Patents by Inventor Newton H. METCALF
Newton H. METCALF 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: 20240122720Abstract: A method of treating a spine includes implanting at least a portion of a spinal construct in a patient. The method further includes attaching one or more smart implants to the spinal construct. Each of the one or more smart implants includes (a) an attachment portion configured to attach the smart implant to the spinal construct, and (b) at least one sensor configured to measure an aspect of the spinal construct when the smart implant is attached to the spinal construct. The method further includes receiving, from the one or more smart implants, sensor information related to the aspect of the spinal construct and performing at least one intra-operational adjustment to the spinal construct based on the received sensor information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Steven D. Glassman, M.D., Newton H. Metcalf, JR., Jerald L. Redmond, Arjun Siby-Kurian, Adam D. Glaser
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Publication number: 20240115206Abstract: A spinal implant includes an attachment portion having an opening configured to capture a longitudinal member therein, wherein the attachment portion is the only attachment means of the spinal implant. The spinal implant further includes a housing integrally connected to the attachment portion and defining a sealed cavity for supporting a microelectronics assembly and a power source therein. The spinal implant further includes at least one antenna in electrical communication with the microelectronics assembly and at least one sensor in electrical communication with the microelectronics assembly, wherein the microelectronics assembly is configured to transmit information received from the at least one sensor to an external device using the at least one antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Steven D. Glassman, M.D., Newton H. Metcalf, JR., Jerald L. Redmond, Arjun Siby-Kurian, Adam D. Glaser
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Patent number: 11915089Abstract: A medical implant identification system is disclosed. The implant identification system may include a probe reader extending from a proximal end to a distal end and the distal end may include a faraday cage. The probe reader may be in communication with an operating room computer and/or a display. The implant identification system may include at least one digital set screw comprising an antenna disposed in an antenna portion of the digital set screw. In various embodiments, the faraday cage may have a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of the antenna portion of the digital set screw. Additionally, the antenna may be configured to transmit identity information to the probe reader, and the identify information may be displayed by the display and/or stored in a data store of the operating room computer.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Arjun Siby Kurian, Kevin T. Foley, Newton H. Metcalf
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Publication number: 20240033100Abstract: Interbody implants may be formed by a product by process in which a first metallic frame component having an interconnected superior endplate and an interconnected inferior endplate are formed. In some embodiments, the endplates are interconnected by flexible struts and in others they are interconnected by translating struts. In various embodiments, a polymeric body may be infilled between the superior endplate and inferior endplate by a molding process, e.g., an injection molding process or an overmolding process. In various embodiments, the metallic frame may have a first compressive stiffness, the polymeric body may have a second compressive stiffness, and the first compressive stiffness of the metallic frame may be about 20% to about 80% of the second stiffness of the body. In various embodiments, a sum of the first compressive stiffness of the metallic frame and the second stiffness of the body is about 33,500 N/mm to about 11,500 N/mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Keith E. Miller, Thomas S. Wolfe, Newton H. Metcalf, Rodney R. Ballard, Julien J. Prevost, Jeffrey Warren Beale
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Publication number: 20230320654Abstract: A spinal implant includes an electronics portion with a housing defining a sealed cavity for supporting an electronics assembly and a battery therein. The spinal implant further includes at least one antenna in electrical communication with the electronics assembly and at least one sensor in electrical communication with the electronics assembly, wherein the at least one antenna is located external to the housing and is configured to transmit information received from the at least one sensor to an external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Brad Tischendorf, Arjun Siby-Kurian, Newton H. Metcalf
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Publication number: 20230320760Abstract: A digital pedicle screw assembly may be installed inside of the body of a patient and be configured to sense various attributes of the assembly and the patient. Embodiments may include a receiver having a U-shaped cavity for supporting a longitudinal rod and set screw therein. The receiver may include a lower cavity configured to couple to a pedicle screw and a side portion integrally connected to the receiver and including a housing defining a sealed cavity for supporting a microelectronics assembly and a battery therein. Embodiments may include at least one antenna attached to an outside of the housing and being in electrical communication with the microelectronics assembly, and at least one strain gauge configured to detect a localized force experienced by the receiver and being in electrical communication with the microelectronics assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Newton H. Metcalf, Arjun Siby-Kurian, Mark C. Dace, Steven C. Alley
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Publication number: 20230320863Abstract: Load sensing spinal implants having at least one sensor and an antenna are disclosed. An example implant may include an interbody cage extending in a longitudinal direction from a proximal end to a distal end and in a widthwise direction from a first lateral end to a second lateral end; and an electronics portion including a housing defining a sealed cavity for supporting an electronics assembly and a battery therein. The implant may include at least one antenna in electrical communication with the electronics assembly; and at least one strain gauge configured to detect a localized force experienced by the interbody cage. The at least one antenna may be configured to transmit information received from the at least one strain gauge to an external device. The electronics assembly may be disposed on the side of the cage, a distal end of the cage, or inside a window of the cage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Newton H. Metcalf, Arjun Siby-Kurian, Mark C. Dace, Steven C. Alley
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Publication number: 20230301726Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods for surgical navigation with verification feedback are provided. The systems, instruments, and methods may be used to verify a trajectory of a surgical tool during a procedure. The systems, instruments, and methods may receive one or more captured images of an anatomical portion of a patient; execute a surgical plan to insert the surgical tool into the anatomical portion; receive sensor data collected from one or more sensors being inserted into the anatomical portion; determine whether the sensor data corresponds to the surgical plan; and send, in response to determining that the sensor data does not correspond to the surgical plan, an alert indicating that the surgical tool is not being inserted according to the surgical plan. The one or more sensors may be attached to the surgical tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Steven D. Glassman, Nicholas Benson, Newton H. Metcalf, JR.
