Patents Assigned to Synthese
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Patent number: 11660124Abstract: A growing rod for mounting between attachment mechanisms that are secured to anatomical structures of a patient having scoliosis. The growing rod includes an outer housing and an inner housing disposed within the outer housing. The inner housing includes a magnet assembly including a magnet having a first pole and a second pole and a gear reduction mechanism coupled to the magnet. A first rod is secured to the inner housing and a second rod is secured to the outer housing. The gear reduction mechanism reduces an output rotation of the magnet to rotate a driver that operates to move the inner housing along a longitudinal axis with respect to the outer housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Markus Hunziker
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Patent number: 11660149Abstract: Electronic devices that detect their position and/or orientation with respect to earth's frame of reference are described. A coupler can removeably maintain the electronic devices in physical proximity of one another. Each electronic device can have a housing and the coupler can be included on the housing and arranged to physically connect the housing of the electronic device to the housing of at least one other electronic device. Alternatively, the coupler can be a packaging that maintains the electronic devices in physical proximity of one another. Each electronic device can be calibrated using the orientation or position information obtained by other electronic devices maintained by the coupler. Further, each electronic device can include a power source that remains inactive until the device is ready for use.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: William Frasier, John Riley Hawkins, Roman Lomeli, Mark Hall, Dennis Chien
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Patent number: 11660209Abstract: Technologies for aligning an acetabular prosthetic component in a patient's surgically prepared acetabulum include a reference sensor module securable to the patient's bony anatomy, an inserter sensor module securable to an acetabular prosthetic component inserter, and a display module. Each sensor module generates sensor data indicative of the orientation of the sensor module and/or structures to which the sensor module is coupled. The display module receives the sensor data from the sensor modules, determines the orientation of the acetabular prosthetic component relative to the patient's bony anatomy, and displays indicia of the determined orientation on a display.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Jason T. Sherman, Alec A. Birkbeck, Robert R. Freeman
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Patent number: 11642174Abstract: A system and method that acquire (i) at least a reference image including one of a preoperative image of a surgical site with skeletal and articulating bones and a contralateral image on an opposite side of the patient from the surgical site, and (ii) at least an intraoperative image of the site after an implant has been affixed to the articulating bone. The system preferably generates at least one reference stationary point on at least the skeletal bone in the reference image and at least one intraoperative stationary point on at least the skeletal bone in the intraoperative image. The location of the implant is identified in the intraoperative image, preferably including the position of first and second centers of rotation, which are digitally represented and copied into the reference image to analyze at least one of offset and length differential.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Noah D. Wollowick, Andrew J. Cooper
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Patent number: 11633284Abstract: A bone graft system includes a two-dimensional mesh sheet sized and shaped to, when folded along fold lines, form a three-dimensional graft containment structure configured to be packed with a bone graft material for placement within a target area of a bone, the mesh sheet including a first end flap connected to a remaining portion of the mesh sheet via a first fold line and a second end flap connected to the remaining portion of the mesh sheet via a second fold line, a third fold line extending from the first fold line to the second fold line so that the remaining portion is configured to be wrapped around folded first and second end flaps to form the graft containment structure, the first and second end flaps substantially corresponding to a profile of the target area of the bone.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer
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Patent number: 11633221Abstract: A variety of K-wires with imbedded plates are disclosed that allow for the plate in K-wire to be secured to the bone after insertion. Further, a donut shaped washer for capturing and securing the K-wire is disclosed. Also, a screw with a channel is disclosed that has a head shaped to capture and secure the K-wire. Finally, embodiments of a slotted washer are disclosed that captures and secures the K-wire.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Phillip Watt, Kory Smith, Jeffrey Loftus-Vergari, Danielle Rossi
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Patent number: 11633285Abstract: A glenoid component for securement to a glenoid surface of a scapula comprises a body portion having a first surface adapted to contact the glenoid surface of a scapula and a second surface configured to receive the head portion of a humerus. The glenoid component further includes an anchor peg for penetrating the glenoid surface of the scapula so as to secure the body portion to the glenoid surface of the scapula. The anchor peg includes a cylindrical shaft extending from the first surface of the body portion and a fin secured to and extending outwardly from the cylindrical shaft. The glenoid component further includes a feature that prevents rotation of the glenoid component.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Jason M. Chavarria, Kyle E. Lappin
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Patent number: 11628002Abstract: A measuring instrument configured to measure a bone and a plate to determine the size of an attachment clamp, including: a medial clamp configured to engage a medial portion of the bone; a medial gauge connected to the medial clamp, the medial gauge including: a key along a portion of the medial gauge adjacent the medial clamp; a gauge indicator configured to indicate the size of attachment clamp; and a threaded portion; a lateral clamp configured to engage a plate on the bone, where the lateral clamp has a hollow portion with a channel, wherein the gauge indicator is positioned in the hollow portion and wherein the channel is configured to engage the key of the gauge indicator to prevent the lateral clamp from rotating about the gauge indicator; and a tightening knob threaded onto the thread portion of the of the medial gauge, wherein one end of the tightening knob indicates on the gauge indicator the size of the attachment clamp.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Danielle Rossi, Diana Castillo Sanchez, Kenny Koay
