Patents Assigned to Synthes
  • SPINAL CONNECTORS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20170290611
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a connector can be configured to couple a first fixation element (e.g., a first rod) to a second fixation element (e.g., a second rod). One or both of the first and second fixation elements can be included with the connector, or one or both can be separately provided. In some instances, at least one of the fixation elements is previously implanted in a patient. The connector can provide one or more degrees of freedom between the first and second fixation elements. The connector can also include a locking element configured to (1) lock one or more of the fixation elements to the connector, and (2) lock one or more of the degrees of freedom between the fixation elements. The connector can be configured to snap onto or otherwise engage a fixation element in a manner that provides tactile and/or audible feedback to the surgeon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Zoher Bootwala, Michael Gorhan, Adam LaWare
  • LAMINA IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR SPINAL DECOMPRESSION
    Publication number: 20170290613
    Abstract: Lamina plates can include various features that allow a surgeon to couple the plate to a vertebra, such as a plurality of receiving holes for receiving a spinal fixation element. The plate can be shaped and the receiving holes positioned such that spinal fixation elements can be installed with reduced exposure of the spine and along a trajectory that enhances purchase with bone. The lamina plate can include one or more features for coupling at least one receiver head to the plate for receiving a spinal stabilization element. Since the receiver head can be coupled to the plate after the plate is implanted, it does not restrict the range of angles or trajectories at which the spinal fixation elements can be installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lee, Albert Montello, Todd James Albert
  • Vasculature occlusion device detachment system with tapered corewire and heater activated fiber detachment
    Patent number: 9782178
    Abstract: A vasculature occlusion device detachment system including a heating element of a predetermined resistivity. A coil securing suture terminates in a proximal bead retained within the heating element while the distal end of the coil securing suture extends beyond the distal end of the heating element and is attached to the proximal end of the vasculature occlusion device. The coil securing suture is independently rotatable of the heating element 360 degrees about a longitudinal axis extending therethrough the heating element. A power source applies electrical current to the heating element via an electrically conductive corewire and separate insulated electrically conductive wire to increase its resistance and, as a result of the heat produced, sever the coil securing suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Juan A. Lorenzo
  • Expandable vertebral body replacement system and method
    Patent number: 9782267
    Abstract: Vertebral body replacement apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided. In various examples, an implantable device is configured to be inserted between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body. The implantable device includes a first endplate configured to contact a superior endplate of the first vertebral body. A central member is pivotably coupled to the first endplate. A second endplate is configured to contact an inferior endplate of the second vertebral body. The implantable device includes a first insertion configuration and a second load-bearing configuration. The first insertion configuration includes the central member at a first angular position with respect to the first endplate. The second load-bearing configuration includes the central member at a second angular position with respect to the first endplate and the second endplate in a load-bearing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Ben Barrall
  • Customized patient-specific bone cutting blocks
    Patent number: 9786022
    Abstract: A number of orthopaedic surgical instruments are disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Luke J. Aram, William Bugbee, Charles A. Engh, Jr., Joseph Moskal, Mark Pagnano, Michael Swank, Jose F. Guzman
  • Graft collection and containment system for bone defects
    Patent number: 9782259
    Abstract: A device for containing bone graft material comprises a body including an inner sleeve extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve and extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end such that a bone graft collecting space is formed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: George Mikhail, Ross Hamel
  • Intervertebral Prosthesis or Disk Prosthesis
    Publication number: 20170281362
    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: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Beat Lechmann, Robert Frigg, Roger Buerki
  • Bottom-loading bone anchor assemblies and methods
    Patent number: 9775660
    Abstract: Bone anchor assemblies and methods are provided having a multi-component bone anchor that is configured to allow the shank of the bone anchor to be bottom loaded into a receiver member. In one embodiment, a bone anchor assembly is provided having a shank with a distal threaded portion and a proximal head portion, a ball having a spherical exterior surface and a central lumen sized to receive the head portion of the shank, and a clip configured to be engaged between the head portion and the ball such that the clip is effective to lock the ball in engagement with the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Spratt, Thibault Chandanson, Ernest Quintanilha, Shawn D. Stad, Ralf Klabunde
  • Controlling the integral light energy of a laser pulse
    Patent number: 9777913
    Abstract: An embodiment of an illumination system for use with an endoscope includes a laser source comprising laser light emitters, an electromagnetic sensor embedded within the laser source to sense light energy, and a control circuit in electronic communication with the electromagnetic sensor and at least one emitter. The control circuit is configured to cause the laser source to pulse light between pixel readout periods. The electromagnetic sensor receives light from at least one emitter and measures an amount of electromagnetic energy generated by at least one emitter. The control circuit controls a duty cycle of the emitters based on a predetermined, known output and in response the amount of electromagnetic energy generated by at least one of the emitters and obtains a desired exposure response for images captured by the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Laurent Blanquart, Donald M. Wichern
  • Device for anchoring a suture
    Patent number: 9775596
