Patents Assigned to Synthes
  • Expandable intervertebral implant
    Patent number: 11602438
    Abstract: An expandable intervertebral implant is provided for insertion into an intervertebral space defined by adjacent vertebrae. The expandable intervertebral implant includes a pair of outer sleeve portions and an inner core disposed between the outer sleeve portions. Movement of the inner core relative to the outer sleeve portions causes the outers sleeve portions to deflect away from each other, thereby engaging the expandable intervertebral implant with the vertebrae and adjusting the height of the intervertebral space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Marden John Cain
  • Technologies for determining seating of an orthopaedic implant during an orthopaedic surgical procedure
    Patent number: 11596528
    Abstract: Technologies for determining seating of an orthopaedic implant during an orthopaedic surgical procedure includes an impaction sensor and an impaction analyzer. The impaction sensor produces sensor data, in response to an impaction between an orthopaedic mallet and a surgical tool indicative of an initial impact and a secondary impact of the impaction. The impaction analyzer analyzes the sensor data to determine a temporal length between the initial and secondary impacts and determines whether the orthopaedic implant is sufficiently seated into the bone based on the temporal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Shouchen Dun, Dustin R. Whitaker, Michael T. Saloka
  • Systems and methods for embolization procedures for treatment of defects in the vasculature
    Patent number: 11596415
    Abstract: Methods and systems including an N-butyl cyanoacrylate (“n-BCA”) liquid embolic agent and achieving, by the n-BCA liquid embolization agent, a reduction in total cost of preoperative embolization procedures for a plurality of patients versus an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (“EVOH”) liquid embolic agent. Methods and systems for reducing supply costs of preoperative embolization by at least approximately 18% are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Emilie Kottenmeier, Shelly Ikeme, Rahul Khanna, Xiaozhou Fan, Sudhakar Satti
  • System and method for providing a single use imaging device for medical applications
    Patent number: 11601622
    Abstract: A system and methods for providing and reclaiming a single use imaging device for sterile environments is disclosed and described. The system may include a single use high definition camera used for general purpose surgical procedures including, but not limited to: arthroscopic, laparoscopic, gynecologic, and urologic procedures, may comprise an imaging device that is a sterile and designed to ensure single use. The imaging device may have a single imaging sensor, either CCD or CMOS, encased in a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Jeremiah D. Henley, Donald M. Wichern, Curtis L. Wichern
  • Aneurysm device and delivery system
    Patent number: 11596412
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a braid for treating an aneurysm. The braid can include a proximal expandable portion for positioning inside the aneurysm and sealing across a neck of the aneurysm. The braid can also include a distal expandable portion distal of the proximal expandable portion, the distal expandable portion for filling the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruijiao Xu, Lacey Gorochow
  • Intervertebral implant for quadrupeds
    Patent number: 11596521
    Abstract: A low profile intervertebral implant for implantation in an intervertebral disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies of a quadruped. The intervertebral implant includes a plate and a spacer that extends from the plate. The intervertebral implant can define geometries that nest with complementary geometries of the vertebral bodies. Further, the plate can include fixation holes that extend along trajectories such that screws inserted through the fixation holes and driven into the respective vertebral bodies can purchase with dense cortical bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Noel Bordeaux
  • INTRASACCULAR INVERTING BRAID WITH HIGHLY FLEXIBLE FILL MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20230062395
    Abstract: A tubular braided implant is provided including a braid that can be delivered as a single layer braid, invert into itself during deployment to form at least two nested sacks and include additional braid material that can fill the innermost sack. The additional braid material can loop or coil like a ribbon and/or invert to form smaller and smaller nested sacks. The braid can have a variable braid angle along its length such that when positioned for delivery, the can have a high braid angle near its distal end and a low braid angle near the proximal end. In addition, or as a replacement for the braid material that fills the innermost sack, the implant can include an embolic coil that can loop within the innermost sack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Lacey GOROCHOW, Juan LORENZO, Ruijiao XU
  • Angulated rings and bonded foils for use with balloons for fusion and dynamic stabilization
    Patent number: 11589999
    Abstract: An inflatable and implantable balloon for treatment of degenerative disc disease, bones, lesions, spinal deformities and spinal motion segment instabilities. The balloon is comprised of adjustable and expandable volumes. Further disclosed are methods of forming, inserting, expanding, and implanting the multi-volume balloon for proper placement and stabilization of the spinal lesion or disease. Still further disclosed are kits for aligning and stabilizing elements of the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Teisen, Joern Richter, Matthias Wesselmann, Bodo Quint, Stefan Mueller
  • Method and apparatus for minimally invasive insertion of intervertebral implants
    Patent number: 11590002
    Abstract: A dilation introducer for orthopedic surgery is provided for minimally invasive access for insertion of an intervertebral implant. The dilation introducer may be used to provide an access position through Kambin's triangle from a posterolateral approach. A first dilator tube with a first longitudinal axis is provided. An access cannula may be introduced over the first dilator tube. A drill may be inserted through the access cannula and used to perform a foraminoplasty. Surgical instruments may pass through the access cannula to operate on an intervertebral disc and/or insert an intervertebral implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Faheem A. Sandhu
  • Customized patient-specific surgical instrument systems and methods
    Patent number: 11589878
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument comprising a metallic customized patient-specific surgical instrument is disclosed. The metallic customized patient-specific surgical instrument includes a base plate sized to be positioned on a resected surface of a distal end of a patient's femur, an anterior resection guide body attached to, and extending from, the distal surface of the base plate to a free distal end, a posterior resection guide body attached to, and extending from, the distal surface to a free distal end, and a pair of chamfer resection guide bodies attached to, and extending from, the distal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel D. Fritzinger
