Patents Assigned to Synthese
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Patent number: 11553933Abstract: An intramedullary (IM) nail insertion assembly includes an IM nail extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end. A proximal portion of the IM nail has an internal threading. The IM nail insertion assembly also includes a connecting screw extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end. A distal portion of the connecting screw has an external threading for engaging the internal threading of the TM nail. One of the proximal portion of the IM nail and the distal portion of the connecting screw has a feature to resist a disengagement of the proximal portion from the distal portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Gregor Spreiter, Henri Défossez
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Patent number: 11553934Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument is provided having a first customized patient-specific surgical instrument and a second customized patient-specific surgical instrument configured to be removably coupled to the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument. The second customized patient-specific surgical instrument includes a body positioned in a gap defined between posteriorly-extending arms of the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: James M. Rhodes, Shawnoah S. Pollock
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Patent number: 11547414Abstract: A device for treating an aneurysm with a braided implant can include a delivery tube having a spiral groove on an outer surface of the delivery tube and a braided implant having a spiral segment. The spiral segment can engage the spiral groove as the braided implant is delivered to an aneurysm treatment site. At the treatment site, the braided implant can be implanted, and the delivery tube can be rotated to disengage the spiral segment from the spiral groove. Once released, the spiral segment can reshape to occlude the neck of the aneurysm.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Lacey Gorochow
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Patent number: 11540846Abstract: A device for implanting an intramedullary nail includes a base member and an adjustable member coupled together and translatable relative to each other along a direction. The device includes an insertion handle configured to carry the nail and mount to the adjustable member. A drill guide is attachable to the base member and configured to carry one or more guide sleeves for alignment with locking holes of the intramedullary nail. A first reference member extends from the base or adjustable member and has a first contact portion configured to contact an exterior location of a patient's limb. A second reference member extends from the other of the base and adjustable members and has a second contact portion configured to contact another exterior location of the limb. At least one of the first and second reference members is positionally adjustable relative to the base or adjustable member from which it extends.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Stephen R. Rettew, René Haag, Abhishek Ekbote, Muruganandam Mani, Harry T. Hall, IV
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Patent number: 11540864Abstract: A bone plate sized and shaped for fixation to a metacarpal includes a head extending from a first end to a second end and having first and second fixation element holes extending therethrough along first and second fixation element hole axes, wherein the first hole axis diverges from the second hole axis on a bone facing side of the plate, the head having a first notch on the first end centered on the central longitudinal axis, the first notch formed as a indentation on an outer wall of the bone plate sized and shaped to accommodate a collateral ligament when the plate is fixed to a metacarpal in a desired position and a shaft extending from the second end of the head to a third end along the central longitudinal axis, the shaft including an elongated fixation element hole elongated in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Mirko Rocci, Fabienne Fischer, Franco Cicoira, Martin Langer
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Patent number: 11529249Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Robert Slazas, Ramin Tehrani
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Patent number: 11523854Abstract: A driver for engaging an endcap of an intramedullary nail. The driver includes a handle extending along a longitudinal axis of the driver from a proximal end to a distal end. The handle having a handle channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The driver also includes a shaft extending through the handle channel from a proximal end to a distal end along the longitudinal axis. The shaft having a shaft channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The distal end of the shaft extends distally from the handle. The distal end of the shaft forms a driving element to be inserted into a head portion of the endcap. The driver further includes a retention pin slidably received in the shaft channel. The retention pin extends also extends along the longitudinal axis. The distal end of the retention pin is configured to reversibly lock the shaft to the head portion of the endcap.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Henri Défossez, Gregor Spreiter, Simon Wampfler, Simon Scherrer
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Patent number: 11517362Abstract: A bone screw insertion device, comprises an outer sleeve extending from a proximal end to a distal end and including a channel extending therethrough and a driving member extending longitudinally through the channel of the outer sleeve from a proximal end to a distal end configured to engage a driving recess of a bone screw, the outer sleeve movable relative to the driving member between a first position in which the distal end of the outer sleeve extends over and covers a proximal portion of a bone screw engaged with the driving member, to a second position in which the distal end of the outer sleeve is longitudinally aligned with a proximal end of a bone screw engaged with the driving member.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Gregor Spreiter, Henri Défossez, Simon Scherrer, Gaser El Zoghbi, Roger Koch, Yvonne Schumacher, Rhett Rapier
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Patent number: 11510719Abstract: An endcap for engaging a proximal end of an intramedullary nail. The endcap includes a body extending from a first end to a second end and configured to engage a channel of an intramedullary nail. The endcap also includes a head portion at the first end of the body. The head portion includes a recess sized and shaped to receive a driving element of a drive shaft. The recess includes elastic tabs extending radially toward a central axis of the recess to engage and retain a driving element received therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Henri Défossez, Gregor Spreiter, Simon Scherrer, Simon Wampfler
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Patent number: 11504240Abstract: A graft cage includes cross-sectional portions and longitudinal members. Each portion includes base transverse members forming a cage base; a first arm including first arm transverse members; a second arm including second arm transverse members; base connecting struts, each base connecting strut extending between first one and second one of the base members; first arm connecting struts, each first arm connecting strut extending between a first one of the first members and a second one of the first members; and second arm connecting struts, each second arm connecting strut extending between first one and second one of the second members. The longitudinal members connect the portions to one another. Intersections of the portions with the longitudinal members forming pores in the first and second arms. The pores receive an arm tip of a further graft cage therein to interlock the cage with the further cage.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer, Scott Larsen
