Patents by Inventor Nick Metcalfe

Nick Metcalfe 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).

  • Publication number: 20250114147
    Abstract: Improved surgical planning systems and methods are provided for generating and displaying deviation related information within graphical user interfaces of the system. The deviation related information includes deviations from past preoperative surgical plans and may be utilized to provide surgical planning guidance that can include, for example, a recommendation to use a surgical kit that includes only the implants and instrumentation necessary for executing the orthopedic procedure when the surgeon has deviated from the past preoperative surgical plans in less than a predefined percentage of his/her prior surgical procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER
  • Patent number: 12256997
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to planning systems, assemblies and methods. The planning systems, assemblies and methods disclosed herein may be utilized for planning and implementing orthopaedic procedures to restore functionality to a joint, and may include one or more transfer members for positioning implants relative to patient anatomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Steven Jim DeLeon
  • Publication number: 20250090234
    Abstract: Improved surgical planning systems and methods are provided for planning orthopaedic procedures, including pre-operatively, intra-operatively, and/or post-operatively to create, edit, execute, and/or review surgical plans. The surgical planning systems and methods may be utilized for planning and implementing orthopaedic procedures to restore functionality to a joint. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide preoperative surgical planning based on anatomical makeup classifications that characterize anatomical differences within a representative patient population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER
  • Patent number: 12239542
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implants and methods for restoring functionality to a joint. The implants described herein may be utilized during orthopaedic procedures and may be incorporated into a shoulder prosthesis for restoring functionality to shoulders having advanced cartilage disease. The disclosed implants may incorporate one or more fasteners formed together with a main body of the respective implant at a breakable connection. The fastener may be deployed during a surgical procedure, which may improve fixation of the implant at the surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Steven Jim DeLeon, Steven P. Schewe, Timothy J. Thompson, Kevin John Gallen, Scott William Doody, Michael Moreland
  • Publication number: 20250064526
    Abstract: Improved surgical planning systems and methods are provided for generating and displaying survivorship predictive indexes within graphical user interfaces of the system. The survivorship predictive indexes may be representations of a confidence level that a particular surgical plan will result in a successful surgical outcome for a particular patient for at least a predefined amount of time. The survivorship predictive indexes may be utilized to generate a surgical recommendation that is expected to provide the most successful surgical outcome for the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER
  • Publication number: 20250057597
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to surgical systems and methods for planning and implementing surgical procedures. The systems and methods disclosed herein may be utilized for implant design and placement. The disclosed implants may include one or more fixation members for securing the respective implant at a surgical site. The implant design may establish a geometry of each fixation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Steven Jim DeLeon
  • Patent number: 12193751
    Abstract: Improved surgical planning systems and methods are provided for planning orthopaedic procedures, including pre-operatively, intra-operatively, and/or post-operatively to create, edit, execute, and/or review surgical plans. The surgical planning systems and methods may be utilized for planning and implementing orthopaedic procedures to restore functionality to a joint. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide preoperative surgical planning based on anatomical makeup classifications that characterize anatomical differences within a representative patient population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Ryan Megger
  • Publication number: 20250009521
    Abstract: Arthroplasty implant systems and methods are provided for restoring the functionality of a joint. The arthroplasty implant systems may include stemless implant assemblies capable of establishing a stemless convertible platform for interfacing with articular implants. An exemplary stemless implant assembly may include a cup, a first fixation device insertable through a first central bore of the cup, and a second fixation device insertable through a second central bore of the first fixation device. The first fixation device may be a screw or an anti-rotation implant, and the second fixation device may be a screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Kevin John GALLEN
  • Patent number: 12178515
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to planning systems and methods. The planning systems and methods disclosed herein may be utilized for planning orthopaedic procedures to restore functionality to a joint, and may include one or more calibration objects for calibrating images of patient anatomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Robert Fergan, David Knopf
  • Patent number: 12127752
