Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Gall

Kenneth A. Gall 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: 10624996
    Abstract: A method includes forming a mixture including a therapeutic agent and a solid delivery medium, injecting the mixture into a reservoir within an orthopedic implant body, and storing the injected mixture in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Gall, Thorsten M. Seyler, Brian Allen, Sarah Dicker, Catherine Oliver
  • Publication number: 20190167433
    Abstract: An orthopedic implant device includes an implant body with a reservoir configured store a therapeutic agent. A wall of the implant body has opposite side surfaces, including a side surface facing into the reservoir. Elution channels reach from the reservoir through the body wall. The elution channels include an elongated channel traversing a thickness of the body wall between the opposite side surfaces. The elongated channel may have a length greater than twice the thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Allen, Kenneth A. Gall, Thorsten M. Seyler, Catherine Oliver
  • Publication number: 20190167260
    Abstract: A fixation device is disclosed. The fixation device includes a first component and a second component. The first component has a top surface, a base, at least one locking projection, and at least one tapered projection extending from the top surface. The at least one locking projection includes a first locking element. The fixation device further includes a second component having a top surface, a base, at least one locking aperture, and at least one second aperture corresponding to the projections on the first component. The at least one locking apertures includes a second locking element. In some embodiments, the at least one locking projection on the first component is configured to lock together with the at least one locking aperture on the second component to secure together two ends of a surgical mesh suture or tape suture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Howard Levinson, Kenneth A. Gall
  • Publication number: 20190167851
    Abstract: A method includes forming a mixture including a therapeutic agent and a solid delivery medium, injecting the mixture into a reservoir within an orthopedic implant body, and storing the injected mixture in the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Gall, Thorsten M. Seyler, Brian Allen, Sarah Dicker, Catherine Oliver
  • Patent number: 8808385
    Abstract: Provided herein are shape memory polymer spinal cages including polymers with intended deployment at temperatures far below the onset of the glassy transition of the shape memory polymer. The described shape memory polymer spinal cages are adapted to be deployed by mechanical activation rather than thermal activation or activation by other stimuli. Thus, the shape memory polymers used herein are configured to have transition temperatures far above their temperatures of intended use, thereby requiring mechanical activation to recover stored strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: MedShape, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn Smith, Kenneth A. Gall, Kenneth Dupont
  • Publication number: 20130310835
    Abstract: Intramedullary medical devices (e.g., intramedullary nails) and methods for their use and manufacture are described herein. The intramedullary medical devices described herein may provide sustained compressive forces across a bone fusion site despite bone resorption processes. Through various embodiments, the intramedullary medical devices described herein may provide non-linear force curves relative to displacement. Intramedullary medical devices are described with multiple elements made of different materials. Examples of intramedullary medical devices are described with shape memory alloys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: MedShape Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Gall, Kurt Jacobus, Heidi K. Waldman, Douglas Pacaccio, Mark Harrold
  • Publication number: 20130237632
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus described herein may utilize activation of an SMP material to install medical devices with respect to a surgical site. Activation of the SMP material may be performed with the use of a triggering force and/or a constraint applied to the SMP material. Activation using a triggering force and/or a constraint may be used to create varied activation rates in an SMP material and varying speeds and times of activation to occur in shape memory polymers in devices. The disclosure also describes devices using wedge elements for activation of shape memory response in the SMP material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: MedShape, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Gall
  • Patent number: 8491583
    Abstract: Intramedullary medical devices (e.g., intramedullary nails) and methods for their use and manufacture are described herein. The intramedullary medical devices described herein may provide sustained compressive forces across a bone fusion site despite bone resorption processes. Through various embodiments, the intramedullary medical devices described herein may provide non-linear force curves relative to displacement. Intramedullary medical devices are described with multiple elements made of different materials. Examples of intramedullary medical devices are described with shape memory alloys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: MedShape, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Gall, Kurt Jacobus, Heidi K. Waldman, Douglas Pacaccio, Mark Harrold
  • Patent number: 8430933
