Patents Assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
  • Surgical instrument and method
    Patent number: 11779376
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a first member and an actuator disposed with the first member. An assembly is provided that includes a second member engageable with a bone fastener receiver. A third member is rotatable relative to the second member and threadably engageable with the bone fastener receiver to capture the bone fastener receiver. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Paxton Wall
  • Radiation mitigation system for use with a surgical frame
    Patent number: 11779426
    Abstract: A surgical frame and a radiation-mitigation system are provided. The surgical frame can be capable of reconfiguration before, during, or after surgery, and can include a main beam that can be rotated, raised/lowered, and tilted upwardly/downwardly to afford positioning and repositioning of a patient supported thereon. Furthermore, use of imaging techniques to facilitate imaging of anatomical structures of a patient before, during, and after surgery can be desirous. An emitter of such imaging techniques can be positioned under the main beam of the surgical frame. The radiation-mitigation system can serve to intercept/block and mitigate at least some of the scatter of the electromagnetic radiation from the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Roy K. Lim, Richard A. Hynes, Olumide Aruwajoye, Matthew M. Morrison
  • SYSTEMS, INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL NAVIGATION WITH VERIFICATION FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20230301726
    Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods for surgical navigation with verification feedback are provided. The systems, instruments, and methods may be used to verify a trajectory of a surgical tool during a procedure. The systems, instruments, and methods may receive one or more captured images of an anatomical portion of a patient; execute a surgical plan to insert the surgical tool into the anatomical portion; receive sensor data collected from one or more sensors being inserted into the anatomical portion; determine whether the sensor data corresponds to the surgical plan; and send, in response to determining that the sensor data does not correspond to the surgical plan, an alert indicating that the surgical tool is not being inserted according to the surgical plan. The one or more sensors may be attached to the surgical tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Glassman, Nicholas Benson, Newton H. Metcalf, JR.
  • Implantable mesh
    Patent number: 11766332
    Abstract: An implantable mesh including demineralized bone fibers mechanically entangled into a biodegradable or permanent implantable mesh is provided. A method of preparing the implantable mesh is also provided. The method of preparing the implantable mesh includes mechanically entangling demineralized bone fibers with non-bone fibers to form the implantable mesh. The mechanical entanglement of the bone fibers into the implantable mesh is achieved by applying needle punching with barbed needles, spun lacing, entanglement with water jets or air jets or ultrasonic entanglement with ultrasonic waves. A method of implanting an implantable mesh at a target bone tissue site is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventor: Kelly W. Schlachter
  • 3-D PRINTING OF BONE GRAFTS
    Publication number: 20230293307
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods of producing a bone graft are provided. These methods include obtaining a 3-D image of an intended bone graft site; generating a 3-D digital model of the bone graft based on the 3-D image of the intended bone graft site, the 3-D digital model of the bone graft being configured to fit within a 3-D digital model of the intended bone graft site; storing the 3-D digital model on a database coupled to a processor, the processor having instructions for retrieving the stored 3-D digital model of the bone graft and for combining a carrier material with, in or on a bone material based on the stored 3-D digital model and for instructing a 3-D printer to produce the bone graft. A layered 3-D printed bone graft prepared by the computer implemented method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.
    Inventors: SUBHABRATA BHATTACHARYYA, DAVID R. KAES, GUOBAO WEI, ANIL MISTRY
  • BONE IMPLANT FOR ENCLOSING BONE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20230293305
    Abstract: A bone implant for enclosing bone material is provided. The bone implant comprises a mesh having an inner surface and an outer surface opposing the inner surface. The inner surface is configured to receive a bone material when the inner surface of the mesh is in an open configuration. A plurality of projections are disposed on or in at least a portion of the inner surface of the mesh. The plurality of projections extend from at least the portion of the inner surface of the mesh and are configured to engage a section of the inner surface of the mesh or a section of the outer surface of the mesh or both sections of the inner and outer surfaces of the mesh in a closed configuration so as to enclose the bone material. A tray, a kit and a method of making the bone implant are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.
