Patents by Inventor Brandon Moore
Brandon Moore 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: 20220023037Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a radially collapsible and expandable stent, a cuff and leaflets sutured thereto. The heart valve extends axially between an inflow end and an outflow end and the stent includes a layout of struts and nodes having a hybrid combination of vertical struts and oblique struts in the form of diamond-shaped and half diamond-shaped cells. The layout of the structure is configured to preserve a low cell density of material used in the stent to reduce the stent profile while in a collapsed state and to improve the deployment accuracy of the stent into the native valve annulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventor: Brandon Moore
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Publication number: 20210386460Abstract: A fixation system for repairing a pars fracture includes a needle guide configured to be docked on a lamina of the pars, a needle, a guidewire, and a screw assembly. A portion of the needle is configured for insertion through a passage of the needle guide. A portion of the guidewire is configured for insertion through a passage of the needle. The screw assembly includes a collar and an elongated portion, the collar being movable with respect to the elongated portion. A portion of the screw assembly is configured to contact the lamina co-axially with the guidewire.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Lester Wilson, Brandon Moore, Alex Artaki
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Publication number: 20210361327Abstract: A spinal fixation device is provided including a modular head assembly and a bone screw. The modular had assembly includes a housing, an anvil, an insert, and a snap ring. The housing defines a proximal surface and an opposite, distal surface, and the proximal and distal surfaces define a throughbore therethrough. The anvil is configured to be slidably received within a portion of the throughbore. The insert defines a proximal surface and an opposite, distal surface, and the distal surface defines a first counterbore therein that terminates at a first annular surface. The first annular surface defines a second counterbore that terminates at a second annular surface. The snap ring is configured to be disposed within the first counterbore of the insert when in a first configuration, and within the second counterbore of the insert when in a second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Michael Barrus, Brandon Moore
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Publication number: 20210346154Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a non-collapsible annular frame extending in a longitudinal direction between an inflow edge and an outflow edge, and a valve assembly connected to the frame. The frame includes a plurality of annularly spaced commissure posts adjacent the outflow edge, each of the commissure posts including a tip and a post slot spaced apart from the tip. The prosthetic heart valve further includes a radiopaque element including an elongated main body having a first end and a second end. The radiopaque element may extend around the tip and through the post slot of at least one of the commissure posts so that a portion of the main body extends between the slot and the tip. Alternatively or additionally, a radiopaque element may be positioned adjacent a base of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Richard Kaleta, Jay Reimer, Chad Joshua Green, Brandon Moore, Ryan Finn, Noy Grimmer, Emily M. Hagen, Henrique Oliveira Neder
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Patent number: 11109898Abstract: A method of repairing a pars fracture includes docking a needle guide on a lamina of the pars, inserting a needle at least partially through the needle guide, inserting a stylet at least partially through the needle, inserting a guidewire at least partially through the needle, removing the needle from the needle guide, removing the needle guide, positioning a screw assembly in contact with the lamina and co-axially with the guidewire, rotating an elongated portion of the screw assembly with respect to the lamina to move the screw assembly distally with respect to the lamina such that a distal end of the elongated portion of the screw assembly travels through an interior portion of the pars and into a superior portion of the pars, and approximating the distal end of the elongated portion of the screw assembly and a collar of the screw assembly to approximate the interior portion of the pars and the superior portion of the pars.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Lester Wilson, Brandon Moore, Alex Artaki
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Patent number: 11096727Abstract: A spinal fixation device is provided including a modular head assembly and a bone screw. The modular had assembly includes a housing, an anvil, an insert, and a snap ring. The housing defines a proximal surface and an opposite, distal surface, and the proximal and distal surfaces define a throughbore therethrough. The anvil is configured to be slidably received within a portion of the throughbore. The insert defines a proximal surface and an opposite, distal surface, and the distal surface defines a first counterbore therein that terminates at a first annular surface. The first annular surface defines a second counterbore that terminates at a second annular surface. The snap ring is configured to be disposed within the first counterbore of the insert when in a first configuration, and within the second counterbore of the insert when in a second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Michael Barrus, Brandon Moore
