Patents by Inventor Justin Taber
Justin Taber 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: 11937801Abstract: The disclosure provides devices and methods of use pertaining to intra joint stabilization. Embodiments include a number of suture returning and suture locking anchors that feature elongated sleeves configured to protect the associated bone tunnels from suture wipering, which results in abrasion and enlargement of the bone tunnel and leads to migration of the suture anchors. Embodiments also include suture locking anchors that lock via an interference fit between the suture strand and a receiver of the anchor and a set screw, where the receiver and the set screw each feature a number of gradual, opposing tapers to facilitate gradual proximal-to-distal gripping and releasing of the suture strand to achieve an optimal locking force while preventing severing of the suture strand. Further embodiments include intra joint reinforcement and stabilization constructs formed using the disclosed devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLCInventors: T. Wade Fallin, Justin Taber, Matthew Karam, Phinit Phisitkul
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Patent number: 11931247Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for storing and/or shipping an intraocular lens (IOL) cartridge are provided. A system comprises the IOL cartridge. The IOL cartridge comprises a nozzle and a compartment comprising an IOL. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the compartment. The IOL cartridge further comprises a dial disposed adjacent to the compartment, wherein an inner surface of the dial is exposed to the compartment. The dial is configured to fold the IOL upon rotation of the dial. The IOL cartridge further comprises a plunger case in fluid communication with the compartment, wherein a plunger is movably disposed within the plunger case. The IOL cartridge is configured to removably attach to a handpiece.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Sudarshan B. Singh, Todd Taber, Douglas Brent Wensrich, Yinghui Wu, Trevor Haney, Andrew Check, Justin Benacquisto, Joe Marietta, Jonathan Penrod, Tim LaRoy, Bryce Porter
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Patent number: 11911263Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for storing and/or shipping an intraocular lens (IOL) cartridge are provided. A system comprises a packaging comprising a passage. The IOL cartridge is removably disposed within the passage. The IOL cartridge comprises a nozzle and a compartment configured to receive an IOL. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the compartment. The IOL cartridge further comprises a dial configured to rotate upon withdrawal of the IOL cartridge from the passage, wherein an inner surface of the dial is exposed to the compartment. The dial is configured to fold the IOL and release the IOL cartridge from the packaging upon rotation of the dial.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Sudarshan B. Singh, Todd Taber, Yinghui Wu, Douglas Brent Wensrich, Trevor Haney, Andrew Check, Justin Benaquisto, Joe Marietta, Jonathan Penrod, Tim LaRoy, Bryce Porter
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Publication number: 20230414264Abstract: Various articulating tools for driving fasteners or other surgical implements are disclosed. The articulating tool may be removably connected to a handpiece comprising a motor. The articulating tool may include a torque transmission mechanism that includes a first shaft that extends through the lumen of the elongate outer housing. The first shaft may transfer the torque from the motor to an articulating torque transmission unit. The articulating torque transmission unit may transfer the torque to the bit that interlocks to the fastener. The articulating tool may include an orientation mechanism that is separate from the torque transmission mechanism. The orientation mechanism can have one or more controllers to rotate the articulating unit and driver head adapter about one or more axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Justin Taber, Daniel Manuel Santos
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Publication number: 20230285061Abstract: Various power screwdrivers with screw delivery systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus attachable to a power screwdriver comprises a housing, a cartridge barrel having a plurality of barrel chambers, each capable of holding a screw and drive-bit assembly, and a drive shaft assembly. The drive shaft is aligned with a barrel chamber. The drive shaft has a handle sleeved thereon. The handle is coupled to a barrel cam connected to the cartridge barrel. Moving the handle proximally to a retracted position and then distally to a neutral position rotates the cartridge barrel in a way that the drive shaft is aligned with a barrel chamber adjacent the previous barrel chamber. Moving the handle distally to a forward position advances a screw out of a port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Daniel Manuel Santos, Justin Taber
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Publication number: 20230285062Abstract: Various surgical impactors are disclosed. The surgical impactor may include a housing, a rod that extends at least partially inside the housing, a hammer head attached to the rod, and a hammer housing that receives the hammer head. Actuation of the rod can cause the hammer head to move proximally and/or distally inside, and to impact, the hammer housing. The force of the impact can be conveyed to a surgical implant, instrument, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Daniel Manuel Santos, Justin Taber
