Patents by Inventor Nathan A Winslow

Nathan A Winslow 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: 12279962
    Abstract: A glenoid implant is provided and may include a body portion and a stem portion. The stem portion may extend from the body portion along a longitudinal axis. The body portion may include an articular side and a bone-engaging side opposite the articular side. At least a portion of the bone-engaging side may be disposed at a non-parallel angle relative to at least a peripheral edge of the articulation side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Francis Kovacs, John M. McDaniel, Nathan A. Winslow, Thomas M. Vanasse, Michael A. Wack
  • Publication number: 20250072884
    Abstract: A system may include a proximal body defining a shaft. A system may include a distal body for insertion into the proximal body shaft, the distal body comprising: a square post, wherein an internal surface of the square post is threaded; and a suture slot in having at least one surface with serrations thereon. A system may include a screw at least partially encapsulated within the proximal body and extending into the shaft, wherein the screw is threaded to match the internal surface of the threaded square post. A system may include the screw actuatable to move the distal body into the shaft by rotation of the screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventor: Nathan A. Winslow
  • Publication number: 20240325153
    Abstract: The disclosure includes methods and systems for making orthopedic connections where there is unique adjustability to the connection. Illustratively, one embodiment provides a connecting assembly for connecting a plurality of orthopedic components. Such connecting assemblies can include a first orthopedic component that provides a female bore. Additionally, the assembly can include a second orthopedic component that can be or include a male-type connecting member that is positionable in the bore of the first orthopedic component. In one preferred form, the male-type connecting member will be a quasi-spherical member. The quasi-spherical member can include a textured outer surface, e.g., for contacting one or more walls or surfaces in the bore in a fashion that removably locks or helps to removably lock or fix the quasi-spherical member in the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Andrew Rolfe Hopkins
  • Patent number: 12089832
    Abstract: Disclosure herein are knotless suture anchor constructs and methods of use thereof. The suture anchor constructs can include a bone anchor and a suture. The bone anchor can include a suture anchoring member and can define a cavity and a longitudinal passage extending from a trailing end of the bone anchor at least partially therethrough to the cavity. The suture anchoring member can be located in the cavity. The suture can be coupled to the suture anchoring member and can include a tensioning portion, a repair portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion can form a suture loop extending along the longitudinal passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Hoang Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12076249
    Abstract: A system for aligning components of a prosthetic includes a mounting plate, a fastener and an adapter coupling plate. The mounting plate comprises: a first major surface; a second major surface opposing the first major surface; an adapter accommodation hole extending through the mounting plate; and sizing indicia located on the second major surface. The fastener extends from the mounting plate. The adapter coupling plate comprises: a third major surface; a fourth major surface opposing the third major surface; an adapter coupling hole extending through the adapter coupling plate and surrounded by the adapter accommodation hole; and an indicator located on the fourth major surface to point to the sizing indicia on the mounting plate. The adapter coupling plate can be slidable along a slot surrounding the fastener or a tongue and groove system connecting the adapter coupling plate and the mounting plate and locked via the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Muir, Ravikumar Varadarajan, Nathan A. Winslow
  • Patent number: 12048626
    Abstract: The disclosure includes methods and systems for making orthopedic connections where there is unique adjustability to the connection. Illustratively, one embodiment provides a connecting assembly for connecting a plurality of orthopedic components. Such connecting assemblies can include a first orthopedic component that provides a female bore. Additionally, the assembly can include a second orthopedic component that can be or include a male-type connecting member that is positionable in the bore of the first orthopedic component. In one preferred form, the male-type connecting member will be a quasi-spherical member. The quasi-spherical member can include a textured outer surface, e.g., for contacting one or more walls or surfaces in the bore in a fashion that removably locks or helps to removably lock or fix the quasi-spherical member in the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Andrew Rolfe Hopkins
  • Publication number: 20240173142
