Patents Examined by Alvin Stewart
  • Patent number: 10194963
    Abstract: An orthopedic screw includes a main body having a torqueing end, an inner chamber formed therein, and at least two mating features separated by a separation gap, the separation gap extending into the inner chamber, at least one of the at least two mating features having a first tapered portion with an increasing width and a second tapered portion with a decreasing width; and a support member removably placed in the inner chamber of the main body and having a support portion at least partially filling the separation gap between the at least two mating features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SMed-TA/TD, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory C. Stalcup, Troy D. Knapp, Travis Geels
  • Patent number: 10194964
    Abstract: A bone material comprising a coherent mass of cartridge milled and demineralized bone fibers is provided, the coherent mass having no binder disposed in or on the coherent mass. In some embodiments, a bone material comprising a lyophilized coherent mass of cartridge milled and demineralized bone fibers is provided, the lyophilized coherent mass having no binder disposed in or on the coherent mass. In some embodiments, a method of making an implantable bone material is provided, the method comprising drying a coherent mass of cartridge milled and demineralized bone fibers, the coherent mass having no binder disposed in or on the coherent mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly W. Schlachter, Daniel A. Shimko, Kerem N. Kalpakci, Erick Vasquez, David R. Kaes, Subhabrata Bhattacharyya
  • Patent number: 10195031
    Abstract: An implant for implantation around a circumferential tissue structure in a heart, includes a flexible elongated component having a longitudinal axis and a first distal end portion, a second distal end portion and an intermediate portion extending between the first and second distal end portions, and an inner lumen extending longitudinally between the first and second distal end portions and through the intermediate portion; and a locking member for allowing the first distal end portion to be fixedly connected to the second distal end portion so as to provide the elongated component as a closed loop. The first distal end portion is provided with a first distal opening which connects the inner lumen with an outside of the component. The second distal end portion is provided with a second distal opening which connects the inner lumen with the outside of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: HIGHLIFE SAS
    Inventors: Malek Nasr, Georg Börtlein, Jean-Francois Ollivier, Philippe D'Hiver
  • Patent number: 10195035
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes joint replacement implants. The joint replacement implant allows for full articulation of the joint, while absorbing impact of the components during normal use that will reduce wear on the implant components and prolong life. The joint replacement implant may include a bone implantable component and a bearing component having an articulation surface that is sized and shaped to substantially mate with at least a portion of the bone implantable component and a damping mechanism that includes a contact member disposed at least primarily inside a cavity; a biasing member biasing the contact member toward an upper aperture of the cavity and means for capturing the contact member within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Fielding B. Staton, David Strumpf
  • Patent number: 10188505
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved Bone Tendon Bone graft for use in orthopedic surgical procedures. Specifically exemplified herein is a Bone Tendon Bone graft comprising one or more bone blocks having a groove cut into the surface thereof, wherein said groove is sufficient to accommodate a fixation screw. Also disclosed is a method of harvesting grafts that has improved efficiency and increases the quantity of extracted tissue and minimizes time required by surgeon for implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: RTI Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin C. Carter, Michael Esch, Paul LaRochelle, James Gross
  • Patent number: 10188501
    Abstract: A bifurcated stem graft (10) comprises a body (100) and a side branch (200) that forms an acute angle with the body (100). The side branch (200) comprises a covering film (220) and a first bare stent (240) only disposed on the covering film (220). Part of the first bare stent (240) is positioned adjacent a boundary line (230) of the body (100) and the covering film (220) and is located in a vertex angle area (250) of the acute angle. Due to the fact that part of the first bare stem (240) is attached to the vertex angle area (250), after the stem (10) is released, the self-expanded part of the first bare stent (240) enables the vertex angle area (250) of the side branch (200) to be effectively supported, the covering film is not prone to shrinkage, and a leading wire can enter easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongsheng Wang, Caiping Liu, Deyuan Zhang, Wei Guo
  • Patent number: 10179042
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a plurality of commissure features, a plurality of first struts and a plurality of second struts. The plurality of first struts define a substantially cylindrical portion and the plurality of second struts have first ends attached to the cylindrical portion and free ends projecting radially outward from the cylindrical portion and configured to couple to adjacent heart tissue to anchor the stent. A collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent has a plurality of leaflets coupled to the commissure features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Braido, Mina S. Fahim, Thomas M. Benson, Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para, Mark Krans, Mathias Charles Glimsdale
  • Patent number: 10136999
    Abstract: The invention concerns a surgical implant (1) for correcting the mutual positioning or orientation of the bones of a patient designed to be inserted between at least two bone bodies (2, 3) of said patient, and comprising: a main body (5) extending along a longitudinal axis (X-X?), a plurality of fins (9), each fin (9) being provided with a junction edge (10) connecting said fin (9) to said main body (5), such that said fins (9) protrude from said main body (5) from the respective junction edge (10) thereof, the surgical implant (1) being characterized in that each fin (9) has a sufficient flexibility so that it can be deformed along a direction centripetal and/or parallel to the longitudinal axis (X-X?) under the action of at least one of the bone bodies (2, 3) when said surgical implant (1) is inserted between said bone bodies (2, 3). Surgical implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: IN2BONES
    Inventors: Ramon Viladot Perice, Antonio Viladot Voegeli
  • Patent number: 10130478
    Abstract: An orthopedic implant comprising: (a) a distal femoral component comprising a first condyle bearing surface having a first profile comprising at least three consecutive arcs of curvature; and (b) a proximal tibial component comprising a first condyle bearing surface having a second profile comprising at least three parallel arcs of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ZIMMER, INC.