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Patent number: 11627991Abstract: A bone fixation clamp includes a first clamp assembly, a second clamp assembly, an inner locking member, and an outer locking assembly. The first and second clamp assemblies are transitionable between open and closed configurations. The inner locking member is transitionable between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position the inner locking member engages the first clamp assembly substantially preventing the first clamp assembly from transitioning from the closed configuration to the open configuration. The outer locking assembly is transitionable between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position the outer locking assembly engages the first clamp assembly and the second clamp assembly substantially preventing both the first clamp assembly from transitioning from the closed configuration to the open configuration and the second clamp assembly from transitioning from the closed configuration to the open configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Todd J. Kent
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Patent number: 11622798Abstract: A device and method for treating a hone includes a bone plate including first and second portions joined to one another via a connecting portion, a rigidity of the connecting portion being less than rigidities of each of the first and second portions in combination with a first sensor mounted on the first portion measuring strain on the first portion and a second sensor mounted on the second portion measuring strain on the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Carl Deirmengian, George Mikhail, Glen Pierson
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Patent number: 11622868Abstract: A fusion cage has a first component that defines an outside surface that is configured to engage a vertebral endplate, and an interior surface. The fusion cage has a second component that defines first and second opposed surfaces. One of the first and second opposed surfaces can mate with the interior surface of the first component. The fusion cage can include vertical and lateral throughholes adapted to enhance fusion.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: John Riley Hawkins, Anwar M. Upal, Michael J. O'Neil, Michael Andrew Slivka, Michael Fisher
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Patent number: 11617588Abstract: A device for collecting a bone graft material comprises a canister extending defining a filter-receiving space therein, the canister including a connection for connecting to a vacuum source, a proximal end of the canister including a first locking feature and a filter element sized and shaped to be received within the filter-receiving space of the canister, the filter element including a channel extending therethrough, the channel defined via a mesh material and a proximal end of the filter element including a second locking feature releasably engageable with the first locking feature of the canister via a rotation of the filter element about a longitudinal axis thereof relative to the canister in combination with an extractor sized and shaped to be received within the channel of the filter element, the extractor defining a graft material receiving space therein and being releasably engageable with the extractor.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Jeff Kiersh, Michael Lehmicke, Christopher Shane, Ross Hamel, Dominic D'Andrea
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Patent number: 11617604Abstract: An intramedullary nail assembly includes a body and an inlay. The body has an outer surface and an opposing inner surface. The outer surface extends from a leading end of the body to a trailing end of the body. The inner surface defines a cannulation that extends into the trailing end towards the leading end. The body comprises a leading body portion that defines the leading end, and a trailing body portion that defines the trailing end. The inlay is positionable within the cannulation of at least one of the leading body portion and the trailing body portion. The inlay includes an engagement member configured to engage the body to removably lock the inlay within the cannulation of the body.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Roger Koch, Walter Widmer, Heinz Zbinden, Mark Allemann
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Patent number: 11596415Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Emilie Kottenmeier, Shelly Ikeme, Rahul Khanna, Xiaozhou Fan, Sudhakar Satti
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Patent number: 11596528Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Shouchen Dun, Dustin R. Whitaker, Michael T. Saloka
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Patent number: 11583317Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Martin Zenker, André Galm, Daniel Andermatt, Martin Bammerlin, Gianluca Tordi, Martin Jaeger
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Patent number: 11576664Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INCInventors: Kristian DiMatteo, Chris Kilburn-Peterson, Nathan S. Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Hugh S. West
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Patent number: 11576704Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Jacques Teisen
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Patent number: 11559359Abstract: A surgical instrument assembly may include a processor, a surgical instrument configured to operate on an anatomical structure, and a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument. The processor can be configured to determine a position of the medical imaging device, from which the medical imaging device can generate an X-ray image that includes holes of an intramedullary nail shown as circles, for instance perfect circles. In an example, the processor identifies the intramedullary nail, so as to determine an intramedullary nail identity, and determines the position of the medical imaging device based on a portion of at least two locking holes of the intramedullary nail and based on the intramedullary nail identity.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Mario Mata, André Furrer, Glen Pierson
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Patent number: 11563345Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that can allow for wirelessly powering and/or communicating with a sterile-packed electronic device without removing the electronic device from its sterile packaging and while maintaining the sterility of the electronic device. In some embodiments, a base station with a power transmitter wirelessly transfers power to a power receiver of the electronic device, for example using inductive, capacitive, or ultrasonic coupling. The base station or another external device can also be used to wirelessly program or interrogate the electronic device. Battery charging circuits and switching circuits for use with said systems and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INCInventors: Mark Hall, Michael O'Neil, Saurav Gupta