Patents Assigned to Tornier
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Patent number: 10631993Abstract: This set comprises glenoid components that each include a body defining, on two of its opposite faces, respectively, a joint surface, intended to cooperate with a humeral head, and a bearing surface bearing against the socket of a shoulder blade. In this set, the glenoid components are provided in several different sizes, respectively defined by the dimensions of the joint surface of their body. At least two glenoid components of which the bearing surfaces respectively have different dimensional geometries are provided so as to allow the surgeon to improve the durability of the mechanical cooperation between the implanted component and the operated socket.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Tornier, Inc.Inventors: Gilles Walch, Pascal Boileau, Chrstophe Levigne, Lucile Ferrand, Pierric Deransart
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Patent number: 10610363Abstract: This glenoidal component for a shoulder prosthesis comprises a base which may be immobilized on the glenoid cavity of a shoulder, and an element provided to be mounted on this base and forming a convex surface of articulation centred on an axis of symmetry. This axis of symmetry is non perpendicular to a rear face of the base intended to abut against the glenoid cavity, this making it possible to compensate a defect in parallelism between the resectioned surface of the glenoid cavity and the axis of the patient's spinal column. A surgeon can select the component in which the axes of symmetry of the components are oriented differently with respect to their rear faces.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Tornier SASInventors: Alain Tornier, Francois Sirveaux, Gilles Walch, Daniel Mole, Christophe Levigne, Pascal Boileau, Luc Favard
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Publication number: 20200085588Abstract: This surgical ankle repair method comprises the steps of providing an instrumentation assembly for positioning an ankle prosthesis, the instrumentation assembly including a talar alignment instrument and a cutting block, the talar alignment instrument comprising a front portion and two fins extending from the ends of the front portion, said fins being adapted to be positioned in gutters extending below a tibia of a patient and around a trochlea of a talus of the patient, each fin including a reference marker, the cutting block comprising a tibial alignment structure and a recess which engages a protrusion provided on the talar alignment instrument, positioning the talar alignment instrument such that the fins are disposed in the gutters extending below the tibia and around the trochlea of the talus; aligning the talar alignment instrument so that the fins are parallel to the rotational plane of the talus, perpendicular to the rotational axis of the talus, and so that the reference markers are aligned with a lType: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: TORNIER, INC.Inventors: RICHARD GARRET MAULDIN, YANN BRUNNARIUS, DELPHINE HENRY
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Patent number: 10575958Abstract: This augment insert (200), comprises a coupling member (204) for securing the augment insert to a glenoid component (103) of a shoulder prosthesis (101), and a body (202), comprising a first side (206), configured to bear against a scapular side (107) of the glenoid component when the augment insert is secured to the glenoid component by means of the coupling member; and a second side, opposed to the first side and configured to bear against or be adjacent to a scapula of a patient. According to the invention, the body (202) comprises at least one breakable portion (230), extending from the first side (206) to the second side and configured to be broken off the body. The aperture (234) is provided for accommodating an engaging member (111) of the glenoid component (103), said engaging member protruding from a scapular surface (127) of the scapular side (107) of the glenoid component (103) and being configured for securing the shoulder prosthesis to the scapula.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: TornierInventors: Jean-Emmanuel Cardon, Benjamin Dassonville
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Patent number: 10548737Abstract: A modular reverse shoulder prosthesis according to embodiments of the present invention includes a stem having a proximal taper and a primary stem axis, the proximal taper extending from the stem about a metaphyseal axis, the metaphyseal axis at an angle with respect to the primary stem axis, a metaphysis having a proximal end, a distal end, a first aperture in the distal end configured to be placed over the proximal taper, and a second aperture in the proximal end having an insert axis that is eccentrically offset from the metaphyseal axis, the metaphysis configured for attachment to the stem at any rotational position of the metaphysis about the metaphyseal axis, and a reverse insert, the reverse insert having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end comprises a concave cup formed about a cup axis and configured to receive a glenosphere, and wherein the distal end comprises a locking protrusion, wherein the locking protrusion has an outer surface with a cross-sectional shape that is rotatioType: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Tornier Orthopedics Ireland Ltd.Inventors: Brian C. Hodorek, Shawn Martin Gargac
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Patent number: 10524922Abstract: A prosthesis that mechanically couples with both cancellous bone and cortical bone of a glenoid includes a head portion comprising a rear surface and an articular surface, an anchor member, and a plurality of deformable fins extending radially outward from the anchor member. The anchor member includes a distal end and a proximal end connected to the rear surface of the head portion. The plurality of deformable fins extend radially outward from the anchor member and includes at least a first proximal fin adjacent to the rear surface of the head portion positioned to engage with the cortical bone. The anchor member may also include at least one distal fin located proximate the distal end of the anchor member positioned to engage with the cancellous bone.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Tornier, Inc.Inventors: Robert Courtney, Jr., Austin W. Mutchler, R. Sean Churchill
