Patents Examined by Marcela I Shirsat
  • Resection instrument
    Patent number: 10245045
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a surgical instrument. There is described a surgical instrument including a shaft having a handle towards a proximal end, a template towards a distal end, and resecting means for removing tissue. The template is shaped to complement the contours of a joint surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Alexander Torrie
  • Soft tissue displacer tool with inclined groove and methods
    Patent number: 10238400
    Abstract: A soft tissue displacer tool can include a shaft that is elongate along a central axis, the shaft including a shaft body that defining a proximal end, a distal end that is spaced from the proximal end in a distal direction, and a central location that is disposed equidistantly between the proximal and distal ends. The shaft defines at least one inclined groove that 1) is inclined with respect to a plane that is normal to the central axis, and 2) revolves about the central axis, the groove terminating at a first end and a second end that is spaced from the first end along the distal direction, and the second end is spaced from the distal end. Soft tissue displacer tools are also described in which the shaft is cannulated. The soft tissue displacer tool can further include a guidance member, such as a K-wire, a trocar, or a bone punch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott P. Larsen, Wamis Singhatat
  • Laminoplasty plates, systems, and devices, and methods relating to the same
    Patent number: 10226284
    Abstract: Disclosed are laminoplasty devices and systems, kits that include such laminoplasty devices or systems or components thereof; and methods of assembling and using such laminoplasty devices and systems. In particular, articulating laminoplasty devices are provided that allow lamina plates to be adjusted angularly and transitionally with respect to a cage connecting the lamina plates. Also provided are laminoplasty plates that are configured so as to be assembled with a bone graft housing, and which provide an opening configured to facilitate bone graft insertion into the housing. Further provided are expandable laminoplasty fixation systems that include a lateral mass plate, a lamina plate and a set screw that when screwed and unscrewed, allows one to contract and expand the plates with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Suh, Sean Suh
  • Drill guide
    Patent number: 10219812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drill guide for use in drilling an acetabular tunnel. The drill guide comprises a cannulated shaft having a handle towards a proximal end, and an offset arm towards a distal end. The arm is flexible or pivotable and has a distal tip for engaging the articular surface of the acetabulum, and is offset from a projected path of the shaft cannulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Alexander Torrie, Brian J. White
  • Reconstruction device
    Patent number: 10219848
    Abstract: A method for reconstruction of a resectioned portion of a bone includes connecting a first link to a second link through a flexible connection to form an elongated linkage that extends along a substantially longitudinal direction, providing a flexible connector configured to work in tandem with the flexible connection to adjust the first and second links relative to each other to adapt to a shape of the bone in at least one of a directional orientation about an axis that extends in the vertical direction and an angular orientation about an axis that extends in the longitudinal direction, and providing a locking member configured for insertion through the aperture, wherein the locking member is configured to apply a biasing force to the connector and inhibit adjustment of the at least one of the directional orientation and the angular orientation of the first link relative to the second link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Leuenberger, Jens Richter, Bryan James Griffiths
  • Bone and tissue marker
    Patent number: 10206690
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a marker for bones, particularly for marking irregularities in the femoral head. There is described a surgical instrument having a shaft including a handle towards a proximal end and an arm towards a distal end. The arm includes a template, and the arm and/or template further includes tissue marking means for marking differences in the curvature of a tissue surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Alexander Torrie
  • Devices and methods for performing knee arthroplasty
    Patent number: 10201356
    Abstract: Methods and devices for performing knee arthroplasty including but not limited to bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty are provided. Methods and devices for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are also provided. These methods and devices, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson
  • Surgical device
    Patent number: 10201371
    Abstract: A port for laparoscopic surgery comprises an opening for attachment to a wound protector and a flexible membrane extending therefrom to define an airtight seal around an incision in a patient. A plurality of access points are defined in the membrane, through which laparoscopic trocars and elongate laparoscopic surgical instruments can be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Ronan Cahill
  • Rotary oscillating bone, cartilage, and disk removal tool assembly
    Patent number: 10194922
    Abstract: A bone, cartilage, and disk removal tool assembly is provided with a motor mounted in a housing. A spindle is mounted for rotation to the housing. A rack-and-pinion mechanism is operably driven by the motor and connected to the spindle to oscillate the spindle for providing a rotary oscillating cutting operation. According to at least another embodiment, a plurality of cams is supported in the housing and driven for rotation by the motor. A plurality of followers is mounted for rotation to the housing, in engagement with the plurality of cams so that one rotation of the plurality of cams oscillates the plurality of followers more than once while preventing over-rotation of the plurality of followers. A peak angular acceleration of the spindle is less than nine million radians per second squared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventors: Peter L. Bono, James D. Lark, Corey A. Freimark, Anthony J. Ruhala
  • Inflatable medical devices
    Patent number: 10188436
    Abstract: A device for delivering a material to an orthopedic target site is disclosed. The device can be used to deliver bone cement to an intra-vertebral site. The device can have a pusher rod within a tube. The tube can be loaded with the bone cement distal to the pusher rod. The pusher rod can have varying rigidity along the length of the pusher rod. The tube and pusher rod can navigate tortuous pathways from a percutaneous or transcutaneous insertion en route to the target site or to improve extracorporeal ergonomics. Methods for using the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: LOMA VISTA MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Q. Tilson, Mark C. Scheeff
  • Hallux abducto valgus assemblies
    Patent number: 10159512
