Patents by Inventor David R. Tuttle

David R. Tuttle 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).

  • Publication number: 20230270456
    Abstract: A surgical guide includes a body having a shape that corresponds to a shape of an implant to be implanted. The body defines a first opening and at least one hole that is sized and configured to receive a tool. A first alignment feature configured to facilitate alignment of the surgical guide with a first anatomic plane is coupled to the body. Systems and methods also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghan R. KUBACKI, David R. TUTTLE, Steven L. HADDAD
  • Publication number: 20230073521
    Abstract: A device including a delivery port and a method of delivering a material via a delivery port is disclosed. The device includes a body extending between a proximal surface and a distal surface. The body is sized and configured to be coupled to an anatomical structure at an implantation site. A first inlet port is formed in a distal surface of the body and is sized and configured to receive a first material. A first outlet port is formed in the proximal surface of the body. The first outlet port is coupled to the first inlet port by a first fluid path defined by the body and the first outlet port is sized and configured to provide the first material to a first predetermined location when the body is coupled to the anatomical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn E. McGinley, David R. Tuttle
  • Publication number: 20210386549
    Abstract: An implant includes a component for fixed attachment to a bone. An underpass layer of a porous material is disposed on a first side of the component for fixed attachment. At least one strut is provided on the underpass layer. The at least one strut has a first surface contacting the underpass layer and a second surface opposite the first surface. The at least one strut comprises a non-porous material. An additional layer of the porous material fills a respective volume adjacent the at least one strut. The additional layer extends from a first side of the underpass layer to a predetermined height at or above the second surface of the at least one strut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: David R. TUTTLE
  • Patent number: 11090162
    Abstract: An implant includes a component for fixed attachment to a bone. An underpass layer of a porous material is disposed on a first side of the component for fixed attachment. At least one strut is provided on the underpass layer. The at least one strut has a first surface contacting the underpass layer and a second surface opposite the first surface. The at least one strut comprises a non-porous material. An additional layer of the porous material fills a respective volume adjacent the at least one strut. The additional layer extends from a first side of the underpass layer to a predetermined height at or above the second surface of the at least one strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: David R. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 10624751
    Abstract: Knee prosthesis includes a femoral component adapted to fit on a distal end of the femur and a tibial insert component. The femoral component includes a measured anterior/posterior dimension defined by the posterior condyle surface and the interior surface of the anterior flange and a distal peg provided on a distal bone facing surface of each of the lateral and medial condylar structures, wherein the distal pegs are positioned at a midpoint of the measured anterior/posterior dimension. The implant system provides two distinct sizing segments and the tibial insert has a medial tibial aspect ratio of 0.74 and a lateral tibial aspect ratio of 0.65 to 0.68 for all sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventors: William J. Maloney, J. David Blaha, C. Lowry Barnes, John M. Green, David R. Tuttle
  • Publication number: 20190350717
    Abstract: An implant includes a component for fixed attachment to a bone. An underpass layer of a porous material is disposed on a first side of the component for fixed attachment. At least one strut is provided on the underpass layer. The at least one strut has a first surface contacting the underpass layer and a second surface opposite the first surface. The at least one strut comprises a non-porous material. An additional layer of the porous material fills a respective volume adjacent the at least one strut. The additional layer extends from a first side of the underpass layer to a predetermined height at or above the second surface of the at least one strut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: David R. TUTTLE
  • Publication number: 20190150946
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for making femoral resections for seating a femoral implant on a distal femur, the instrument configured for orientation relative to an intramedullary rod. The instrument includes a medial distal cut guide having a cut guide portion, the cut guide portion having a cut slot therein for use in resecting a medial distal condyle of the femur. A medial distal cut paddle supports the medial distal cut guide. The medial distal cut paddle is configured to mount on the intramedullary rod to orient the medial distal cut slot substantially along an anterior-medial slope of the medial distal condyle when the medial distal cut paddle is mounted on the intramedullary rod to thereby define an anterior-medial approach for making a medial distal resection of the medial distal condyle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: David R. Tuttle, Brian R. Harris
  • Publication number: 20190046325
