Patents by Inventor Justin A. Barbas

Justin A. Barbas 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: 20240399025
    Abstract: Methods of making an enhanced bioactive PRP implant include supplying a centrifuge container with a collagen-based scaffold pre-inserted onto a moveable filter within the vial. A centrifuge process for creating the PRP implant is followed, resulting in a PRP/collagen implant combination. Other biologics may be added to the container instead of or in addition to the collagen-based scaffold. Additionally, methods of fixing the PRP implant into place at the point of a tear or wound include applying the PRP implant adjacent to or within a meniscal tear, or underneath or on top of a rotator cuff tear. Suture or staples may then be routed either through or over the PRP implant to hold the implant in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Nehal N. Patel, Timothy Young, Justin A. Barbas, Matthew D. Cunningham, Jon-Paul Rogers, Geoffrey I. Karasic, Stephen A. Santangelo, William Middleton, Hadi El Heneidi, Angela Noble, Mark E. Housman, Marc J. Balboa, Andrew F. Thompson, Rosanne Frederick
  • Publication number: 20240099829
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of both repairing a ligament and augmenting the repair. A single anchor may provide a single anchoring location for both a repair member and an augmenting member at a first end of the ligament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Zenan Qi, Michael Thyden, Stephen A. Santangelo, Jon-Paul Rogers, Justin A. Barbas
  • Publication number: 20240016490
    Abstract: An instrument for manipulating and passing suture through a tissue is disclosed. The instrument includes a handle and a needle. The needle includes a lumen and terminates with a distal opening and a sharp edge surface for piercing tissue. The instrument also includes a hook, axially slideable within the needle lumen and through the needle distal opening. The hook may axially slide between a suture-locking configuration, a suture-sliding configuration and a suture release and capture configuration. The instrument may include improvements that better protect smaller and more fragile sutures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Young, Marc J. Balboa, Kangqiao Li, Justin A. Barbas, Alyssa Paul