Patents by Inventor Jacob A. Jolly

Jacob A. Jolly 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: 12004734
    Abstract: A method of reinforcing a biological construct according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, attaching a suture loop/needle construct to a reinforcement material and stitching the reinforcement material to a biological construct to form a reinforced biological construct. The reinforcement material is attached to the suture loop/needle construct prior to approximating the reinforcement material to the biological construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: James J. Guerra, Jacob A. Jolly, Dustin T. Libby, Thomas M. Deberardino
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220110622
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to expandable implants and methods of using expandable implants for tissue fixation and repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher G. Papangelou, Kenneth T. Helenbolt, Jacob A. Jolly, Justin M. Boyle
  • Patent number: 11284990
    Abstract: An adjustable construct for fixation of a tendon or ligament graft in a tunnel. The construct comprises a flexible, adjustable loop connected to tissue (for example, graft, ligament or tendon). The adjustable loop may be integrated with an additional tissue supporting device (for example, a wedge or a plug). The tissue is secured within a bone socket/tunnel by adjusting the length of the flexible adjustable loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Ricardo Albertorio, Eric S. Zajac, Jacob A. Jolly
  • Patent number: 11259912
    Abstract: An adjustable construct for fixation of a tendon or ligament graft in a tunnel. The construct comprises a flexible, adjustable loop connected to tissue (for example, graft, ligament or tendon). The adjustable loop may be integrated with an additional tissue supporting device (for example, a wedge or a plug). The tissue is secured within a bone socket/tunnel by adjusting the length of the flexible adjustable loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Ricardo Albertorio, Eric S. Zajac, Jacob A. Jolly
  • Patent number: 11160546
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to expandable implants and methods of using expandable implants for tissue fixation and repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher G. Papangelou, Kenneth T. Helenbolt, Jacob A. Jolly, Justin Boyle
  • Patent number: 11109854
    Abstract: A method of reinforcing a biological construct according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, attaching a suture loop/needle construct to a reinforcement material and stitching the reinforcement material to a biological construct to form a reinforced biological construct. The reinforcement material is attached to the suture loop/needle construct prior to approximating the reinforcement material to the biological construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: James J. Guerra, Jacob A. Jolly, Dustin T. Libby, Thomas M. Deberardino
  • Patent number: 11109853
    Abstract: Systems and methods for bone to bone, or soft tissue to bone, repairs without knot tying. The repair systems include self-cinching constructs which are tensionable and which include a flexible strand with a knotless, adjustable loop with at least one splice and a shuttle/pull device attached to the flexible strand. A final splice is formed by pulling on the shuttle/pull device subsequent to the knotless, adjustable loop being assembled with or secured to tissue (for example, a soft tissue graft or BTB graft), to allow desired tensioning of the graft to be fixated relative to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Eric S. Zajac, Jacob A. Jolly
  • Publication number: 20210196264
    Abstract: Surgical constructs and methods for closing a tear in soft tissue without knot tying and without the use of fixation devices are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Bachmaier, Jeremy B. Stephens, John P. Gualdoni, Jacob A. Jolly, Justin M. Boyle, Andrew K. Osika
  • Patent number: 10973621
    Abstract: Graft compression and sizing tubes, methods of graft sizing and compression using such graft tubes, and kits of graft tubes are disclosed. A graft tube aids in graft preparation for a surgery by quickly and consistently compressing a graft to a desired diameter and measuring the length of the graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Adrian Wilson, Dean Acker, Jacob A. Jolly
  • Publication number: 20210007729
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to expandable implants and methods of using expandable implants for tissue fixation and repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher G. Papangelou, Kenneth T. Helenbolt, Jacob A. Jolly, Justin Boyle
  • Patent number: 10792035
    Abstract: A combined tissue grasper and suture retriever instrument and methods for surgical repairs are disclosed. An instrument allows grasping of tissue with simultaneous passage of a flexible strand from a suture passer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Robert J. Meislin, Jacob A. Jolly
  • Patent number: 10786237
    Abstract: A method of reinforcing a biological construct according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, attaching a suture loop/needle construct to a reinforcement material and stitching the reinforcement material to a biological construct to form a reinforced biological construct. The reinforcement material is attached to the suture loop/needle construct prior to approximating the reinforcement material to the biological construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: James J. Guerra, Jacob A. Jolly, Dustin T. Libby, Thomas M. Deberardino
  • Patent number: 10639049
    Abstract: A drill pin and a method of fixating tissue to bone is described herein. A method of fixating tissue to a bone with a fixation button is described that includes advancing a drill pin from a first surface of a bone to a second surface of the bone to form a tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Laviano, Jacob A. Jolly, Kenneth T. Helenbolt, Augusto Custodio
  • Patent number: 10448943
    Abstract: A method of reinforcing a biological construct according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, attaching a suture loop/needle construct to a reinforcement material and stitching the reinforcement material to a biological construct to form a reinforced biological construct. The reinforcement material is attached to the suture loop/needle construct prior to approximating the reinforcement material to the biological construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: James J. Guerra, Jacob A. Jolly, Dustin T. Libby, Thomas M. Deberardino
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190223858
    Abstract: Systems and methods for bone to bone, or soft tissue to bone, repairs without knot tying. The repair systems include self-cinching constructs which are tensionable and which include a flexible strand with a knotless, adjustable loop with at least one splice and a shuttle/pull device attached to the flexible strand. A final splice is formed by pulling on the shuttle/pull device subsequent to the knotless, adjustable loop being assembled with or secured to tissue (for example, a soft tissue graft or BTB graft), to allow desired tensioning of the graft to be fixated relative to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Eric S. Zajac, Jacob A. Jolly
  • Patent number: 10245016
    Abstract: Systems and methods for bone to bone, or soft tissue to bone, repairs without knot tying. The repair systems include self-cinching constructs which are tensionable and which include a flexible strand with a knotless, adjustable loop with at least one splice and a shuttle/pull device attached to the flexible strand. A final splice is formed by pulling on the shuttle/pull device subsequent to the knotless, adjustable loop being assembled with or secured to tissue (for example, a soft tissue graft or BTB graft), to allow desired tensioning of the graft to be fixated relative to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Eric S. Zajac, Jacob A. Jolly
  • Patent number: 10238484
    Abstract: An adjustable construct for fixation of a tendon or ligament graft in a tunnel. The construct comprises a flexible, adjustable loop connected to tissue (for example, graft, ligament or tendon). The adjustable loop may be integrated with an additional tissue supporting device (for example, a wedge or a plug). The tissue is secured within a bone socket/tunnel by adjusting the length of the flexible adjustable loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo Albertorio, Eric S. Zajac, Jacob A. Jolly
  • Publication number: 20180344332
    Abstract: A drill pin and a method of fixating tissue to bone is described herein. A method of fixating tissue to a bone with a fixation button is described that includes advancing a drill pin from a first surface of a bone to a second surface of the bone to form a tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Anthony Laviano, Jacob A. Jolly, Kenneth T. Helenbolt, Augusto Custodio