Patents by Inventor Christopher Feezor
Christopher Feezor 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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Patent number: 11974738Abstract: Suture passer systems for tissue suspension and tissue compression are described. The system can include a shaft and a needle, wherein the needle is freely rotatable with respect to the shaft. The suture may include an overmolded segment. Methods of placing one or more implants, sutures, fastener, bone anchors and other devices are also described. The methods include moving tissue, including the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, palatopharyngeal arch, and palatoglossal arch. The methods include hyoid bone suspension.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Siesta Medical, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin, Jason van Tassel
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Publication number: 20240058485Abstract: An apparatus for sterilizing items and storing the sterilized items prior to use includes a container configured to receive items to be sterilized, a trap door coupled with the container, and a mechanism operatively coupled with the trap door and the container. The trap door is reconfigurable between an open configuration providing a fluid passage into the apparatus and a closed configuration in which the items are sealed within the apparatus. The mechanism is configured for selective reconfiguration of the trap door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and to automatically reconfigure the trap door from the open configuration to the closed configuration after completion of a sterilization cycle for items disposed within the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Joffrey Sarphati, Christopher Feezor, Michael Olmes
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Patent number: 11826479Abstract: An apparatus for sterilizing items and storing the sterilized items prior to use includes a container configured to receive items to be sterilized, a trap door coupled with the container, and a mechanism operatively coupled with the trap door and the container. The trap door is reconfigurable between an open configuration providing a fluid passage into the apparatus and a closed configuration in which the items are hermetically sealed within the apparatus. The mechanism is configured for selective reconfiguration of the trap door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and to automatically reconfigure the trap door from the open configuration to the closed configuration after completion of a sterilization cycle for items disposed within the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Zuno Medical, Inc.Inventors: Joffrey Sarphati, Christopher Feezor, Michael Olmes
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Publication number: 20230329693Abstract: A suture anchoring device for fixing a soft tissue to a bone tissue is disclosed that enables the exchange of sutures between anchors after implantation. The suture anchoring device may include a body that is inserted into the bone tissue, a suture exchange fitting situation within a passage formed within the body, and one or more pre-loaded sutures looped through the suture exchange fitting and projecting proximally from a proximal opening formed in the body. Surgical kits and surgical methods for performing various repair procedures using one or more suture anchoring device are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Michael Rosenthal, Joseph P. Donahue
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Publication number: 20230233203Abstract: Suture passer systems for tissue suspension and tissue compression are described. The system can include a shaft and a needle, wherein the needle is freely rotatable with respect to the shaft. The suture may include an overmolded segment. Methods of placing one or more implants, sutures, fastener, bone anchors and other devices are also described. The methods include moving tissue, including the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, palatopharyngeal arch, and palatoglossal arch. The methods include hyoid bone suspension.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin, Jason van Tassel
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Publication number: 20230165691Abstract: Cartilage support implants for nasal valve support and delivery systems are described. The cartilage support implant can include one or more elongate bodies comprising one or more anchors. The cartilage support implant can be designed to be a permanent implant extending along the midline of a patient's nose, from the nasal bone to the lower lateral cartilage. Methods of placing the cartilage support implant and retrieving the cartilage support implant are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin
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Patent number: 11642123Abstract: Suture passer systems for tissue suspension and tissue compression are described. The system can include a shaft and a needle, wherein the needle is freely rotatable with respect to the shaft. The suture may include an overmolded segment. Methods of placing one or more implants, sutures, fastener, bone anchors and other devices are also described. The methods include moving tissue, including the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, palatopharyngeal arch, and palatoglossal arch. The methods include hyoid bone suspension.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Siesta Medical, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin, Jason van Tassel
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Patent number: 11554027Abstract: Cartilage support implants for nasal valve support and delivery systems are described. The cartilage support implant can include one or more elongate bodies comprising one or more anchors. The cartilage support implant can be designed to be a permanent implant extending along the midline of a patient's nose, from the nasal bone to the lower lateral cartilage. Methods of placing the cartilage support implant and retrieving the cartilage support implant are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Siesta Medical, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin
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Patent number: 11504111Abstract: A suture anchoring device for fixing a soft tissue to a bone tissue is disclosed that enables the exchange of sutures between anchors after implantation. The suture anchoring device may include a body that is inserted into the bone tissue, a suture exchange fitting situation within a passage formed within the body, and one or more pre-loaded sutures looped through the suture exchange fitting and projecting proximally from a proximal opening formed in the body. Surgical kits and surgical methods for performing various repair procedures using one or more suture anchoring device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: STABILYNX, INC.Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Michael Rosenthal, Joseph P. Donahue
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Publication number: 20210378655Abstract: Systems and methods of placing one or more suture loops into tissue, such as the base of the tongue, are described. A system can include a variable-thickness suspension line for suspending tissue, including a suture having a first thickness dimension; an elastomer surrounding a portion of the suture and defining a central segment of the suspension line having a second thickness dimension greater than the first thickness dimension, and at least one transition zone extending from the central segment of the suspension line to a lateral end of the suspension line, the transition zones having a thickness dimension that tapers from the second thickness dimension to the first thickness dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin, Tedd Hinton
