Patents Assigned to Synthese
  • Expansion ring for a braided stent
    Patent number: 10182927
    Abstract: A braided stent system includes a stent body having a lumen formed by a plurality of braided members with interstices formed therebetween and a first expansion ring connected to the lumen of the stent body. The first expansion ring may include a frame defined by a plurality of interconnected support assemblies that are selectively positioned to impart an outwardly expanding radial force to the stent body, each support assembly can include a plurality of legs joined at a first intersection and connected to one of the other interconnected support assemblies at a second intersection opposite the first intersection. Each support assembly can include a claw portion mechanically connected to one or more of the interstices of the stent body so that the frame imparts an outward radial expansion force of the stent to facilitate use and delivery of the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Juan Lorenzo, Robert Slazas, Ramin Tehrani, Pedro Pedroso
  • Knotless suture anchor guide
    Patent number: 10182808
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for forming a hole in bone and implanting a suture anchor in the bone hole. The devices and methods disclosed herein allow a suture coupled to tissue to be passed through a shaft that is also configured to receive a drill bit. Exemplary guide devices are provided having a shaft with a cross-sectional shape that allows the suture to be seated in a secondary region that is offset from a primary region that receives the drill bit therethrough. A drill bit can be passed through the shaft without causing any damage to the suture extending through the shaft, and subsequently an anchor can be advanced along the suture through the shaft and guided into the bone hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: James T. Spivey, Ami S. Joshi
  • Conditioned media and methods of making a conditioned media
    Patent number: 10179900
    Abstract: A stable and scalable process is provided to manufacture reduced serum umbilical cord tissue-derived (UTC)-conditioned media. The method includes the culture of a UTC under reduced serum conditions. Subsequently, the UTC is washed and grown in serum-free basal media. After approximately 24 hours, the conditioned media is collected, filtered and concentrated by use of an approximately 5 kDa or similar cut-off membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander M. Harmon, Abel Ang
  • Capture tube mechanism for delivering and releasing a stent
    Patent number: 10172734
    Abstract: A capture tube mechanism for delivering and releasing a self-expanding stent includes a core wire on which a proximal portion of the stent is removably retained by a distal portion of a tubular capture sleeve. In one embodiment, one or more elongated members extending through corresponding apertures through the capture sleeve and out the distal end of the capture sleeve can be pulled to split the tubular capture sleeve to release the stent. In another embodiment, the capture sleeve can be pulled proximally over one or more stop members provided on the core wire to release the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Slazas, Juan A. Lorenzo
  • Spiral assembly tool
    Patent number: 10166118
    Abstract: An assembly tool for assembly of a first component of a prosthesis to a second component of the prosthesis for use in joint arthroplasty. The tool includes a first member operably associated with the first component and a second member operably associated with the second component. The second member includes a cap having a threaded recess and further includes a threaded rod adapted to engage the threaded recess so as to move the second member relative to the first member and the threaded rod is made of a harder metal than the threaded recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. McAnelly, Rodney E. Satterthwaite, Daniel E. Lashure
  • Oscillating rasp for use in an orthopaedic surgical procedure
    Patent number: 10159500
    Abstract: An oscillating surgical rasp for use in the surgical preparation of a glenoid of a patient prior to implantation of an augmented glenoid prosthesis comprises an attachment head and a cutting head secured to the attachment head. The attachment head has a body that extends along a longitudinal axis from a first end configured to be secured in a chuck of an oscillating tool to a second end secured to the cutting head. The first end of the body of the attachment head defines an axis of oscillation that extends orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the oscillating surgical rasp. Surgical methods for the use of such oscillating rasps are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason M. Chavarria, Matthew T. Stone
  • Method of fabricating customized patient-specific bone cutting blocks
    Patent number: 10149722
    Abstract: A number of orthopedic surgical instruments are also disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Luke J. Aram, William Bugbee, Charles A. Engh, Jr., Joseph Moskal, Mark Pagnano, Michael Swank, Bryan Rose, Jose F. Guzman
  • METHOD OF MAKING A MULTI-STRAND IMPLANT WITH ENHANCED RADIOPACITY
    Publication number: 20180333281