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Patent number: 11497487Abstract: A suture anchor has a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough with one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole. These are preferably screw threads. A distal nose of the suture body has a smooth exterior surface. A length of suture passes down along the exterior surface over the purchase enhancements, over the distal nose, and up into the bore. The smooth exterior surface of the distal nose allows tension of the suture to be held by the engagement of the nose within the bone hole thus making it easier to obtain proper tension as the remaining portion is engaged into the bone hole to provide final fixation.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: William Reiser, Kairi Lofton, Jeff Parrish, Kristian DiMatteo
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Patent number: 11497608Abstract: A bone graft containment device includes a plurality of cage segments connected to one another along a longitudinal axis, each of the cage segments connected to an adjacent one of the cage segments via a connection which permits movement of the cage segments relative to one another so that the bone graft containment device is deformable to a desired configuration for placement within a target space of a bone, each cage segment extending along from a first end to a second end and including a channel extending therethrough so that channels of the plurality of cage segments, in an initial configuration, are aligned along the longitudinal axis, the channels configured to be packed with a bone graft material.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer
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Patent number: 11490942Abstract: A device includes an outer sleeve of flexible material forming an outer conduit extending longitudinally therethrough for the insertion of a bone treatment device (“BTD”) to target sites within a living body. A distal opening of the outer conduit is open so that, when the outer sleeve is in a desired position within the body, BTD is inserted through the outer conduit exits the outer sleeve adjacent to a target portion of a bone. The device also includes an inner sleeve received within the outer sleeve and defining an inner conduit within the outer conduit to form a protective covering. The inner sleeve is split longitudinally. Portions of the inner sleeve on opposite sides of the split are coupled to one another so that a diameter of the inner conduit is adjustable in response to forces exerted thereon by one of BTD and tissues surrounding the outer sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Gaser El Zoghbi, This Aebi, Henri Défossez, André Weber, Robert Uehlinger, John V. Hunt
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Patent number: 11490898Abstract: A surgical saw blade has an upper surface and a lower surface, and includes a first end having right and left side edges, where the first end is configured to connect to an oscillating head of a powered saw. The saw blade also has a cutting end; and an elongated shank connecting the first end and the cutting end. The first end of the saw blade may be narrower than the shank, and a stopping surface may connect the first end to the elongated shank. The stopping surface is configured to engage the oscillating head of the powered saw, so as to ensure correct positioning of the saw blade relative to the oscillating head. The elongated shank of the saw blade may have an elongated hole through the shank, where the size and shape of the elongated hole are configured to optimize a resonant frequency and/or a dynamic stiffness of the saw blade. The cutting end of the saw blade may have a plurality of first teeth thereon, where each first tooth is mounted on a distal end of a tine.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INCInventor: Stefan Gisler
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Patent number: 11484416Abstract: An implant insertion tool for use during a surgical procedure to implant an acetabular cup component into a surgically-prepared acetabulum of a patient's hip includes a metallic elongated shaft, a removable polymeric grip, and a locking nut to secure the grip to the elongated shaft. Such a modular design allows the implant insertion tool to be dissembled prior to sterilization.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Thomas E. Wogoman, Timothy J. Michael, Allen W. Robinson
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Publication number: 20220338869Abstract: A radially compressive implant, which includes a central vertical axis, is configured to transition between a natural shape and an insertion shape. A transition of the implant from the natural shape to the insertion shape facilitates the implant storing energy deliverable radially relative to the central vertical axis. A transition of the implant from the insertion shape toward the natural shape facilitates the implant delivering the energy stored therein radially relative to the central vertical axis. An implant delivery device in an implant engagement position is configured to engage the implant and constrain the implant in the insertion shape. The implant delivery device in an implant release position is configured to release the implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Kenneth Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11478356Abstract: A bone graft containment device includes a body formed via one or more helical structures extending about a longitudinal axis of the body from a first end to a second end to define a channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The channel is configured to receive a bone graft or bone graft substitute material therein, the one or more helical structures formed of a material permitting the body to be one of expanded, compressed and curved to fill a target space of a target bone.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer, Scott Larsen
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Patent number: 11478277Abstract: A compression nut for treating a bone includes a head and a body extending longitudinally from the head to a free end. The body includes a first portion including an exterior surface tapering from the head toward a second portion. An exterior threading extends along an exterior surface of both the first portion and the second portion of the body. The nut also includes a channel extending longitudinally through the body. The channel includes an interior threaded extending along an interior surface of the channel configured to threadedly engage a portion of a locking screw therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: This Aebi, Gregor Spreiter, Simon Scherrer, Henri Défossez
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Patent number: 11471154Abstract: Disclosed is a joining element, especially a suture material for surgical use. The joining element is composed of a core having a length that extends along a longitudinal direction, the core including a polymer material and an osmotically active substance distributed within the polymer material, wherein the core has a volume capable of swelling along a transverse direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction upon exposure to a fluid; and, a diffusion-controlling extendable membrane that surrounds at least a portion of the length of the core, wherein the membrane is configured to regulate hydration of the core by the fluid, and is further configured to expand along the transverse direction in response to swelling of the core.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Joerg Mayer, Jochen Ganz, Beat Keller, Ralph Hertel
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Patent number: 11471200Abstract: A compression nut for treating a bone includes a head and a body extending longitudinally from the head to a free end. The body includes an exterior threading along an exterior surface of a threaded portion of the body separated from the head via an unthreaded portion. The nut also includes a channel extending longitudinally through the body. The channel includes an interior threaded extending along an interior surface of the channel configured to threadedly engage an end of a locking screw received therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Gregor Spreiter, Simon Scherrer, Henri Défossez, Markus Buettler, This Aebi