Patents Assigned to West Gen Technologies, L.L.C.
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Patent number: 11969165Abstract: Fixation device cartridges. At least one example embodiment is a cartridge including: a first tube; a second tube parallel to first tube; a first spacer coupled to the first tube and the second tube such that slots of the first and second tubes face each other; a second spacer coupled to the first tube and the second tube, the first and second spacers defining a suture volume between the slots of the first and second tubes, and the slot of the first tube and the slot of the second tube open into the suture volume; a first bone anchor disposed within the first tube, a first suture line associated with the first bone anchor and extending through the slot; and a second bone anchor disposed within the second tube and coupled to the first suture line.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: West Gen Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Patent number: 11871920Abstract: Guide tools for installation of fixation devices. At least one example embodiment includes: a delivery tube, the delivery tube defines a slot that runs from the distal end to the proximal end; a guide tube coupled to the delivery tube; and a handle coupled to the proximal end of the delivery tube and coupled to the proximal end of the guide tube. The handle may include a first channel into an interior of the delivery tube through the slot, and a receptacle in operational relationship to the delivery tube and the first channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: West Gen Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Patent number: 11844509Abstract: A fixation device. At least one example embodiment is a bone anchor comprising: a proximal head; a bollard coupled to the proximal head; a first barb coupled to the bollard, the first barb extends outward a first distance measured perpendicularly from an anchor central axis, the first distance greater than half the transverse dimension of the bollard, and the first barb extends outward at a first radial from the anchor central axis; and a second barb coupled to the first barb, the second barb extends outward a second distance measured perpendicularly from the anchor central axis, the second distance greater than half the transverse dimension of the bollard, and the second barb extends outward at a second radial from the anchor central axis, the second radial at a second rotational orientation at least 36 angular degrees from the first radial.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: West Gen Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Patent number: 11839368Abstract: Methods of tissue repair. At least one example method includes: pulling a tissue in place over a bone location; abutting a distal end of a guide tool against the tissue at a first location, and driving a first bone anchor through a delivery tube of the guide tool, through the tissue, and into the bone at the first location, the first bone anchor coupled to a first suture line; abutting the distal end of the guide tool against the tissue at a second location displaced from the first location, and then driving a second bone anchor through the delivery tube, through the tissue, and into the bone at the second location, the second bone anchor associated with the first suture line; withdrawing the guide tool away from the tissue; and tightening the first suture line to create a first suture over the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: West Gen Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Publication number: 20220387014Abstract: Fixation device cartridges. At least one example embodiment is a cartridge including: a first tube; a second tube parallel to first tube; a first spacer coupled to the first tube and the second tube such that slots of the first and second tubes face each other; a second spacer coupled to the first tube and the second tube, the first and second spacers defining a suture volume between the slots of the first and second tubes, and the slot of the first tube and the slot of the second tube open into the suture volume; a first bone anchor disposed within the first tube, a first suture line associated with the first bone anchor and extending through the slot; and a second bone anchor disposed within the second tube and coupled to the first suture line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. WILLIAMS, George J. SIKORA
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Patent number: 11452517Abstract: Fixation device cartridges. At least one example embodiment is a cartridge including: a first tube; a second tube parallel to first tube; a first spacer coupled to the first tube and the second tube such that slots of the first and second tubes face each other; a second spacer coupled to the first tube and the second tube, the first and second spacers defining a suture volume between the slots of the first and second tubes, and the slot of the first tube and the slot of the second tube open into the suture volume; a first bone anchor disposed within the first tube, a first suture line associated with the first bone anchor and extending through the slot; and a second bone anchor disposed within the second tube and coupled to the first suture line.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Publication number: 20220087673Abstract: Methods of tissue repair. At least one example method includes: pulling a tissue in place over a bone location; abutting a distal end of a guide tool against the tissue at a first location, and driving a first bone anchor through a delivery tube of the guide tool, through the tissue, and into the bone at the first location, the first bone anchor coupled to a first suture line; abutting the distal end of the guide tool against the tissue at a second location displaced from the first location, and then driving a second bone anchor through the delivery tube, through the tissue, and into the bone at the second location, the second bone anchor associated with the first suture line; withdrawing the guide tool away from the tissue; and tightening the first suture line to create a first suture over the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. WILLIAMS, George J. SIKORA
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Patent number: 11219445Abstract: Methods of tissue repair. At least one example method includes: pulling a tissue in place over a bone location; abutting a distal end of a guide tool against the tissue at a first location, and driving a first bone anchor through a delivery tube of the guide tool, through the tissue, and into the bone at the first location, the first bone anchor coupled to a first suture line; abutting the distal end of the guide tool against the tissue at a second location displaced from the first location, and then driving a second bone anchor through the delivery tube, through the tissue, and into the bone at the second location, the second bone anchor associated with the first suture line; withdrawing the guide tool away from the tissue; and tightening the first suture line to create a first suture over the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Publication number: 20210259677Abstract: Guide tools for installation of fixation devices. At least one example embodiment includes: a delivery tube, the delivery tube defines a slot that runs from the distal end to the proximal end; a guide tube coupled to the delivery tube; and a handle coupled to the proximal end of the delivery tube and coupled to the proximal end of the guide tube. The handle may include a first channel into an interior of the delivery tube through the slot, and a receptacle in operational relationship to the delivery tube and the first channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. WILLIAMS, George J. SIKORA
