Patents by Inventor Kyle Kuntz
Kyle Kuntz 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: 11771482Abstract: A fixation implant includes a head, a shank and a distal tip, and one or more of the head, shank and distal tip may be cannulated. The shank includes a threaded ingrowth portion extending from the head to the tapered distal tip that includes external threads, and at least one open network body extending along the length of the ingrowth portion. The open network body selected from one or a combination of a helix, an arrangement of trusses, a scaffold of open and interconnected pores, a porous framework of random open and interconnected pores, and combinations of these.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: CUTTING EDGE SPINE LLCInventors: Kyle Kuntz, Shyam Patel
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Patent number: 11654028Abstract: A tissue fixation implant that includes leading fixation and trailing fixation members, each fixation member having a proximal head and an elongate shank with a distal tip, and each fixation member adapted to at least partially contact the other fixation member at one or more points along their respective lengths. The tissue fixation implant includes a proximal inter-engagement feature for fixedly engaging each of the two fixation members relative to one another when engaged within tissue, including bone tissue, soft tissue, and combinations of these, and has an interior chamber suitable for receiving osteogenic material to enhance new bone growth and fusion of the fixation implant within bone.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: CUTTING EDGE SPINE LLCInventors: John Souza, Kyle Kuntz
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Patent number: 11446070Abstract: A fixation implant includes a head, a shank and a distal tip, and one or more of the head, shank and distal tip may be cannulated. The shank includes a threaded ingrowth portion extending from the head to the tapered distal tip that includes external threads, and at least one open network body extending along the length of the ingrowth portion. The open network body selected from one or a combination of a helix, an arrangement of trusses, a scaffold of open and interconnected pores, a porous framework of random open and interconnected pores, and combinations of these.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: CUTTING EDGE SPINE LLCInventors: Kyle Kuntz, Shyam Patel
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Publication number: 20220175433Abstract: A fixation implant includes a head, a shank and a distal tip, and one or more of the head, shank and distal tip may be cannulated. The shank includes a threaded ingrowth portion extending from the head to the tapered distal tip that includes external threads, and at least one open network body extending along the length of the ingrowth portion. The open network body selected from one or a combination of a helix, an arrangement of trusses, a scaffold of open and interconnected pores, a porous framework of random open and interconnected pores, and combinations of these.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: CUTTING EDGE SPINE LLCInventors: Kyle KUNTZ, Shyam PATEL
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Publication number: 20210196333Abstract: A fixation implant includes a head, a shank and a distal tip, and one or more of the head, shank and distal tip may be cannulated. The shank includes a threaded ingrowth portion extending from the head to the tapered distal tip that includes external threads, and at least one open network body extending along the length of the ingrowth portion. The open network body selected from one or a combination of a helix, an arrangement of trusses, a scaffold of open and interconnected pores, a porous framework of random open and interconnected pores, and combinations of these.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: CUTTING EDGE SPINE LLCInventors: Kyle KUNTZ, Shyam PATEL
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Patent number: 10993754Abstract: A fixation implant includes a head, a shank and a distal tip, and one or more of the head, shank and distal tip may be cannulated. The shank includes a threaded ingrowth portion extending from the head to the tapered distal tip that includes external threads, and at least one open network body extending along the length of the ingrowth portion. The open network body selected from one or a combination of a helix, an arrangement of trusses, a scaffold of open and interconnected pores, a porous framework of random open and interconnected pores, and combinations of these.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: CUTTING EDGE SPINE LLCInventors: Kyle Kuntz, Shyam Patel
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Patent number: 10842511Abstract: A surgical guide assembly for selecting a target site for insertion of a fixation implant, the surgical guide used in conjunction with fluoroscopy or other x-ray-based imaging for selecting a target site into bone based upon a rendered radiographic image of the bone. The guide includes a planar radiolucent guide tool with radiopaque markers and seats for accommodating securement components that can be engaged in apertures within securement seats of the radiolucent guide tool and contacted or positioned adjacent target bone for establishing a path to a bone target to guide the placement of an implant relative to a reference point, such as a first implant. In the guide tool may include visual indicia corresponding with one or more of the securement seats.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: CUTTING EDGE SPINE LLCInventors: Shyam Patel, Kyle Kuntz
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Publication number: 20200222189Abstract: A tissue fixation implant that includes leading fixation and trailing fixation members, each fixation member having a proximal head and an elongate shank with a distal tip, and each fixation member adapted to at least partially contact the other fixation member at one or more points along their respective lengths. The tissue fixation implant includes a proximal inter-engagement feature for fixedly engaging each of the two fixation members relative to one another when engaged within tissue, including bone tissue, soft tissue, and combinations of these, and has an interior chamber suitable for receiving osteogenic material to enhance new bone growth and fusion of the fixation implant within bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: John SOUZA, Kyle KUNTZ
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Patent number: 10588750Abstract: A tissue fixation implant that includes leading fixation and trailing fixation members, each fixation member having a proximal head and an elongate shank with a distal tip, and each fixation member adapted to at least partially contact the other fixation member at one or more points along their respective lengths. The tissue fixation implant includes a proximal inter-engagement feature for fixedly engaging each of the two fixation members relative to one another when engaged within tissue, including bone tissue, soft tissue, and combinations of these, and has an interior chamber suitable for receiving osteogenic material to enhance new bone growth and fusion of the fixation implant within bone.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: CUTTING EDGE SPINE LLCInventors: John Souza, Kyle Kuntz