    Abstract: An implant assembly can include a primary structure securable to a bone of a patient. The primary structure can include an adapted portion manufactured to match an anatomy of the bone of the patient. The adapted portion can also be engageable with the bone of the patient. The implant assembly can also include an attachment securable to the primary structure. The attachment can include an articular portion can define an implant articular surface. The implant articular surface can be engageable with a second bone of the patient. The attachment can also include a tailored portion extending from the articular portion. The tailored portion can be manufactured to match the anatomy of the bone of the patient and be engageable with the bone of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Nathan A. Winslow
  • Publication number: 20240148375
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a suture for a surgical procedure that can include a body. The body can comprise an elongate strand. The body can have an aperture therethrough at a first portion of the elongate strand. A second portion of the elongate strand adjacent the first portion can be passed through the first aperture to create a feature along an exterior surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hoang Nguyen, Nathan A. Winslow
  • Publication number: 20240023953
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tissue repair are illustrated and described. One such system optionally includes any one or combination of: one or more sutures, a suture anchor configured to couple with the one or more sutures and a prosthesis. The prosthesis can optionally be configured to be inserted in a bone of a patient. The prosthesis can have a first surface and at least one passage therein. The at least one passage can have a first opening at the first surface and a second opening. The suture anchor can be configured to couple with the prosthesis at one or more of the first surface or the at least one passage. The one or more sutures can be configured to pass through the prosthesis via the at least one passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Nathan A. Winslow
  • Publication number: 20240023954
    Abstract: Disclosure herein are knotless suture anchor constructs and methods of use thereof. The suture anchor constructs can include a bone anchor and a suture. The bone anchor can include a suture anchoring member and can define a cavity and a longitudinal passage extending from a trailing end of the bone anchor at least partially therethrough to the cavity. The suture anchoring member can be located in the cavity. The suture can be coupled to the suture anchoring member and can include a tensioning portion, a repair portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion can form a suture loop extending along the longitudinal passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Hoang Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20240008993
    Abstract: A humeral arthroplasty system includes a sensor device, a humeral head including a first portion of circuitry of the sensor device and an adapter socket, a taper adapter configured to seat within the adapter socket, a stemless humeral anchor couplable to the taper adapter, and a second portion of circuitry of the sensor device extending into the adapter socket. The taper adapter and the stemless humeral anchor can comprise a central bore extending therethrough, and the second portion of the circuitry of the sensor device can be connected to the first portion by an electrical circuit extending through the taper adapter. The humeral head can comprise a ceramic material. The second portion of circuitry can comprise a force sensor extending into the adapter socket, wherein the taper adapter is configured to engage the force sensor when seated in the adapter socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Miller, Nathan A. Winslow, Raymond C. Parisi, Andrew Scott Payton
  • Patent number: 11826038
    Abstract: Disclosure herein are knotless suture anchor constructs and methods of use thereof. The suture anchor constructs can include a bone anchor and a suture. The bone anchor can include a suture anchoring member and can define a cavity and a longitudinal passage extending from a trailing end of the bone anchor at least partially therethrough to the cavity. The suture anchoring member can be located in the cavity. The suture can be coupled to the suture anchoring member and can include a tensioning portion, a repair portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion can form a suture loop extending along the longitudinal passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Hoang Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11801064
    Abstract: A humeral cut guide member for resectioning or resurfacing a humeral head, including a bone-engagement member including a first patient-specific bone-engagement surface that is complementary and made to substantially mate and nest in only one position on a specific patient's humeral head; a registration member connected to the bone-engagement member including a second patient-specific bone engagement surface that is sized and made to substantially mate and nest in only one position with the specific patient's bicipital groove; and a cut guide plate connected to the bone-engagement member and defining an elongated slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Clinton E. Kehres, Benjamin Isaiah Joseph, Nathan A. Winslow, Jason M. Hurst
  • Publication number: 20230329694
    Abstract: A tissue repair device is disclosed. The tissue repair device can include any one or combination of features including an end effector and an actuator. A deformable first anchor and a deformable second anchor can be captured by the end effector. The actuator can selectively engage the first anchor and the second anchor in a series. The actuator can deploy the first anchor from the end effector into tissue and then can be selectively moveable to engage and deploy the second anchor from the end effector into the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher M. Palese, Daniel R. Norton, Nathan A. Winslow
