Patents Examined by Larry E Waggle, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12213703
    Abstract: A helical distractor, including: a distractor body having an open tubular shape including: a fixed footplate attached to a first end of the distractor body; first and second body edges; first and second key grooves in the first and second body edges, respectively; and an end cap at a second end of the distractor body; a movable foot including: body threads; a first key configured to engage the first key groove; a second key configured to engage the second key groove; and a movable footplate; an advancement screw with a threaded portion inside the distraction body, wherein the threaded portion is configured to engage the body threads of the movable foot, wherein the movable foot moves along the distractor body when the advancement screw is rotated, and wherein the distractor body is configured to cause the movable foot to rotate as it moves along the distractor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Emma Phillips, John Noon
  • Patent number: 12201324
    Abstract: Provided is a nested screw assembly and a related method for fusing a joint between two bones using the nested screw assembly, where the nested screw assembly includes a cannulated outer screw and an inner screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Zachary Korman, David Redfern
  • Patent number: 12201308
    Abstract: An instrument for use in cartilage removal comprises an elongate body having a first end and a longitudinal axis having a longitudinal direction. A cartilage removal portion is coupled to the elongate body at the first end. The cartilage removal portion includes a plurality of serrated blades substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and adapted for removing material while moving in the longitudinal direction. Each serrated blade has a centroid located along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Ryan Woodard, Paul Luttrell, Brian Robert Thoren, Erin Muller, Terrance W. Strohkirch, Gary W. Lowery
  • Patent number: 12178471
    Abstract: Devices and methods for an autovance intraosseous device. The autovance intraosseous device can include a trigger activated system or pressure activated system that causes a needle to advance distally for a predetermined distance. The predetermined distance ensures a needle tip extends through the bone cortex, to access the medullary cavity, without penetrating a far wall of the medullary cavity. The advancement can be driven by a spring based system or an electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Pett, Daniel B. Blanchard, Eric W. Lindekugel, Joe Spataro, Ralph Sonderegger
  • Patent number: 12171442
    Abstract: Instruments, implants, bone plates, systems and methods for correcting bone deformities and fractures in the lower extremity and applying compression across joints to be fused are disclosed. Specifically, targeting instruments, implants, bone plates, systems and methods used for correcting bone deformities and/or fractures in the foot and applying compression across joints to be fused are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Paragon 28, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Dacosta, Laura Zagrocki Brinker, Richard David Hunt, Spanky Raymond
  • Patent number: 12161424
    Abstract: A system and device (110) for determining bone laxity. For example, the system includes a tracked probe (300) comprising at least one probe marker (310) and a computer assisted surgical (CAS) system (100). The CAS system includes a navigation system (130) and a processing device (110) operably connected to the navigation system and a computer readable medium configured to store one or more instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to receive location information from the navigation system, generate (820) a surgical plan comprising a post-operative laxity assumption (720), collect (850) first motion information related to movement of the joint through a first range of motion, collect (860) second motion information related to movement of the joint through a second range of motion, determine (870) a post-operative laxity (710), and compare the post-operative laxity and the post-operative laxity assumption to determine laxity results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantinos Nikou, Branislav Jaramaz
  • Patent number: 12150682
    Abstract: A bone fixation assembly is disclosed. The bone fixation assembly may include a bone fixation plate including a fastener hole and a cavity adjacent to the fastener hole. The bone fixation assembly may also include a clip. The clip may include a body having a partial circular shape, the body positioned at least partially in the cavity. The clip may further include a plurality of tabs extending inward relative to the partial circular shape of the body, each tab having a convex shape extending inward relative to the partial circular shape of the body, wherein the body and the plurality of tabs are positioned below a top surface of the bone fixation plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: LEITH MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy Leak
  • Patent number: 12144746
