Patents by Inventor Nikhil N. Verma
Nikhil N. Verma 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: 12178450Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system for coupling a graft to a bone. A graft preparation tool may be used to place one or more holes in a graft and an offset measurement tool may be used to determine the distance of the one or more holes from an edge of the graft to be aligned with a portion of the bone. One or more complementary holes may then be created in the bone and fasteners applied through the holes to couple the graft to the bone.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.Inventors: Daniel Haberman, Stephen A. Santangelo, Nikhil N. Verma
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Patent number: 11950788Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system for coupling a graft to a bone. A graft preparation tool may be used to place one or more holes in a graft and an offset measurement tool may be used to determine the distance of the one or more holes from an edge of the graft to be aligned with a portion of the bone. One or more complementary holes may then be created in the bone and fasteners applied through the holes to couple the graft to the bone.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.Inventors: Daniel Haberman, Stephen A. Santangelo, Nikhil N. Verma
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Patent number: 11707374Abstract: A knee brace with an inflatable air bladder. In a post-surgical embodiment the brace includes a rigid shell that fits behind the knee. The rigid shell includes an inflatable air bladder on its posterior surface. A wrap is placed around the knee and the air bladder. When the air bladder is inflated, the knee is urged in the posterior direction—thereby decreasing flexion. In a rehabilitative embodiment, a rigid shell is placed over the anterior portion of the knee. An air bladder is positioned between the rigid shell and the knee. The rigid shell is held in place using the securing straps of the rehabilitative brace. When the air bladder is inflated the knee is again urged in the posterior direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventors: Bryan E. Kilbey, Alan Getgood, Nikhil N. Verma
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Patent number: 11432954Abstract: A knee brace with an inflatable air bladder. In a post-surgical embodiment the brace includes a rigid shell that fits behind the knee. The rigid shell includes an inflatable air bladder on its posterior surface. A wrap is placed around the knee and the air bladder. When the air bladder is inflated, the knee is urged in the posterior direction—thereby decreasing flexion. In a rehabilitative embodiment, a rigid shell is placed over the anterior portion of the knee. An air bladder is positioned between the rigid shell and the knee. The rigid shell is held in place using the securing straps of the rehabilitative brace. When the air bladder is inflated the knee is again urged in the posterior direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventors: Bryan E. Kilbey, Nikhil N. Verma, Alan Getgood, Tad L. Gerlinger
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Publication number: 20220175514Abstract: Tensionable, knotless, self-locking surgical constructs and methods for surgical repairs are disclosed. A tensionable, knotless, self-locking surgical construct includes two self-locking, tensionable, knotless independent mechanisms loaded onto a fixation device, one of the two self-locking, tensionable, knotless, independent mechanisms including a preformed, flexible, continuous, uninterrupted loop. The fixation device can be a knotless fixation device such as a hard-body anchor, or a knotless soft anchor such as an all-suture knotless anchor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Nikhil N. VERMA, Justin W. GRIFFIN, Michael J. HUANG, Asheesh BEDI, Andrew C. PETRY, Peter J. DREYFUSS
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Patent number: 11350952Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to instrumentation that facilitate coracoid-glenoid fixation in Latarjet procedures. For example, a single instrument, a coracoid resection tool, may be provided/utilized to prepare a coracoid bone graft for size, flatness, and hole drilling. A glenoid drill guide may further be provided/utilized that uses sized offsets for placement of the coracoid graft flush with the glenoid. Further embodiments of the disclosure are directed to corresponding methods that employ this instrumentation. For example, a surgeon may employs the coracoid resection tool as a guide to plane the inferior coracoid surface that will serve as the coracoid graft surface. The coracoid resection tool may further guide the placement of coracoid holes along the length of the coracoid and orient the holes approximately perpendicular to the planed coracoid graft surface. For example a proximal coracoid hole may be positioned towards the proximal end (i.e.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Mason J. Bettenga, Stephen A. Santangelo, Nikhil N. Verma, Jeffrey Wyman
