Patents by Inventor Matthew Dennis Cunningham
Matthew Dennis Cunningham 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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Publication number: 20220240954Abstract: Surgical drill guides have modular configurations and are adapted to accommodate a wide range of anatomy. The surgical drill guides are adapted to be removed while leaving a guide wire in its intended location in human bone. The distal end of the drill guide acts as a safety stop for the guide wire by preventing the guide wire from penetrating too far past the far side of the bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Santangelo, Anthony O'Leary, Matthew Dennis Cunningham, Scott Faucett, Jeffrey Wyman, Chun Liu, Roman Gutierrez
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Patent number: 11324523Abstract: A drill guide system provides a means of improved tunnel placement accuracy by allowing the drill guide to articulate to seat against the bone being drilled. The drill guide includes an articulating drill guide adapter constructed in four parts: a top cap, a thumbscrew, a lock tab, and a spring mechanism. The drill guide adapter is part of an aimer arm which mates with a handle on the proximal end and an aimer guide on the distal end. The drill guide adaptor allows the aimer guide to articulate relative to an irregular mating surface, allowing for increased area contact between the aimer guide template and bone. Examples of the drill guide adaptor also include a means for locking the aimer guide into place relative to the aimer arm.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.Inventors: Matthew Dennis Cunningham, Stephen Santangelo, Kimberly Anne Baker
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Patent number: 11298143Abstract: Surgical drill guides have modular configurations and are adapted to accommodate a wide range of anatomy. The surgical drill guides are adapted to be removed while leaving a guide wire in its intended location in human bone. The distal end of the drill guide acts as a safety stop for the guide wire by preventing the guide wire from penetrating too far past the far side of the bone.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Santangelo, Anthony O'Leary, Matthew Dennis Cunningham, Scott Faucett, Jeffrey Wyman, Chun Liu, Roman Gutierrez
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Patent number: 11253248Abstract: A meniscal repair instrument includes an articulating mechanism configured to move a needle on the tip in a controlled arc. Multiple directions of motion are provided in order to facilitate the deployment of suture anchors. In one aspect, the articulating mechanism includes a series of movable members that are coupled together by two wires that are provided with a push/pull force via a control mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.Inventors: Stephen Santangelo, Anthony O'Leary, Matthew Dennis Cunningham
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Patent number: 10772622Abstract: A tissue repair device including a handle, an elongated needle body defining an axial bore extending from the handle, first and second implants connected by a suture and disposed at least partially within the axial bore of the needle. A ratchet assembly includes a pusher member that incrementally advances through the needle body to urge the first and second implants therefrom in a predefined sequence, a proximally-biased rotatable ratchet coupled to the pusher member, and an axially translatable drive mechanism configured to provide axial and rotational driving forces causing the ratchet to alternately engage and disengage from successively more distal teeth of a toothed surface within the handle. One or more implant retention features impeded undesired expulsion of implants from the needle.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Santangelo, Anthony O'Leary, Matthew Dennis Cunningham
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Publication number: 20200222066Abstract: A drill guide system provides a means of improved tunnel placement accuracy by allowing the drill guide to articulate to seat against the bone being drilled. The drill guide includes an articulating drill guide adapter constructed in four parts: a top cap, a thumbscrew, a lock tab, and a spring mechanism. The drill guide adapter is part of an aimer arm which mates with a handle on the proximal end and an aimer guide on the distal end. The drill guide adaptor allows the aimer guide to articulate relative to an irregular mating surface, allowing for increased area contact between the aimer guide template and bone. Examples of the drill guide adaptor also include a means for locking the aimer guide into place relative to the aimer arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Dennis Cunningham, Stephen Santangelo, Kimberly Anne Baker
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Patent number: 10639048Abstract: A drill guide system provides a means of improved tunnel placement accuracy by allowing the drill guide to articulate to seat against the bone being drilled. The drill guide includes an articulating drill guide adapter constructed in four parts: a top cap, a thumbscrew, a lock tab, and a spring mechanism. The drill guide adapter is part of an aimer arm which mates with a handle on the proximal end and an aimer guide on the distal end. The drill guide adaptor allows the aimer guide to articulate relative to an irregular mating surface, allowing for increased area contact between the aimer guide template and bone. Examples of the drill guide adaptor also include a means for locking the aimer guide into place relative to the aimer arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Dennis Cunningham, Stephen Santangelo, Kimberly Anne Baker
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Publication number: 20190274697Abstract: Surgical drill guides have modular configurations and are adapted to accommodate a wide range of anatomy. The surgical drill guides are adapted to be removed while leaving a guide wire in its intended location in human bone. The distal end of the drill guide acts as a safety stop for the guide wire by preventing the guide wire from penetrating too far past the far side of the bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Santangelo, Anthony O'Leary, Matthew Dennis Cunningham, Scott Faucett, Jeffrey Wyman, Chun Liu, Roman Gutierrez
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Publication number: 20190183482Abstract: A meniscal repair instrument includes an articulating mechanism configured to move a needle on the tip in a controlled arc. Multiple directions of motion are provided in order to facilitate the deployment of suture anchors. In one aspect, the articulating mechanism includes a series of movable members that are coupled together by two wires that are provided with a push/pull force via a control mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Santangelo, Anthony O'Leary, Matthew Dennis Cunningham
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Publication number: 20180153564Abstract: A drill guide system provides a means of improved tunnel placement accuracy by allowing the drill guide to articulate to seat against the bone being drilled. The drill guide includes an articulating drill guide adapter constructed in four parts: a top cap, a thumbscrew, a lock tab, and a spring mechanism. The drill guide adapter is part of an aimer arm which mates with a handle on the proximal end and an aimer guide on the distal end. The drill guide adaptor allows the aimer guide to articulate relative to an irregular mating surface, allowing for increased area contact between the aimer guide template and bone. Examples of the drill guide adaptor also include a means for locking the aimer guide into place relative to the aimer arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Dennis Cunningham, Stephen Santangelo, Kimberly Anne Baker
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Publication number: 20180116654Abstract: A tissue repair device including a handle, an elongated needle body defining an axial bore extending from the handle, first and second implants connected by a suture and disposed at least partially within the axial bore of the needle. A ratchet assembly includes a pusher member that incrementally advances through the needle body to urge the first and second implants therefrom in a predefined sequence, a proximally-biased rotatable ratchet coupled to the pusher member, and an axially translatable drive mechanism configured to provide axial and rotational driving forces causing the ratchet to alternately engage and disengage from successively more distal teeth of a toothed surface within the handle. One or more implant retention features impeded undesired expulsion of implants from the needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Santangelo, Anthony O'Leary, Matthew Dennis Cunningham