Patents by Inventor Adam M Johnson

Adam M Johnson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250255619
    Abstract: Embodiments directed to an apparatus and system of monitoring an instrument with a working tool engaged thereby. In one aspect, an embodiment including a working tool with a machine readable indicium indicative of a working tool attribute. The working tool may be receivable by an instrument such that a corresponding machine readable indicia reader receives an identifier of the working tool. Various attributes and conditions in relation to the instrument and working tool received thereby may be identified to facilitate the provisioning of a response to prompt various corrective actions. In this regard, a controller may provide an output in response to a received identifier of a working tool and an identified instrument operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Adam M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12310600
    Abstract: Embodiments directed to an apparatus and system of monitoring an instrument with a working tool engaged thereby. In one aspect, an embodiment including a working tool with a machine readable indicium indicative of a working tool attribute. The working tool may be receivable by an instrument such that a corresponding machine readable indicia reader receives an identifier of the working tool. Various attributes and conditions in relation to the instrument and working tool received thereby may be identified to facilitate the provisioning of a response to prompt various corrective actions. In this regard, a controller may provide an output in response to a received identifier of a working tool and an identified instrument operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: MCGINLEY ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Adam M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12159713
    Abstract: A surgical imaging system for presenting one or more operational parameters to a user in an augmented reality display disposed in a user's field of vision. The one or more operational parameters may be derived from or include signals from one or more sensors of a smart surgical instrument. The augmented reality display may comprise a transparent or semitransparent display positioned between the user and the surgical field such that the user may look through the augmented reality display to view the surgical field. In this regard, a user may observe the one or more operational parameters without diverting attention from the surgical field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MCGINLEY ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Adam M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11998257
    Abstract: Methods and instruments for placement of orthopedic implants in bones of a patient. The placement may include selective placement of the implant relative to structure of the bone using a measurement system that may detect interfaces between layers of the bone. The orthopedic implants may be engaged by various embodiments of chucks. The chucks may include structure for engaging indexing features of a corresponding orthopedic implant to restrict movement of the implant relative to the chuck along a working axis. The chucks may allow for use of an instrument having a measurement system for accurate and repeatable placement of the implants using the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MCGINLEY ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Matthew V. Russell, Vincent Palazzolo, Ben Warren, Adam M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230149027
    Abstract: Embodiments directed to an apparatus and system of monitoring an instrument with a working tool engaged thereby. In one aspect, an embodiment including a working tool with a machine readable indicium indicative of a working tool attribute. The working tool may be receivable by an instrument such that a corresponding machine readable indicia reader receives an identifier of the working tool. Various attributes and conditions in relation to the instrument and working tool received thereby may be identified to facilitate the provisioning of a response to prompt various corrective actions. In this regard, a controller may provide an output in response to a received identifier of a working tool and an identified instrument operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Adam M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11576684
    Abstract: Embodiments directed to an apparatus and system of monitoring an instrument with a working tool engaged thereby. In one aspect, an embodiment including a working tool with a machine readable indicium indicative of a working tool attribute. The working tool may be receivable by an instrument such that a corresponding machine readable indicia reader receives an identifier of the working tool. Various attributes and conditions in relation to the instrument and working tool received thereby may be identified to facilitate the provisioning of a response to prompt various corrective actions. In this regard, a controller may provide an output in response to a received identifier of a working tool and an identified instrument operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MCGINLEY ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Adam M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11564698
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to use of a measurement system in conjunction with a powered instrument for determination of the placement of a tool portion relative to the anatomy of a patient utilizing the powered instrument. The measurement system may include a displacement sensor that indicates the relative displacement of the tool portion relative to the anatomy. The system may also include a sensor for monitoring a tool drive signal representative of a tool drive parameter that is characteristic of the tool portion acting on the anatomy. The tool drive signal may be analyzed relative to a given amount of axial displacement as measured by the displacement sensor to avoid false indications of placement based on noise and or other artifacts in the tool drive signal that may result from characteristics of the anatomy and/or operational behaviors of the surgeon utilizing the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MCGINLEY ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Brian Nolte, Adam M. Johnson, Matthew R. Russell
  • Patent number: 11529180
    Abstract: An implant driver for engaging an orthopedic implant for selective advancement and retraction of the implant. The implant driver includes a first jaw assembly comprising a helical cam surface corresponding with a first direction of rotation. The first jaw assembly is operative to engage, in response to rotation in the first direction, the implant using spherical jaw members disposed in constrictive helical channels. The implant driver includes a second jaw assembly comprising a helical cam surface corresponding with a second direction of rotation. The second jaw assembly is operative to engage, in response to rotation in the second direction, the implant using spherical jaw members disposed in constrictive helical channels. Absent rotation of the first and second jaw assemblies, the spherical jaws may not restrict relative axial movement between the implant and the implant driver to allow for advancement and/or retraction of the instrument relative to the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: McGinley Engineered Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Russell, Ben Warren, Adam M. Johnson, Joseph C. McGinley, Connor Wetzel
  • Patent number: 11517327
    Abstract: Multi-directional drilling of a bone to create a perforation of bone cortex. The disclosure presents methods of using a drill having a measurement system to advance a drill bit through a bone with detection of penetration or eruption of the leading edge of the drill bit through the exterior of the cortex layer of the bone. In this regard, operation of the drill may be controlled to limit soft tissue damage adjacent to the distal side of the bone. The drill bit may be at least partially retracted through a first bore, repositioned, and one or more additional bores may be created, all while monitoring for penetration of the leading edge of the drill bit relative to the cortical layer. In turn, a perforated distal side of the cortical layer of the bone may be created that creates a desired weakness in the bone, which may be useful in various operations including when performing a corticotomy or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: McGinley Engineered Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph McGinley, Adam M. Johnson, Brian Nolte
  • Patent number: 11464525
    Abstract: A surgical saw for use in cutting bone. The saw may include a cutting member that is rotated about a drive pulley, an idler pulley, and first and second guide members. The guide members are in contact with an outer perimeter surface of a bone to be cut. The guide members may be moveable in opposite directions relative to the outer perimeter surface. In turn, the cutting member may be engaged with the bone in response to the movement of the guide members. The guide members may move along the outer perimeter surface of the bone until the cutting member has been moved through an entire cross-section of a bone to separate the bone. The saw may be initially inserted in a bore created in the bone to dispose the idler pulley at an opposite side of the bone as the drive pulley when commencing the cutting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MCGINLEY ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Adam M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20220304732
    Abstract: Methods and instruments for placement of orthopedic implants in bones of a patient. The placement may include selective placement of the implant relative to structure of the bone using a measurement system that may detect interfaces between layers of the bone. The orthopedic implants may be engaged by various embodiments of chucks. The chucks may include structure for engaging indexing features of a corresponding orthopedic implant to restrict movement of the implant relative to the chuck along a working axis. The chucks may allow for use of an instrument having a measurement system for accurate and repeatable placement of the implants using the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Matthew V. Russell, Vincent Palazzolo, Ben Warren, Adam M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210322029
    Abstract: Multi-directional drilling of a bone to create a perforation of bone cortex. The disclosure presents methods of using a drill having a measurement system to advance a drill bit through a bone with detection of penetration or eruption of the leading edge of the drill bit through the exterior of the cortex layer of the bone. In this regard, operation of the drill may be controlled to limit soft tissue damage adjacent to the distal side of the bone. The drill bit may be at least partially retracted through a first bore, repositioned, and one or more additional bores may be created, all while monitoring for penetration of the leading edge of the drill bit relative to the cortical layer. In turn, a perforated distal side of the cortical layer of the bone may be created that creates a desired weakness in the bone, which may be useful in various operations including when performing a corticotomy or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph McGinley, Adam M. Johnson, Brian Nolte
  • Publication number: 20210267608