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Publication number: 20230051745Abstract: Articulated instruments that include tools for disrupting and/or distracting tissue, and methods of using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Helson Pacheco-Serrant, Justin Taber, Douglas M. Lorang, Laurent B. Schaller, Patricia McHale, Michael Baldwin, Richard G. Fessler, Joshua M. Ammerman
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Publication number: 20220401224Abstract: The present disclosure provides a spinous process implant and associated methods. In one aspect of the disclosure, the implant includes a spacer that is connectable to two extensions. One of the two extensions is connectable to the spacer at a first end and coupled to the spacer by a rotational connection. The other of the two extensions is movably connectable to the second end of the spacer and translatable over the outer surface of the spacer from the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Justin Taber, Ryan Fredricey
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Patent number: 11471145Abstract: Articulated instruments that include tools for disrupting and/or distracting tissue, and methods of using the same.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Spinal Elements, Inc.Inventors: Helson Pacheco-Serrant, Justin Taber, Douglas M. Lorang, Laurent B. Schaller, Patricia McHale, Michael Baldwin, Richard G. Fessler, Joshua M. Ammerman
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Patent number: 11432936Abstract: The present invention provides a spinous process implant and associated methods. In one aspect of the invention, the implant includes a spacer that is connectable to two extensions. One of the two extensions is connectable to the spacer at a first end and coupled to the spacer by a rotational connection. The other of the two extensions is movably connectable to the second end of the spacer and translatable over the outer surface of the spacer from the second end.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.Inventors: Justin Taber, Ryan Fredricey
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Publication number: 20220151605Abstract: The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to syndesmosis reinforcement. Embodiments include a clamp having two jaws that extend toward each other to clamp two bone portions therebetween. The clamp may include an angle gauge and an adjustment mechanism having a force gauge that combine to enable the compression of the two bone portions in an optimal direction or angle and at an optimal, measurable compression force. Embodiments also include a tension instrument configured to knotlessly lock a flexible strand construct between two anchors at the same optimal direction and tension applied by the clamp. Further embodiments include an exemplary syndesmosis reinforcement procedure that employs the clamp and the tension instrument to construct a ligament reinforcement construct that achieves optimal anatomic positioning in both directional alignment and the reduction force applied by the construct. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLCInventors: Justin TABER, T. Wade FALLIN, Phinit PHISITKUL
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Publication number: 20220151604Abstract: The disclosure provides devices and methods of use pertaining to extra joint stabilization. Embodiments include a number of suture returning and locking anchors that feature both a suture return element and a suture locking feature that employs an interference fit between a flexible synthetic strand, a receiver of the anchor, and a set screw, where the receiver and the set screw each have a number of gradual, opposing tapers to facilitate gradual proximal-to-distal gripping and releasing of the flexible strand to achieve an optimal locking force while preventing severing of the flexible strand. Embodiments also include a counter-torque anchor driver configured to resist torsional forces generated during and translated to the anchor during set-screw insertion. Further embodiments include extra joint reinforcement, stabilization, and attachment constructs formed using the disclosed devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLCInventors: T. Wade FALLIN, Justin TABER, Matthew KARAM, Phinit PHISITKUL
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Patent number: 11241225Abstract: The disclosure provides devices and methods of use pertaining to extra joint stabilization. Embodiments include a number of suture returning and locking anchors that feature both a suture return element and a suture locking feature that employs an interference fit between a flexible synthetic strand, a receiver of the anchor, and a set screw, where the receiver and the set screw each have a number of gradual, opposing tapers to facilitate gradual proximal-to-distal gripping and releasing of the flexible strand to achieve an optimal locking force while preventing severing of the flexible strand. Embodiments also include a counter-torque anchor driver configured to resist torsional forces generated during and translated to the anchor during set-screw insertion. Further embodiments include extra joint reinforcement, stabilization, and attachment constructs formed using the disclosed devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLCInventors: T. Wade Fallin, Justin Taber, Matthew Karam, Phinit Phisitkul
