Patents by Inventor Mark Hedgeland
Mark Hedgeland 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: 12636050Abstract: The expandible-extendible intramedullary nail includes a base section. An assembly component is connected to the base section. The assembly component has an inner assembly surface and helical assembly threads formed on the inner assembly surface. A distal rod is connected to the assembly component. A driving nut is connected to the distal rod and assembly component. The driving nut has an outer nut surface and helical nut threads formed on the outer nut surface. The driving nut is rotatable about the longitudinal central axis of the helical nut threads such that the rotation causes helical displacement of the helical nut threads relative to the helical assembly threads. This causes longitudinal displacement of the distal rod relative to the assembly component.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2025Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Inventors: Zachary Wallace, Mark Hedgeland, Lauren Gray
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Publication number: 20250339315Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, a flexible cannula, and a needle. The needle is resiliently biased to extend along at least one proximal curve through least one proximal curved needle portion. The needle is resiliently biased to extend along at least one distal curve through at least one distal curved needle portion. In another embodiment, an apparatus includes a main body portion including a proximal channel configured to receive a plunger of a syringe, and a stop surface configured to selectively engage the plunger of the syringe to arrest distal advancement of the plunger. The apparatus also includes first and second deflectable beams configured to cooperate with each other to securely grip the barrel of the syringe, and first and second deflectable flanges configured to cooperate with each other to grip the barrel of the syringe.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2025Publication date: November 6, 2025Inventors: Thomas E. Meyer, Chase Wooley, Kirsten Stoner, Justin Creel, Michael Keane, Sergio Camacho, Mark Hedgeland, John Miser, Rory Klingensmith, Peter Meinz
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Publication number: 20250255652Abstract: The expandible-extendible intramedullary nail includes a base section. An assembly component is connected to the base section. The assembly component has an inner assembly surface and helical assembly threads formed on the inner assembly surface. A distal rod is connected to the assembly component. A driving nut is connected to the distal rod and assembly component. The driving nut has an outer nut surface and helical nut threads formed on the outer nut surface. The driving nut is rotatable about the longitudinal central axis of the helical nut threads such that the rotation causes helical displacement of the helical nut threads relative to the helical assembly threads. This causes longitudinal displacement of the distal rod relative to the assembly component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2025Publication date: August 14, 2025Applicant: IRF Medical LLCInventors: Zachary Wallace, Mark Hedgeland, Lauren Gray
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Publication number: 20250255621Abstract: Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2025Publication date: August 14, 2025Inventors: David Machamer, David R. Jansen, Mark Hedgeland, Mark Rossney
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Publication number: 20250235251Abstract: Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2025Publication date: July 24, 2025Inventors: Mark Hedgeland, David Machamer, David R. Jansen, Mark Rossney, David J. Rowe, David Laird
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Publication number: 20250195268Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, a flexible cannula, and a needle. The cannula is sized and configured to advance between a sclera and a choroid of a patient's eye. The needle is slidably disposed in the cannula and includes a sharp distal tip. The needle translates relative to the cannula between a proximal position and a distal position. The distal tip is positioned inside the cannula when the needle is in the proximal position. The distal tip is positioned outside the cannula when the needle is in the distal position. The needle is resiliently biased to extend along at least one proximal curve through least one proximal curved needle portion. The needle is resiliently biased to extend along at least one distal curve through at least one distal curved needle portion. The at least one distal curve is different from the at least one proximal curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Inventors: Thomas E. Meyer, Chase Wooley, Kirsten Stoner, Justin Creel, Michael Keane, Sergio Camacho, Mark Hedgeland, John Miser, Rory Klingensmith
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Publication number: 20250177202Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, and anchoring feature, and a guide feature. The body is sized and configured to be positioned on an eye of a patient. The anchoring feature is configured to secure the body to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is configured to guide a cannula into a scleral incision formed in the eye of the patient along a path that is substantially tangential relative to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is sized and configured to allow the cannula to pivot laterally through a range of angular motion at the scleral incision.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2024Publication date: June 5, 2025Inventors: Thomas E. Meyer, Mark Hedgeland, Benjamin Ko, Thomas Gernetzke, Olivia Enneking, Eric Kennedy, Robert Roth, Michael Auld, Jacob Schubert, Samuel Ridgley