  • Publication number: 20230320717
    Abstract: A method of soft tissue repair comprises attaching at least one suture to a soft tissue to be affixed to a bone structure, positioning a tissue anchor on a driver, positioning a cinching suture alongside the driver, engaging a catch of the cinching suture with a stop of the driver, capturing the at least one suture attached to the soft tissue in a loop of the cinching suture positioned proximate a distal tip of the driver, drawing the at least one suture toward the distal tip of the driver by pulling at least a first portion of the cinching suture; preventing the cinching suture from passing by the driver by engaging the catch with the stop, and installing the tissue anchor into the bone structure to secure the at least one suture in the bone structure by interference-friction fixation between the tissue anchor and the bone structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher M. Palese, Nathan A. Winslow
  • Patent number: 11730465
    Abstract: A self-adjusting suture construct can include a suture extending from a passive end to an active end. The passive end can include a first loop that the active end can be passed through to form a second loop. The active end can then be pulled to tighten the second loop around a portion of a patient's anatomy. The active end can be passed through an anchor and the anchor can be implanted to lock the tightened second loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan A. Winslow, Derek J. Harper, Kevin N. Baird
  • Publication number: 20230088038
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are suture systems and method of use thereof. The suture systems can include a passer, a needle, a first suture, and a second suture. The needle can be sized to pass through a cavity defined by the passer and define an attachment member. The first suture can include a first end, a second end, and a portion sized to be received by the attachment member and pass through the passer. The second suture can include a suture passage extending from a suture inlet to a suture exit. The first suture can be operable to pull a portion of the second suture at least partially around an anatomical structure. The second suture can be operable to reduce an anatomical structure when a first end of the second suture is passed through the suture passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: Nathan A. Winslow
  • Patent number: 11602360
    Abstract: A patient-specific guide tool for guiding an object toward a glenoid face of a scapula of a patient for implantation of a shoulder prosthetic device is disclosed. The guide tool includes a guide portion that includes a guide surface. The guide surface is configured to guide movement of the object toward the glenoid face. Furthermore, the guide tool includes a patient-specific portion that is operably coupled to the glenoid portion. The patient-specific portion includes at least one patient-specific surface that is three-dimensionally contoured and that is configured to nest and closely conform to a corresponding surface of the scapula to thereby position the guide surface at a predetermined position relative to the glenoid face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Heilman, Nathan A. Winslow, John M. McDaniel, Gregory J. Denham
  • Patent number: 11553930
    Abstract: A bone reamer includes a first member having a first hub and a second member having a second hub. The first hub can extend along a first axis and have a pair of elongated cutting arms that are fixed to the first hub. The elongated cutting arms can extend along a second axis that is generally perpendicular relative to the first axis. The first hub can define a track thereon. The second hub can extend along a third axis. The second member can have a second pair of elongated cutting arms that are fixed to the second hub and extend along a fourth axis that is generally perpendicular to the third axis. The second member can have a track follower extending thereon and that is configured to slidably advance along the track causing the first and second members to move between a collapsed position and an expanded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Clinton E. Kehres, Nathan A. Winslow, Daniel D. Fritzinger
  • Patent number: 11419618
    Abstract: A glenoid guide has an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the lower surface is a patient-specific surface configured as a negative surface of a glenoid face based on a three-dimensional image of a shoulder joint of a patient reconstructed preoperatively from image scans of the shoulder joint of the patient. The glenoid guide includes an anatomic tubular drill guide extending from the upper surface along an anatomic alignment axis configured preoperatively with a patient-specific orientation and insertion location for guiding a glenoid implant into the glenoid face for anatomic shoulder arthroplasty. The glenoid guide includes a reverse tubular drill guide extending from the upper surface along a reverse alignment axis configured preoperatively with a patient-specific orientation and insertion location for guiding a glenoid baseplate into the glenoid face for reverse shoulder arthroplasty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Clinton E. Kehres, Christopher Eash, Nathan A. Winslow