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus described herein may utilize activation of an SMP material to install medical devices with respect to a surgical site. Activation of the SMP material may be performed with the use of a triggering force and/or a constraint applied to the SMP material. Activation using a triggering force and/or a constraint may be used to create varied activation rates in an SMP material and may be combined with temperature or other activation stimuli to create the varied activation rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: MedShape Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Gall
  • Patent number: 8118952
    Abstract: Bone fracture fixation devices, systems and methods of use and manufacture are provided. One such bone fixation device includes an elongate element having a responsive zone. The element is adapted to be coupled to the bone so that the responsive zone is positioned adjacent a fracture or fusion site in the bone. The responsive zone is adapted to apply a desired pressure to the bone when coupled thereto. In some embodiments, the responsive zone comprises a shape memory material, which may be nickel titanium or Nitinol, to apply compressive pressure across the fracture or fusion site for longer periods of time than standard bone screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Medshape Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Gall, Jeffrey A. Tyber, Douglas Pacaccio
  • Patent number: 8069858
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus described herein may utilize activation of an SMP material to install medical devices with respect to a surgical site. Activation of the SMP material may be performed with the use of a triggering force and/or a constraint applied to the SMP material. Activation using a triggering force and/or a constraint may be used to create varied activation rates in an SMP material and may be combined with temperature or other activation stimuli to create the varied activation rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Medshape Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Gall
  • Patent number: 7985222
    Abstract: The present invention provides bone fracture fixation devices, systems and methods of use and manufacture. One such bone fixation device includes an elongate element having a responsive zone. The element is adapted to be coupled to the bone so that the responsive zone is positioned adjacent a fracture site in the bone. The responsive zone is adapted to apply a desired pressure to the bone when coupled thereto. In some embodiments, the responsive zone comprises a shape memory material, which may be nickel titanium or Nitinol, to apply compressive pressure across the fracture site for longer periods of time than standard bone screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Medshape Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Gall, Jeffrey A. Tyber, Douglas J. Pacaccio
  • Publication number: 20110067712
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus described herein may utilize activation of an SMP material to install medical devices with respect to a surgical site. Activation of the SMP material may be performed with the use of a triggering force and/or a constraint applied to the SMP material. Activation using a triggering force and/or a constraint may be used to create varied activation rates in an SMP material and may be combined with temperature or other activation stimuli to create the varied activation rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: MEDSHAPE SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Gall
  • Publication number: 20110004212
    Abstract: Intramedullary medical devices (e.g., intramedullary nails) and methods for their use and manufacture are described herein. The intramedullary medical devices described herein may provide sustained compressive forces across a bone fusion site despite bone resorption processes. Through various embodiments, the intramedullary medical devices described herein may provide non-linear force curves relative to displacement. Intramedullary medical devices are described with multiple elements made of different materials. Examples of intramedullary medical devices are described with shape memory alloys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Medshape Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Gall, Kurt Jocobus, Heidi K. Waldman, Douglas Pacaccio, Mark Harrold
  • Patent number: D649248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Medshape Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack C. Griffs, III, Kenneth A. Gall, Christopher M. Yakacki
  • Patent number: D657872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Medshape Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack C. Griffis, III, Kenneth A. Gall, Stephen Lee Laffoon
  • Patent number: D657873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Medshape Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi F. Khalil, Kenneth A. Gall, James Kurt Jacobus
  • Patent number: D665078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: MedShape Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack C. Griffis, III, Kenneth A. Gall, Stephen Lee Laffoon
  • Patent number: D681811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: MedShape, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack C. Griffis, III, Kenneth A. Gall, Christopher M. Yakacki
  • Patent number: D701958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: MedShape, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack C. Griffis, III, Kenneth A. Gall, Kathryn Smith, Stephen Lee Laffoon, Annie E. Macedo, Kadija N. McAnuff, Mary K. Pitz