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to surgical planning systems, instrumentation and methods for repairing bone defects. The planning systems and instrumentation disclosed herein may be utilized to establish trajectories of surgical devices and may be utilized to establish resection surfaces for fusion of adjacent bone surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Scott William Doody, Adam Garlock
  • Publication number: 20240355230
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to surgical systems, devices and methods for planning and implementing surgical procedures. The systems and methods disclosed herein may be utilized to establish physical anatomical models of anatomy. One or more light sources may be configured to illuminate the physical anatomical models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Moreland, Reinhold Schmieding, Nick Metcalfe, David Knopf, Timothy Roberts, Alyssa Morgan, Marc Stoll
  • Publication number: 20240242634
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to surgical systems, devices and methods for planning and implementing surgical procedures, including repair of fractures. The systems and methods disclosed herein may be utilized to establish physical models of anatomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, David Knopf, Michael Moreland, Scott William Doody, Steven Jim DeLeon, Benjamin David Bernarding, Shervin F. Kazemi, David Yang, Gage Weimer
  • Publication number: 20240225858
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to planning systems, assemblies and methods. The planning systems, assemblies and methods disclosed herein may be utilized for planning and implementing orthopaedic procedures to restore functionality to a joint, and may include one or more transfer members for positioning implants and other surgical devices relative to patient anatomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Jim DeLeon, Nick Metcalfe
  • Patent number: 11998450
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implants and methods for repairing bone defects and restoring functionality to a joint. The implants and methods disclosed herein include augments formed on respective baseplates. The augments may have geometries that may approximate a surface contour or bone void along a surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Michael Moreland, Chris Cronin
  • Publication number: 20240148442
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to planning systems and methods. The planning systems and methods disclosed herein may be utilized for planning orthopaedic procedures to restore functionality to a joint, may include determining a contact area between an implant and a cortical area of an associated bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Kevin John Gallen, Ryan Megger
  • Publication number: 20240058067
    Abstract: Imagery of patient anatomy may be captured with an imaging device. The imaging device may be configured to capture only a portion of the patient anatomy, including one or more bones of the patient. A surgical planning system may be configured to predict or otherwise determine a geometry of the omitted portions of the anatomy based on a comparison of the captured anatomy to the anatomy of another patient. The determined geometry of the omitted portions may be utilized to plan a surgical procedure for restoring functionality to the bone and/or an associated joint. Surgical planning methods for determining omitted portions of patient anatomy are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Sergii Poltaretskyi
  • Publication number: 20240058065
    Abstract: Improved surgical planning systems and methods are provided for planning orthopaedic procedures, including pre-operatively, intra-operatively, and/or post-operatively to create, edit, execute, and/or review surgical plans. The surgical planning systems and methods may be utilized for planning and implementing orthopaedic procedures to restore functionality to a joint. In some embodiments, range of motion simulations may be performed on a joint associated with a plurality of anatomical makeup classifications, and range of motion data derived from the range of motion simulations may be stored within a storage system of the surgical planning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Sergii Poltaretskyi, Philipp Moroder, Ryan Megger
  • Publication number: 20240058066
    Abstract: A surgical planning system may be configured to predict a relationship between two or more bones, including adjoining and/or non-adjoining bones of a patient. The system may be configured to select a representative bone model associated with a bone in response to comparing the representative bone model to a patient bone model associated with the bone of a patient. The system may be configured to determine at least one patient characteristic based on a relationship of the representative and/or patient bone model to another bone model, which may be associated with an adjoining or non-adjoining bone. A method of planning a surgical procedure is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Sergii Poltaretskyi, David Knopf, Siddhant Thakur
  • Publication number: 20240058068
    Abstract: Bone fractures may be associated with one or more fragments separated from a bone. The fractured bone may be captured with an imaging device. The disclosed systems may be configured to predict or otherwise determine a position of the fragments prior to occurrence of the bone fracture. The determined position may be utilized to position and secure the fragments during a surgical procedure. Methods for determining the pre-fracture position of bone fragments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Sergii Poltaretskyi
  • Patent number: 11890058
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to planning systems and methods. The planning systems and methods disclosed herein may be utilized for planning orthopaedic procedures to restore functionality to a joint, may include determining a contact area between an implant and a cortical area of an associated bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Kevin John Gallen, Ryan Megger