Patents by Inventor Andre Furrer

Andre Furrer 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).

  • Patent number: 11839437
    Abstract: A surgical instrument assembly may include a processor, a surgical instrument configured to operate on an anatomical structure, and a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument. The processor can be configured to determine a position of the medical imaging device, from which the medical imaging device can generate an X-ray image that includes holes of an intramedullary nail shown as circles, for instance perfect circles. In an example, the processor identifies the intramedullary nail, so as to determine an intramedullary nail identity, and determines the position of the medical imaging device based on a portion of at least two locking holes of the intramedullary nail and based on the intramedullary nail identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Mata, André Furrer, Glen Pierson
  • Publication number: 20230270507
    Abstract: A medical imaging system includes a robotic arm carrying a fluoroscopic imager for generating fluoroscopic image data of anatomy along a beam axis. The arm can adjust a relative position between the fluoroscopic imager and the anatomy. A video imager generates video image data of the anatomy along a sightline axis. A marker is positionable relative to the anatomy and defines a feature for capture in the fluoroscopic and video image data. A processor is configured to execute instructions upon the fluoroscopic and video image data and: (a) register a reference position of the feature relative to the anatomy in the fluoroscopic and video image data; and (b) generate an augmented image stream showing the fluoroscopic or video image data overlaid onto the other such that the reference positions are co-registered. The system includes a display configured to present the augmented image stream of the anatomy substantially in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Julio Duenas, Mario Mata, André Furrer, Nima Amoi Taleghani
  • Patent number: 11723723
    Abstract: A bone fracture fixation system including reference pins inserted into bone fragments of a patient in a first configuration and an image capture device configured to capture an image of the reference pins, and the bone fragments. The system includes a processor configured to receive and pre-process the captured image data. The processor pre-processes the image data by virtually re-positioning the reference pins in the first configuration into a second configuration, wherein the re-positioning virtually re-positions the bone fragments into normal alignment; and virtually generating a support device. The system includes a point-of-care production apparatus that produces a three-dimensional model of the virtually generated support device in a form that can be applied to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, Andre Furrer, Simon Bosshard
  • Patent number: 11633284
    Abstract: A bone graft system includes a two-dimensional mesh sheet sized and shaped to, when folded along fold lines, form a three-dimensional graft containment structure configured to be packed with a bone graft material for placement within a target area of a bone, the mesh sheet including a first end flap connected to a remaining portion of the mesh sheet via a first fold line and a second end flap connected to the remaining portion of the mesh sheet via a second fold line, a third fold line extending from the first fold line to the second fold line so that the remaining portion is configured to be wrapped around folded first and second end flaps to form the graft containment structure, the first and second end flaps substantially corresponding to a profile of the target area of the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer
  • Publication number: 20230118881
    Abstract: A surgical instrument assembly may include a processor, a surgical instrument configured to operate on an anatomical structure, and a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument. The processor can be configured to determine a position of the medical imaging device, from which the medical imaging device can generate an X-ray image that includes holes of an intramedullary nail shown as circles, for instance perfect circles. In an example, the processor identifies the intramedullary nail, so as to determine an intramedullary nail identity, and determines the position of the medical imaging device based on a portion of at least two locking holes of the intramedullary nail and based on the intramedullary nail identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Mario MATA, André FURRER, Glen PIERSON
  • Patent number: 11559359
    Abstract: A surgical instrument assembly may include a processor, a surgical instrument configured to operate on an anatomical structure, and a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument. The processor can be configured to determine a position of the medical imaging device, from which the medical imaging device can generate an X-ray image that includes holes of an intramedullary nail shown as circles, for instance perfect circles. In an example, the processor identifies the intramedullary nail, so as to determine an intramedullary nail identity, and determines the position of the medical imaging device based on a portion of at least two locking holes of the intramedullary nail and based on the intramedullary nail identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Mario Mata, André Furrer, Glen Pierson
  • Patent number: 11504240