    Abstract: Knee prosthesis includes a femoral component adapted to fit on a distal end of the femur and a tibial insert component. The femoral component includes a measured anterior/posterior dimension defined by the posterior condyle surface and the interior surface of the anterior flange and a distal peg provided on a distal bone facing surface of each of the lateral and medial condylar structures, wherein the distal pegs are positioned at a midpoint of the measured anterior/posterior dimension. The implant system provides two distinct sizing segments and the tibial insert has a medial tibial aspect ratio of 0.74 and a lateral tibial aspect ratio of 0.65 to 0.68 for all sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: MicroPort Orthopedics Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Maloney, J. David Blaha, C. Lowry Barnes, John M. Green, David R. Tuttle
  • Publication number: 20180310946
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for making femoral resections for seating a femoral implant on a distal femur, the instrument configured for orientation relative to an intramedullary rod. The instrument includes a medial distal cut guide having a cut guide portion, the cut guide portion having a cut slot therein for use in resecting a medial distal condyle of the femur. A medial distal cut paddle supports the medial distal cut guide. The medial distal cut paddle is configured to mount on the intramedullary rod to orient the medial distal cut slot substantially along an anterior-medial slope of the medial distal condyle when the medial distal cut paddle is mounted on the intramedullary rod to thereby define an anterior-medial approach for making a medial distal resection of the medial distal condyle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Tuttle, Brian R. Harris
  • Patent number: 10098748
    Abstract: Knee prosthesis includes a femoral component adapted to fit on a distal end of the femur and a tibial insert component. The femoral component includes a measured anterior/posterior dimension defined by the posterior condyle surface and the interior surface of the anterior flange and a distal peg provided on a distal bone facing surface of each of the lateral and medial condylar structures, wherein the distal pegs are positioned at a midpoint of the measured anterior/posterior dimension. The implant system provides two distinct sizing segments and the tibial insert has a medial tibial aspect ratio of 0.74 and a lateral tibial aspect ratio of 0.65 to 0.68 for all sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: MicroPort Orthopedic Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Maloney, J. David Blaha, C. Lowry Barnes, John M. Green, David R. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 10092306
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for making femoral resections for seating a femoral implant on a distal femur, the instrument configured for orientation relative to an intramedullary rod. The instrument includes a medial distal cut guide having a cut guide portion, the cut guide portion having a cut slot therein for use in resecting a medial distal condyle of the femur. A medial distal cut paddle supports the medial distal cut guide. The medial distal cut paddle is configured to mount on the intramedullary rod to orient the medial distal cut slot substantially along an anterior-medial slope of the medial distal condyle when the medial distal cut paddle is mounted on the intramedullary rod to thereby define an anterior-medial approach for making a medial distal resection of the medial distal condyle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Tuttle, Brian R. Harris
  • Publication number: 20180064545
    Abstract: Knee prosthesis includes a femoral component adapted to fit on a distal end of the femur and a tibial insert component. The femoral component includes a measured anterior/posterior dimension defined by the posterior condyle surface and the interior surface of the anterior flange and a distal peg provided on a distal bone facing surface of each of the lateral and medial condylar structures, wherein the distal pegs are positioned at a midpoint of the measured anterior/posterior dimension. The implant system provides two distinct sizing segments and the tibial insert has a medial tibial aspect ratio of 0.74 and a lateral tibial aspect ratio of 0.65 to 0.68 for all sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: MICROPORT OTHOPEDIC HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: William J. Maloney, J. David Blaha, C. Lowry Barnes, John M. Green, David R. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 9814586
    Abstract: Knee prosthesis includes a femoral component adapted to fit on a distal end of the femur and a tibial insert component. The femoral component includes a measured anterior/posterior dimension defined by the posterior condyle surface and the interior surface of the anterior flange and a distal peg provided on a distal bone facing surface of each of the lateral and medial condylar structures, wherein the distal pegs are positioned at a midpoint of the measured anterior/posterior dimension. The implant system provides two distinct sizing segments and the tibial insert has a medial tibial aspect ratio of 0.74 and a lateral tibial aspect ratio of 0.65 to 0.68 for all sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: MicroPort Orthopedics Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Maloney, J. David Blaha, C. Lowry Barnes, John M. Green, David R. Tuttle
  • Publication number: 20160324645
    Abstract: Knee prosthesis includes a femoral component adapted to fit on a distal end of the femur and a tibial insert component. The femoral component includes a measured anterior/posterior dimension defined by the posterior condyle surface and the interior surface of the anterior flange and a distal peg provided on a distal bone facing surface of each of the lateral and medial condylar structures, wherein the distal pegs are positioned at a midpoint of the measured anterior/posterior dimension. The implant system provides two distinct sizing segments and the tibial insert has a medial tibial aspect ratio of 0.74 and a lateral tibial aspect ratio of 0.65 to 0.68 for all sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: MICROPORT ORTHOPEDIC HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: William J. Maloney, J. David Blaha, C. Lowry Barnes, John M. Green, David R. Tuttle