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Publication number: 20210338237Abstract: Suture passer systems for tissue suspension and tissue compression are described. The system can include a shaft and a needle, wherein the needle is freely rotatable with respect to the shaft. The suture may include an overmolded segment. Methods of placing one or more implants, sutures, fastener, bone anchors and other devices are also described. The methods include moving tissue, including the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, palatopharyngeal arch, and palatoglossal arch. The methods include hyoid bone suspension.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin, Jason van Tassel
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Publication number: 20210220495Abstract: An apparatus for sterilizing items and storing the sterilized items prior to use includes a container configured to receive items to be sterilized, a trap door coupled with the container, and a mechanism operatively coupled with the trap door and the container. The trap door is reconfigurable between an open configuration providing a fluid passage into the apparatus and a closed configuration in which the items are hermetically sealed within the apparatus. The mechanism is configured for selective reconfiguration of the trap door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and to automatically reconfigure the trap door from the open configuration to the closed configuration after completion of a sterilization cycle for items disposed within the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Joffrey Sarphati, Christopher Feezor, Michael Olmes
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Patent number: 11064991Abstract: Systems and methods of placing one or more suture loops into tissue, such as the base of the tongue, are described. A system can include a variable-thickness suspension line for suspending tissue, including a suture having a first thickness dimension; an elastomer surrounding a portion of the suture and defining a central segment of the suspension line having a second thickness dimension greater than the first thickness dimension, and at least one transition zone extending from the central segment of the suspension line to a lateral end of the suspension line, the transition zones having a thickness dimension that tapers from the second thickness dimension to the first thickness dimension.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Siesta Medical, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin, Tedd Hinton
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Patent number: 11039831Abstract: Suture passer systems for tissue suspension and tissue compression are described. The system can include a shaft and a needle, wherein the needle is freely rotatable with respect to the shaft. The suture may include an overmolded segment. Methods of placing one or more implants, sutures, fastener, bone anchors and other devices are also described. The methods include moving tissue, including the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, palatopharyngeal arch, and palatoglossal arch. The methods include hyoid bone suspension.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Siesta Medical, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin, Jason van Tassel
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Patent number: 10967079Abstract: An apparatus for sterilizing items and storing the sterilized items prior to use includes a container configured to receive items to be sterilized, a trap door coupled with the container, and a mechanism operatively coupled with the trap door and the container. The trap door is reconfigurable between an open configuration providing a fluid passage into the apparatus and a closed configuration in which the items are hermetically sealed within the apparatus. The mechanism is configured for selective reconfiguration of the trap door from the closed configuration to the open configuration and to automatically reconfigure the trap door from the open configuration to the closed configuration after completion of a sterilization cycle for items disposed within the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Zuno Medical, Inc.Inventors: Joffrey Sarphati, Christopher Feezor, Michael Olmes
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Publication number: 20210045730Abstract: A suture anchoring device for fixing a soft tissue to a bone tissue is disclosed that enables the exchange of sutures between anchors after implantation. The suture anchoring device may include a body that is inserted into the bone tissue, a suture exchange fitting situation within a passage formed within the body, and one or more pre-loaded sutures looped through the suture exchange fitting and projecting proximally from a proximal opening formed in the body. Surgical kits and surgical methods for performing various repair procedures using one or more suture anchoring device are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Michael Rosenthal, Joseph P. Donahue
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Publication number: 20200345341Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a knotless suture anchor for implanting in bone including an outer tubular member having a distal end, a proximal end, an outer wall, and an at least one aperture through the outer wall; an inner member being rotatably disposed within the outer tubular member, the inner member having an at least one aperture for receiving at least one suture thread; a pointed tip configured to facilitate impaction of the anchor into the bone; and at least one suture thread guide positioned on the outer tubular member, wherein the at least one suture thread is positioned through the at least one suture thread guide, the at least one aperture of the outer tubular member, and the at least one aperture of the inner member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Erik Van Der Burg, Nathaniel Cohen, Christopher Feezor, Christopher T. Cheng
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Patent number: 10729422Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a knotless suture anchor for implanting in bone including an outer tubular member having a distal end, a proximal end, an outer wall, and an at least one aperture through the outer wall; an inner member being rotatably disposed within the outer tubular member, the inner member having an at least one aperture for receiving at least one suture thread; a pointed tip configured to facilitate impaction of the anchor into the bone; and at least one suture thread guide positioned on the outer tubular member, wherein the at least one suture thread is positioned through the at least one suture thread guide, the at least one aperture of the outer tubular member, and the at least one aperture of the inner member.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Erik Van Der Burg, Nathaniel Cohen, Christopher Feezor, Christopher T. Cheng
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Patent number: 10595853Abstract: A suture anchoring device for fixing a soft tissue to a bone tissue is disclosed that enables the exchange of sutures between anchors after implantation. The suture anchoring device may include a body that is inserted into the bone tissue, a suture exchange fitting situation within a passage formed within the body, and one or more pre-loaded sutures looped through the suture exchange fitting and projecting proximally from a proximal opening formed in the body. Surgical kits and surgical methods for performing various repair procedures using one or more suture anchoring device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Stabilynx, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Michael Rosenthal, Joseph P. Donahue
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Publication number: 20200078194Abstract: Cartilage support implants for nasal valve support and delivery systems are described. The cartilage support implant can include one or more elongate bodies comprising one or more anchors. The cartilage support implant can be designed to be a permanent implant extending along the midline of a patient's nose, from the nasal bone to the lower lateral cartilage. Methods of placing the cartilage support implant and retrieving the cartilage support implant are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Christopher Feezor, Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin