Patents by Inventor Benjamin M. Hall
Benjamin M. Hall 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).
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Publication number: 20260130663Abstract: A knotless tissue repair construct. The construct includes an anchor body formed of a soft suture-like material. The construct includes a repair suture having a first end, a second end and a cannulated length portion therebetween, the first end fixedly coupled to the anchor body. The cannulated length is interwoven along and through a first sidewall of the anchor body such that the second end extends proximally from the anchor body proximal end. The construct includes a transfer suture threaded through and along a second sidewall of the anchor body, through and along the repair suture cannulated length and also punched through the repair suture adjacent the cannulated length, defining a repair suture punch.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2026Publication date: May 14, 2026Inventors: Belin Mirabile, Benjamin M. Hall, Mark E. Housman, Christopher D. MacCready, Jay A. Shah, Marc J. Balboa, Jon-Paul Rogers
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Publication number: 20260076665Abstract: Surgical fixation assemblies include a screw-in anchor with a suture construct attached to and extending through an interior of the anchor. The suture construct has two finger trap splices to trap suture that has been passed through them when the construct is placed in tension. Transfer sutures containing loops are preloaded through the finger trap splices and used to pull the ends of the repair sutures through the finger trap splices to form reducing loops around or through captured tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: March 19, 2026Inventors: Mark Edwin HOUSMAN, Benjamin M. HALL, Jay A. SHAH, Ian K.Y. LO
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Publication number: 20260026798Abstract: A knotless tissue repair construct is disclosed herein. The construct includes a soft anchor body, with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The construct also includes a repair suture fixedly coupled to the anchor body. The construct also includes a transfer suture interwoven repeatedly through and along the anchor body defining a transfer path. Tension on at least one of the repair suture and transfer suture may deploy the anchor body. A transfer suture first end may transfer the repair suture through the anchor body to form a repair loop that may knotless lock the tissue repair construct.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2025Publication date: January 29, 2026Inventors: Mark E. Housman, Marc J. Balboa, Benjamin M. Hall, Jay A. Shah, Jon-Paul Rogers, Nehal N. Patel
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Patent number: 12453546Abstract: A knotless tissue repair construct is disclosed herein. The construct includes a soft anchor body, with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The construct also includes a repair suture fixedly coupled to the anchor body. The construct also includes a transfer suture interwoven repeatedly through and along the anchor body defining a transfer path. Tension on at least one of the repair suture and transfer suture may deploy the anchor body. A transfer suture first end may transfer the repair suture through the anchor body to form a repair loop that may knotless lock the tissue repair construct.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: October 28, 2025Assignees: Smith & Nephew, Inc., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. LimitedInventors: Mark E. Housman, Marc J. Balboa, Benjamin M. Hall, Jay A. Shah, Jon-Paul Rogers, Nehal N. Patel
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Publication number: 20240415505Abstract: A knotless tissue repair construct is disclosed herein. The construct includes a soft anchor body, with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The construct also includes a repair suture fixedly coupled to the anchor body. The construct also includes a transfer suture interwoven repeatedly through and along the anchor body defining a transfer path. Tension on at least one of the repair suture and transfer suture may deploy the anchor body. A transfer suture first end may transfer the repair suture through the anchor body to form a repair loop that may knotless lock the tissue repair construct.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Mark E. Housman, Marc J. Balboa, Benjamin M. Hall, Jay A. Shah, Jon-Paul Rogers, Nehal N. Patel
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Publication number: 20230149032Abstract: An offset guide that places a surgical tool through a bone of a surgical joint. The offset guide may hold the surgical joint in a reduced configuration at a first location along the bone; the first location preferred for engaging the bone. The offset guide may engage the bone with a hook that engages two opposing sides of the bone to center the surgical tool through the bone. The offset guide may guide placement of a surgical tool through the bone center at a second location along the bone, the second location offset from the first location. The second location may be a preferable location for receiving the surgical tool therethrough. The surgical tool may include both a drill and an implant insertion tool. The implant insertion tool may place an implant at the second location, while the offset guide holds the surgical joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Mark E. Housman, Benjamin M. Hall, Nehal N. Patel, Marc J. Balboa
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Patent number: 11648002Abstract: Anchor delivery systems include markings on the surfaces of the delivery device which are visually exposed to the user through openings or fenestrations in the anchor, providing visual feedback to the user on the progress of the anchor's insertion. A suture-locking plug is deformable within the anchor tip, thereby enhancing suture entrapment within the tip of the anchor. A compliant component of the handle places the handle components in tension, thereby absorbing built-in axial looseness in the handle. The handle further includes a spin cavity which allows for free spin of the inserter shaft to finalize insertion of the anchor into bone when the anchor has not been fully seated flush with or below the cortical bone surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignees: Smith & Nephew, Inc., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Smith Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. LimitedInventors: Mark Edwin Housman, Jon-Paul Rogers, Jason Hamilton, Benjamin M. Hall, Nehal N. Patel, Rebecca A. Blough, Kyle Turner
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Publication number: 20210290218Abstract: Anchor delivery systems include markings on the surfaces of the delivery device which are visually exposed to the user through openings or fenestrations in the anchor, providing visual feedback to the user on the progress of the anchor's insertion. A suture-locking plug is deformable within the anchor tip, thereby enhancing suture entrapment within the tip of the anchor. A compliant component of the handle places the handle components in tension, thereby absorbing built-in axial looseness in the handle. The handle further includes a spin cavity which allows for free spin of the inserter shaft to finalize insertion of the anchor into bone when the anchor has not been fully seated flush with or below the cortical bone surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Mark Edwin Housman, Jon-Paul Rogers, Jason Hamilton, Benjamin M. Hall, Nehal N. Patel, Rebecca A. Blough, Kyle Turner