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Publication number: 20200275956Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a body, a securement arm, a clamp lock, and a tensioning assembly. The body defines a longitudinal axis and has proximal and distal portions. The distal portion defines a recess. The securement arm is coupled to the body and translatable along the body in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis between first and second position. The clamp lock is pivotally coupled to the distal portion of the body. The clamp lock is pivotable between secured and unsecured configurations. The tensioning assembly translatable in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis between proximal and distal position. The tensioning assembly configured to draw a flexible band to tension the flexible band about a bony element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Brian Hsu, Greg Mundis, JR., Burt Yaszay, Suken Shah, Behrooz Akbarnia, Catherine Ross, Brian Kunes, Brandon Moore
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Patent number: 10722276Abstract: A spinal hook includes a hook member, an inner collet, and an outer portion. The hook member includes a head portion and a blade portion. The inner collet includes a base portion configured to rotatably engage the head portion and a pair of engaging portions defining a slot configured to receive a connecting rod therein. The outer portion is movable relative to the inner collet between a locked position in which the outer portion causes the pair of engaging portions to move toward each other and an unlocked position in which the outer portion causes the pair of engaging portions to be spread apart to facilitate insertion or removal of the connecting rod.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Michael Barrus, Scott Jones, Brandon Moore, Larry McClintock
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Patent number: 10667847Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a body, a securement arm, a clamp lock, and a tensioning assembly. The body defines a longitudinal axis and has proximal and distal portions. The distal portion defines a recess. The securement arm is coupled to the body and translatable along the body in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis between first and second position. The clamp lock is pivotally coupled to the distal portion of the body. The clamp lock is pivotable between secured and unsecured configurations. The tensioning assembly translatable in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis between proximal and distal position. The tensioning assembly configured to draw a flexible band to tension the flexible band about a bony element.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Brian Hsu, Greg Mundis, Jr., Burt Yaszay, Suken Shah, Behrooz Akbarnia, Catherine Ross, Brian Kunes, Brandon Moore
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Publication number: 20200163758Abstract: A method of augmenting the length of a native leaflet to improve leaflet coaptation includes delivering a cutting tool to a surgical site adjacent the native leaflet, cutting a slit through the native leaflet, inserting a collapsible and expandable occlusion device into the slit, expanding the occlusion device, engaging a first surface of the first disk with a first surface of the native leaflet, and engaging a second surface of the second disk with a second surface of the native leaflet opposite the first surface. The occlusion device includes a first disk, a second disk, and an intermediate portion coupling the first disk to the second disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Jay Reimer, Brandon Moore, Chad Joshua Green, Paul E. Ashworth, Neelakantan Saikrishnan
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Patent number: 10624675Abstract: A spinal stabilization system includes a spinal rod, a plate, a set screw, and a bone screw. The plate includes a throughhole transitionable between a collapsed and expanded configuration, and a first slot adapted to receive a spinal rod therein. The set screw includes a distal portion having threads to engage with a threaded lumen of a bone screw, and the bone screw including a head portion transitionable between a first diameter and a second diameter. The head of the bone screw insertable into the throughhole and cooperatively transitions between the first diameter and the collapsed configuration to the second diameter and expanded configuration, respectively, as the set screw advances with respect to the bone screw to lock the spinal rod into the slot of the plate in the second diameter and expanded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Robert Gaines, Kan Min, Brandon Moore
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Publication number: 20200093520Abstract: A spinal plate bender includes an actuation assembly, a collet, and a head portion. The actuation assembly includes a housing, a lever pivotably coupled to the housing, a linkage pivotably coupled to the lever, and an actuation shaft operatively coupled with the linkage. The lever is transitionable between a neutral position and an actuated position, which imparts axial displacement to the actuation shaft. The collet includes a proximal section, a sleeve section extending distally from the proximal section, and a coupling section extending distally from the sleeve section. The head portion is configured to support a spinal plate. The head portion includes an anvil portion coupled to a distal end portion of the actuation shaft. The anvil portion is configured to engage a spinal plate to cause bending of a spinal plate supported in the head portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Brandon Moore, Clint Boyd
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Publication number: 20200085576Abstract: An apparatus for stabilizing a prosthetic heart valve within an atrioventricular valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent having an inflow end, an outflow end, and struts forming a plurality of cells connected to one another in a plurality of annular rows around the stent. The stent further includes a collapsible and expandable valve assembly secured to the stent. The valve assembly includes a cuff and a plurality of leaflets having an open configuration and a closed configuration. A cord connected to the stent includes an attachment device adapted to couple the stent to heart tissue of a patient. A method of stabilizing a prosthetic heart valve within an atrioventricular valve annulus is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Jay Reimer, Brandon Moore, Chad Joshua Green, Paul E. Ashworth, Neelakantan Saikrishnan