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Publication number: 20210330338Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system for coupling a graft to a bone. A graft preparation tool may be used to place one or more holes in a graft and an offset measurement tool may be used to determine the distance of the one or more holes from an edge of the graft to be aligned with a portion of the bone. One or more complementary holes may then be created in the bone and fasteners applied through the holes to couple the graft to the bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Haberman, Stephen A. Santangelo, Nikhil N. Verma
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Publication number: 20200390453Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to instrumentation that facilitate coracoid-glenoid fixation in Latarjet procedures. For example, a single instrument, a coracoid resection tool, may be provided/utilized to prepare a coracoid bone graft for size, flatness, and hole drilling. A glenoid drill guide may further be provided/utilized that uses sized offsets for placement of the coracoid graft flush with the glenoid. Further embodiments of the disclosure are directed to corresponding methods that employ this instrumentation. For example, a surgeon may employs the coracoid resection tool as a guide to plane the inferior coracoid surface that will serve as the coracoid graft surface. The coracoid resection tool may further guide the placement of coracoid holes along the length of the coracoid and orient the holes approximately perpendicular to the planed coracoid graft surface. For example a proximal coracoid hole may be positioned towards the proximal end (i.e.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Mason J. Bettenga, Stephen A. Santangelo, Nikhil N. Verma, Jeffrey Wyman
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Publication number: 20200375773Abstract: A knee brace with an inflatable air bladder. In a post-surgical embodiment the brace includes a rigid shell that fits behind the knee. The rigid shell includes an inflatable air bladder on its posterior surface. A wrap is placed around the knee and the air bladder. When the air bladder is inflated, the knee is urged in the posterior direction—thereby decreasing flexion. In a rehabilitative embodiment, a rigid shell is placed over the anterior portion of the knee. An air bladder is positioned between the rigid shell and the knee. The rigid shell is held in place using the securing straps of the rehabilitative brace. When the air bladder is inflated the knee is again urged in the posterior direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Nikhil N. Verma, Alan Getgood, Bryan E. Kilbey
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Publication number: 20200375772Abstract: A knee brace with an inflatable air bladder. In a post-surgical embodiment the brace includes a rigid shell that fits behind the knee. The rigid shell includes an inflatable air bladder on its posterior surface. A wrap is placed around the knee and the air bladder. When the air bladder is inflated, the knee is urged in the posterior direction—thereby decreasing flexion. In a rehabilitative embodiment, a rigid shell is placed over the anterior portion of the knee. An air bladder is positioned between the rigid shell and the knee. The rigid shell is held in place using the securing straps of the rehabilitative brace. When the air bladder is inflated the knee is again urged in the posterior direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Nikhil N. Verma, Tad L. Gerlinger, Alan Getgood, Bryan E. Kilbey
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Patent number: 10806472Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to instrumentation that facilitate coracoid-glenoid fixation in Latarjet procedures. For example, a single instrument, a coracoid resection tool, may be provided/utilized to prepare a coracoid bone graft for size, flatness, and hole drilling. A glenoid drill guide may further be provided/utilized that uses sized offsets for placement of the coracoid graft flush with the glenoid. Further embodiments of the disclosure are directed to corresponding methods that employ this instrumentation. For example, a surgeon may employs the coracoid resection tool as a guide to plane the inferior coracoid surface that will serve as the coracoid graft surface. The coracoid resection tool may further guide the placement of coracoid holes along the length of the coracoid and orient the holes approximately perpendicular to the planed coracoid graft surface. For example a proximal coracoid hole may be positioned towards the proximal end (i.e.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Mason J. Bettenga, Stephen A. Santangelo, Nikhil N. Verma, Jeffrey Wyman
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Publication number: 20190117239Abstract: A method for creating a custom-fit guide for us in precision application such as orthopedic surgeries. Scanning technology is used to non-invasively create a 3D object of a targeted area. A guide is virtually added to the targeted area and later isolated and used as input to a 3D printer to create a physical guide for use in the procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Nikhil N. Verma