  • Split balloon assist device and method for using the same
    Patent number: 11589874
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, including joining a balloon to a resilient inner body of a balloon assist device, the balloon comprising an axial length shorter than an axial length of the inner body; expanding a slit in the resilient inner body of the balloon assist device; inserting a catheter through the slit; and releasing the slit to contract the balloon assist device around the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Lorenzo, Robert Slazas
  • Methods and devices for preparing and implanting tissue scaffolds
    Patent number: 11589995
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for preparing and implanting tissue scaffolds. Various embodiments of scribing tools are provided that are configured to mark one or more predetermined shapes around a defect site in tissue. The shape or shapes marked in tissue can be used to cut a tissue scaffold having a shape that matches the shape or shapes marked in tissue. In one embodiment, the scribing tool used to mark a shape in tissue can also be used to cut the tissue scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehmet Z. Sengun, Kristian DiMatteo
  • Stent with shaped wires
    Patent number: 11590007
    Abstract: Stents generally can include a tubular structure having circumferentially positioned undulating wires that extend over a majority of a length of the stent such that the undulations oscillate circumferentially to define a circumference of the stent. The undulations can wrap over and under adjacent undulations to form an interwoven structure. Additionally, or alternatively, adjacent wires can be joined. Wires forming the stent can be cut from elastic tubing such that each wire has a three-dimensional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Lacey Gorochow
  • Acromioclavicular hook plate
    Patent number: 11583317
    Abstract: A bone plate for treating acromioclavicular dislocations includes a shaft including a lateral portion sized and shaped to be positioned along a superior aspect of a lateral clavicle, the shaft including a plurality of openings extending therethrough for receiving bone fixation elements therein and a hook member extending from the shaft so that, in an operative position, the hook member is hooked under an acromion and the lateral portion of the shaft is positioned on the superior aspect of the lateral clavicle, the lateral portion of the shaft being substantially rounded so that the hook member is movable in one of an anterior direction and a posterior direction while the shaft maintains contact with the superior aspect of the lateral clavicle without any portion of the lateral portion of the shaft protruding beyond a surface of the lateral clavicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Zenker, André Galm, Daniel Andermatt, Martin Bammerlin, Gianluca Tordi, Martin Jaeger
  • Layered braided aneurysm treatment device
    Patent number: 11583282
    Abstract: A braided implant is provided that can secure within an aneurysm sac, occlude a majority of the aneurysm's neck, and at least partially fill the aneurysm sac. 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. In some examples, the tubular braid can be implanted in two distinct implanted shapes, allowing for treatment of a wide range of aneurysm sizes. In some examples, the implanted braid can include a compaction resistant column spanning the height of the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Lacey Gorochow, Ariel Soto Del Valle
  • Delivery of embolic braid
    Patent number: 11583288
    Abstract: A method for constructing a braided implant delivery system and treating an aneurysm can include attaching a braided implant having a band attached thereto to a delivery tube, positioning the braided implant within the aneurysm, and releasing the band from the delivery tube, thereby releasing the braided implant. The band can include movable extensions that can press into an outer surface of the delivery tube to secure the band to the delivery tube then move away from the outer surface of the delivery tube to release the band. A pull wire can be engaged to the band to secure the band to the delivery tube then be pulled proximally to release the band from the delivery tube. At least a portion of the braid of the braided implant can be positioned within a lumen of the delivery tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Lacey Gorochow
  • Methods for anchoring suture to bone
    Patent number: 11576664
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The suture anchor can also include at least a proximal portion having dual threads to facilitate engagement with bone. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC
    Inventors: Kristian DiMatteo, Chris Kilburn-Peterson, Nathan S. Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Hugh S. West
  • Patient specific femoral prosthesis
    Patent number: 11576787
    Abstract: A femoral prosthesis system for an orthopaedic hip implant and method of use is disclosed. The prosthesis system includes a femoral stem component that includes a core body and a casing that encases the core body. The casing can be additively manufactured such that the core body defines a predetermined orientation in the core body among a plurality of permissible predetermined orientations. The femoral stem component can further include a neck and a trunnion that extends from the neck. The neck can extend out with respect to the core body at a predetermined angle within a range of permissible predetermined angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney E. Satterthwaite, Jeffrey A. McAnelly, Andrew M. Jacobs
  • Method and apparatus for augmenting bone
    Patent number: 11576704
    Abstract: An expandable implant system is configured to increase the height of a target bone, for instance that has been subjected to a compression fracture. The expandable implant system includes an implant assembly that can be inserted into the target bone, and subsequently expanded so as to increase the height of the target bone. The expandable implant system further includes an and insertion assembly that is configured to create an insertion channel into the target bone, such that the implant assembly can be inserted in a collapsed configuration into the target bone along the insertion channel, and subsequently expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Jacques Teisen
  • Systems, methods, and devices for providing illumination in an endoscopic imaging environment
    Patent number: 11575811
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an endoscopic light source that includes a first emitter. The first emitter may emit light of a first wavelength at a dichroic mirror which reflects the light of the first wavelength to a plurality of optical fibers. The endoscopic light source further comprises a second emitter. The second emitter may emit light of a second wavelength at a second dichroic mirror which reflects the light of the second wavelength to the plurality of optical fibers. In one embodiment, the first dichroic mirror may be transparent to the light of the second wavelength, allowing the light of the second wavelength to pass through the first dichroic mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Jeremiah D. Henley, Donald M. Wichern