    Abstract: A device is for anchoring a suture to a bone. The device includes a suture engaged with an elastically deformable ring biased toward an unstressed state in which an outer diameter of the ring is D. The ring is compressible for insertion through a hole in a bone stabilization device having a diameter smaller than the diameter D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Frigg
  • Post-Operative Bone Growth Stimulant Introduction Method
    Publication number: 20170273798
    Abstract: A method of revising a patient having a fusion cage implanted within a spinal column, involving percutaneously delivering a first end of a tube to the spinal column, fluidly connecting the first end of the tube to the fusion cage, and delivering a bone growth agent into the fusion cage through the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Jacobs, Jeffrey Walker
  • Apparatus and method for elongating a tendon
    Patent number: 9770260
    Abstract: A method for elongating a tendon including by moving a cutting blade along the tendon in a helical path so as to make a helical cut in the tendon which allows elongation of the tendon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Gedet, Andreas Appenzeller, Daniel Fluri
  • TISSUE REMOVAL DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170265881
    Abstract: Devices and methods for tissue removal are disclosed herein, including those in which a powered rotary tool actuates a cutting blade to sever tissue and drives an auger to transport the severed tissue proximally through the device. The severed tissue can be collected in an on-board collection chamber for subsequent use as graft material or otherwise (e.g., assay, analysis, post-processing, etc.). Devices of the type disclosed herein can reduce or eliminate the need to move the device in and out of the surgical site, reduce user input force, and provide improved ergonomics and increased user focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael O'Neil, Zoher Bootwala, J. Riley Hawkins
  • MULTIPOINT FIXATION IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20170265901
    Abstract: Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that can provide for improved fixation as compared with traditional bone anchor assemblies. An exemplary assembly can include a bracket or wing that extends down from the receiver member and accommodates one or more auxiliary bone anchors that augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Another exemplary assembly can include a plate that is seated between the receiver member and the rod and accommodates one or more auxiliary bone anchors that augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Another exemplary assembly can include a hook that extends out from the receiver member to hook onto an anatomical structure or another implant to augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Surgical methods using the bone anchor assemblies described herein are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Riley Hawkins, Albert Montello, Christopher Ramsay, Kevin Lee, Joseph Peterson, Ben Johnston, Heiko Koller, Todd Albert, Chris Ames, Brad Currier, Claudius Thome, Masashi Neo
  • Multi-segment lateral cage adapted to flex substantially in the coronal plane
    Patent number: 9763678
    Abstract: The present invention concerns several fusion devices and methods for laterally inserting a fusion device at an initial trajectory that is not parallel to the disc space. Each fusion device incorporates components that enable flexing, bending or pivoting of the device during its final approach to the prepared disc space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Neil, Douglas Raymond, Jonathan Bellas, Andrew Dooris, Alexander Grinberg, Derek Shaw
  • Dynamic bone fixation element and method of using the same
    Patent number: 9763712
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Appenzeller, Robert Frigg, Beat Lechmann, Cyril Voisard, Silas Zurschmiede, Urs Hulliger
  • System and method for cervical midline fixation
    Patent number: 9763704
    Abstract: Devices and methods for enhancing the effectiveness of spinal stabilization, and particularly that of cervical spinal stabilization, are provided herein. More specifically, methods and systems are disclosed for effectively positioning occipital plates and spinal fixation assemblies within target vertebrae, while also reducing any associated patient trauma (e.g., muscle stripping, tissue damage, etc.). The systems and methods can utilize trans-lamina delivery of the spinal fixation assemblies to allow for the positioning of the fixation elements along the midline of the patient's spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John Riley Hawkins, Thomas J. Gamache, Michael Sorrenti, Alexander Grinberg, Michael A. Fisher
  • Bone fixation assembly
    Patent number: 9763702
    Abstract: An anchor assembly for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The anchor assembly preferably includes a bone anchor, a body with a rod-receiving channel, an insert member (preferably a bushing), and a locking cap. The anchor assembly enables in-situ assembly where the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body of the bone anchor assembly. Accordingly, the anchor assembly enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body may be snapped onto the bone anchor and a spinal rod may be inserted into the rod-receiving channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Fridolin Schlaepfer, Martin Schnider, Helmut Rutschmann
  • Pixel array area optimization using stacking scheme for hybrid image sensor with minimal vertical interconnects
    Patent number: 9763566
    Abstract: Embodiments of a hybrid imaging sensor that optimizes a pixel array area on a substrate using a stacking scheme for placement of related circuitry with minimal vertical interconnects between stacked substrates and associated features are disclosed. Embodiments of maximized pixel array size/die size (area optimization) are disclosed, and an optimized imaging sensor providing improved image quality, improved functionality, and improved form factors for specific applications common to the industry of digital imaging are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Laurent Blanquart
  • Combination driver/anti-rotation handle for shoulder arthroplasty
    Patent number: 9763679
    Abstract: An instrumentation kit for use in preparing a bone to receive a prosthetic component includes at least one first combination device, the at least one first combination device including a proximal portion configured to couple with a torque providing device and a distal portion configured to couple with a first instrument, the at least one first combination device pivotable between a first position whereat the proximal portion and the distal portion are (i) longitudinally aligned and (ii) configured to transfer a torque received by the proximal portion to the distal portion, and a second position whereat the proximal portion and the distal position are (i) not longitudinally aligned and (ii) configured to transfer a torque received by the proximal portion to the distal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Lappin