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Patent number: 11707299Abstract: A load sensing assembly for a spinal implant includes a set screw having a central opening that extends from a first end of the set screw toward a second end of the set screw. The second end of the set screw is configured to engage with an anchoring member. The load sensing assembly includes an antenna, an integrated circuit in communication with the antenna, where the integrated circuit is positioned within the central opening of the set screw, and a strain gauge in connection with the integrated circuit. The strain gauge is located within the central opening of the set screw in proximity to the second end of the set screw.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Benson, Richard L. Brown, Newton H Metcalf, Jr., Arjun S. Kurian, James R. Wasson
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Patent number: 11701181Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods for surgical navigation with verification feedback are provided. The systems, instruments, and methods may be used to verify a trajectory of a surgical tool during a procedure. The systems, instruments, and methods may receive one or more captured images of an anatomical portion of a patient; execute a surgical plan to insert the surgical tool into the anatomical portion; receive sensor data collected from one or more sensors being inserted into the anatomical portion; determine whether the sensor data corresponds to the surgical plan; and send, in response to determining that the sensor data does not correspond to the surgical plan, an alert indicating that the surgical tool is not being inserted according to the surgical plan. The one or more sensors may be attached to the surgical tool.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Steven D. Glassman, Newton H. Metcalf, Jr., Nicholas Benson
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Patent number: 11589905Abstract: A load sensing assembly for a spinal implant includes a set screw having a central opening that extends from a first end of the set screw toward a second end of the set screw. The second end of the set screw is configured to engage with an anchoring member. The load sensing assembly includes an antenna, an integrated circuit in communication with the antenna, where the integrated circuit is positioned within the central opening of the set screw, and a strain gauge in connection with the integrated circuit. The strain gauge is located within the central opening of the set screw in proximity to the second end of the set screw.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Benson, Newton H Metcalf, Jr., Arjun S. Kurian, John Coleman, Charles Murrell
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Publication number: 20230009063Abstract: A medical implant identification system is disclosed. The implant identification system may include a probe reader extending from a proximal end to a distal end and the distal end may include a faraday cage. The probe reader may be in communication with an operating room computer and/or a display. The implant identification system may include at least one digital set screw comprising an antenna disposed in an antenna portion of the digital set screw. In various embodiments, the faraday cage may have a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of the antenna portion of the digital set screw. Additionally, the antenna may be configured to transmit identity information to the probe reader, and the identify information may be displayed by the display and/or stored in a data store of the operating room computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Arjun Siby Kurian, Kevin T. Foley, Newton H. Metcalf
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Patent number: 11529208Abstract: A load sensing assembly for a spinal implant includes a set screw having a central opening that extends from a first end of the set screw toward a second end of the set screw. The second end of the set screw is configured to engage with an anchoring member. The load sensing assembly includes an antenna, an integrated circuit in communication with the antenna, where the integrated circuit is positioned within the central opening of the set screw, and a strain gauge in connection with the integrated circuit. The strain gauge is located within the central opening of the set screw in proximity to the second end of the set screw.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Benson, William A. Rezach, Arjun S. Kurian, Newton H Metcalf, Jr.
