Patents by Inventor David C. Koogle, Jr.

David C. Koogle, Jr. 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: 12144511
    Abstract: A retrograde cutting instrument and method of retrograde drilling using such an instrument. A method of forming a socket includes providing a retrograde cutter, inserting the cutter into a joint with a blade of the cutter in a straight position, pivoting the blade to a non-straight flip position, locking the blade in the flip position, and retrograde drilling a socket using the blade in the flip position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Sterrett, David C. Koogle, Jr., Ronald C. Iannarone, Ricardo Albertorio
  • Publication number: 20230355249
    Abstract: A retrograde cutting instrument and method of retrograde drilling using such an instrument. A method of forming a socket includes providing a retrograde cutter, inserting the cutter into a joint with a blade of the cutter in a straight position, pivoting the blade to a non-straight flip position, locking the blade in the flip position, and retrograde drilling a socket using the blade in the flip position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jerry Sterrett, David C. Koogle, JR., Ronald C. Iannarone, Ricardo Albertorio
  • Patent number: 11744596
    Abstract: A retrograde cutting instrument and method of retrograde drilling using such an instrument. A method of forming a socket includes providing a retrograde cutter, inserting the cutter into a joint with a blade of the cutter in a straight position, pivoting the blade to a non-straight flip position, locking the blade in the flip position, and retrograde drilling a socket using the blade in the flip position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Sterrett, David C. Koogle, Jr., Ronald C. Iannarone, Ricardo Albertorio
  • Patent number: 11666319
    Abstract: A system for repairing tears in soft tissue, e.g., meniscal tissue, by employing cinch stitching. More specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus for meniscal repair using a suture implant construct. The suture implant construct includes a first and second implant which are connected to each other via a length of suture. The implants are designed to be loaded on external surfaces of the first and second trocars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: David C. Koogle, Jr., Ricardo Albertorio, Jacob A. Jolly, Vipool K. Goradia
  • Patent number: 11517329
    Abstract: A surgical device may include a tube and a cutting blade movable between a first position in which the cutting blade is concealed inside the tube and a second position in which the cutting blade is exposed through a sidewall of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: David C. Koogle, Jr., Zachary A. Ingwer, Michael E. Eggert
  • Publication number: 20210353305
    Abstract: A retrograde cutting instrument and method of retrograde drilling using such an instrument. A method of forming a socket includes providing a retrograde cutter, inserting the cutter into a joint with a blade of the cutter in a straight position, pivoting the blade to a non-straight flip position, locking the blade in the flip position, and retrograde drilling a socket using the blade in the flip position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jerry Sterrett, David C. Koogle, JR., Ronald C. lannarone, Ricardo Albertorio
  • Patent number: 10499932
    Abstract: A surgical device according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a tube and a cutting blade movable between a first position in which the cutting blade is concealed inside the tube and a second position in which the cutting blade is exposed through a sidewall of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: David C. Koogle, Jr., Zachary A. Ingwer, Michael E. Eggert
  • Patent number: 10363024
    Abstract: A system for repairing tears in soft tissue, e.g., meniscal tissue, by employing cinch stitching. More specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus for meniscal repair using a suture implant construct. The suture implant construct includes a first and second implant which are connected to each other via a length of suture. The implants are designed to be loaded on external surfaces of the first and second trocars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Koogle, Jr., Ricardo Albertorio, Jacob A. Jolly, Vipool K. Goradia
  • Patent number: 9351722
    Abstract: A suture drive system configured to assist in attaching a suture to tissue within a patient, and in at least one application, repairing meniscal tears and shoulder tissue tears is disclosed. The suture drive system may be interchangeable in that the system can be adapted to insert different suture systems into tissue of a patient using the same device. In particular, in one embodiment configured to employ an inside-out suture delivery method, the suture drive system may advance two combinations of push rods and two swaged needles having one or more sutures attached thereto. In another embodiment configured to employ an outside-in suture delivery method, the suture drive system may advance two combinations of push rods and drive shafts to deliver two anchors releasably affixed to the distal ends of the drive shafts into tissue to close an opening in the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Koogle, Jr., Jake Jolly
  • Patent number: 9101366
    Abstract: A flip retrograde cutting instrument and method of retrograde drilling using such an instrument. A method of forming a socket includes providing a flip retrograde cutter, inserting the cutter into a joint with a blade of the cutter in a straight position, pivoting the blade to a non-straight flip position, locking the blade in the flip position, and retrograde drilling a socket using the blade in the flip position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Sterrett, David C. Koogle, Jr., Ronald C. Iannarone, Ricardo Albertorio
  • Publication number: 20150142052
    Abstract: A system for repairing tears in soft tissue, e.g., meniscal tissue, by employing cinch stitching. More specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus for meniscal repair using a suture implant construct. The suture implant construct includes a first and second implant which are connected to each other via a length of suture. The implants are designed to be loaded on external surfaces of the first and second trocars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: David C. Koogle, JR., Ricardo Albertorio, Jacob A. Jolly, Vipool K. Goradia
  • Publication number: 20150080917
    Abstract: A combined knot pusher/suture cutter device for manipulating a knotted suture to properly locate the knot relative to the tissue being sutured, and then for removing excess suture from the knot. The knot pusher/suture cutter includes a body member with a handle and an inner member (or inner rod) having a knot-engageable section at the opposite end (distal end) for engaging and moving the knotted suture by manipulation of the handle. The knot-engageable section of the inner member is provided with a slot at its distal end which allows suture to be threaded through it. The inner member is provided within an outer sleeve that is designed to be actuated by a spring and a thumb pusher (trigger) located on a surface of the handle. By actuating the thumb trigger (for example, by sliding forward the thumb trigger), the outer sleeve is advanced and the suture post is cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: David C. Koogle, JR., Jerry F. Sterrett
  • Patent number: 8961538
    Abstract: Systems and methods for repairing tears in soft tissue, e.g., meniscal tissue, by employing cinch stitching. More specifically, the present invention provides apparatus and methods for meniscal repair using a suture implant construct. The suture implant construct includes a first and second implant which are connected to each other via a length of suture. The implants are designed to be loaded on external surfaces of the first and second trocars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Koogle, Jr., Ricardo Albertorio, Jacob A. Jolly, Vipool K. Goradia
  • Patent number: 8911457
    Abstract: A combined knot pusher/suture cutter device for manipulating a knotted suture to properly locate the knot relative to the tissue being sutured, and then for removing excess suture from the knot. The knot pusher/suture cutter includes a body member with a handle and an inner member (or inner rod) having a knot-engageable section at the opposite end (distal end) for engaging and moving the knotted suture by manipulation of the handle. The knot-engageable section of the inner member is provided with a slot at its distal end which allows suture to be threaded through it. The inner member is provided within an outer sleeve that is designed to be actuated by a spring and a thumb pusher (trigger) located on a surface of the handle. By actuating the thumb trigger (for example, by sliding forward the thumb trigger), the outer sleeve is advanced and the suture post is cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Koogle, Jr., Jerry F. Sterrett
  • Patent number: 8870877
    Abstract: A graft fixation device comprising a sheath having a body that defines an inner longitudinal bore and a member for insertion within the bore. The sheath includes at least two projections movably connected to the sheath body by a distal hinge. The distal hinge causes the projection to pivot inwardly as the sheath is placed in a bone tunnel, and to be displaceable radially outwardly of the sheath body upon insertion of the member within the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventor: David C. Koogle, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140228849
    Abstract: A flip retrograde cutting instrument and method of retrograde drilling using such an instrument. A method of forming a socket includes providing a flip retrograde cutter, inserting the cutter into a joint with a blade of the cutter in a straight position, pivoting the blade to a non-straight flip position, locking the blade in the flip position, and retrograde drilling a socket using the blade in the flip position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Sterrett, David C. Koogle, JR., Ronald C. Iannarone, Ricardo Albertorio
  • Patent number: 8460350
    Abstract: A three-dimensional mesh or screen in the shape of a simple flat piece of material that can be provided adjacent the graft (i.e., in between graft bundles, or around the graft, or between the graft and the fixation device) for improved strength and structural support for graft fixation. The mesh provides improved methods for installing and securing ligament grafts (such as double-bundle cruciate ligament grafts) with enhanced reconstruction results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo Albertorio, David C. Koogle, Jr., Jacob A. Jolly
  • Patent number: 8353915
    Abstract: An AMZ tibial tuberosity transfer system and method of treatment of patellofemoral joints. The AMZ system includes 1) a retractor with a better conformation to anatomy and more curve (not just a bend), and also with a larger radius on the front of the retractor to allow for easier insertion; 2) a cutting block that can fully accept a collared pin; 3) a rod preferably formed of stainless steel; 4) a tuberosity pin guide; 5) an exit indicator that engages tightly the cutting block so there is no slope on exit indication; and 6) a horizontal bar provided with markings to measure the medial shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth T. Helenbolt, David C. Koogle, Jr., Robert K. Sluss, William C. Carapezza
  • Publication number: 20100324608
    Abstract: A three-dimensional mesh or screen in the shape of a simple flat piece of material that can be provided adjacent the graft (i.e., in between graft bundles, or around the graft, or between the graft and the fixation device) for improved strength and structural support for graft fixation. The mesh provides improved methods for installing and securing ligament grafts (such as double-bundle cruciate ligament grafts) with enhanced reconstruction results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Ricardo Albertorio, David C. Koogle, JR., Jacob A. Jolly
  • Publication number: 20100137917
    Abstract: A graft fixation device comprising a sheath having a body that defines an inner longitudinal bore and a member for insertion within the bore. The sheath includes at least two projections movably connected to the sheath body by a distal hinge. The distal hinge causes the projection to pivot inwardly as the sheath is placed in a bone tunnel, and to be displaceable radially outwardly of the sheath body upon insertion of the member within the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: David C. Koogle, JR.