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Patent number: 11234688Abstract: The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to syndesmosis reinforcement. Embodiments include a clamp having two jaws that extend toward each other to clamp two bone portions therebetween. The clamp may include an angle gauge and an adjustment mechanism having a force gauge that combine to enable the compression of the two bone portions in an optimal direction or angle and at an optimal, measurable compression force. Embodiments also include a tension instrument configured to knotlessly lock a flexible strand construct between two anchors at the same optimal direction and tension applied by the clamp. Further embodiments include an exemplary syndesmosis reinforcement procedure that employs the clamp and the tension instrument to construct a ligament reinforcement construct that achieves optimal anatomic positioning in both directional alignment and the reduction force applied by the construct. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLCInventors: Justin Taber, T. Wade Fallin, Phinit Phisitkul
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Publication number: 20210169459Abstract: Articulated instruments that include tools for disrupting and/or distracting tissue, and methods of using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Helson PACHECO-SERRANT, Justin Taber, Douglas M. Lorang, Laurent B. Schaller, Patricia McHale, Michael Baldwin, Richard G. Fessler, Joshua M. Ammerman
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Patent number: 10974149Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for controlling movement in a video game. The method includes rotating a camera angle in a virtual world to change a viewpoint of a character. The method also includes populating a movement control interface with selections corresponding to points of interest in the virtual world in response to rotating the camera angle, the selections changing based on the viewpoint. The method also includes selecting a point of interest from the movement control interface by toggling a selection corresponding to the point of interest. The method also includes moving the character to the point of interest in the virtual world.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.Inventors: Alexander Seropian, Scott Cameron, Timothy Michaels, Sean Michael Kearney, Jason T. Pecho, Justin Taber
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Publication number: 20210052267Abstract: The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to a multiple suture threader. Embodiments of the multiple suture threader include a handle that is coupled with a first collapsible loop and a second collapsible loop that is axially offset from the first collapsible loop. In use, one or more sutures are doubled over each of the first and the second collapsible loops such that when the axially spaced loops are passed through a narrow axial passage of a surgical implant, a surgical instrument, or a bodily passage such as a bone tunnel, a twenty-five to fifty percent reduction in suture traffic, or in the maximum number of suture thicknesses that simultaneously pass through the narrow passage, is achieved. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLCInventors: Phinit PHISITKUL, Justin TABER, T. Wade FALLIN
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Patent number: 10842480Abstract: The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to a multiple suture threader. Embodiments of the multiple suture threader include a handle that is coupled with a first collapsible loop and a second collapsible loop that is axially offset from the first collapsible loop. In use, one or more sutures are doubled over each of the first and the second collapsible loops such that when the axially spaced loops are passed through a narrow axial passage of a surgical implant, a surgical instrument, or a bodily passage such as a bone tunnel, a twenty-five to fifty percent reduction in suture traffic, or in the maximum number of suture thicknesses that simultaneously pass through the narrow passage, is achieved. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: CROSSROADS EXTREMITY SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Phinit Phisitkul, Justin Taber, T. Wade Fallin
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Publication number: 20200289933Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for controlling movement in a video game. The method includes rotating a camera angle in a virtual world to change a viewpoint of a character. The method also includes populating a movement control interface with selections corresponding to points of interest in the virtual world in response to rotating the camera angle, the selections changing based on the viewpoint. The method also includes selecting a point of interest from the movement control interface by toggling a selection corresponding to the point of interest. The method also includes moving the character to the point of interest in the virtual world.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Alexander SEROPIAN, Scott CAMERON, Timothy MICHAELS, Sean Michael KEARNEY, Jason T. PECHO, Justin TABER
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Publication number: 20200268372Abstract: The disclosure provides devices and methods of use pertaining to intra joint stabilization. Embodiments include a number of suture returning and suture locking anchors that feature elongated sleeves configured to protect the associated bone tunnels from suture wipering, which results in abrasion and enlargement of the bone tunnel and leads to migration of the suture anchors. Embodiments also include suture locking anchors that lock via an interference fit between the suture strand and a receiver of the anchor and a set screw, where the receiver and the set screw each feature a number of gradual, opposing tapers to facilitate gradual proximal-to-distal gripping and releasing of the suture strand to achieve an optimal locking force while preventing severing of the suture strand. Further embodiments include intra joint reinforcement and stabilization constructs formed using the disclosed devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLCInventors: T. Wade FALLIN, Justin TABER, Matthew KARAM, Phinit PHISITKUL