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Patent number: 11013509Abstract: Guide tools for installation of fixation devices. At least one example embodiment includes: a delivery tube, the delivery tube defines a slot that runs from the distal end to the proximal end; a guide tube coupled to the delivery tube; and a handle coupled to the proximal end of the delivery tube and coupled to the proximal end of the guide tube. The handle may include a first channel into an interior of the delivery tube through the slot, and a receptacle in operational relationship to the delivery tube and the first channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Publication number: 20200237363Abstract: A fixation device. At least one example embodiment is a bone anchor comprising: a proximal head; a bollard coupled to the proximal head; a first barb coupled to the bollard, the first barb extends outward a first distance measured perpendicularly from an anchor central axis, the first distance greater than half the transverse dimension of the bollard, and the first barb extends outward at a first radial from the anchor central axis; and a second barb coupled to the first barb, the second barb extends outward a second distance measured perpendicularly from the anchor central axis, the second distance greater than half the transverse dimension of the bollard, and the second barb extends outward at a second radial from the anchor central axis, the second radial at a second rotational orientation at least 36 angular degrees from the first radial.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. WILLIAMS, George J. SIKORA
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Patent number: 10624626Abstract: A fixation device. At least one example embodiment is a bone anchor comprising: a proximal head; a bollard coupled to the proximal head; a first barb coupled to the bollard, the first barb extends outward a first distance measured perpendicularly from an anchor central axis, the first distance greater than half the transverse dimension of the bollard, and the first barb extends outward at a first radial from the anchor central axis; and a second barb coupled to the first barb, the second barb extends outward a second distance measured perpendicularly from the anchor central axis, the second distance greater than half the transverse dimension of the bollard, and the second barb extends outward at a second radial from the anchor central axis, the second radial at a second rotational orientation at least 36 angular degrees from the first radial.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: West Gen Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Publication number: 20200000455Abstract: Methods of tissue repair. At least one example method includes: pulling a tissue in place over a bone location; abutting a distal end of a guide tool against the tissue at a first location, and driving a first bone anchor through a delivery tube of the guide tool, through the tissue, and into the bone at the first location, the first bone anchor coupled to a first suture line; abutting the distal end of the guide tool against the tissue at a second location displaced from the first location, and then driving a second bone anchor through the delivery tube, through the tissue, and into the bone at the second location, the second bone anchor associated with the first suture line; withdrawing the guide tool away from the tissue; and tightening the first suture line to create a first suture over the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. WILLIAMS, George J. SIKORA
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Publication number: 20190365373Abstract: Guide tools for installation of fixation devices. At least one example embodiment includes: a delivery tube, the delivery tube defines a slot that runs from the distal end to the proximal end; a guide tube coupled to the delivery tube; and a handle coupled to the proximal end of the delivery tube and coupled to the proximal end of the guide tube. The handle may include a first channel into an interior of the delivery tube through the slot, and a receptacle in operational relationship to the delivery tube and the first channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. WILLIAMS, George J. SIKORA
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Publication number: 20190365372Abstract: Fixation device cartridges. At least one example embodiment is a cartridge including: a first tube; a second tube parallel to first tube; a first spacer coupled to the first tube and the second tube such that slots of the first and second tubes face each other; a second spacer coupled to the first tube and the second tube, the first and second spacers defining a suture volume between the slots of the first and second tubes, and the slot of the first tube and the slot of the second tube open into the suture volume; a first bone anchor disposed within the first tube, a first suture line associated with the first bone anchor and extending through the slot; and a second bone anchor disposed within the second tube and coupled to the first suture line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. WILLIAMS, George J. SIKORA
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Publication number: 20190365371Abstract: A fixation device. At least one example embodiment is a bone anchor comprising: a proximal head; a bollard coupled to the proximal head; a first barb coupled to the bollard, the first barb extends outward a first distance measured perpendicularly from an anchor central axis, the first distance greater than half the transverse dimension of the bollard, and the first barb extends outward at a first radial from the anchor central axis; and a second barb coupled to the first barb, the second barb extends outward a second distance measured perpendicularly from the anchor central axis, the second distance greater than half the transverse dimension of the bollard, and the second barb extends outward at a second radial from the anchor central axis, the second radial at a second rotational orientation at least 36 angular degrees from the first radial.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. WILLIAMS, George J. SIKORA
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Patent number: D907772Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: West Gen Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Patent number: D907773Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: West Gen Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Patent number: D929586Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora
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Patent number: D944634Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: WEST GEN TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.Inventors: Donald A. Williams, George J. Sikora