    Inventor: Mohamed Rashwan Mahfouz
  • Patent number: 10130460
    Abstract: A stent according to the present invention includes: a stent main body that has a plurality of holes formed in the surface thereof and a circumferential part of which the inside is hollow; and a cover that covers one side of the outer circumferential surface of the stent main body, in which the stent main body has an exterior path that provides a channel through which the body fluid secreted from a diverging duct can flow along the longitudinal direction of the stent main body to the outside of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: S&G BIOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Sung Kwon Kang, So Hee Jung, Young Jae Lee, Jong Kyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10130490
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly and method for implant installation between adjacent vertebral bodies of a patient. The implant has a support body and a rotatable insert therein and the support body is curved for installation between adjacent vertebral bodies transforaminally. An installation instrument is also disclosed for removable attachment to implant and engagement with the rotatable insert to selectively permit rotation between the insert and the support body. The installation instrument extends along a longitudinal tool axis and when the installation instrument is in a first position the insert is rotationally fixed with respect to the support body and when the installation instrument is in a second position the support body may rotate with respect to the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Hansell, Marcin Niemiec, William S. Rhoda, Michael Meccariello
  • Patent number: 10123879
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for providing a non-binding allograft subtalar joint implant for surgical implant into a person's foot proximate to the ankle. This system for repair includes at least one sterile non-binding allograft subtablar joint implant provided as a pre-formed allograft rod plug “ARP” having a diameter about equal to an average width of a canal between a person's talus and calcaneus bones, the ARP being resiliently compressible and flexible. When snuggly disposed between the person's talus and calcaneus bones, the ARP compresses during normal use of the person's foot and maintains the canal in an anatomically correct alignment and reduces a tendency for abnormal motion between the person's talus and calcaneus bones. An associated method of use is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventors: Bruce Werber, Terrell Suddarth, Harold Schoenhaus
  • Patent number: 10123876
    Abstract: A cohesive bone composition is made from a moldable bone composition intermixed with a bone gel composition. The cohesive bone composition is made from human cadaver bone. A fluid can be added, the fluid may also be laden with cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Vivex Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Shabnam Namin, Wendy W. Weston, Edgar S. Maldonado, Silvia Daniela Gonzales
  • Patent number: 10098739
    Abstract: Among other things, there are disclosed embodiments of a valve implant that in particular examples are implantable within a blood vessel, which include a first set of elongate members, a second set of elongate members, and a hood affixed to the first set of elongate members. The first set of elongate members is resiliently deformable, and their distal ends are flared radially outward. The distal ends of the second set of elongate members are distal to the ends of the first set of elongate members. The hood is affixed to the first set of elongate members, and seals against the interior wall of the blood vessel in an expanded configuration. When blood flows from the proximal to the distal side of the valve implant, it presses on the hood, compressing the first set of elongate members, breaking the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Muffin Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter S. McKinnis, Neal E. Fearnot
  • Patent number: 10098747
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are knee replacement systems for replacing the articular surface of a distal femur. The systems include one or more unicompartmental components, namely patellofemoral, lateral condylar and medial condylar components. The components are configured such that when engaged to the femur the peripheries thereof do not cross specific locations and/or regions of the femur, namely the intercondylar notch and condylopatellar notch. The patellofemoral components described herein preferably have an extension portion extending posteriorly from a posterior periphery thereof towards an intercondylar notch of the femur without contacting the intercondylar notch of the femur when the patellofemoral component is engaged to the femur. The extension portion preferably extends posteriorly from a posterior periphery of the patellofemoral component towards the condylopatellar notch of the femur without contacting the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Wellings, Michael C. Ferko, Stuart L. Axelson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10098742
    Abstract: A ceramic component that consists of a shell, a filler material and pore channels that pass through the filler material, and can be used as an implant, particularly as a spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: CeramTec GmbH
    Inventors: Meinhard Kuntz, Heinrich Wecker, Alfons Kelnberger, Kilian Friederich, Katia Biotteau, Moritz Messmer
  • Patent number: 10092325
    Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for joint replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Deland, Albert H. Burstein
  • Patent number: 10092407
    Abstract: A spacer device for the knee joint including a femoral component, a tibial component and an intermediate component, wherein the femoral component is adapted to be constrained to an end of the femoral bone in proximity to the knee joint, wherein the tibial component is adapted to be constrained to an end of the tibial bone in proximity to the knee joint, the femoral component being adapted to come into contact and to articulate with the tibial component, wherein the intermediate component is placed in use between the femoral component and the tibial component and wherein the constrained spacer device includes a first hinge and a second hinge adapted to rotatably constrain the femoral component to the tibial component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: TECRES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Faccioli, Renzo Soffiatti
  • Patent number: 10092406
    Abstract: Acetabular prosthesis comprising an acetabular cup, defining a coupling cavity, and an insert, able to be inserted inside the coupling cavity. The acetabular cup and the insert have a common coupling axis and comprise respective clamping means for their reciprocal clamping in an assembled condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LIMACORPORATE SPA
    Inventor: Michele Pressacco
  • Patent number: 10085850
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to composite bone grafts and to methods for providing such grafts for orthopedic and other surgical uses in a subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method for producing a composite bone graft, the method comprising, for example, the steps of: (i) selecting at least one donor site on at least one subject; (ii) removing at least one piece of bone, comprising cortical bone, from the at least one donor site; (iii) machining the at least one piece of bone to produce at least two bone components, each having a surface comprising at least one of a protuberance and a recess thereon; and (iv) joining the at least two machined bone components to produce a composite bone graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventor: David Ayres Bowden Smith