    Abstract: A device for extracting an implant from a bone. The device has a handle that extends from a proximal end to a distal end. A pair of opposable jaws operatively associates with the distal end in such a way to move between an open position and a closed position. The first and second jaws of the pair of opposable jaws each have an arrangement of osteotome blades that align with an interfacing surface of the implant. The osteotome blades engage the jaws so as to move between a retracted position and an inserted position occupying space between the interfacing surface and the bone. A slide hammer is operatively associated with the proximal end of the handle for urging the implant linearly away from the bone with the jaws in the closed position and the osteotome blades in the inserted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventor: Timothy Ephriam Ekpo
  • Patent number: 12144531
    Abstract: A screw guide assembly includes a guide body extending along a central longitudinal axis. The guide body has a proximal end portion having an attachment face extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a distal end portion having a screw support member extending away from the longitudinal axis. The screw support member is configured to allow for the insertion of a screw at an angle oblique relative to the longitudinal axis. A wire guide is removably inserted into the screw support member. A method of inserting a screw using the assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Tyber Medical LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Tyber, Chandler Kline, Matthew Atoulikian
  • Patent number: 12133667
    Abstract: The self-contouring plate system for bone fractures allows a surgeon to bridge a bone fracture, primarily in bones of complex shape where the use of plates or screws is difficult. The self-contouring plate is formed from a series of similar or identical rigid elements, the elements able to bend and rotate with respect to each other. This flexibility is initially helpful as the surgeon contours the device to the shape of the bone. When the desired shape is reached, the elements are locked into place. The length of device is adjusted by adding or removing elements, much like a necklace. Each element of the self-contouring plate includes a ball that extends away from a body, a cavity for receiving the ball of the neighboring plate, and a screw to compress the ball within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventors: Yasser Nadim, Lance Fagan
  • Patent number: 12127774
    Abstract: A slotted washer configured to secure a K-wire to a native bone, including: an upper arm with a screw hole; a lower arm with a screw hole; a connector connecting the upper arm with the lower arm; and a K-wire opening between the connector, lower arm, and upper arm configured to receive and compress the K-wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Watt, Kory Smith, Jeffrey Loftus-Vergari, Danielle Rossi
  • Patent number: 12121310
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a surgical robot with an end effector that supports a drive assembly, a manual interface, and a trigger assembly. A cutting tool is attached to the drive assembly and rotatable about a cutting axis. A method includes positioning, with the surgical robot, the cutting tool relative to a surgical site to align the cutting axis with a predetermined trajectory. A user engages the trigger assembly for rotating the cutting tool about the cutting axis with the drive assembly and advancing the cutting tool along the predetermined trajectory at the surgical site to a first depth. A user applies force to the manual interface for rotating the cutting tool about the cutting axis and advancing the cutting tool along the predetermined trajectory to a second depth greater than the first depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: Peter L. Ebbitt, Oscar Williams, Victor Soto, Hyosig Kang, Xiao H. Gao, Kana Nishimura, Ezra Johnson
  • Patent number: 12109128
    Abstract: An implantable prosthesis that includes a biased coiling member and a conforming coiling member. The biased coiling member may be biased to curve from a substantially linear configuration to a nonlinear configuration. The conforming coiling member may be engaged with and curved by the biased coiling member from the substantially linear configuration to the nonlinear configuration. The biased coiling member may define a longitudinal axis when in the substantially linear configuration. The biased coiling member and the conforming coiling member may move relative to each other along the longitudinal axis. The prosthesis may be implanted in a surgical procedure that minimizes incision sizes and may be considered less invasive than typical implant procedures, especially spinal implant procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: JMEA Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Sack, Jack Y. Yeh
  • Patent number: 12108970
    Abstract: A surgical implant system includes a surgical implant and at least one fixation device. The surgical implant includes a first side member, a second side member, a distal member and a proximal member. The first side member is disposed in opposed relation relative to the second side member, the first and second side members including distal and proximal ends. The distal member is disposed in opposed, spaced relation relative to the proximal member. The distal member extends across one end of the surgical implant between the first and second side member connecting distal ends of the first and second side members. The proximal member extends across a second end of the surgical implant connecting the proximal ends of the first and second side members. The fixation device is inserted in and advanced through osseous tissue and traverses the openings of the first and second side members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ehsan Jazini, Oliver Tannous
