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).

  • Patent number: 11903575
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew D. Cunningham, Rick Fu, Allison Marie Stauffer, Geoffrey Karasic
  • Publication number: 20220409198
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Cunningham, Rick Fu, Allison Marie Stauffer, Geoffrey Karasic
  • Patent number: 11457911
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE, LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew D. Cunningham, Rick Fu, Allison Marie Stauffer, Geoffrey Karasic
  • Patent number: 11344288
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane George Beaulier, Marc Joseph Balboa, Geoffrey Karasic, Christopher Michael Connolly
  • Publication number: 20200360007
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Cunningham, Rick Fu, Allison Marie Stauffer, Geoffrey Karasic
  • Publication number: 20200261072
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane George Beaulier, Marc Joseph Balboa, Geoffrey Karasic, Christopher Michael Connolly
  • Publication number: 20200078026
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Karasic, Miles Steven Holt Malone, Roman Gutierrez, David Callaghan, Matthew Cunningham, Chun Liu
  • Patent number: 10568641
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Karasic, Miles Steven Holt Malone, Roman Gutierrez, David Callaghan, Matthew Cunningham, Chun Liu