    Abstract: A graft cage includes cross-sectional portions and longitudinal members. Each portion includes base transverse members forming a cage base; a first arm including first arm transverse members; a second arm including second arm transverse members; base connecting struts, each base connecting strut extending between first one and second one of the base members; first arm connecting struts, each first arm connecting strut extending between a first one of the first members and a second one of the first members; and second arm connecting struts, each second arm connecting strut extending between first one and second one of the second members. The longitudinal members connect the portions to one another. Intersections of the portions with the longitudinal members forming pores in the first and second arms. The pores receive an arm tip of a further graft cage therein to interlock the cage with the further cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer, Scott Larsen
  • Patent number: 11497608
    Abstract: A bone graft containment device includes a plurality of cage segments connected to one another along a longitudinal axis, each of the cage segments connected to an adjacent one of the cage segments via a connection which permits movement of the cage segments relative to one another so that the bone graft containment device is deformable to a desired configuration for placement within a target space of a bone, each cage segment extending along from a first end to a second end and including a channel extending therethrough so that channels of the plurality of cage segments, in an initial configuration, are aligned along the longitudinal axis, the channels configured to be packed with a bone graft material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer
  • Patent number: 11478356
    Abstract: A bone graft containment device includes a body formed via one or more helical structures extending about a longitudinal axis of the body from a first end to a second end to define a channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The channel is configured to receive a bone graft or bone graft substitute material therein, the one or more helical structures formed of a material permitting the body to be one of expanded, compressed and curved to fill a target space of a target bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer, Scott Larsen
  • Publication number: 20220296253
    Abstract: An implant for use in orthognathic surgery of a mandible may include a longitudinal plate member and a plurality of pre-configured guides coupled to the plate member. The longitudinal plate member is pre-bent to correspond to the post-operative shape of the mandible; and the guides are pre-configured to align the plate member with the mandible when the implant is positioned against the mandible after the mandible has been separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: André Furrer, Timo Zillig, Frank Wilde
  • Patent number: 11357514
    Abstract: An implant for use in orthognathic surgery of a mandible may include a longitudinal plate member and a plurality of pre-configured guides coupled to the plate member. The longitudinal plate member is pre-bent to correspond to the post-operative shape of the mandible; and the guides are pre-configured to align the plate member with the mandible when the implant is positioned against the mandible after the mandible has been separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: André Furrer, Timo Zillig, Frank Wilde
  • Patent number: 11305112
    Abstract: A bone implant kit includes an implant and first and second electrical stimulation anchors. The implant defines an inner surface inner configured to face a bone to which the bone implant kit is configured to attach, and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. The implant further defines first and second bone fixation holes that each extend from the inner surface to the outer surface. The first and second bone fixation holes are spaced from each other along a longitudinal direction. The first electrical stimulation anchor can be sized and configured for insertion into the first bone fixation hole, and the second electrical stimulation anchor can be sized and configured for insertion into the second bone fixation hole. The first and second electrical stimulation anchors can be configured to respond to a magnetic field so as to generate an electric field between the first and second electrical stimulated anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen Walser, Mario Gehri, Andre Furrer
  • Patent number: 11213395
    Abstract: A bone graft containment device includes a plurality of cage segments connected to one another along a longitudinal axis, each of the cage segments connected to an adjacent one of the cage segments via a connection which permits movement of the cage segments relative to one another so that the bone graft containment device is deformable to a desired configuration for placement within a target space of a bone, each cage segment extending along from a first end to a second end and including a channel extending therethrough so that channels of the plurality of cage segments, in an initial configuration, are aligned along the longitudinal axis, the channels configured to be packed with a bone graft material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer
  • Patent number: 11207185
    Abstract: A bone graft containment device includes a body extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end. The body is defined via a strut framework sized and shaped to correspond to an outer surface of a target bone. The strut framework defines an interior space configured to receive a bone graft or bone graft substitute material. The device also includes a first grasping structure and a second grasping structure extending from an exterior of the body. The first and second grasping structures are configured to receive a bone fixation plate therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer, Simon Bosshard
  • Publication number: 20210386457
