Patents by Inventor David Gregoire
David Gregoire 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: 9186133Abstract: A bone anchor insertion device is disclosed for attaching a suture that is fixed to portion of soft tissue to a portion of bone. The device has a handle, a nosepiece connected to a distal end of the handle, a bone anchor connected to the nosepiece, and an actuator disposed on the handle for deploying the bone anchor. A suture ratchet or tensioning mechanism is disposed in the handle for tensioning suture which is associated with the bone anchor. This mechanism permits precise tensioning, while also permitting one-handed operation, thereby allowing the practitioner to use his or her other hand for other activities, such as camera operation or the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: ArthroCare CorporationInventors: David Gregoire, George White, Minh Tran, Seth Foerster
-
Publication number: 20150223926Abstract: A suture anchor device and method for attaching soft tissue to bone includes an anchor body and a suture locking wedge movably disposed within the anchor body. The suture locking wedge includes lateral portions which engage slots or windows in the anchor body. Tension applied to one limb of a suture causes the suture locking wedge to translate and rotate to a position which compresses the suture, thereby locking the suture in the anchor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Seth A. Foerster, Steven Wolf, Emil Karapetian, George W. White, David Gregoire, Pablo Catania, Christopher Rodriguez
-
Patent number: 9034014Abstract: A suture anchor device and method for attaching soft tissue to bone includes an anchor body and a suture locking wedge movably disposed within the anchor body. The suture locking wedge includes lateral portions which engage slots or windows in the anchor body. Tension applied to one limb of a suture causes the suture locking wedge to translate and rotate to a position which compresses the suture, thereby locking the suture in the anchor.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: ArthroCare CorporationInventors: Pablo Catania, Steven Wolf, Emil Karapetian, George W. White, David Gregoire, Seth A. Foerster, Christopher Rodriguez
-
Patent number: 9023083Abstract: A suture anchor device and method for attaching soft tissue to bone includes an anchor body and a suture locking wedge movably disposed within the anchor body. The suture locking wedge includes lateral portions which engage slots or windows in the anchor body. Tension applied to one limb of a suture causes the suture locking wedge to translate and rotate to a position which compresses the suture, thereby locking the suture in the anchor.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: ArthroCare CorporationInventors: Seth A. Foerster, Steven Wolf, Emil Karapetian, George W. White, David Gregoire, Pablo Catania, Christopher Rodriguez
-
Publication number: 20150058235Abstract: A posting module enables a user to specify information for a first date posting, including a first date venue. Optionally, a database is accessed and information related to the first date venue is received. The first date posting is optionally populated with information specified by the first user and at least a portion of the information received via the database. A search engine may identify the first date posting at least partly in response to an action of a second user, and provide the first date posting for display to the second user. A module is configured to cause an invitation control to be displayed to the second user in association with the first date posting, detect the second user activating the invitation control, and cause an invitation, to go on a date corresponding to the first date posting of the first user, to be presented to the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: KB Cubed, LLCInventors: Dennis Allen Kahan, Ilana Jacqueline Dreicer, David Gregoire, Jessica S. Kimiabakhsh, Christian Kroger, Robert Joshua Ravanshenas
-
Publication number: 20150058059Abstract: A date posting search is conducted and a first plurality of users are identified to a second user. The posting of a first user is provided to the second user in association with an invitation control. If the invitation control is activated, an invitation is presented to the first user. If the first user accepts the invitation, the second user is notified. A first calendar entry is generated for a calendar of the first user, providing the first user with access to a time and calendar day for the date, at least one image of the second user, and an identifier associated with the second user. A second calendar entry is generated for a calendar of the second user, wherein the second calendar entry provides the second user with access to the time and calendar day for the date, at least one image of the first user, and an identifier associated with the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Dennis Allen Kahan, Ilana Jacqueline Dreicer, David Gregoire, Jessica S. Kimiabakhsh, Christian Kroger, Robert Joshua Ravanshenas
-
Publication number: 20140364907Abstract: In repairing soft tissue with a bone anchoring instrument (such as reattaching a tendon of a torn rotator cuff), the bone anchoring instrument may be used to anchor the soft tissue to a region of bone. The anchors inserted into the underlying bone may have one or more lengths of suture or wire attached thereto which may be tensioned independently of one another to affix the soft tissue to the bone by having a selector mechanism selectively engage and disengage ratcheted tensioning wheels from one another. Suture loading mechanisms may be employed for passing suture lengths into and/or through the anchors prior to deployment into the bone where such mechanisms may employ suture snares which are configured to reconfigure from an expanded shape through which suture lengths may be easily passed to a low-profile shape which secures the suture lengths within the snare.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: George W. White, David Gregoire, David Aldridge, Edward E. Dolendo, Emil Karapetian, Norman S. Gordon, Tri Nguyen