  • Patent number: 12102364
    Abstract: Systems and methods include solutions for fixation at the rib head for fractures and osteotomies adjacent to the rib head and transverse process. The disclosed rib plates, anchor systems, other implants, and instrumentation may also be applied to mid-rib fractures. The systems and methods may be used in the treatment of rib deformities, including the correction of rib hump deformity via thoracoplasty, as well as general corrections of chest and rib deformities. Systems and methods herein may be used in chest wall reconstructions due to trauma, cancer, or deformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John LaColla, Jeff Nichols
  • Patent number: 12102360
    Abstract: A compressible plate including a plurality of plate segments for compressing two or more osseous structures. The compressible cervical plate includes a spring retaining member extending from at least one plate segment and a spring retaining member recess disposed at another plate segment, the spring retaining member recess receiving the spring retaining member. A spring disposed at the spring retaining member and providing active compression between the plurality of plate segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Spinal Simplicity, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Frock, Adam Rogers, Todd Moseley
  • Patent number: 12102314
    Abstract: The system includes a frame composed of materials and geometry allowing selective deformation in a plane perpendicular to a patient's anatomy at the surgical site but resisting deformation in a plane parallel to the anatomy. The frame is connected to stabilizing features and sheets, which are attached to adhesive to secure the frame to the patient. The features, sheets, and adhesive layers extend both into and beyond the frame. An integrated sheet covers the prospective incision site on the patient. When positioned at the site, the frame conforms to the patient. Anchor points are distributed along the frame to reversibly secure and provide a stable base for surgical retractors, even when unilaterally applied. By adaptable positioning and design of the stabilizing members and adhesive layers on the frame, the system is able to provide optimal tractional stability when experiencing tensile loads in myriad surgical environments including ophthalmic and spinal surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Biophyx Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Richards, Stephen Maguire
  • Patent number: 12102361
    Abstract: A bone plate has an outer surface, a bone-facing surface opposite the outer surface, and an interior surface that defines a hole extending from the outer surface to the bone-facing surface along a central hole axis. The interior surface further defines a ramp that extends from the outer surface toward the bone-facing surface and plate threads that extend from the ramp toward the bone-facing surface and are configured for optional locking engagement with external threads on a first head of a locking bone fixation member. The interior surface further defines a contact profile in a reference plane that extends along the central hole axis. The contact profile is defined at least by the ramp and is spaced from the central hole axis in an offset direction perpendicular to the central hole axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: This Aebi, Mirko Rocci, Joel Oberli
  • Patent number: 12090065
    Abstract: The invention as described herein provides methods for treating a bone of a patient, including locating a treatment volume in a bone of the patient, administering a sclerosing agent to the treatment volume, and, after administering the sclerosing agent, administering bone graft material to the treatment volume. In some embodiments, the sclerosing agent and the bone graft are administered in a minimally invasive manner using a delivery device. The placement of the delivery device and/or the administration of the sclerosing agent and/or bone graft can use imaging to guide the placement and/or administration. The patient can be a pediatric patient and the treatment volume can comprise a bone lesion, a unicameral bone cyst or an aneurysmal bone cyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SHANKAR RAJESWARAN M.D. LLC
    Inventor: Shankar Rajeswaran
  • Patent number: 12089837
    Abstract: A surgical staple insertion system for compressing bone fragments includes a staple and an insertion tool. The staple has first and second legs and an elastically deformable bridge monolithically formed with the first and second legs. In a relaxed configuration, the free ends of the first and second legs are positioned closer to one another than are portions of the first and second legs connected to the bridge. The insertion tool retains the bridge in an elastically deformed configuration with the legs positioned relatively farther apart from one another during at least portion of the step of implantation of the staple. Then, the insertion tool is released from the staple so that the bone fragments between the legs are subject to compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lutz Biedermann, Timo Biedermann, Achim Zipse, Gael Dreher