Patents by Inventor Daniel K. Smith

Daniel K. Smith 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: 12508019
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device includes an anchor member, a capture member and one or more flexible members. The anchor member includes a base with at least four legs extending integrally from the base, the at least four legs configured to be moveable from a straight first position to a formed second position. The capture member is configured to be coupled to the anchor member such that the at least four legs of the anchor member move around structural portions of the capture member with the at least four legs of the anchor member in the formed second position. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base of the anchor member, the one or more flexible members extending at least partially along the base of the anchor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: CONEXTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Barrett J. Yates, Daniel K. Smith, Cody L Gehrke
  • Publication number: 20240325138
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device configured to couple to soft tissue is provided. The repair device includes a capture portion and an anchor portion. The capture portion configured to extend with radial portions. The anchor portion includes a base with multiple legs extending therefrom. The multiple legs are configured to move from a linear position to a formed position such that, in the formed position, the multiple legs couple to structure of the capture portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Cody L. Gehrke, Daniel K. Smith, Richard J. Linder, Scott D. Miles, Tyler J. Cole
  • Patent number: 12102317
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for fixating soft tissue to bone are provided. In one embodiment, a repair device for fixating soft tissue to bone with a bone anchor includes a soft tissue anchor and one or more flexible members. The soft tissue anchor includes a base with multiple legs extending from the base. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base and configured to extend from the base to the bone anchor with a fixed length. With this arrangement, the fixed length of the one or more flexible members is configured to maintain a substantially fixed pre-determined distance between the soft tissue anchor and the bone anchor such that, as the bone anchor is seated into bone, the one or more flexible members pulls the soft tissue anchor down against the soft tissue to fixate the soft tissue to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CONEXTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Barrett J. Yates, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K Evans, Daniel K. Smith, Adriana M. Topete, Matthew J. Swift
  • Patent number: 11944531
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device configured to couple to soft tissue is provided. The repair device includes a capture portion and an anchor portion. The capture portion configured to extend with radial portions. The anchor portion includes a base with multiple legs extending therefrom. The multiple legs are configured to move from a linear position to a formed position such that, in the formed position, the multiple legs couple to structure of the capture portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CONEXTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Cody L. Gehrke, Daniel K. Smith, Richard J. Linder, Scott D. Miles, Tyler J. Cole
  • Publication number: 20230346539
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, the repair device includes an anchor member having a base with at least four legs extending from the base. The base extends with a generally flat circular profile defining an upper surface and an underside surface with a central opening extending therethrough. Further, the at least four legs extend from the base with an elongated angled portion, the elongated angled portion being oriented at an angle less than seventy-five degrees relative to the underside surface of the base. With this arrangement, the anchor member may be fixated to soft tissue by rotating the base with a delivery tool so that the elongated angled portion of the at least four legs facilitates the anchor member sinking into the soft tissue and fixating thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Barrett J. Yates, Daniel K. Smith, Cody L. Gehrke
  • Publication number: 20230301770
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device includes an anchor member, a capture member and one or more flexible members. The anchor member includes a base with at least four legs extending integrally from the base, the at least four legs configured to be moveable from a straight first position to a formed second position. The capture member is configured to be coupled to the anchor member such that the at least four legs of the anchor member move around structural portions of the capture member with the at least four legs of the anchor member in the formed second position. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base of the anchor member, the one or more flexible members extending at least partially along the base of the anchor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Barrett J. Yates, Daniel K. Smith, Cody L. Gehrke
  • Publication number: 20230233200
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for fixating soft tissue to bone are provided. In one embodiment, a repair device for fixating soft tissue to bone with a bone anchor includes a soft tissue anchor and one or more flexible members. The soft tissue anchor includes a base with multiple legs extending from the base. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base and configured to extend from the base to the bone anchor with a fixed length. With this arrangement, the fixed length of the one or more flexible members is configured to maintain a fixed distance between the soft tissue anchor and the bone anchor such that, as the bone anchor is seated into bone, the one or more flexible members pulls the soft tissue anchor down against the soft tissue to fixate the soft tissue to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Barrett J. Yates, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Daniel K. Smith, Daniel L. Gruppo, Roy W. Sanders
  • Patent number: 11696822