-
Publication number: 20140364876Abstract: In repairing soft tissue with a bone anchoring instrument (such as reattaching a tendon of a torn rotator cuff), the bone anchoring instrument may be used to anchor the soft tissue to a region of bone. The anchors inserted into the underlying bone may have one or more lengths of suture or wire attached thereto which may be tensioned independently of one another to affix the soft tissue to the bone by having a selector mechanism selectively engage and disengage ratcheted tensioning wheels from one another. Suture loading mechanisms may be employed for passing suture lengths into and/or through the anchors prior to deployment into the bone where such mechanisms may employ suture snares which are configured to reconfigure from an expanded shape through which suture lengths may be easily passed to a low-profile shape which secures the suture lengths within the snare.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: George W. White, David Gregoire, David Aldridge, Edward E. Dolendo, Emil Karapetian, Norman S. Gordon, Tri Nguyen
-
Patent number: 8834495Abstract: In repairing soft tissue with a bone anchoring instrument (such as reattaching a tendon of a torn rotator cuff), the bone anchoring instrument may be used to anchor the soft tissue to a region of bone. The anchors inserted into the underlying bone may have one or more lengths of suture or wire attached thereto which may be tensioned independently of one another to affix the soft tissue to the bone by having a selector mechanism selectively engage and disengage ratcheted tensioning wheels from one another. Suture loading mechanisms may be employed for passing suture lengths into and/or through the anchors prior to deployment into the bone where such mechanisms may employ suture snares which are configured to reconfigure from an expanded shape through which suture lengths may be easily passed to a low-profile shape which secures the suture lengths within the snare.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: ArthroCare CorporationInventors: George W. White, David Gregoire, David Aldridge, Edward E. Dolendo, Emil Karapetian, Norman S. Gordon, Tri Nguyen
-
Patent number: 8828029Abstract: In repairing soft tissue with a bone anchoring instrument (such as reattaching a tendon of a torn rotator cuff), the bone anchoring instrument may be used to anchor the soft tissue to a region of bone. The anchors inserted into the underlying bone may have one or more lengths of suture or wire attached thereto which may be tensioned independently of one another to affix the soft tissue to the bone by having a selector mechanism selectively engage and disengage ratcheted tensioning wheels from one another. Suture loading mechanisms may be employed for passing suture lengths into and/or through the anchors prior to deployment into the bone where such mechanisms may employ suture snares which are configured to reconfigure from an expanded shape through which suture lengths may be easily passed to a low-profile shape which secures the suture lengths within the snare.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: ArthroCare CorporationInventors: George W. White, David Gregoire, David Aldridge, Edward E. Dolendo, Emil Karapetian, Norman S. Gordon, Tri Nguyen
-
Patent number: 8617186Abstract: In repairing soft tissue with a bone anchoring instrument (such as reattaching a tendon of a torn rotator cuff), the bone anchoring instrument may be used to anchor the soft tissue to a region of bone. The anchors inserted into the underlying bone may have one or more lengths of suture or wire attached thereto which may be tensioned independently of one another to affix the soft tissue to the bone by having a selector mechanism selectively engage and disengage ratcheted tensioning wheels from one another. Suture loading mechanisms may be employed for passing suture lengths into and/or through the anchors prior to deployment into the bone where such mechanisms may employ suture snares which are configured to reconfigure from an expanded shape through which suture lengths may be easily passed to a low-profile shape which secures the suture lengths within the snare.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: ArthroCare CorporationInventors: George W. White, David Gregoire, David Aldridge, Edward E. Dolendo, Emil Karapetian, Norman S. Gordon, Tri Nguyen
-
Publication number: 20130197576Abstract: A suture anchor device and method for attaching soft tissue to bone includes an anchor body and a suture locking wedge movably disposed within the anchor body. The suture locking wedge includes lateral portions which engage slots or windows in the anchor body. Tension applied to one limb of a suture causes the suture locking wedge to translate and rotate to a position which compresses the suture, thereby locking the suture in the anchor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Pablo Catania, Steven Wolf, Emil Karapetian, George W. White, David Gregoire, Seth A. Foerster, Christopher Rodriguez
-
Publication number: 20130197579Abstract: A suture anchor device and method for attaching soft tissue to bone includes an anchor body and a suture locking wedge movably disposed within the anchor body. The suture locking wedge includes lateral portions which engage slots or windows in the anchor body. Tension applied to one limb of a suture causes the suture locking wedge to translate and rotate to a position which compresses the suture, thereby locking the suture in the anchor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Seth A. Foerster, Steven Wolf, Emil Karapetian, George W. White, David Gregoire, Pablo Catania, Christopher Rodriguez
-
Publication number: 20130197577Abstract: A suture anchor device and method for attaching soft tissue to bone includes an anchor body and a suture locking wedge movably disposed within the anchor body. Tension applied to one side of a suture causes the suture locking wedge to move in a translational and angular dimension to a position which compresses the suture, thereby locking the suture in the anchor. The anchor body includes tracks or slots which guide the suture locking wedge from the unlocked open configuration to the locked configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Steven Wolf, Emil Karapetian, George W. White, David Gregoire
