Patents Assigned to Synthes
  • Angulated rings and bonded foils for use with balloons for fusion and dynamic stabilization
    Patent number: 10105231
    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: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Teisen, Joern Richter, Matthias Wesselmann, Bodo Quint, Stefan Mueller
  • Self-centering, anti-seizing acetabular liner
    Patent number: 10105230
    Abstract: A kit for use in arthroplasty. The kit including a shell which has a shell locking section. The kit further including a liner adapted to be inserted into the shell. The liner includes an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface is generally concave. The outer surface is adapted to engage the shell, and includes a liner locking section and a curved section. The curved section has a radius. The shell locking section and the liner locking section are adapted to engage one another. The shell locking section and the liner locking section are self-locking tapers. The curved section extends tangentially from the liner locking section at a first transition point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: John M Armacost, James A Caywood, Ryan C Keefer
  • Arcuate fixation member
    Patent number: 10105236
    Abstract: Arcuate fixation members with varying configurations and/or features are provided, along with additional components for use therewith in provided fixation systems and intervertebral implant systems. The arcuate fixation members may be of varying lengths, cross sectional geometries, and/or cross sectional areas, and may be configured with various features such as heads configured to accept other fixation system components, tabs to allow arcuate fixation member-in-arcuate fixation member or fixation anchor-in-arcuate fixation member configurations. Applications of fixation systems and intervertebral implants systems utilizing arcuate fixation members are particularly suitable when a linear line-of-approach for delivering fixation members is undesirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Donner, Lawton Laurence, Wamis Singhatat, Jared Schoenly, David E. Evans, William Miller, Kurt Schmura
  • Spinous Process Spacer Hammock
    Publication number: 20180296252
    Abstract: A spinal distractor for distracting opposed vertebrae in which a pair of elements are threadably connected by a screw having opposing threads, wherein actuating the screw spreads the elements apart and pushes the vertebrae apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Slivka, Michael J. O'Neil, Hassan Serhan, Michael Fisher, John Riley Hawkins
  • System and method for validating an orthopaedic surgical plan
    Patent number: 10098761
    Abstract: A system and method includes a data tag associated with a patient-specific orthopedic surgical instrument and a data reader to read the data tag to obtain surgical procedure parameters from the data tag. A display module may display the surgical procedure parameters and/or identification data to validate the patient-specific orthopedic surgical instrument. Additionally, the system may include a sensor module to generate joint force data indicative of a joint force of a patient's joint. The display module may be configured to display the joint force data in association with the surgical procedure parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason T. Sherman, Robert S. Hastings, Jose F. Guzman, Luke J. Aram
  • Spine derotation system
    Patent number: 10098665
    Abstract: A spine derotation system includes bone fixation elements, fixture members, clamps and stabilizers. The clamps can collectively lock together multiple proximal ends of bone fixation elements extending from one lateral side of the spine. The stabilizers may include clamp stabilizers that are configured to couple together two or more clamps to each other so as to facilitate derotation and alignment of multiple vertebrae of a patient's spine. The stabilizers may also include fixture stabilizers that are configured to couple together two fixture members on the same vertebra to facilitate derotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Helmut Rutschmann, Madeleine Kaegi
  • Minimally invasive spinal fixation system including vertebral alignment features
    Patent number: 10098666
    Abstract: A bone anchor coupler assembly is configured to couple a bone anchor to a spine stabilization member, and includes a coupler body and an angular adjustment member movably coupled to the coupler body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Yann Amstutz, Didier Gonzalez, Michael Guetlin
  • Surgical drill with curved burr attachment and method
    Patent number: 10092300
    Abstract: A surgical drilling instrument with a Curved Burr Attachment having an adapter removably coupled to a drill motor and a burr attachment coupled to said adapter. The burr attachment includes a tube with a wire shaft supported therein and a coil wire surrounding said wire shaft and having each of the coils touch the outer periphery surface of the wire shaft and the inner peripheral surface of said tube to enhance cooling of said outer periphery of said tube from the heat generated by said wire shaft and attenuate vibrations while allowing said burr attachment to be bent without kinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Eddy H. del Rio, Douglas A. Perry
  • Locking first metacarpal plate
    Patent number: 10092338
    Abstract: A bone plate sized and shaped for fixation to a phalangeal bone includes a head extending from a first end to a second end and having first, second third and fourth fixation element holes extending therethrough and arranged in a diamond configuration on the head, an outer wall of the head having a diamond shape corresponding to the diamond configuration, a bone contacting surface of the head being contoured to conform to the anatomy of a dorsal surface of a first metacarpal, the contour being curved to be seated over a protuberance at a head of the first metacarpal and a shaft extending from the head, the shaft including an elongated fixation element hole elongated in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the bone plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Hashmi, Lynn Kelly, Daneen Touhalisky, James Guthlein
  • Suture anchor system and method
    Patent number: 10092284
    Abstract: A suture anchor system and method including a suture anchor and a suture anchor drive. The suture anchor is positionable on a rod of the suture anchor drive. The rod defines an awl for forming a hole in a bone. The suture anchor drive further has an impactor for moving the suture anchor along the rod between a retracted position and an advanced position so as to implant the suture anchor in the bone with the awl positioned in the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Bouduban, Beat Lechmann, Philippe Gedet, Patrick Burki
  • CRANIAL FIXATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180280106
    Abstract: Cranial fixation devices are provided. For example, a cranial fixation device may include positive stops that provide visual and tactical feedback when a predetermined compression is applied once a medical device is inserted therein and placed in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. DeFusco, Gregory M. Schorn
  • Implant placement method with feedback
    Patent number: 10085645
    Abstract: Methods for performing orthopaedic surgical procedures using a handheld scanner are disclosed. The methods include, generally, performing one or more intra-operative scans using a handheld scanner, generating scan data from the intra-operatives scans, and comparing the scan data to a surgical plan. The scan data and other feedback data are used to validate the position and orientation of orthopaedic prosthetic component implanted in a body of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Ryan C. Keefer
  • In-situ formed intervertebral fusion device and method
    Patent number: 10085843
    Abstract: An orthopedic device for implanting between adjacent vertebrae comprising: an arcuate balloon and a hardenable material within said balloon. In some embodiments, the balloon has a footprint that substantially corresponds to a perimeter of a vertebral endplate. An inflatable device is inserted through a cannula into an intervertebral space and oriented so that, upon expansion, a natural angle between vertebrae will be at least partially restored. At least one component selected from the group consisting of a load-bearing component and an osteobiologic component is directed into the inflatable device through a fluid communication means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. DiMauro
  • Intervertebral prosthesis or disk prosthesis
    Patent number: 10085851
    Abstract: An intervertebral prosthesis or disk prosthesis comprising a front side, a rear side, an upper side which can be placed on the base plate of vertebral body, a lower side which can be placed on the base plate of a vertebral body, a right side, a left side, a cavity which can receive a fluid hydraulic osteocementum, an opening in the cavity and several outlets out from the cavity. The total of the transversal surfaces of the outlets SV on the front side, the total of the transversal surfaces of the outlets SH on the rear side, the total of the transversal surfaces of the outlets SR on the right side and the total of the transversal surfaces of the outlets on the left side satisfy the following conditions: SL>SR or SR>SL or SH>SV or SV>SH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Beat Lechmann, Robert Frigg, Roger Buerki
  • Sizing instrument and punch for use in a surgical procedure to implant a stemless humeral component
    Patent number: 10085856
    Abstract: A stemless humeral component for replacing the humeral head of a patient's humerus includes a support flange having a number of cantilevered legs extending distally away from a bottom surface thereof. Instruments and methods for surgically installing the stemless humeral component are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Anthony, Matthew T. Stone, Scott A. Lubensky, Chad Lawrence, David M. Warlop, Didier Poncet
  • Dynamized Interspinal Implant
    Publication number: 20180271565
    Abstract: An interspinous process having a narrowed distal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Hassan Serhan, Alexander Michel DiNello, William Christianson
  • Cortical Rim-Supporting Interbody Device
    Publication number: 20180271576
    Abstract: A central inflatable distractor and a perimeter balloon are inserted into the disc space in uninflated configurations. The central inflatable distractor is then expanded, thereby distracting the vertebral endplates to the controlled height of the central inflatable distractor. The perimeter balloon is then inflated with a curable substance. The perimeter balloon expands as it is filled with the curable substance and conforms to the void remaining in the disc space around the central inflatable distractor, thereby creating a horseshoe shape. Once the flowable material in the perimeter balloon has cured, the central inflated distractor can be deflated and removed. The remaining void (or inner space) is then packed with graft for fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Roman Lomeli, Kevin Lee
  • Orthognathic implant and method of use
    Patent number: 10080567
    Abstract: An implant for use in orthognathic surgery of a mandible may include a longitudinal plate member and a plurality of pre-configured guides coupled to the plate member. The longitudinal plate member is pre-bent to correspond to the post-operative shape of the mandible; and the guides are pre-configured to align the plate member with the mandible when the implant is positioned against the mandible after the mandible has been separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Furrer, Timo Zillig, Marc Christian Metzger
  • Methods and devices for removing a spinal disc
    Patent number: 10080572
    Abstract: Devices and methods for removing a spinal disc are provided herein. Discectomy instruments are disclosed that can remove a spinal disc in a single-pass, i.e., without repeatedly inserting and removing the instrument from a patient. In an exemplary embodiment, the discectomy instrument includes a distal housing, at least one cutting blade, and a handle. When the distal housing is positioned adjacent to a spinal disc, a handle can be actuated to advance the cutting blade along a substantially arc-shaped path through the disc. In certain aspects, the path of the blade can correspond to the anatomy of the disc and to the approach used to access the spine. A second cutting blade can be advanced through the disc and can intersect with the arc-shaped path, forming a complete cut. The cut disc can be received in the distal housing and removed from the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Livorsi, Francisco A. Amaral, Paul Monteiro, Rod G. Cameron
  • Depth gauge
    Patent number: D831210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Nelson, Steven Greco, Dominic D'Andrea