Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Karasic
Geoffrey Karasic 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: 11903575Abstract: Anchor delivery systems include anchors having a generally cylindrical body with a rail on top for positioning within a delivery device slot. The rail incorporates a side-bulge as a retaining feature which axially extends along a majority of the length of the rail. The bulge interferes with a corresponding hourglass cutout in the delivery device slot to prevent the anchor from stripping out of the delivery device when the delivery device is retracted through tissue. The anchors are symmetrical along a length and width to facilitate loading within the delivery device. The distal portion of the delivery device includes a series of distally-extending barbs that intentionally change the penetration force required to push the device tip through tissue.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITEDInventors: Matthew D. Cunningham, Rick Fu, Allison Marie Stauffer, Geoffrey Karasic
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Publication number: 20220409198Abstract: Anchor delivery systems include anchors having a generally cylindrical body with a rail on top for positioning within a delivery device slot. The rail incorporates a side-bulge as a retaining feature which axially extends along a majority of the length of the rail. The bulge interferes with a corresponding hourglass cutout in the delivery device slot to prevent the anchor from stripping out of the delivery device when the delivery device is retracted through tissue. The anchors are symmetrical along a length and width to facilitate loading within the delivery device. The distal portion of the delivery device includes a series of distally-extending barbs that intentionally change the penetration force required to push the device tip through tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Matthew D. Cunningham, Rick Fu, Allison Marie Stauffer, Geoffrey Karasic
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Patent number: 11457911Abstract: Anchor delivery systems include anchors having a generally cylindrical body with a rail on top for positioning within a delivery device slot. The rail incorporates a side-bulge as a retaining feature which axially extends along a majority of the length of the rail. The bulge interferes with a corresponding hourglass cutout in the delivery device slot to prevent the anchor from stripping out of the delivery device when the delivery device is retracted through tissue. The anchors are symmetrical along a length and width to facilitate loading within the delivery device. The distal portion of the delivery device includes a series of distally-extending barbs that intentionally change the penetration force required to push the device tip through tissue.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE, LIMITEDInventors: Matthew D. Cunningham, Rick Fu, Allison Marie Stauffer, Geoffrey Karasic
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Patent number: 11344288Abstract: Methods for superior capsular repair use knotless anchors on the glenoid row to simplify graft shuttling and reduce the number of sutures required to complete the repair. A single suture knotlessly attached to the graft and to a glenoid row anchor is the primary pulley used to shuttle the graft into the joint Other sutures attached to the graft may be placed in working portals to add further control over the graft orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Duane George Beaulier, Marc Joseph Balboa, Geoffrey Karasic, Christopher Michael Connolly
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Publication number: 20200360007Abstract: Anchor delivery systems include anchors having a generally cylindrical body with a rail on top for positioning within a delivery device slot. The rail incorporates a side-bulge as a retaining feature which axially extends along a majority of the length of the rail. The bulge interferes with a corresponding hourglass cutout in the delivery device slot to prevent the anchor from stripping out of the delivery device when the delivery device is retracted through tissue. The anchors are symmetrical along a length and width to facilitate loading within the delivery device. The distal portion of the delivery device includes a series of distally-extending barbs that intentionally change the penetration force required to push the device tip through tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Matthew D. Cunningham, Rick Fu, Allison Marie Stauffer, Geoffrey Karasic
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Publication number: 20200261072Abstract: Methods for superior capsular repair use knotless anchors on the glenoid row to simplify graft shuttling and reduce the number of sutures required to complete the repair. A single suture knotlessly attached to the graft and to a glenoid row anchor is the primary pulley used to shuttle the graft into the joint Other sutures attached to the graft may be placed in working portals to add further control over the graft orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Duane George Beaulier, Marc Joseph Balboa, Geoffrey Karasic, Christopher Michael Connolly
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Publication number: 20200078026Abstract: Retro guidewire reamers include a drill having a tubular shaft configured to be disposed over a guidewire and at least one cutting member movably disposed adjacent the distal end of the shaft. A slide actuator is moveably coupled to the shaft and to an actuator wire slidable along the shaft. The actuator wire is operative to move the at least one cutting member between a closed position and a deployed position when the slide actuator is moved along the shaft. The retro guidewire reamers include mechanisms to protect the mechanical joint between the actuator wire and the slide actuator which prevent the actuator wire from disengaging from the slide actuator when the cutting member is obstructed by a guidewire.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Karasic, Miles Steven Holt Malone, Roman Gutierrez, David Callaghan, Matthew Cunningham, Chun Liu
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Patent number: 10568641Abstract: Retro guidewire reamers include a drill having a tubular shaft configured to be disposed over a guidewire and at least one cutting member movably disposed adjacent the distal end of the shaft. A slide actuator is moveably coupled to the shaft and to an actuator wire slidable along the shaft. The actuator wire is operative to move the at least one cutting member between a closed position and a deployed position when the slide actuator is moved along the shaft. The retro guidewire reamers include mechanisms to protect the mechanical joint between the actuator wire and the slide actuator which prevent the actuator wire from disengaging from the slide actuator when the cutting member is obstructed by a guidewire.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Karasic, Miles Steven Holt Malone, Roman Gutierrez, David Callaghan, Matthew Cunningham, Chun Liu