Patents Examined by Anu Ramana
  • Patent number: 11832886
    Abstract: Methods and techniques for using an augmented reality device for determining an orientation of an instrument for inserting a medical device are provided. One such method includes simulating an insertion point and an orientation of a simulated surgical hardware installation on a diagnostic representation of a bone, and using an augmented reality based electronic device to align an instrument for inserting a surgical hardware installation at a desired orientation through an insertion point of the bone by displaying visual indicia indicating the insertion point and the orientation of the simulated surgical hardware installation. Disclosed herein is also a system and method having a concentric shape alignment system for medical device placement in the body, such as in a bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Circinus Medical Technology LLC
    Inventor: John K. Dorman
  • Patent number: 11832831
    Abstract: A surgical instrument including a tool, a handpiece, and a locking member. The handpiece includes both a coupling member configured to cooperate with the tool, and a driver for rotating the tool. The locking member is movable from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to centrifugal force generated during rotation of the locking member. The locking member is configured to secure the tool to the handpiece when in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
    Inventor: Martin Masson
  • Patent number: 11833063
    Abstract: A system and method may be used to evaluate soft tissue. A knee arthroplasty soft tissue evaluation may use an adjustable spacer, such as varying sized physical spacers or an inflatable bladder, along with a sensor to measure force, pressure, gap distance, or the like during a range of motion test. A method may include maintaining an equal pressure or gap distance for a medial component and a lateral component of an adjustable spacer during a range of motion test. Information, including, for example a maximum or minimum gap distance or pressure may be determined during the range of motion test. The determined information may be output for display or used to update a surgical plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Exactech, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre Couture
  • Patent number: 11826258
    Abstract: Bone plates for engaging bone members are described herein. The bone plates can receive one or more screws to secure the bone plates to an underlying bone member. The one or more screws can be inserted into bone plate holes that can be considered locking or non-locking. The bone plates described herein can have particular combinations of locking and/or non-locking holes. In addition, instruments such as distal and proximal aiming guides can accompany the bone plates to guide one or more screws into the bone plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: David Lowry, Desmond O'Farrell, Scott Tuinstra, Roger Veldman
  • Patent number: 11819425
    Abstract: A coracoid guiding system. The coracoid guiding system includes a coracoid grasper for holding an exteriorized coracoid bone block, and a coracoid passer. The coracoid passer has a pair of external barrels, a pair of internal barrel pins, a hollow guiding tube including an inner surface and an outer surface, and a hook gauge. The hook gauge is configured to be retractably arranged inside the hollow guiding tube. The hook gauge has a proximal end, a distal end, a curved section between the proximal end and the distal end, a first straight section extending from the proximal end to the curved section, a second straight section extending from the curved section to the distal end, wherein the distal end of the hook gauge is shaped as a hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CC-Instruments Oy
    Inventor: Juha Ranne
  • Patent number: 11819300
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method for providing robotically assisted surgery that involves the removal of bone or non-fibrous type tissues during a surgical procedure. The system utilizes a multi-axis robot having a reciprocating tool that is constructed and arranged to remove hard or non-fibrous tissues while leaving soft tissues unharmed. The multi-axis robot may be controlled via computer or telemanipulator, which allows the surgeon to complete a surgery from an area adjacent to the patient to thousands of miles away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter L. Bono, James D. Lark, John S. Scales, Thomas J Lord
  • Patent number: 11813171
    Abstract: An osteotome having a shaft assembly that includes a guide extending in a longitudinal direction of the shaft assembly, and a blade adjacent the guide and extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sure Orthopedics LLC
    Inventors: Robert Patrick Stchur, John D. Kuczynski
  • Patent number: 11813009
    Abstract: A method for treatment of a sacral insufficiency fracture comprises a plurality of steps. A step is performed for placing an access device within a patient. Such placing of the access device includes causing a distal end portion of the access device to traverse through a sacroiliac joint of the patient and to traverse into the patient's sacrum until the distal end portion of the access device is within a region of the sacrum where a sacral insufficiency fracture is located. Thereafter, a step is performed for delivering bonding material though a portion of the access device into the sacrum at the region thereof where the sacral insufficiency fracture is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Stuart Loftus
  • Patent number: 11813180
    Abstract: A system and method may be used to evaluate soft tissue. A hip joint evaluation may use an adjustable spacer, such as varying sized physical spacers or an inflatable bladder, along with a sensor to measure force, pressure, gap distance, or the like, for example during a range of motion test. A method may include using a maximum pressure during the range of motion test to determine a maximum pressure during the range of motion test. The maximum pressure may be output for display on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Exactech, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre Couture
  • Patent number: 11806058
    Abstract: A cervical spine plate attachment system includes a cervical spine plate that has a first surface configured to rest upon a first vertebra and a second vertebra, a second surface opposite the first surface and facing away from the first vertebra and the second vertebra, and a plurality of holes configured to receive fasteners to secure the cervical spine plate to the first vertebra and the second vertebra. The system also includes an alignment guide that detachably mounts to the cervical spine plate. The alignment guide comprises a pair of bars that rest upon the second surface of the cervical spine plate when the alignment guide is mounted to the cervical spine plate. The system also includes a fastener configured to secure the alignment guide to the cervical spine plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Seth K. Williams
  • Patent number: 11801061
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a surgical insertion tool that may have a handle having a longitudinal axis, an extended arm that may be fixed to the handle and have at least two bends to avoid bony features during insertion of an instrument, and an attachment feature configured to attach the instrument to the insertion tool such that the longitudinal axis of the handle intersects the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: RETROSPINE PTY LTD
