Patents by Inventor Laurence Higgins

Laurence Higgins 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).

  • SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DIMENSION OF HARVESTED TISSUE
    Publication number: 20230113040
    Abstract: This disclosure details a surgical system and method for changing one or more dimensions of harvested tissue, such an autograft, which is harvested from one location in a patient's body and used for a surgical repair or reconstruction procedure in another location in the patient's body. An example surgical system includes a first press component defining a cavity configured to receive harvested tissue, and a second press component including a projection insertable into the cavity. Further, at least one of the first and second press components are made of a transparent or semi-transparent material such that when harvested tissue is in the cavity and when the projection is inserted into the cavity, the harvested tissue is visible through at least one of the first and second press components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Laurence Higgins, Andrew Christian Petry, Reinhold Schmieding, Keith Taylor, Peter J. Dreyfuss
  • Soft anchor assembly with non-sliding flexible strand and techniques for use
    Patent number: 10441408
    Abstract: A soft anchor assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a sheath, a first flexible strand affixed as non-sliding relative to the sheath and a second flexible strand slidable relative to the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Dreyfuss, John A. Sodeika, Laurence Higgins
  • SOFT ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH NON-SLIDING FLEXIBLE STRAND AND TECHNIQUES FOR USE
    Publication number: 20170151055
    Abstract: A soft anchor assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a sheath, a first flexible strand affixed as non-sliding relative to the sheath and a second flexible strand slidable relative to the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Peter J. Dreyfuss, John A. Sodeika, Laurence Higgins
  • Soft anchor assembly with non-sliding flexible strand and techniques for use
    Patent number: 9622738
    Abstract: A soft anchor assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a sheath, a first flexible strand affixed as non-sliding relative to the sheath and a second flexible strand slidable relative to the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Dreyfuss, John Sodeika, Laurence Higgins
  • SOFT ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH NON-SLIDING FLEXIBLE STRAND AND TECHNIQUES FOR USE
    Publication number: 20160074030
    Abstract: A soft anchor assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a sheath, a first flexible strand affixed as non-sliding relative to the sheath and a second flexible strand slidable relative to the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Peter DREYFUSS, John SODEIKA, Laurence HIGGINS
  • Methods for attaching tissue to bone
    Publication number: 20040267317
    Abstract: A method is provided for attaching tissue to bone. In general, the method includes the steps of providing a plurality of bone anchors, each having at least one channel formed therein for receiving suture, and threading a length of suture through at least one channel in at least one of the plurality of bone anchors. Each bone anchor can then be sequentially deployed through tissue and into bone as the free or terminal ends of the suture are preferably tensioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Laurence Higgins, Izi Bruker, Jose Lizardi