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, the repair device includes an anchor member having a base with at least four legs extending from the base. The base extends with a generally flat circular profile defining an upper surface and an underside surface with a central opening extending therethrough. Further, the at least four legs extend from the base with an elongated angled portion, the elongated angled portion being oriented at an angle less than seventy-five degrees relative to the underside surface of the base. With this arrangement, the anchor member may be fixated to soft tissue by rotating the base with a delivery tool so that the elongated angled portion of the at least four legs facilitates the anchor member sinking into the soft tissue and fixating thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: CONEXTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Barrett J. Yates, Daniel K. Smith, Cody L. Gehrke
  • Patent number: 11583384
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device includes an anchor member, a capture member and one or more flexible members. The anchor member includes a base with at least four legs extending integrally from the base, the at least four legs configured to be moveable from a straight first position to a formed second position. The capture member is configured to be coupled to the anchor member such that the at least four legs of the anchor member move around structural portions of the capture member with the at least four legs of the anchor member in the formed second position. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base of the anchor member, the one or more flexible members extending at least partially along the base of the anchor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CONEXTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Barrett J. Yates, Daniel K. Smith, Cody L. Gehrke
  • Patent number: 11547397
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for fixating soft tissue to bone are provided. In one embodiment, a repair device for fixating soft tissue to bone with a bone anchor includes a soft tissue anchor and one or more flexible members. The soft tissue anchor includes a base with multiple legs extending from the base. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base and configured to extend from the base to the bone anchor with a fixed length. With this arrangement, the fixed length of the one or more flexible members is configured to maintain a fixed distance between the soft tissue anchor and the bone anchor such that, as the bone anchor is seated into bone, the one or more flexible members pulls the soft tissue anchor down against the soft tissue to fixate the soft tissue to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CONEXTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Barrett J. Yates, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Daniel K. Smith, Daniel L. Gruppo, Roy W. Sanders, Matthew J. Swift
  • Publication number: 20220015752
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for fixating soft tissue to bone are provided. In one embodiment, a repair device for fixating soft tissue to bone with a bone anchor includes a soft tissue anchor and one or more flexible members. The soft tissue anchor includes a base with multiple legs extending from the base. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base and configured to extend from the base to the bone anchor with a fixed length. With this arrangement, the fixed length of the one or more flexible members is configured to maintain a substantially fixed pre-determined distance between the soft tissue anchor and the bone anchor such that, as the bone anchor is seated into bone, the one or more flexible members pulls the soft tissue anchor down against the soft tissue to fixate the soft tissue to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Barrett J. Yates, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Daniel K. Smith, Adriana M. Topete, Matthew J. Swift
  • Patent number: 11141189
    Abstract: A non-coring needle for use in accessing an implanted medical device is disclosed. The non-coring needle is configured to include a compact bevel face relative to standard non-coring needles. In one embodiment, the non-coring needle comprises a hollow cannula that defines a lumen and terminates at a sharpened distal tip. The cannula includes a proximal portion and a bent distal portion. The distal portion defines a bevel face extending proximally from the distal tip, and the bevel face includes the lumen distal opening. The bevel face defines an open angle of at least about one degree with respect to a longitudinal axis of the proximal portion of the cannula. The bevel face is also laterally offset from the proximal portion of the cannula by an offset distance of no more than about 0.010 inch. A portion of the bevel face is dulled to prevent access port septum coring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley J. VanderStek, Daniel K. Smith
  • Patent number: 10973509
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for fixating soft tissue to bone are provided. In one embodiment, a repair device for fixating soft tissue to bone with a bone anchor includes a soft tissue anchor and one or more flexible members. The soft tissue anchor includes a base with multiple legs extending from the base. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base and configured to extend from the base to the bone anchor with a fixed length. With this arrangement, the fixed length of the one or more flexible members is configured to maintain a substantially fixed pre-determined distance between the soft tissue anchor and the bone anchor such that, as the bone anchor is seated into bone, the one or more flexible members pulls the soft tissue anchor down against the soft tissue to fixate the soft tissue to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: CONEXTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Barrett J. Yates, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Daniel K. Smith, Adriana M. Topete, Matthew J. Swift
  • Publication number: 20200093511
    Abstract: A non-coring needle for use in accessing an implanted medical device is disclosed. The non-coring needle is configured to include a compact bevel face relative to standard non-coring needles. In one embodiment, the non-coring needle comprises a hollow cannula that defines a lumen and terminates at a sharpened distal tip. The cannula includes a proximal portion and a bent distal portion. The distal portion defines a bevel face extending proximally from the distal tip, and the bevel face includes the lumen distal opening. The bevel face defines an open angle of at least about one degree with respect to a longitudinal axis of the proximal portion of the cannula. The bevel face is also laterally offset from the proximal portion of the cannula by an offset distance of no more than about 0.010 inch. A portion of the bevel face is dulled to prevent access port septum coring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Bradley J. VanderStek, Daniel K. Smith
  • Patent number: 10520360
    Abstract: A beam quality measurement system for determining beam quality of a high power laser beam from a laser system by power-in-the-bucket (PIB) measurements in a laboratory environment. The system includes a beam compressor assembly for compressing the diameter of the laser beam, and a diagnostic bench assembly that receives the reduced diameter low power beam from the beam compressor assembly. The bench assembly includes a pinhole array positioned at a focal plane of a lens and that includes a plurality of different sized pinholes and a translation stage for moving the pinhole array. The bench assembly also includes a power meter that receives the focused beam after it has passed through a pinhole in the pinhole array, where the power meter generates a signal that causes the stage to move the pinhole array to position another pinhole when the power meter identifies a maximum power received from one pinhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Michael L. Dupuis, Daniel K. Smith, Daniel Lam, Christopher J. Lieto, Michael E. Farey, Joshua E. Rothenberg
  • Patent number: 10492826
    Abstract: A non-coring needle for use in accessing an implanted medical device is disclosed. The non-coring needle is configured to include a compact bevel face relative to standard non-coring needles. In one embodiment, the non-coring needle comprises a hollow cannula that defines a lumen and terminates at a sharpened distal tip. The cannula includes a proximal portion and a bent distal portion. The distal portion defines a bevel face extending proximally from the distal tip, and the bevel face includes the lumen distal opening. The bevel face defines an open angle of at least about one degree with respect to a longitudinal axis of the proximal portion of the cannula. The bevel face is also laterally offset from the proximal portion of the cannula by an offset distance of no more than about 0.010 inch. A portion of the bevel face is dulled to prevent access port septum coring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley J. VanderStek, Daniel K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20190261973
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for fixating soft tissue to bone are provided. In one embodiment, a repair device for fixating soft tissue to bone with a bone anchor includes a soft tissue anchor and one or more flexible members. The soft tissue anchor includes a base with multiple legs extending from the base. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base and configured to extend from the base to the bone anchor with a fixed length. With this arrangement, the fixed length of the one or more flexible members is configured to maintain a fixed distance between the soft tissue anchor and the bone anchor such that, as the bone anchor is seated into bone, the one or more flexible members pulls the soft tissue anchor down against the soft tissue to fixate the soft tissue to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Barrett J. Yates, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Daniel K. Smith, Daniel L. Gruppo, Roy W. Sanders
  • Publication number: 20190247038
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for fixating soft tissue to bone are provided. In one embodiment, a repair device for fixating soft tissue to bone with a bone anchor includes a soft tissue anchor and one or more flexible members. The soft tissue anchor includes a base with multiple legs extending from the base. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base and configured to extend from the base to the bone anchor with a fixed length. With this arrangement, the fixed length of the one or more flexible members is configured to maintain a substantially fixed pre-determined distance between the soft tissue anchor and the bone anchor such that, as the bone anchor is seated into bone, the one or more flexible members pulls the soft tissue anchor down against the soft tissue to fixate the soft tissue to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Barrett J. Yates, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Daniel K. Smith, Adriana M. Topete
  • Publication number: 20190209289
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, the repair device includes an anchor member having a base with at least four legs extending from the base. The base extends with a generally flat circular profile defining an upper surface and an underside surface with a central opening extending therethrough. Further, the at least four legs extend from the base with an elongated angled portion, the elongated angled portion being oriented at an angle less than seventy-five degrees relative to the underside surface of the base. With this arrangement, the anchor member may be fixated to soft tissue by rotating the base with a delivery tool so that the elongated angled portion of the at least four legs facilitates the anchor member sinking into the soft tissue and fixating thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Barrett J. Yates, Daniel K. Smith, Cody L. Gehrke
  • Publication number: 20180250121
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device includes an anchor member, a capture member and one or more flexible members. The anchor member includes a base with at least four legs extending integrally from the base, the at least four legs configured to be moveable from a straight first position to a formed second position. The capture member is configured to be coupled to the anchor member such that the at least four legs of the anchor member move around structural portions of the capture member with the at least four legs of the anchor member in the formed second position. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base of the anchor member, the one or more flexible members extending at least partially along the base of the anchor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Barrett J. Yates, Daniel K. Smith, Cody L. Gehrke