    Inventors: KEREM N. KALPAKCI, JARED J. DIEGMUELLER, JASON A. RISTER, DANIEL A. SHIMKO, SCOTT M. VICKERS, JEFFREY L. SCIFERT
  • PARALLEL JAW INSERTER
    Publication number: 20230293314
    Abstract: An interbody system including an implant and a tool for inserting and expanding the medical implant and locking the implant in place is disclosed. The medical implant may include an expandable body defined by a superior endplate and an inferior endplate that are hingedly coupled and may be expanded and lordosed. The superior and inferior endplate may include gripping protrusions that mate and/or directly engage with recessed jaws of disclosed surgical tool. The surgical tool may include a vertically movable jaw to expand and contract the implant when engaged with the gripping protrusions of the implant. The surgical tool may also include a drive portion that engages the drive feature of the lock screw with the drive end of the surgical tool lock the implant while in an expanded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren L. Davis, Cristian A. Capote, Patrick Ryan Keene, John A. Hall, Robert M. Loke, Stanley Kyle Hayes
  • Enhanced stylet for drug depot injector
    Patent number: 11759614
    Abstract: A pellet delivery system is provided that comprises a needle having an inner surface defining a passageway. The needle has a first portion that extends along a longitudinal axis and a curved second portion comprising an opening that is in communication with the passageway. The second portion extends transverse to the longitudinal axis. A pellet is positioned in the passageway. A plunger is slidably positioned in the passageway. The plunger comprises a shaft having a rounded tip configured to push the pellet through the first and second portions and out of the opening without the pellet becoming stuck within the passageway or the opening. Implants, systems, constructs, instruments and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Koch, Lloyd M. Snyder
  • Spinal implant system and method
    Patent number: 11751919
    Abstract: A spinal construct includes a coupling member including a first mating surface engageable with an existing fastener implant. The existing fastener implant defines a cavity configured for disposal of an existing spinal rod implant. A connector is engageable with the existing fastener implant and has a rod extending therefrom. A locking member is engageable with a second mating surface of the coupling member. Systems, surgical instruments, implants and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Rex W. Armstrong, David A. Mire
  • Surgical instrument and method
    Patent number: 11751920
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a first member. A second member is disposable with the first member and includes an inner surface. An actuator defines a cavity and is releasably connectable with the first member. A third member is engageable with the inner surface. The first member and the second member are translatable relative to the actuator. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Paxton Wall
  • Expandable spinal implant system and method of using same
    Patent number: 11752005
    Abstract: An expandable spinal implant is provided having first and second endplates hinged along one end or otherwise connected by pins, protrusions and channels, or similar mechanisms and an expansion mechanism(s) disposed therebetween configured to expand the first and second endplates from each other. Also provided are expandable spinal implants that may be expanded in a parallel manner to increase the height of the device while maintaining a lordotic angle. Other spinal implants may provide dual expansion whereby both height and lordotic angle are adjusted. Various implants, systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Cowan, Cristian A. Capote, Keith E. Miller, Zain Noordin
  • Expandable spinal implant system with a biased tip and method of using same
    Patent number: 11744715
    Abstract: An expandable spinal implant includes a distal projection extending from only one side of the implant, ending in an anterior tip, the anterior portion and anterior tip defining an elongated distal end hook, which is wider than the proximal end. The distal end hook rotates around the spinal cord, aligning the implant with a desired pathway, then inserts into place in the disc space between the vertebrae. The elongated widened distal end hook provides a TLIF approach, distributes loads, provides anterior rim engagement, and creates lordosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Branch, Charles Fisher, Mladen Djurasovic, Marcel Dvorak, Sigurd Berven, Anthony J. Melkent, Jonathan M. Dewey, Keith E. Miller, Adriaan J. Kuyler
  • Systems and methods for identifying a coating on an implant
    Patent number: 11747269
    Abstract: Systems and methods of identifying a coating on a bone material are provided. The systems and methods comprise providing a bone material and a scanning device; adjusting a distance between the bone material and the scanning device; scanning the bone material using the scanning device; and transmitting a scanned data from the scanning device to a processor configured to analyze the scanned data, and display the analyzed scanned data to identify the coating on the bone material based on the scanned data when the coating meets or fails to meet a predetermined parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Leenaporn Jongpaiboonkit, Peter D. Yurek
  • Systems and methods for post-operative outcome monitoring
    Patent number: 11749409