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Publication number: 20220273391Abstract: A load sensing assembly for a spinal implant is disclosed. The load sensing assembly may include: a set screw having a drive interface, a lower cavity for receiving a cover, the cover including a protrusion that may engage with an anchoring member. The load sensing assembly may further include an antenna, and at least one sensor having an integrated circuit in communication with the antenna. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit is positioned within a sealed cavity of the set screw. In some embodiments, the antenna comprises a ferrite core and a plurality of windings that are oriented laterally with respect to a longitudinal axis of the set screw. In some embodiments, the sealed cavity of the set screw is hermitically sealed, and the antenna may be mechanically isolated by a bellows or cylindrical can structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Newton H. Metcalf, JR., Arjun Siby Kurian, Chris E. Johnson, Simon Calcutt, George Wylde, David Martin Pooley, Richard David Lintern
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Publication number: 20220160294Abstract: A system for assessing a status of a spinal implant includes a reader device, a wearable body sensor, and a spinal implant. The wearable body sensor includes a first short-range receiver, a first short-range transmitter, and an inertial measurement unit. The wearable body sensor is configured to be positioned over a portion of a spine of a wearer, and measure movement information corresponding to spinal motion of the wearer while the wearer performs one or more movements while wearing the wearable body sensor. The spinal implant includes one or more sensors configured to measure implant information comprising one or more characteristics of a fusion status of the spinal implant, a second short-range receiver, and a second short-range transmitter. The wearable body sensor is configured to communicate movement information to the reader device. The spinal implant is configured to communicate implant information to the reader device via the second transmitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Newton H. Metcalf, Nicholas Benson, Robert A. Fields, Arjun Siby-Kurian
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Patent number: 11298162Abstract: A load sensing assembly for a spinal implant includes a set screw having a central opening that extends from a first end of the set screw toward a second end of the set screw. The second end of the set screw is configured to engage with an anchoring member. The load sensing assembly includes an antenna, an integrated circuit in communication with the antenna, where the integrated circuit is positioned within the central opening of the set screw, and a strain gauge in connection with the integrated circuit. The strain gauge is located within the central opening of the set screw in proximity to the second end of the set screw.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Nicholas M. Benson, Richard L. Brown, Newton H. Metcalf, Clark B. Norgaard, Steven D. Glassman, Shane Burch, Domagoj Coric, Robert A Fields
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Patent number: 11278238Abstract: A system for assessing a spinal disorder includes a wearable electronic device having one or more sensors and an assessment system. The wearable electronic device is configured to be positioned on a portion of a lower back of a wearer, and the one or more sensors are configured to obtain patient data associated with the wearer. The system receives patient data from the one or more sensors, where the patient data includes movement data associated with movement of the lower back of the wearer, classifies the movement data into an initial grouping, further classifies the at least a portion of the movement data into one of the plurality of activity categories, generate a score corresponding to the at least a portion of the movement data based on the activity category to which the movement data is classified, and cause the score to be displayed via a client electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Nicholas M. Benson, Richard L. Brown, Newton H. Metcalf, Clark B. Norgaard, Steven D. Glassman, Shane Burch, Domagoj Coric, Robert A. Fields, Seth Georgion, Wing Au
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Publication number: 20210361377Abstract: Embodiments pertaining to a medical construct are disclosed. The medical construct may include a set screw extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal portion and a distal portion, for example. In various embodiments, the set screw may have an outside thread form and an interior socket, for example. In various embodiments, the socket may extend parallel to the longitudinal axis and have a circular lower surface, for example. In various embodiments, a first strain gauge, a second strain gauge, a third strain gauge, a fourth strain gauge, and a fifth strain gauge may be provided. In at least some embodiments, each of the first, second, third, and fourth strain gauges may be symmetrically disposed with respect to the lower surface, for example. Additionally, in at least some embodiments, the fifth strain gauge is disposed within a center portion of the lower surface, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Newton H Metcalf, Arjun Siby Kurian, Nicholas Benson, Chris E. Johnson
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Publication number: 20210161609Abstract: A spinal construct includes a first member having a first thread form and an implant cavity configured for disposal of the spinal implant. A second member is engageable with a spinal implant and includes a second thread form configured for engagement with the first thread form. A gauge is coupled to the second member. The gauge is configured to measure a force between the second member and the spinal implant when the second member is engaged with the first member. The second thread form is timed with the first thread form to position the gauge in a selected orientation relative to the spinal implant. Systems and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.Inventors: Thomas A. Carls Carls, Newton H. Metcalf, JR., Richard L. Brown, Jason M. May
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Publication number: 20210077158Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include instruments, implants, and methods for surgically treating facet joints of vertebrae. An instrument may be advanced into one or more facet joints to one or both separate vertebrae and remove tissue from one or more articular processes. A stop on the instrument may be used to terminate advancement of the instrument by contacting a vertebra, and one or more implants may be placed into one or more facet joints.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.Inventors: GREG C. MARIK, NEWTON H. METCALF, JR., DANISH SIDDIQUI, VINCENT C. TRAYNELIS