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Patent number: 10517741Abstract: This surgical ankle repair method comprises providing an instrumentation assembly for positioning an ankle prosthesis including a talar alignment instrument and a cutting block. The talar alignment instrument is positioned such that fins of the talar alignment instrument are disposed in gutters that extend below the tibia and around the trochlea of the talus. The talar alignment instrument is aligned so that the fins are parallel to the rotational plane of the talus. Alignment of the reference markers is confirmed. The talar alignment instrument is attached to the talus. The cutting block is fastened to the talar alignment instrument. The talus is rotated such that the tibial alignment structure is in a parallel alignment to the longitudinal axis of the tibia. The tibial alignment structure is attached to the tibia. A resection of the talus and at least one resection of the tibia is performed using the cutting block.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Tornier, Inc.Inventors: Richard Garret Mauldin, Yann Brunnarius, Delphine Henry
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Patent number: 10485601Abstract: The instrumentation makes it possible to implant in a long bone, such as the humerus, the femur or the tibia, an implant, such as an osteosynthesis nail or a prosthetic rod, defining a longitudinal axis and including, in alignment along the longitudinal axis, two opposite terminal parts and a running part that separates the two terminal parts from one another. The instrumentation comprises a targeting ancillary tool that is adapted to target one and/or the other of the terminal parts of the implant, if applicable percutaneously, along at least one targeting axis that is transverse, or even perpendicular, to the longitudinal axis. The targeting ancillary tool is designed to be fastened laterally to the running part of the implant so as to position the targeting ancillary tool and the implant relative to one another in a predetermined configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: TORNIERInventors: Benjamin Dassonville, Pierric Deransart, Jean-Emmanuel Cardon, Gilles Walch, Pascal Boileau
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Patent number: 10485535Abstract: A suture is provided having a multifilament sheath disposed thereabout a monofilament core. The multifilament sheath includes a plurality of yarns, and each of the plurality of yarns includes a plurality of threads. Further, the suture includes poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB).Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Tornier, Inc.Inventors: Corey R. Wilson-Wirth, Dale R. Peterson, Kevin L. Ohashi
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Patent number: 10463499Abstract: A humeral anchor assembly is provided that includes a humeral anchor and at least one screw. The humeral anchor is configured to form a part of or support a part of a shoulder prosthesis. The humeral anchor has a distal portion configured to be anchored in a proximal region of a humerus and a proximal portion. The proximal portion includes a proximal face configured to engage an articular component within a periphery thereof. The proximal portion also includes at least one aperture disposed adjacent to the periphery. The at least one screw is disposed through the at least one aperture. The screw has a first end portion engaged with the proximal portion of the anchor and a second end portion disposed in or through cortical bone of the humerus.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Tornier, Inc.Inventors: Bradley Grant Emerick, Brian M. Strzelecki
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Patent number: 10456264Abstract: A stemless humeral shoulder assembly having a base member and an anchor advanceable into the base member. The base member can include a distal end that can be embedded in bone and a proximal end that can be disposed at a bone surface. The base member can also have a plurality of spaced apart arms projecting from the proximal end to the distal end. The anchor can project circumferentially into the arms and into a space between the arms. When the anchor is advanced into the base member, the anchor can be exposed between the arms. A recess can project distally from a proximal end of the anchor to within the base member. The recess can receive a mounting member of an anatomical or reverse joint interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Tornier, Inc.Inventors: Brian C. Hodorek, Kevin P. Knox
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Patent number: 10433967Abstract: A modular shoulder prosthesis is provided. The modular prosthesis includes a stem, an anatomic insert, and a reverse insert. The stem is a unitary body that includes a distal shaft portion and a proximal portion. The proximal portion includes a stem face configured to directly couple to both the anatomic insert and reverse insert. The stem face includes a first engagement feature configured to couple directly to the reverse insert and a second engagement feature configured to couple directly to the anatomic insert. The stem can also include a metaphyseal portion between the shaft portion and proximal portion designed for use in humeral fracture repair procedures. The metaphyseal portion can include a medial arm and two lateral arms extending between the shaft portion and proximal portion, A window can be defined between the medial arm and the lateral arms, and a gap can be formed between the lateral arms.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: TornierInventors: Pierric Deransart, Cyrille Aroun Koumar Fleury, Vincent Gaborit, Pascal Boileau, Christopher R. Chuinard, Philippe Clavert, Luc Favard, James Kelly, Sumant Krishnan, Francois Sirveaux
