Patents by Inventor Jonathan Howe

Jonathan Howe 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: 11678996
    Abstract: An angled fixation device, such as an angled screw. This angled fixation device may be used by the surgeon to secure a spacer to a spinal disc space. The proximal end portion of the angled fixation device is driven perpendicular to the anterior wall of the spacer, and so is parallel to the vertebral endplates and in-line with the inserter. The distal end portion of the angled fixation device is oriented at about a 45 degree angle (plus or minus 30 degrees) to the vertebral endplate it enters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Gamache, Joseph Childs, Derek Shaw, Jonathan Howe, Michael Gorhan, Shawn Stad, Kevin Flaherty
  • Patent number: 11576664
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The suture anchor can also include at least a proximal portion having dual threads to facilitate engagement with bone. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC
    Inventors: Kristian DiMatteo, Chris Kilburn-Peterson, Nathan S. Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Hugh S. West
  • Publication number: 20200121473
    Abstract: An angled fixation device, such as an angled screw. This angled fixation device may be used by the surgeon to secure a spacer to a spinal disc space. The proximal end portion of the angled fixation device is driven perpendicular to the anterior wall of the spacer, and so is parallel to the vertebral endplates and in-line with the inserter. The distal end portion of the angled fixation device is oriented at about a 45 degree angle (plus or minus 30 degrees) to the vertebral endplate it enters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Gamache, Joseph Childs, Derek Shaw, Jonathan Howe, Michael Gorhan, Shawn Stad, Kevin Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20190365374
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The suture anchor can also include at least a proximal portion having dual threads to facilitate engagement with bone. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Kristian DiMatteo, Chris Kilburn-Peterson, Nathan S. Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Hugh S. West
  • Patent number: 10335289
    Abstract: An angled fixation device, such as an angled screw. This angled fixation device may be used by the surgeon to secure a spacer to a spinal disc space. The proximal end portion of the angled fixation device is driven perpendicular to the anterior wall of the spacer, and so is parallel to the vertebral endplates and in-line with the inserter. The distal end portion of the angled fixation device is oriented at about a 45 degree angle (plus or minus 30 degrees) to the vertebral endplate it enters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Gamache, Joseph Childs, Derek Shaw, Jonathan Howe, Michael Gorhan, Shawn Stad, Kevin Flaherty
  • Patent number: 10327752
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The suture anchor can also include at least a proximal portion having dual threads to facilitate engagement with bone. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristian DiMatteo, Chris Kilburn-Peterson, Nathan S. Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Hugh S. West
  • Publication number: 20180173939
    Abstract: There is provided a method for recognition of objects within a video, the video comprising a plurality of video frames. The method comprises detecting a plurality of object images present in the video frames; determining comparison scores between pairs of the object images; determining correlation scores between pairs of the object images, the correlation scores being correlations between the comparison scores; grouping the object images into groups of object images that show the same object as one another based on the correlation scores; and for at least one of the groups, using the object images of the group as object images of a single object in an object recognition process. —There is further provided a system for recognition of objects within a video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Jonathan Howe
  • Patent number: 9706987
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan S. Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary McAlister, Jose E. Lizardi
  • Publication number: 20160192924
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Nathan S. Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary McAlister, Jose E. Lizardi
  • Patent number: 9271715
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: DEPUY MITEK, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary McAlister, Jose E. Lizardi
  • Publication number: 20150313721
    Abstract: An angled fixation device, such as an angled screw. This angled fixation device may be used by the surgeon to secure a spacer to a spinal disc space. The proximal end portion of the angled fixation device is driven perpendicular to the anterior wall of the spacer, and so is parallel to the vertebral endplates and in-line with the inserter. The distal end portion of the angled fixation device is oriented at about a 45 degree angle (plus or minus 30 degrees) to the vertebral endplate it enters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Gamache, Joseph Childs, Derek Shaw, Jonathan Howe, Michael Gorhan, Shawn Stad, Kevin Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20150297356
    Abstract: An angled fixation device, such as an angled screw. This angled fixation device may be used by the surgeon to secure a spacer to a spinal disc space. The proximal end portion of the angled fixation device is driven perpendicular to the anterior wall of the spacer, and so is parallel to the vertebral endplates and in-line with the inserter. The distal end portion of the angled fixation device is oriented at about a 45 degree angle (plus or minus 30 degrees) to the vertebral endplate it enters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Gamache, Joseph Childs, Derek Shaw, Jonathan Howe, Michael Gorhan, Shawn Stad, Kevin Flaherty
  • Patent number: 8882801
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The suture anchor can also include at least a proximal portion having dual threads to facilitate engagement with bone. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, LLC
    Inventors: Kristian DiMatteo, Chris Kilburn-Peterson, Nathan S. Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Hugh S. West
  • Publication number: 20140188167
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The suture anchor can also include at least a proximal portion having dual threads to facilitate engagement with bone. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: DEPUY MITEK, LLC
    Inventors: Kristian DiMatteo, Chris Kilburn-Peterson, Nathan S. Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Hugh S. West
  • Patent number: 8702754
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The suture anchor can also include at least a proximal portion having dual threads to facilitate engagement with bone. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, LLC
    Inventors: Kristian DiMatteo, Chris Kilburn-Peterson, Nathan S. Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Hugh S. West
  • Patent number: 8597328
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Eugene Wolf
  • Patent number: 8460309
    Abstract: An inserter for inserting a suture anchor into bone. The inserter has external markings that uniquely identify the orientations and the relative longitudinal positions of at least two suture passages through a suture anchor releasably engaged with the inserter. The markings assist a surgeon in determining a preferred placement and orientation of the anchor at an operative site during a surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: DePuy Mitek, LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Howe
  • Patent number: 8341533
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for storage and expedited retrieval of messages and responses in multi-tasking environments. Methods provided by these tools may establish active communications with a first contact, and then received indications of secondary communications involving a second contact. These methods may then present user interfaces (UIs) that include representations of at least the secondary communications. Through the UIs, the methods may receive a selection of one of the secondary communications for an expedited response, and may receive input from the user that provides the expedited response to the secondary communication, while maintaining the active communication in an active state. These methods may provide the expedited response to the secondary communication, based upon the input received from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Wyman, Frank Fitzlaff, Jonathan Howe, Serhiy Serbin
  • Publication number: 20120277866
    Abstract: A banana-shaped cage adapted for use as an intervertebral fusion cage, wherein the leading direction of the nose of the banana cage is substantially in-line with the angle of the inserter shaft that inserts the cage into the disc space. It has been found that insertion of this cage requires lower insertion forces than the conventional cage whose leading direction substantially follows the arc of the banana curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Prakasam Kalluri, Christine Rusbarsky, Thomas Martin, Jonathan Howe
  • Publication number: 20120179200
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a cannulated suture anchor is provided and it includes a suture-engaging member formed therein and configured to receive a suture therearound such that trailing ends of the suture can extend through the suture anchor. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: DEPUY MITEK, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Cauldwell, Jonathan Howe, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary McAlister, Jose E. Lizardi