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Publication number: 20190099190Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system for coupling a graft to a bone. A graft preparation tool may be used to place one or more holes in a graft and an offset measurement tool may be used to determine the distance of the one or more holes from an edge of the graft to be aligned with a portion of the bone. One or more complementary holes may then be created in the bone and fasteners applied through the holes to couple the graft to the bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Daniel Haberman, Stephen A. Santangelo, Nikhil N. Verma
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Patent number: 10172627Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system and method for coupling a graft to a bone. A graft preparation tool may be used to place one or more holes in a graft and an offset measurement tool may be used to determine the distance of the one or more holes from an edge of the graft to be aligned with a portion of the bone. One or more complementary holes may then be created in the bone and fasteners applied through the holes to couple the graft to the bone.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Haberman, Stephen A. Santangelo, Nikhil N. Verma
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Patent number: 9913709Abstract: The present disclosure relates to instruments and methods for manipulating soft tissue during a soft tissue repair procedure. The instruments and methods may include use of a handle and a shaft coupled to the handle, the shaft including a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion of the shaft may include a tip with at least two prongs and a channel located between the prongs.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Housman, Paul S. Vincuilla, Nikhil N. Verma, Scott Trenhaile
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Publication number: 20180049757Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to instrumentation that facilitate coracoid-glenoid fixation in Latarjet procedures. For example, a single instrument, a coracoid resection tool, may be provided/utilized to prepare a coracoid bone graft for size, flatness, and hole drilling. A glenoid drill guide may further be provided/utilized that uses sized offsets for placement of the coracoid graft flush with the glenoid. Further embodiments of the disclosure are directed to corresponding methods that employ this instrumentation. For example, a surgeon may employs the coracoid resection tool as a guide to plane the inferior coracoid surface that will serve as the coracoid graft surface. The coracoid resection tool may further guide the placement of coracoid holes along the length of the coracoid and orient the holes approximately perpendicular to the planed coracoid graft surface. For example a proximal coracoid hole may be positioned towards the proximal end (i.e.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Mason J. Bettenga, Stephen A. Santangelo, Nikhil N. Verma, Jeffrey Wyman
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Patent number: 9872688Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an instrument and method of manipulating soft tissue during a soft tissue repair procedure. The instrument and related method may include use of a handle and a shaft coupled to the handle, the shaft including a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion of the shaft comprises a tip including at least two prongs and a channel located between the prongs.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Housman, Paul S. Vincuilla, Nikhil N. Verma, Scott Trenhaile
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Publication number: 20170007393Abstract: The present disclosure relates to instruments and methods for manipulating soft tissue during a soft tissue repair procedure. The instruments and methods may include use of a handle and a shaft coupled to the handle, the shaft including a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion of the shaft may include a tip with at least two prongs and a channel located between the prongs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Mark E. Housman, Paul S. Vincuilla, Nikhil N. Verma, Scott Trenhaile
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Publication number: 20160374694Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system and method for coupling a graft to a bone. A graft preparation tool may be used to place one or more holes in a graft and an offset measurement tool may be used to determine the distance of the one or more holes from an edge of the graft to be aligned with a portion of the bone. One or more complementary holes may then be created in the bone and fasteners applied through the holes to couple the graft to the bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Daniel Haberman, Stephen A. Santangelo, Nikhil N. Verma
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Patent number: 9480499Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an instrument and method of manipulating soft tissue during a soft tissue repair procedure. The instrument and related method may include use of a handle and a shaft coupled to the handle, the shaft including a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion of the shaft comprises a tip including at least two prongs and a channel located between the prongs.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Housman, Paul S. Vincuilla, Nikhil N. Verma, Scott Trenhaile