearing surface for a head portion of a long bone. The instrument includes a guide having a first feature and a second feature and a tool. The tool is used for cooperation with the first feature for preparing the surface. The first feature is adapted to at least partially control the position of the tool as it prepares the surface. The second feature is adapted to assist in positioning of the guide with respect to the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Daren L Deffenbaugh, Jared R Shoup, Joseph P Iannotti
  • Patent number: 8790363
    Abstract: The three dimensional, low friction vasoocclusive coil has a portion that is three dimensionally box or cubed shaped. The three dimensional box or cubed shaped portion will form a basket for filling the anatomical cavity at the site in the vasculature to be treated. The vasoocclusive device is formed from at least one strand of a flexible material formed to have a first inoperable, substantially linear configuration for insertion into and through a catheter or cannula to a desired portion of the vasculature to be treated, and a second operable, three dimensional configuration for occluding the desired portion of the vasculature to be treated. The vasoocclusive coil may optionally include a portion that is substantially J-shaped or helically shaped, for filling and reinforcing the three dimensional portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Ferrera, Daniel Kurz, Peter Wilson, Crystal K. Sein-Lwyn, Lok A. Lei, Joseph A. Horton
  • Publication number: 20140207025
    Abstract: A method of determining patient follow-up subsequent to an orthopaedic procedure includes determining the number of cycles of use of an orthopaedic joint of the patient. If a predetermined threshold is exceeded, communication with an orthopaedic care provider is initiated. A patient monitoring system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. DiSilvestro, Terry L. Dietz, Robert S. Hastings
  • Publication number: 20140207114
    Abstract: The intravascular catheter has a polymeric inner tube, a reinforcing inner jacket which is spirally wound over the inner tube and which becomes progressively softer from a proximal end to a distal end, and a polymeric outer sheath extruded over the inner jacket. The reinforcing jacket includes helical coiled wires wound over the inner tube in order to provide improved multi-axial mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Oscar Jimenez, Roberto Echarri, Kenneth Verduin
  • Publication number: 20140207195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dynamic bone fixation elements and a surgical method to stabilize bone or bone fragments. The dynamic bone fixation elements preferably include a bone engaging component and a load carrier engaging component. The bone engaging component preferably includes a plurality of threads for engaging a patient's bone and a lumen. The load carrier engaging component preferably includes a head portion for engaging a load carrier (e.g., bone plate) and a shaft portion. The shaft portion preferably at least partially extends into the lumen. Preferably at least a portion of an outer surface of the shaft portion is spaced away from at least a portion of an inner surface of the lumen via a gap so that the head portion can move with respect to the bone engaging component. The distal end of the shaft portion is preferably coupled to the lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Appenzeller, Robert Frigg, Beat Lechmann, Cyril Voisard, Silas Zurschmiede, Urs Hulliger
  • Publication number: 20140207237
    Abstract: Embodiments described include devices and methods for forming a porous polymer material. Devices disclosed and formed using the methods described a spacer for spinal fusion, craniomaxillofacial (CMF) structures, and other structures for tissue implants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Ali Recber, Thomas Pepe, Dominique Messerli, Lawton Laurence, Ryan Walsh, Thomas Kueenzi, Brandon Randall
  • Publication number: 20140205648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for in situ treatment of malignant cells from a cancer associated with bone. In one method, the treatment is for a primary cancer and entails positioning an implant containing and/or coated with at least one active agent for treating malignant cells directly in/on or indirectly among/near (e.g., by placing the implant in an area immediately proximal to) a site containing the malignant cells. In another method, the treatment includes positioning an implant containing and/or coated with at least one active agent for treating malignant cells directly in/on or indirectly among/near (e.g., by placing the implant in an area immediately proximal to) a surgical site from which malignant cells were previously removed/excised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventor: Maria Maccecchini
  • Patent number: 8784419
    Abstract: An adaptable bone fixation plate and bone fixation system are configured to provide an anterior spinal plate with anterior pedicle screws includes a first plate section adjustably coupled to a second plate section using an arrangement that provides both superior-inferior adjustability of the plate sections as well as lateral adjustability of the plate sections to orient the first and second plate sections with respect to the desired orientation and disposition of two or more bone screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Overes, Robert Frigg
  • Patent number: 8784428
    Abstract: A device for measuring a degree of bending of an intramedullary nail comprises a probe sized and shaped for insertion into a cannulation of an intramedullary nail. The probe including a first longitudinal element extending along a longitudinal axis from a distal end to a proximal end and a second longitudinal element extending along a longitudinal axis from a distal end to a proximal end, the distal ends of the first and second longitudinal elements attached to one another so that the longitudinal axes of the first and second longitudinal elements extend substantially parallel to each other and define a middle plane. A measuring element measures relative axial displacement of the proximal ends of the first and second longitudinal elements in the middle plane upon bending of the first and second longitudinal elements as the probe is inserted into a cannulation of the intramedullary nail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Reto Nardini, Adrian Baumgartner, Urs Hulliger