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to use of a measurement system in conjunction with a powered instrument for determination of the placement of a tool portion relative to the anatomy of a patient utilizing the powered instrument. The measurement system may include a displacement sensor that indicates the relative displacement of the tool portion relative to the anatomy. The system may also include a sensor for monitoring a tool drive signal representative of a tool drive parameter that is characteristic of the tool portion acting on the anatomy. The tool drive signal may be analyzed relative to a given amount of axial displacement as measured by the displacement sensor to avoid false indications of placement based on noise and or other artifacts in the tool drive signal that may result from characteristics of the anatomy and/or operational behaviors of the surgeon utilizing the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Brian Nolte, Adam M. Johnson, Matthew R. Russell
  • Publication number: 20210174956
    Abstract: A surgical imaging system for presenting one or more operational parameters to a user in an augmented reality display disposed in a user's field of vision. The one or more operational parameters may be derived from or include signals from one or more sensors of a smart surgical instrument. The augmented reality display may comprise a transparent or semitransparent display positioned between the user and the surgical field such that the user may look through the augmented reality display to view the surgical field. In this regard, a user may observe the one or more operational parameters without diverting attention from the surgical field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Adam M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10987113
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to use of a measurement system in conjunction with a powered instrument for determination of the placement of a tool portion relative to the anatomy of a patient utilizing the powered instrument. The measurement system may include a displacement sensor that indicates the relative displacement of the tool portion relative to the anatomy. The system may also include a sensor for monitoring a tool drive signal representative of a tool drive parameter that is characteristic of the tool portion acting on the anatomy. The tool drive signal may be analyzed relative to a given amount of axial displacement as measured by the displacement sensor to avoid false indications of placement based on noise and or other artifacts in the tool drive signal that may result from characteristics of the anatomy and/or operational behaviors of the surgeon utilizing the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: McGinley Engineered Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Brian Nolte, Adam M. Johnson, Matthew R. Russell
  • Publication number: 20210045790
    Abstract: An implant driver for engaging an orthopedic implant for selective advancement and retraction of the implant. The implant driver includes a first jaw assembly comprising a helical cam surface corresponding with a first direction of rotation. The first jaw assembly is operative to engage, in response to rotation in the first direction, the implant using spherical jaw members disposed in constrictive helical channels. The implant driver includes a second jaw assembly comprising a helical cam surface corresponding with a second direction of rotation. The second jaw assembly is operative to engage, in response to rotation in the second direction, the implant using spherical jaw members disposed in constrictive helical channels. Absent rotation of the first and second jaw assemblies, the spherical jaws may not restrict relative axial movement between the implant and the implant driver to allow for advancement and/or retraction of the instrument relative to the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Russell, Ben Warren, Adam M. Johnson, Joseph C. McGinley, Connor Wetzel
  • Patent number: 10893873
    Abstract: Unicortical path detection for a measurement system for monitoring a depth of penetration of a working portion of an instrument in a bone of a patient. The unicortical detection may compare an average cortex thickness in a bicortical path to an actual measured depth of penetration. If the actual depth of penetration exceeds the average thickness, a unicortical path may be detected. Upon detection of a unicortical path, an alert may be provided and/or the instrument may be arrested upon subsequent breaching of the cortex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: McGinley Engineered Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Vincent Palazzolo, Adam M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200397492
    Abstract: Variable length orthopedic fasteners are described. The fasteners may include two or more distinct components which are slidingly operable to extend and/or shorten the length of the fastener. Various locking mechanisms may be provided to restrict movement of the distinct components when the fastener has been configured to a desired length. Additionally or alternatively, a variable length orthopedic fastener may be of one-piece construction. Such a fastener may comprise an engineered failure segment designed for separating the fastener into two or more pieces at a desired location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Matthew V. Russell, Adam M. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200360029
    Abstract: A surgical saw for use in cutting bone. The saw may include a cutting member that is rotated about a drive pulley, an idler pulley, and first and second guide members. The guide members are in contact with an outer perimeter surface of a bone to be cut. The guide members may be moveable in opposite directions relative to the outer perimeter surface. In turn, the cutting member may be engaged with the bone in response to the movement of the guide members. The guide members may move along the outer perimeter surface of the bone until the cutting member has been moved through an entire cross-section of a bone to separate the bone. The saw may be initially inserted in a bore created in the bone to dispose the idler pulley at an opposite side of the bone as the drive pulley when commencing the cutting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Adam M. Johnson
  • Patent number: D1030434
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MCGINLEY ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Connor Wetzel, Adam M. Johnson