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Publication number: 20250169865Abstract: Intramedullary nails, aiming guide assemblies, and methods. The aiming guide assembly can include an aiming guide having a collet and a connection bolt configured to engage a connection bolt driver. The connection bolt may be self-retaining and engage with the connection bolt driver in a manner to prevent unintentional disengagement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2024Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Mark Hedgeland, Mark Rossney, David R. Jansen
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Patent number: 12285178Abstract: Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: David Machamer, David R. Jansen, Mark Hedgeland, Mark Rossney
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Patent number: 12268430Abstract: Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Mark Hedgeland, David Machamer, David R. Jansen, Mark Rossney, David J. Rowe, David Laird
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Patent number: 12178489Abstract: Intramedullary nails, aiming guide assemblies, and methods. The aiming guide assembly can include an aiming guide having a collet and a connection bolt configured to engage a connection bolt driver. The connection bolt may be self-retaining and engage with the connection bolt driver in a manner to prevent unintentional disengagement.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Mark Hedgeland, Mark Rossney, David R. Jansen
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Patent number: 12171688Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, and anchoring feature, and a guide feature. The body is sized and configured to be positioned on an eye of a patient. The anchoring feature is configured to secure the body to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is configured to guide a cannula into a scleral incision formed in the eye of the patient along a path that is substantially tangential relative to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is sized and configured to allow the cannula to pivot laterally through a range of angular motion at the scleral incision.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Genentech, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Meyer, Mark Hedgeland, Benjamin Ko, Thomas Gernetzke, Olivia Enneking, Eric Kennedy, Robert Roth, Michael Auld, Jacob Schubert, Samuel Ridgley
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Publication number: 20230390111Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, and anchoring feature, and a guide feature. The body is sized and configured to be positioned on an eye of a patient. The anchoring feature is configured to secure the body to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is configured to guide a cannula into a scleral incision formed in the eye of the patient along a path that is substantially tangential relative to the eye of the patient. The guide feature is sized and configured to allow the cannula to pivot laterally through a range of angular motion at the scleral incision.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Thomas E. Meyer, Mark Hedgeland, Benjamin Ko, Thomas Gernetzke, Olivia Enneking, Eric Kennedy, Robert Roth, Michael Auld, Jacob Schubert, Samuel Ridgley
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Patent number: 11730524Abstract: Intramedullary nails, aiming guide assemblies, and methods. The aiming guide assembly can include an aiming guide having an elongate proximal handle portion. A generally arcuate distal implant alignment tip connector portion is connected to the proximal handle portion and has a distal implant alignment tip extending along a tip axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the proximal handle portion. A recon module may be releasably attached to a proximal end of the proximal handle portion. An oblique module may be releasably attached to the distal implant alignment tip portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Mark Hedgeland, Mark Rossney, David R. Jansen
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Publication number: 20230140303Abstract: An apparatus includes a body and a head. The head defines a fluid reservoir. The head includes a distal face and a needle. The distal face is configured to engage an exterior surface of a patient's eye at an anterior region of the patient's eye. The needle is configured to extend distally from the distal face. The needle has a length sufficient to extend through a sclera layer of the patient's eye and thereby position at least a portion of a distal tip of the needle in a suprachoroidal space of the patient's eye at an anterior region of the patient's eye. The needle is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir such that the needle is operable to deliver fluid from the fluid reservoir into the suprachoroidal space of the patient's eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Mark Hedgeland, Thomas E. Meyer, Justin A. Creel
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Publication number: 20230038350Abstract: Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: David Machamer, David R. Jansen, Mark Hedgeland, Mark Rossney
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Patent number: 11490905Abstract: Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: David Machamer, David R. Jansen, Mark Hedgeland, Mark Rossney
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Publication number: 20210353349Abstract: Intramedullary nails, aiming guide assemblies, and methods. The aiming guide assembly can include an aiming guide having a collet and a connection bolt configured to engage a connection bolt driver. The connection bolt may be self-retaining and engage with the connection bolt driver in a manner to prevent unintentional disengagement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Mark Hedgeland, Mark Rossney, David R. Jansen
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Publication number: 20210346077Abstract: Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Mark Hedgeland, David Machamer, David R. Jansen, Mark Rossney, David J. Rowe, David Laird
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Patent number: 11090098Abstract: Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Mark Hedgeland, David Machamer, David R. Jansen, Mark Rossney, David J. Rowe, David Laird