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Publication number: 20190192197Abstract: A surgical guide assembly for selecting a target site for insertion of a fixation implant, the surgical guide used in conjunction with fluoroscopy or other x-ray-based imaging for selecting a target site into bone based upon a rendered radiographic image of the bone. The guide includes a planar radiolucent guide tool with radiopaque markers and seats for accommodating securement components that can be engaged in apertures within securement seats of the radiolucent guide tool and contacted or positioned adjacent target bone for establishing a path to a bone target to guide the placement of an implant relative to a reference point, such as a first implant. In the guide tool may include visual indicia corresponding with one or more of the securement seats.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Shyam PATEL, Kyle KUNTZ
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Patent number: 10159497Abstract: A system is configured to create or enlarge a cavity in a tissue body and generally includes a cannula, a friction reduction covering, and a cavity creation member. The cavity creation member includes an end portion that is configured to transition between a first shape and a second shape that is different from the first shape. In operation, retracting the friction reduction covering relative to end portion causes the end portion to change shape from the first shape to the second shape such that the cavity creation member is configured to create or enlarge a cavity in the tissue body as the second end portion exits the friction reduction member.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Kyle Kuntz, Marc Mueller
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Publication number: 20180325570Abstract: A fixation implant includes a head, a shank and a distal tip, and one or more of the head, shank and distal tip may be cannulated. The shank includes a threaded ingrowth portion extending from the head to the tapered distal tip that includes external threads, and at least one open network body extending along the length of the ingrowth portion. The open network body selected from one or a combination of a helix, an arrangement of trusses, a scaffold of open and interconnected pores, a porous framework of random open and interconnected pores, and combinations of these.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Kyle KUNTZ, Shyam PATEL
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Publication number: 20170296344Abstract: A tissue fixation implant that includes leading fixation and trailing fixation members, each fixation member having a proximal head and an elongate shank with a distal tip, and each fixation member adapted to at least partially contact the other fixation member at one or more points along their respective lengths. The tissue fixation implant includes a proximal inter-engagement feature for fixedly engaging each of the two fixation members relative to one another when engaged within tissue, including bone tissue, soft tissue, and combinations of these, and has an interior chamber suitable for receiving osteogenic material to enhance new bone growth and fusion of the fixation implant within bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: John SOUZA, Kyle KUNTZ
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Patent number: 9610083Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices for use through a cannula to create cavities within interior body regions. When deployed, the distal end of several such devices extend beyond the distal end of the catheter and can then be selectively curved into a shaped compression surface that, when articulated, creates a void within the interior body. This compression surface may then be withdrawn back into the cannula for removal and to make way for bone cement that, in certain instances, may be introduced through the same cannula.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventor: Kyle Kuntz
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Publication number: 20160106443Abstract: A system is configured to create or enlarge a cavity in a tissue body and generally includes a cannula, a friction reduction covering, and a cavity creation member. The cavity creation member includes an end portion that is configured to transition between a first shape and a second shape that is different from the first shape. In operation, retracting the friction reduction covering relative to end portion causes the end portion to change shape from the first shape to the second shape such that the cavity creation member is configured to create or enlarge a cavity in the tissue body as the second end portion exits the friction reduction member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Kyle Kuntz, Marcel Mueller
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Patent number: 9241729Abstract: A system is configured to create or enlarge a cavity in a tissue body and generally includes a cannula, a friction reduction covering, and a cavity creation member. The cavity creation member includes an end portion that is configured to transition between a first shape and a second shape that is different from the first shape. In operation, retracting the friction reduction covering relative to end portion causes the end portion to change shape from the first shape to the second shape such that the cavity creation member is configured to create or enlarge a cavity in the tissue body as the second end portion exits the friction reduction member.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Kyle Kuntz, Marc Mueller
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Publication number: 20150366566Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices for use through a cannula to create cavities within interior body regions. When deployed, the distal end of several such devices extend beyond the distal end of the catheter and can then be selectively curved into a shaped compression surface that, when articulated, creates a void within the interior body. This compression surface may then be withdrawn back into the cannula for removal and to make way for bone cement that, in certain instances, may be introduced through the same cannula.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventor: Kyle Kuntz
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Patent number: 9119639Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices for use through a cannula to create cavities within interior body regions. When deployed, the distal end of several such devices extend beyond the distal end of the catheter and can then be selectively curved into a shaped compression surface that, when articulated, creates a void within the interior body. This compression surface may then be withdrawn back into the cannula for removal and to make way for bone cement that, in certain instances, may be introduced through the same cannula.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventor: Kyle Kuntz
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Publication number: 20140172000Abstract: A system is configured to create or enlarge a cavity in a tissue body and generally includes a cannula, a friction reduction covering, and a cavity creation member. The cavity creation member includes an end portion that is configured to transition between a first shape and a second shape that is different from the first shape. In operation, retracting the friction reduction covering relative to end portion causes the end portion to change shape from the first shape to the second shape such that the cavity creation member is configured to create or enlarge a cavity in the tissue body as the second end portion exits the friction reduction member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Kyle Kuntz, Marc Mueller
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Patent number: 8377065Abstract: A surgical instrument for moving a clamp relative to a bone anchor to properly position and secure the clamp to the bone anchor. The surgical instrument including a housing, a socket assembly, a manipulating assembly, a gripping assembly and a reduction assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: Kyle Kuntz, Josef Gabelberger, Zoher Bootwala, Edward McShane