    Abstract: Methods of making an implant for medical use, having a body formed of a plurality of single strands of a first material. The body further includes at least one multi-strand of radiopaque material incorporated among the single strands, the multi-strand having at least two side-by-side filaments of radiopaque material that lie substantially contiguous to each other over substantially the entire length of the multi-strand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: RAMIN TEHRANI, ROBERT SLAZAS
  • Package for an object and an assembly including such a package
    Patent number: 10130439
    Abstract: A package for an object includes a support element with means for coupling the object to the support element. A first hollow protective element is provided as a stopper coupled to the support element of the object. The support element presents a grip portion which projects from the stopper, the support element, alone or in co-operation with the stopper, defining a first chamber containing the object. A second hollow protective element is provided as a cover. The cover is coupled to the stopper so as to cooperate with the stopper to define a second chamber inside which the grip portion of the support element extends. The cover is coupled to the stopper, with the grip portion of the stopper projecting from the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Olivier Richart
  • Stand-Alone Fusion Implant Secured by In-Line Fixation
    Publication number: 20180317990
    Abstract: Stand alone fusion cage assemblies that can be secured to the adjacent vertebral bodies via an in-line approach that is substantially perpendicular to the anterior wall of the stand alone cage (or substantially parallel to the cage insertion direction).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Mazzuca
  • Implant
    Patent number: 10111696
    Abstract: An implant includes a section made of polymer, wherein at least a portion of the section has a layer of a polymerizable and/or cross-linkable material. A method for fixation of a bone plate having several plate holes using the implant includes removing a cover sheet protecting the layer of polymerizable and/or cross-linkable material, activating the layer of polymerizable and/or cross-linkable material with electromagnetic energy or with moisture, introducing the implant into one of the plate holes of the bone plate when the bone plate is positioned on a bone, pressing on an end of the implant in order to contact the activated layer of polymerizable and/or cross-linkable material with the bone underneath the bone plate, and allowing the activated and pressurized layer of polymerizable and/or cross-linkable material to polymerize and/or cross-link and to adhere to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Cyril Voisard, Christian Brunner
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Coplana X-ray guided aiming arm for locking of intramedullary nails
    Patent number: 10080574
    Abstract: A novel coplanar X-ray guided method and device for insertion of distal locking screws in intramedullary bone nails. The device has coplanar holes, which allow insertion of protective sleeves. A drill and bone screws can be inserted through the protective sleeves. Radiopaque target markers in the aiming arm enable the easy positioning of an X-ray source such that an X-ray beam is coplanar with the aiming arm transverse holes. After the X-ray source is accurately oriented, a single X-ray snapshot is enough to assess the exact distortion of the implanted intramedullary nail. The X-ray beam need not be coaxial with the intramedullary nail holes. The aiming arm has a mobile portion and a fixed portion fastened to the nail, wherein said aiming arm can be adjusted, displacing the mobile portion over the fixed portion, to compensate for the distortion of the intramedullary nail after implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Alberto Fernandez, Markus Buettler, Andreas Waelchli
  • Methods, systems, and devices for surgical suturing
    Patent number: 10080562
    Abstract: Various exemplary methods, systems, and devices for surgical suturing are provided. In general, a loading element can be configured to facilitate loading of a plate into a surgical instrument configured to facilitate passage of a suture through tissue. The surgical instrument can be configured to advance the suture through a tissue of a patient, to capture a free end or looped end of the suture after the suture's advancement through the tissue, and to pull the captured suture out of the patient's body with a portion of the suture remaining passed through the tissue within the patient's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Otrando, Kevin Zylka, Jonathan Bellas, James T. Spivey, Peter Colby
  • BRAIDED STENT WITH EXPANSION RING AND METHOD OF DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20180263794
    Abstract: A self-expanding braided stent includes at least a distal radial expansion ring added to a distal end of the stent body to increase a radial expansion force of the self-expanding braided stent in deployment of the stent, and to facilitate advancement of the stent through a delivery sheath by a core advancement wire. A proximal radial expansion ring is optionally added to a proximal end of the stent body to allow the stent to be recaptured following partial deployment by retraction of the core advancement wire, prior to full deployment of a proximal portion of the stent body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Slazas, Ramin Tehrani