  • Patent number: 8784452
    Abstract: A transconnector for joining adjacent longitudinal spinal rods. The transconnector preferably includes a bridge member and a pair of bone fixation coupling elements, the bridge member is preferably sized and configured to span a distance between the pair of bone fixation coupling elements. The bone fixation coupling elements are preferably sized and configured to engage the bridge member and sized and configured to receive one of the bone fixation elements. The bone fixation coupling elements are preferably sized and configured to engage the body portion of the bone fixation element. The bone fixation coupling elements may include a locking cap having a first set of threads for threadably engaging the bone fixation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Saidha, William L. Strausbaugh, Boyd Wolf, Thomas Pepe, Christoph Roth, David S. Rathbun, William P. McDonough
  • Publication number: 20140200669
    Abstract: A spinal implant. The spinal implant includes a spacer having an upper surface for contacting a superior vertebral body, a lower surface for contacting an inferior vertebral body, a first insertion end portion, and a second end portion opposite the first insertion end portion; a fixation frame coupled to the second end portion of the spacer and including a bridge portion oriented substantially coplanar with the spacer and at least one arm extending from the bridge portion; and at least one fixation element having a first insertion end for penetrating the superior or inferior vertebral bodies and a second end coupled to the at least one arm of the fixation frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Synthes USA, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Berger, Ryan Vanleeuwen
  • Publication number: 20140199363
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a bone-regeneration material. According to the method, a bio-compatible, open-pored body is exposed to a vacuum and osteoinductive and/or osteogenic substances are absorbed into the pores of the body, for example by means of a vacuum generated therein. It is thus possible to produce a bone-regeneration material, which contains osteoinductive and/or osteogenic substances in the pores of the bio-compatible body, said substances acting as a network structure for new somatic cells that are to grow into the porous body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventor: Thierry Stoll
  • Publication number: 20140199322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder
  • Patent number: 8777960
    Abstract: An interlock driving instrument is configured to be releasably lockable to a fastener, such as a bone anchor. A bone anchor can be locked to the interlock driving instrument by inserting an expandable distal end of the shaft of the interlock driving instrument into the driving opening of the bone anchor and expanding the distal end within the driving opening by translating an expansion member into the expandable distal end. Alternatively, the bone anchor can be locked to the interlock driving instrument by inserting the distal end of the shaft of the interlock driving instrument into the driving opening of the bone anchor and translating a sliding member along a sloped surface defined in a channel extending into the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Murray, Frank Andrew Wilson, Kyle Henning, Sean Powell
  • Patent number: 8771721
    Abstract: The present invention relates in general to implantable flexible bone composites, and method for preparing the same. The flexible bone composite includes at least one polymeric layer and at least one calcium-containing layer. The polymeric layer can be a polymeric layer including a synthetic polymer. The calcium-containing layer can include a calcium compound such as ?-Ca3(PO4)2. The flexible bone composites of the invention are useful as bone void fillers and have improved handling characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Kerr, James W. Dwyer
  • Patent number: 8771271
    Abstract: An intramedullary nail has a scalloped compression slot so as to define a plurality of pockets and intersections between the pockets that are narrower than the pockets. Accordingly, a compression member can be inserted into a bone segment of a fractured bone and into the slot. The compression member can be wider than the intersections. A compression actuator can apply a force against the compression member that causes the compression member to translate across the intersections from pocket-to-pocket until the fracture has been approximated. Because the compression member is wider than the intersections, the compression slot retains the compression member and prevents distraction of the fracture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventor: Tom Overes
  • Patent number: 8771353
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for replacing damaged meniscal tissue includes a meniscus implant including a porous body having a plurality of interconnected open micro-pores and one or more open cavities for receiving meniscal tissue. The interconnected micro-pores are arranged to allow fluid to flow into the porous body and are in fluid communication with the one or more open cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Philippe Gedet, Beat Lechmann, Nicolas Bouduban
  • Patent number: 8771367
    Abstract: A liner adapted for insertion into an acetabular shell for use in hip arthroplasty. The liner includes a concave inner surface adapted to engage a femoral head. The liner also includes an outer surface adapted to engage the acetabular shell and a rim that extends between the inner surface and the outer surface. The outer surface includes a locking section extending from the rim, a composite-curved section extending from the locking section at a first transition point, and a dome section extending from the composite-curved section, wherein at the first transition point, the composite-curved section is tangential to the locking section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: John M Armacost, James A Caywood, Ryan C Keefer