    Inventor: Kevin Seex
  • Patent number: 11793552
    Abstract: A receiving part for receiving a rod for coupling the rod to a bone anchoring element, the receiving part including: a receiving part body having a channel for receiving a rod and defining an accommodation space for accommodating a head of a bone anchoring element, the accommodation space having an opening for inserting the head; and a pressure element at least partially in the accommodation space, the pressure element including a first portion having a recess to receive the rod, and a second portion having a flexible portion to clamp the head, wherein the pressure element is moveable along a longitudinal axis of the receiving part body from an inserting position to insert the head, to a pre-locking position to clamp the head in the receiving part by a pre-stress exerted by the pressure element, to a locking position to lock the head in the receiving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Lutz Biedermann, Wilfried Matthis
  • Patent number: 11793560
    Abstract: A device for correcting a compression-type fracture including a housing at a proximal end of the device, a cannula extending from the housing and through a directional balloon, and a tip at a distal end of the cannula, wherein the cannula has an outer tube for supplying fluid to the balloon and an inner tube positioned within the outer tube for supplying cement through at least one opening in the distal end of the cannula. A method of using the device where the device is inserted into a fracture site, the balloon is inflated to elevate fragments of the fracture, cement is injected into the opening created by elevating the fragments of the fracture and the device is removed from the fracture site. The balloon may be deflated before the injection of the cement or simultaneous with the injection of the cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Cardio Voyage Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Wael Abo-Auda, Carlton Craig Cranford
  • Patent number: 11793559
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to medical devices and methods of manufacturing medical devices. An orthopedic screw includes a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a longitudinal axis. A distal thread on an external surface of the shaft extends around the longitudinal axis. A head portion includes a series of cutting teeth that lie on a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. A distal tip portion defines a cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GLW, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter William Wapner, Charles Patrick Wapner, Stefan Voelzow, Axel Cremer
  • Patent number: 11786308
    Abstract: A surgical planning computing system and related surgical method include identifying an anatomical landmark of a patient's bony anatomy in a three-dimensional anatomical image and determining positioning criteria for an orthopedic prosthesis to be implanted into the patient's bony anatomy. The positioning criteria may define an alignment between the anatomical landmark and a feature of the orthopaedic prosthesis. A three-dimensional model of the orthopaedic prosthesis is positioned in the three-dimensional model based on the positioning criteria to provide a surgical plan for the implantation of the orthopaedic prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. White, William J. Maloney
  • Patent number: 11786144
    Abstract: Methods may be provided to identify a medical implant from a plurality of medical implants to be fixed to an anatomical surface. Dimensional parameters for each of the plurality of medical implants may be provided, and dimensional parameters corresponding to the anatomical surface may be provided. The dimensional parameters for each of the plurality of medical implants may be compared with the dimensional parameters corresponding to the anatomical surface, and one of the medical implants may be selected from the plurality of medical implants based on comparing the dimensional parameters for each of the plurality of medical implants with the dimensional parameters corresponding to the anatomical surface. An identification of the medical implant selected from the plurality of medical implants may be provided through a user interface. Related devices and computer program products are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Crawford, Andrew Davison, David Demski, Peter Govey, Norbert Johnson, Stephanie Wolfe
  • Patent number: 11786280
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a treatment tool cable of satisfactorily treating long tubular bone fractures, such as femoral trochanteric fractures and subtrochanteric fractures. The treatment tool comprises an elastic plate 2 that has a curved shape or that can be curved, the plate comprising at least one pressing portion 20 that is provided at one end in the width direction of the plate and that presses the trochanter 103 of the femur 100 from the posterior side by a restoring force that is generated by deformation of widening the curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TEIJIN NAKASHIMA MEDICAL CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jyunichi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 11779354
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for locking a drill guide into a polyaxial hole while maintaining the form and function of the polyaxial hole are provided herein. In some embodiments, the drill guide includes a hollow outer body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a slot disposed proximate the proximate end, wherein the distal end is configured as a reverse collet having a plurality of prongs; an inner body having a central channel extending therethrough; and a lever coupled to the inner body through the slot, wherein the slot is shaped such that rotation of the lever results in motion along a central axis of the drill guide, and wherein a distal end of the inner body is configured to prevent radially inward deflection of the plurality of prongs when the inner body is in a lowermost position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: David Laird, Jr., Gabrielle Zingalis, Andrew Davison
  • Patent number: 11779357
    Abstract: A detector for use in artificial joint replacement includes a rotation detection apparatus and a pressure detection apparatus and is inserted between implant trials to allow numerical verification for medial and lateral balance of forces and a rotation state of the trials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Corentec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oui-Sik Yoo, Chan-Eol Kim
  • Patent number: 11771565
    Abstract: A prosthetic disc for insertion between adjacent vertebrae includes a core having upper and lower curved surfaces, upper and lower plates, and peripheral restraining structure on at least one of the upper plate, the lower plate and the core. Each plate has an outer surface which engages a vertebra and an inner curved surface which slides over the curved surface of the core. The peripheral restraining structure serves to hold the core against a curved surface of at least one of the plates during sliding movement of the plates over the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Simplify Medical Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Malan De Villiers, Ulrich Hahnle