-
Publication number: 20130197578Abstract: A suture anchor device and method for attaching soft tissue to bone includes an anchor body and a suture locking wedge movably disposed within the anchor body. Tension applied to one side of a suture causes the suture locking wedge to translate and rotate into a position which compresses the suture, thereby locking the suture in the anchor. A resilient or spring biasing member within the anchor device urges the suture locking wedge to compress the suture, facilitating suture locking.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: David Gregoire, George W. White, Steven Wolf
-
Patent number: 8425536Abstract: Implant and delivery systems for soft tissue repair which affix soft tissue portions to a region of bone are described. Generally, the assembly includes two bone anchors preloaded through an inserter handle such that each anchor is penetrated into the bone directly. The first anchor is inserted through the tissue and into the bone, where it is locked into position. The first anchor has a suture or wire that protrudes through the tissue and threads through the second anchor and is secured to a rotatable suture reel located along the handle. The second anchor is inserted through the tissue and into the bone independently of the first anchor. Once the second anchor is deployed, the suture or wire is tensioned to secure the soft tissue to the bone and a suture plug within the second anchor is deployed to lock the suture or wire in place.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: ArthroCare CorporationInventors: Seth A. Foerster, George W. White, David Gregoire
-
Publication number: 20120095507Abstract: In repairing soft tissue with a bone anchoring instrument (such as reattaching a tendon of a torn rotator cuff), the bone anchoring instrument may be used to anchor the soft tissue to a region of bone. The anchors inserted into the underlying bone may have one or more lengths of suture or wire attached thereto which may be tensioned independently of one another to affix the soft tissue to the bone by having a selector mechanism selectively engage and disengage ratcheted tensioning wheels from one another. Suture loading mechanisms may be employed for passing suture lengths into and/or through the anchors prior to deployment into the bone where such mechanisms may employ suture snares which are configured to reconfigure from an expanded shape through which suture lengths may be easily passed to a low-profile shape which secures the suture lengths within the snare.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Inventors: George W. White, David Gregoire, David Aldridge, Edward E. Dolendo, Emil Karapetian, Norman S. Gordon, Tri Nguyen
-
Patent number: 8105343Abstract: In repairing soft tissue with a bone anchoring instrument (such as reattaching a tendon of a torn rotator cuff), the bone anchoring instrument may be used to anchor the soft tissue to a region of bone. The anchors inserted into the underlying bone may have one or more lengths of suture or wire attached thereto which may be tensioned independently of one another to affix the soft tissue to the bone by having a selector mechanism selectively engage and disengage ratcheted tensioning wheels from one another. Suture loading mechanisms may be employed for passing suture lengths into and/or through the anchors prior to deployment into the bone where such mechanisms may employ suture snares which are configured to reconfigure from an expanded shape through which suture lengths may be easily passed to a low-profile shape which secures the suture lengths within the snare.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: ArthroCare CorporationInventors: George W. White, David Gregoire, David Aldridge, Edward E. Dolendo, Emil Karapetian, Norman S. Gordon, Tri Nguyen
-
Publication number: 20110213417Abstract: Implant and delivery systems for soft tissue repair which affix soft tissue portions to a region of bone are described. Generally, the assembly includes two bone anchors preloaded through an inserter handle such that each anchor is penetrated into the bone directly. The first anchor is inserted through the tissue and into the bone, where it is locked into position. The first anchor has a suture or wire that protrudes through the tissue and threads through the second anchor and is secured to a rotatable suture reel located along the handle. The second anchor is inserted through the tissue and into the bone independently of the first anchor. Once the second anchor is deployed, the suture or wire is tensioned to secure the soft tissue to the bone and a suture plug within the second anchor is deployed to lock the suture or wire in place.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Seth A. Foerster, George W. White, David Gregoire
-
Patent number: 7963972Abstract: Implant and delivery systems for soft tissue repair which affix soft tissue portions to a region of bone are described. Generally, the assembly includes two bone anchors preloaded through an inserter handle such that each anchor is penetrated into the bone directly. The first anchor is inserted through the tissue and into the bone, where it is locked into position. The first anchor has a suture or wire that protrudes through the tissue and threads through the second anchor and is secured to a rotatable suture reel located along the handle. The second anchor is inserted through the tissue and into the bone independently of the first anchor. Once the second anchor is deployed, the suture or wire is tensioned to secure the soft tissue to the bone and a suture plug within the second anchor is deployed to lock the suture or wire in place.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: ArthroCare CorporationInventors: Seth A. Foerster, George W. White, David Gregoire