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Patent number: 10575876Abstract: A spinal stabilization assembly includes a first hook assembly, a second hook assembly, and a connector member. The first hook assembly has a receiver and a hook member that extends from the receiver. The receiver defines a rod-receiving slot configured to receive a spinal rod. The hook member defines an aperture and includes a hook. The aperture is supported between the rod-receiving slot and the hook. The connector member is secured to the second hook assembly and receivable in the aperture of the first hook assembly to couple the first and second hook assemblies together.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Aki Puryear, Brandon Moore
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Publication number: 20200038075Abstract: A spinal fixation device is provided including a modular head assembly and a bone screw. The modular had assembly includes a housing, an anvil, an insert, and a snap ring. The housing defines a proximal surface and an opposite, distal surface, and the proximal and distal surfaces define a throughbore therethrough. The anvil is configured to be slidably received within a portion of the throughbore. The insert defines a proximal surface and an opposite, distal surface, and the distal surface defines a first counterbore therein that terminates at a first annular surface. The first annular surface defines a second counterbore that terminates at a second annular surface. The snap ring is configured to be disposed within the first counterbore of the insert when in a first configuration, and within the second counterbore of the insert when in a second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Michael Barrus, Brandon Moore
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Publication number: 20200030008Abstract: A flexible implant system includes a flexible implant, an implant housing, and an implant set screw. The flexible implant is configured to loop around a portion of a bony element. The implant housing includes a housing body defining a rod passage configured to receive an rod. The housing body also defines an implant passage that receives a portion of the flexible implant. The implant set screw engages the flexible implant within the implant passage to fix the flexible implant to the implant housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Behrooz Akbarnia, Burt Yaszay, Brandon Moore, Stuart Weikel, Clint Boyd
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Publication number: 20200011713Abstract: A non-invasive dental or surgical monitoring system is disclosed. The monitoring system is comprised generally of dental or surgical equipment to be monitored, a main sensor unit, a set of sensors. The main sensor unit is in communication with various sensors removably attached to the equipment. The sensors monitor environment conditions related to the equipment rather than directly monitoring the equipment. The collected data is sent to the main sensor unit and can be accessed, or wirelessly transmitted by signal to a device or devices at another location. As collected data aggregates, a data profile can be created, machine learning can be used to discover patterns, and predictive analysis can be incorporated to help software make predictions of, or spot in real time, equipment problems based on deviations from the profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventor: BRANDON MOORE
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Patent number: 10524843Abstract: A rotation shaft includes a body, a threaded rod, an anvil, a linkage, and a biasing member. The body includes a threaded portion disposed along an inner surface of a longitudinal throughhole. The threaded rod includes a distal end, the threaded rod configured to engage the threaded portion. The anvil is coupled to the distal end of the threaded rod. The linkage is coupled to the anvil. The biasing member is partially disposed about the linkage distal of the anvil, wherein rotation of the threaded rod translates into linear movement of the linkage relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Kiril Mladenov, Brittany Harwell, Brandon Moore
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Patent number: 10470803Abstract: A flexible implant system includes a flexible implant, an implant housing, and an implant set screw. The flexible implant is configured to loop around a portion of a bony element. The implant housing includes a housing body defining a rod passage configured to receive a rod. The housing body also defines an implant passage that receives a portion of the flexible implant. The implant set screw engages the flexible implant within the implant passage to fix the flexible implant to the implant housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Behrooz Akbarnia, Burt Yaszay, Brandon Moore, Stuart Weikel, Clint Boyd
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Publication number: 20190279532Abstract: A spinal surgery modeling system includes a spine model and a spine movement device. The spinal surgery modeling system provides a three-dimensional hands-on model that can be configured to have any desired variation of spinal alignment of the spine model by hydraulic actuation of the spine movement device to simulate the biomechanical feel and behavior of a patient's spine. The spine model may include various vertebral body or disc conditions and allows a clinician to examine and/or adjust the model and observe the three-dimensional outcome of such adjustments.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Larry McClintock, Brandon Moore, Clint Boyd, Michael Barrus