    Abstract: A bone fracture fixation system including reference pins inserted into bone fragments of a patient in a first configuration and an image capture device configured to capture an image of the reference pins, and the bone fragments. The system includes a processor configured to receive and pre-process the captured image data. The processor pre-processes the image data by virtually re-positioning the reference pins in the first configuration into a second configuration, wherein the re-positioning virtually re-positions the bone fragments into normal alignment; and virtually generating a support device. The system includes a point-of-care production apparatus that produces a three-dimensional model of the virtually generated support device in a form that can be applied to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Steffan DANIEL, Andre FURRER, Simon BOSSHARD
  • Publication number: 20210378828
    Abstract: A graft cage includes cross-sectional portions and longitudinal members. Each portion includes base transverse members forming a cage base; a first arm including first arm transverse members; a second arm including second arm transverse members; base connecting struts, each base connecting strut extending between first one and second one of the base members; first arm connecting struts, each first arm connecting strut extending between a first one of the first members and a second one of the first members; and second arm connecting struts, each second arm connecting strut extending between first one and second one of the second members. The longitudinal members connect the portions to one another. Intersections of the portions with the longitudinal members forming pores in the first and second arms. The pores receive an arm tip of a further graft cage therein to interlock the cage with the further cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Steffan DANIEL, André FURRER, Scott LARSEN
  • Publication number: 20210322171
    Abstract: A bone graft system includes a two-dimensional mesh sheet sized and shaped to, when folded along fold lines, form a three-dimensional graft containment structure configured to be packed with a bone graft material for placement within a target area of a bone, the mesh sheet including a first end flap connected to a remaining portion of the mesh sheet via a first fold line and a second end flap connected to the remaining portion of the mesh sheet via a second fold line, a third fold line extending from the first fold line to the second fold line so that the remaining portion is configured to be wrapped around folded first and second end flaps to form the graft containment structure, the first and second end flaps substantially corresponding to a profile of the target area of the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Steffan DANIEL, André FURRER
  • Patent number: 11109914
    Abstract: A bone fracture fixation system including reference pins inserted into bone fragments of a patient in a first configuration and an image capture device configured to capture an image of the reference pins, and the bone fragments. The system includes a processor configured to receive and pre-process the captured image data. The processor pre-processes the image data by virtually re-positioning the reference pins in the first configuration into a second configuration, wherein the re-positioning virtually re-positions the bone fragments into normal alignment; and virtually generating a support device. The system includes a point-of-care production apparatus that produces a three-dimensional model of the virtually generated support device in a form that can be applied to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, Andre Furrer, Simon Bosshard
  • Publication number: 20210038178
    Abstract: A C-arm, or a mobile intensifier device, is one example of a medical imaging device that is based on X-ray technology. Because a C-arm device can display high-resolution X-ray images in real time, a physician can monitor progress at any time during an operation, and thus can take appropriate actions based on the displayed images. Monitoring the images, however, is often challenging during certain procedures, for instance during procedures in which attention must be paid to the patient's anatomy as well as a medical imaging device display. In an example, a surgical instrument assembly includes a processor, a surgical instrument configured to operate on an anatomical structure, and a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument. The processor can be configured to determine a position of the medical imaging device, from which the medical imaging device can generate an X-ray image that includes holes of an intramedullary nail shown as circles, for instance perfect circles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Mario MATA, André FURRER, Glen PIERSON
  • Patent number: 10849711
    Abstract: A C-arm, or a mobile intensifier device, is one example of a medical imaging device that is based on X-ray technology. Because a C-arm device can display high-resolution X-ray images in real time, a physician can monitor progress at any time during an operation, and thus can take appropriate actions based on the displayed images. Monitoring the images, however, is often challenging during certain procedures, for instance during procedures in which attention must be paid to the patient's anatomy as well as a medical imaging device display. In an example, a surgical instrument assembly includes a processor, a surgical instrument configured to operate on an anatomical structure, and a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument. The display can be configured to display visual information comprising X-ray images generated by a medical imaging device, and depth gauge information generated by a depth gauge coupled to the surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Mata, Glen Pierson, Andre Furrer