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly for in vivo alignment of two or more bones in a living body. The assembly comprises a cannulated sleeve (132) configured to secure in a bore (133) in a first bone, a mesh body (136) having a proximal arm configured to be engaged by the cannulated sleeve, and a distal arm configured to be secured to a portion of a second bone. The assembly further includes a fastener (138) configured to secure the distal arm to the portion of the second bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Bonfix Ltd
    Inventor: Dror Robinson
  • Connection assembly
    Patent number: 10143497
    Abstract: An orthopedic connection assembly is described that comprises a housing member for receiving an implant that is operably connected to a receiving member for receiving an anchor member. The connection assembly is configured to have a locking mechanism that secures and fixes the relative orientation between the implant and the anchor member. The connection assembly can comprise a plate member receivable within the housing member. When a securing member such as a set screw is introduced downwardly into the housing member to secure the implant, the securing member applies a lateral force to the plate member, which presses against an interference member within the receiving member. The interference member presses against the anchor member, such that the anchor member is fixed in a position relative to the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Harper
  • Self-cleaning tissue removal instrument and method of use
    Patent number: 10130376
    Abstract: A self-cleaning tissue removal instrument is disclosed and described herein. The self-cleaning tissue removal instrument generally comprising: a handle operably coupled with a proximal end of a rail portion; a jaw portion operably coupled to a distal end of the rail portion, a longitudinal axis running along the proximal portion to the distal portion of the self-cleaning tissue removal instrument; wherein the jaw portion is moved from an open position to a closed position by operation of the rail portion translating along the longitudinal axis of the self-cleaning tissue removal instrument, and the jaw portion clamps down and removes tissue in the closed position; and a cleaning mechanism operably coupled with the rail portion, whereby the cleaning mechanism disengages any tissue attached to the jaw portion when the jaw portion longitudinally translates to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NEUROENTERPRISES, LLC
    Inventor: Sean A. Salehi
  • Curved spacer and inserter
    Patent number: 10064742
    Abstract: The present teachings provide one or more surgical implements for repairing damaged tissue, such as in the case of a spinal fixation procedure. A cross connector system for use during a spinal fixation procedure is provided. The system includes at least one bridge defining a coupling bore and having a pair of downwardly extending arms for coupling to a first fastener. The system includes a contoured bar having a first end offset from a second end, and a bore having a central axis. The system includes an expansion ring received within the bore, and a locking device received through the expansion ring and the coupling bore. The locking device is operable in a first state in which the contoured bar is movable about the central axis of the bore and in a second state in which the contoured bar fixed relative to the central axis of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Taylor, Anthony C. DeFalco
  • Adjustable loop constructs and techniques
    Patent number: 10064716
    Abstract: A device for securing tissue or bone. The device includes a self-locking construct, which includes first and second adjustable loops. The first adjustable loop includes a loop passage portion through which a first portion of the self-locking construct extends. The second adjustable loop extends through a sleeve defined by the self-locking construct. The self-locking construct is configured such that moving the second adjustable loop away from the first loop closes the first adjustable loop, and pulling the first portion further through the loop passage portion closes the second adjustable loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Norton
  • Surgical implant
    Patent number: 10058366
    Abstract: A surgical implant for fixing a soft tissue to a bone comprising a staple and a plate. The staple and the plate are positionable on an instrument in such a way that the plate may be manipulated with the instrument to hold the soft tissue against the bone and in such a way that the staple is fixable to the bone with the plate positioned between a bridge of the staple and the soft tissue when legs of the staple are driven through the plate and into the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: CC Innovation
    Inventors: Nicolas Bouduban, Beat Lechmann, Patrick Burki, Christian Fink
  • Intervertebral implant with improved fastening system for the fixing plate
    Patent number: 10052212
    Abstract: An Intervertebral implant (100) for the fusion between two vertebral bodies of a vertebral column comprising: an internally hollow fusion cage (1); a fixing plate (2); and cooperating features (8, 10, 17, 19, 20, 21) for fastening said fixing plate (2) on the anterior side of the fusion cage (1); the cooperating features (8, 10, 17, 19, 20, 21) comprising restraining means (8, 17) meant to restrain the fixing plate (2) in a posterior-anterior direction with respect to the fusion cage (1) and pivoting means (10, 19) being arranged to guide a rotation, about a pivot axis (x), of said fixing plate (2) with respect to said fusion cage (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA
    Inventors: Meinrad Fiechter, Francesco Siccardi, Marco Riva
  • Systems, tools, and methods for treatments of pelvic conditions
    Patent number: 9968346
    Abstract: Described are surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, involving an expansion member. The invention relates to an expansion member that includes a proximal end, a distal end, a length extending from the proximal end to the distal end, two longitudinal blades extending in the length direction, and a connector connecting the blades. The connector allows movement of the blades to increase or decrease a distance between the blades at the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Alexander, Chaouki A. Khamis, Thomas O. Viker
  • Implant suitable for calcaneal osteotomy
    Patent number: 9949744
    Abstract: An implant comprises an elongated plate having a first major face and at least one locking screw hole, to receive a locking fastener oriented normal to the major face. The elongated plate has a wall with a flat surface normal to the first major face. A non-locking screw hole is located between the locking screw hole and the wall. The non-locking screw hole is configured to receive a non-locking fastener oriented at an acute angle relative to the locking fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel McCormick
  • Devices, methods and systems for affixing an access device to a vertebral body for the insertion of bone cement
    Patent number: 9918766
    Abstract: Devices and method discussed for device for delivering a pressurized substance to an opening in bone within a vertebral column, useful to provide access to structures in the vertebral so that a substance, such as bone cement can be delivered through a lumen or portal or for providing access to the opening in bone by a separate instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: DFine, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher U. Phan, Andrew Kohm, Robert Poser, Kirti P. Kamdar