    Abstract: A system including a range of motion module, a quality of sleep module, an overall module, and a control module. The range of motion module, subsequent to performing a procedure on a patient, determines a first range of motion score of the patient based on a signal generated by a sensor. The quality of sleep module, subsequent to performing the procedure on the patient, determines a first quality of sleep score or a first pain score based on the signal generated by the sensor. The overall module determines a combined score based on (i) the first range of motion score, and (ii) the first sleep score or the first pain score. The control module (i) determines whether an outcome of the procedure is positive based on the combined score, and (ii) stores the determined outcome and the combined score in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Randal Schulhauser, Richard L. Brown, Jeff R. Justis, Matthew M. Morrison, Jeff M. Cherry
  • Surgical system and method for treating vertebral segments with uneven pedicles
    Patent number: 11744571
    Abstract: A surgical system for adjusting a segment of a spine is disclosed. The system may include a rack arm extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end, and a sliding body portion including a ratcheting mechanism selectively engageable with a spline portion of the rack arm. The system may include a first actuator for translating the sliding body along the rack arm in the longitudinal direction. The system may include a first and second connection tower extending along a first and second axis, respectively, that are each transverse to the longitudinal direction. The system may further include a second actuator including a threaded screw for adjusting the first connection tower along a first axis. In some embodiments, the second actuator is configured to raise and lower the first connection tower in a sagittal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventor: Loic Josse
  • SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230270450
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a first member defining an axis and including a cutting surface. A second member includes a cutting surface that is rotatable relative to the first member. A third member includes an outer surface. The cutting surface of the second member is rotatable relative to the outer surface to transfer the cut tissue along the axis. Systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.
    Inventors: Darren Davis, Richard Hynes, Eric Lange, Anthony Melkent, Paul F. Wheeler
  • Geared cam expandable interbody implant and method of implanting same
    Patent number: 11737889
    Abstract: A geared cam expandable spinal implant. Rotational motion of a rotating portion is translated into linear motion of a yoke, which moves geared cams at the distal end of the implant to mate with, and walk along, teeth of corresponding racks. The walking of the gear cam teeth along the rack teeth creates a regular rate of implant expansion, reduces initial excessive expansion force applied to the implant, and provides fine adjustment of the expansion rate and force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Dewey, William D. Armstrong
  • Medical access device
    Patent number: 11737764
    Abstract: A surgical device is provided. The surgical device includes a tubular outer shaft having a longitudinal axis and an angled guide positioned on a first end of the surgical device. The angled guide may be angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the outer shaft. The surgical device includes an elongated inner shaft having a second end and a third end. The inner shaft is removably coupled to the outer shaft and configured to axially translate through the outer shaft. The surgical device includes pivotal device having at least one joint and an access tool. The at least one joint may be pivotally coupled to the third end of the inner shaft and to an end of the access tool. The pivotal device may be configured to axially translate through the angled guide into a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Adriaan J. Kuyler, Benjamin D. Cowan
  • Shoulder hold down and locking mechanism therefor for use with a surgical frame
    Patent number: 11737942
    Abstract: A shoulder hold-down is provided for use in securing at least a shoulder of a patient in position relative to a surgical frame. The shoulder hold-down includes a locking mechanism that is adjustable to afford positioning of a shoulder engaging portion for contacting the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventor: Roy K. Lim
  • Powered modular head locker
    Patent number: 11730529
    Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods for operating a surgical instrument. The methods comprising: receiving at least a portion of an external object in a recess of a hollow shank; rotating a first shaft disposed within the hollow shank; using rotation of the first shaft to cause translational movement of a second shaft of the surgical instrument in a first direction away from the first shaft and along a central axis of the surgical instrument; applying a pushing force on the external object using the second shaft that is experiencing the translational movement; and causing translational movement of the second shaft in a second direction opposed from the first direction after the pushing force has been applied to the external object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Brian A. Butler, Aubrey R. Mills, Christel Italiaie, Bret M. Wilfong, Madeline G. Wilson