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Patent number: 10426625Abstract: This set comprising: an anatomic articulating member, having a concave articulating surface intended to articulate with a complementary humeral implant and having an anatomic coupling feature, a reversed articulating member, having a convex articulating surface intended to articulate with a complementary humeral implant and having a reversed coupling feature that is shaped differently from the anatomic coupling feature, and an anchorage member intended to be anchored in a human glenoid, the anchorage member including a body which defines a proximodistal axis and has inner bore extending along the proximodistal axis, the body being provided within the inner bore with both an inner first feature that is designed to cooperate with the anatomic coupling feature when the anatomic coupling feature is introduced within the inner bore, so as to fixedly couple the anchorage member with the anatomic articulating member, and an inner second feature that is designed to cooperate with the reversed coupling feature whenType: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: TornierInventors: Jean-Emmanuel Cardon, Benjamin Dassonville, Christophe Magnac
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Patent number: 10420594Abstract: The present application relates to a coaptation plate comprising a core and an overmold, the core comprising at least one window which is designed to at least partially extend over a fracture which separates a first portion of the osseous tissue from a second, the window being positioned between two openings through which a fastening screw passes, wherein one of said openings lies at least partially within a proximal portion of the core and the other opening lies at least partially within a distal portion of the core, the overmold enclosing the core and forming at least one upper layer and one lower layer on either side of the core, the window defining polymer material links that pass through the core and connect the upper layer and the lower layer, thus ensuring that the overmold is anchored in the core.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: TORNIERInventor: Patrick Houvet
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Patent number: 10420650Abstract: An implant couples a first bone of a hand to a second bone of the hand. The implant includes a body that defines a median plane. The body also defines a first joint surface having a first central region that articulates with the first bone. The body further defines a second joint surface having a second central region that articulates with the second bone, and the second central region is disposed on an opposite side of the median plane of the body relative to the first central region. The first and second central regions correspond to profiles of first and second axial segments, respectively, the first and second axial segments are each one of a cylinder, a cone and a torus and are centered on first and second axes, respectively, and the first and second axes, as projected on the median plane, are substantially perpendicular to each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: TORNIERInventors: Michel Hassler, Philippe Bellemere
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Patent number: 10413416Abstract: Method and set of surgical instruments for fitting a shoulder prosthesis, and the shoulder prosthesis. The proposed method seeks to interpose a bone graft between the previously prepared glenoid surface (G) of a scapula (S) of a patient's shoulder and the face of a glenoid prosthetic component opposite the articular surface. The set of instruments permit the bone graft to be taken from the upper epiphysis of the humerus (H), either in situ or ex vivo.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Tornier SASInventors: Pascal Boileau, Gilles Walch
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Patent number: 10405993Abstract: A patient specific glenoid guide is provided to facilitate properly aligned implantation of a glenoid prosthesis into a patient. The guide shape is designed preoperatively based on the unique configuration of the scapula of the patient. The guide orientation is chosen preoperatively based on one or more of the bone structure of the patient, the wear pattern of the patient's glenoid cavity, the anchoring means of the glenoid prosthesis, or other aspects.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Tornier SASInventors: Pierric Deransart, Emmanuel Francois Marie Lizee, Delphine Claire Michelle Henry, Jean Chaoui, Gilles Walch, Pascal Boileau
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Patent number: 10357373Abstract: Reversed glenoid implants, and related kits and methods, are described that include an anchor member having a proximal head and a baseplate having a distal end with a first aperture sized to accept the proximal head of the anchor member. The proximal head is inserted along an un-threaded length thereof from the distal end into the first aperture, and the anchor member is restrained against axial translation with respect to the baseplate but is permitted to rotate with respect to the baseplate.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Tornier, Inc.Inventors: Shawn M. Gargac, Brian C. Hodorek, William Matthew Kuester, Austin Wyatt Mutchler
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Patent number: 10314596Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include an orthopedic milling machine for preparing a glenoid bone. The milling machine uses a hub and a sleeve. The hub includes reliefs arranged to cut or mill the bone and the sleeve couples to the hub to transfer rotational motion to the hub. The hub has an axial bore sized to receive an orthopedic guide pin. The hub also has a lateral passage slot that allows the hub to move laterally towards the guide pin in order to place the guide pin within the axial bore.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Tornier SASInventors: Matthew Purdy, Lucile Ferrand, Pierric Deransart
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Patent number: 10251755Abstract: Method and set of surgical instruments for fitting a shoulder prosthesis, and the shoulder prosthesis. The proposed method seeks to interpose a bone graft between the previously prepared glenoid surface (G) of a scapula (S) of a patient's shoulder and the face of a glenoid prosthetic component opposite the articular surface. The set of instruments permit the bone graft to be taken from the upper epiphysis of the humerus (H), either in situ or ex vivo.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Tornier SASInventors: Pascal Boileau, Gilles Walch