  • Publication number: 20160256178
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for making femoral resections for seating a femoral implant on a distal femur, the instrument configured for orientation relative to an intramedullary rod. The instrument includes a medial distal cut guide having a cut guide portion, the cut guide portion having a cut slot therein for use in resecting a medial distal condyle of the femur. A medial distal cut paddle supports the medial distal cut guide. The medial distal cut paddle is configured to mount on the intramedullary rod to orient the medial distal cut slot substantially along an anterior-medial slope of the medial distal condyle when the medial distal cut paddle is mounted on the intramedullary rod to thereby define an anterior-medial approach for making a medial distal resection of the medial distal condyle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: David R. Tuttle, Brian R. Harris
  • Patent number: 9381088
    Abstract: Knee prosthesis includes a femoral component adapted to fit on a distal end of the femur and a tibial insert component. The femoral component includes a measured anterior/posterior dimension defined by the posterior condyle surface and the interior surface of the anterior flange and a distal peg provided on a distal bone facing surface of each of the lateral and medial condylar structures, wherein the distal pegs are positioned at a midpoint of the measured anterior/posterior dimension. The implant system provides two distinct sizing segments and the tibial insert has a medial tibial aspect ratio of 0.74 and a lateral tibial aspect ratio of 0.65 to 0.68 for all sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: MicroPort Orthopedics Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Maloney, J. David Blaha, C. Lowry Barnes, John M. Green, David R. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 9220520
    Abstract: An anti-backout stylus comprising a stylus and a locking stylus holder. The locking stylus holder engages the stylus at a series of discrete positions during insertion of the stylus into the holder. The locking stylus holder prevents inadvertent backing out of the stylus by preventing the stylus from being withdrawn to a previous one of the discrete positions. The locking stylus holder can preferably be selectively disengaged from the stylus to allow for selective withdrawal of the stylus. Each engagement of one of the discrete positions by the locking stylus holder preferably indicates a femoral size. The discrete positions are preferably defined by detents formed on the stylus and a stop member on the locking stylus holder. The locking stylus holder can be provided on an anterior rough cut guide, with the anterior rough cut guide preferably mountable on an intramedullary rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: MicroPort Orthopedics Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Tuttle, Brian R. Harris
  • Publication number: 20150173780
    Abstract: An anti-backout stylus comprising a stylus and a locking stylus holder. The locking stylus holder engages the stylus at a series of discrete positions during insertion of the stylus into the holder. The locking stylus holder prevents inadvertent backing out of the stylus by preventing the stylus from being withdrawn to a previous one of the discrete positions. The locking stylus holder can preferably be selectively disengaged from the stylus to allow for selective withdrawal of the stylus. Each engagement of one of the discrete positions by the locking stylus holder preferably indicates a femoral size. The discrete positions are preferably defined by detents formed on the stylus and a stop member on the locking stylus holder. The locking stylus holder can be provided on an anterior rough cut guide, with the anterior rough cut guide preferably mountable on an intramedullary rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: David R. Tuttle, Brian R. Harris
  • Patent number: 8998908
    Abstract: An anti-backout stylus comprising a stylus and a locking stylus holder. The locking stylus holder engages the stylus at a series of discrete positions during insertion of the stylus into the holder. The locking stylus holder prevents inadvertent backing out of the stylus by preventing the stylus from being withdrawn to a previous one of the discrete positions. The locking stylus holder can preferably be selectively disengaged from the stylus to allow for selective withdrawal of the stylus. Each engagement of one of the discrete positions by the locking stylus holder preferably indicates a femoral size. The discrete positions are preferably defined by detents formed on the stylus and a stop member on the locking stylus holder. The locking stylus holder can be provided on an anterior rough cut guide, with the anterior rough cut guide preferably mountable on an intramedullary rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Microport Orthopedics Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Tuttle, Brian R. Harris
  • Publication number: 20140188118
    Abstract: An anti-backout stylus comprising a stylus and a locking stylus holder. The locking stylus holder engages the stylus at a series of discrete positions during insertion of the stylus into the holder. The locking stylus holder prevents inadvertent backing out of the stylus by preventing the stylus from being withdrawn to a previous one of the discrete positions. The locking stylus holder can preferably be selectively disengaged from the stylus to allow for selective withdrawal of the stylus. Each engagement of one of the discrete positions by the locking stylus holder preferably indicates a femoral size. The discrete positions are preferably defined by detents formed on the stylus and a stop member on the locking stylus holder. The locking stylus holder can be provided on an anterior rough cut guide, with the anterior rough cut guide preferably mountable on an intramedullary rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Tuttle, Brian R. Harris