Patents by Inventor Philip S. O'Quinn
Philip S. O'Quinn 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: 10695073Abstract: A rotary, cutting medical device configured to be used during surgeries, such as ACL reconstruction, to drill holes and retrograde sockets is disclosed. The device may include a blade at a distal end that is movable between a first position aligned with a longitudinal axis of the device and a second position nonparallel to the longitudinal axis used to create retrograde sockets. The device may include a blade position control system connecting the blade to distal ends of both the outer tube and inner shaft and configured to control movement of the blade between first and second positions for drilling a hole and then creating a retrograde socket. The device may include a position retention system configured to retain the blade in the second position while allowing the inner shaft and blade to rotate to cut the socket.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: Ken Adams, Daniela Garcia, Philip S. O'Quinn, James P. Bradley, William R Beach
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Publication number: 20190059910Abstract: A rotary, cutting medical device configured to be used during surgeries, such as ACL reconstruction, to drill holes and retrograde sockets is disclosed. The device may include a blade at a distal end that is movable between a first position aligned with a longitudinal axis of the device and a second position nonparallel to the longitudinal axis used to create retrograde sockets. The device may include a blade position control system connecting the blade to distal ends of both the outer tube and inner shaft and configured to control movement of the blade between first and second positions for drilling a hole and then creating a retrograde socket. The device may include a position retention system configured to retain the blade in the second position while allowing the inner shaft and blade to rotate to cut the socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: Ken Adams, Daniela Garcia, Philip S. O'Quinn, James P. Bradley, William R. Beach
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Patent number: 9968342Abstract: A handle for surgical instruments that has a “wishbone” configuration. In one embodiment, the instrument is provided with a ratchet mechanism allows two operating handles to be locked in a predetermined position (for example, when the surgical instrument that is maneuvered is in use) or to move relative to each other when the ratchet is partially or fully released (for example, when the surgical instrument that is maneuvered is not in use). In another embodiment, the instrument is provided with a rotary gear mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Weber, Philip S. O'Quinn
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Publication number: 20180103963Abstract: A rotary medical device configured to be used to prepare a surgical site within a patient for affixing at least one fixation device via a rotary abrading element and a rotary drill bit, both of which are attachable to the same handpiece, is disclosed. By configuring the rotary medical device to operate both a rotary abrading element and a rotary drill bit, the need for a separate, single use drill and the time and human resources needed to disinfect and process the drill is eliminated, thereby saving time and cost. In at least one embodiment, the rotary medical device may include a first detachable system including a first abrading element attached to a first detachable hub, which is attachable to the handpiece, and a second detachable system including a first drill bit attached to a second detachable hub, which is also attachable to the handpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: James P. Bradley, William R. Beach, Philip S. O'Quinn, Stephen Michael Cottle
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Publication number: 20170252521Abstract: A system for positioning a distal end of a surgical device within a patient to conduct a surgical procedure or administer a fluid to the patient, or both, is disclosed. The system may use ultrasound to accurately position a surgical device within a patient while being as minimally invasive as possible. As such, the system may include first inserting a needle into a patient under guidance of ultrasound, inserting a guide wire into the needle, removing the needle and inserting a surgical device into the patient along the at least one guide wire. As such, the minimally intrusive needle is first inserted into the patient in a correct position before a larger medical device is inserted to prevent unnecessary intrusion into the patient. In at least one embodiment, the surgical device may be positioned within a patient using a drive handle removably attached to a portion of the surgical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: James J. Guerra, Reinhold D. Schmieding, Philip S. O'Quinn
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Patent number: 9381022Abstract: A rotary abrader allowing for improved visibility during surgery and improved aspiration of waste material. This is accomplished by providing a hood or sheath formed of a clear material and available in various shapes and sizes. The clear hood or sheath is also provided with a flattened, angled portion at a tip of the hood, to assist with retraction of the labral tissue while burring the glenoid rim. Slots are provided on the cannulated tube to provide aspiration of waste material and used to attach the hood to the cannulated tube.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: James P. Bradley, Reinhold Schmieding, Kenneth M. Adams, Philip S. O'Quinn
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Publication number: 20150201951Abstract: A rotary abrader allowing for improved visibility during surgery and improved aspiration of waste material. This is accomplished by providing a hood or sheath formed of a clear material and available in various shapes and sizes. The clear hood or sheath is also provided with a flattened, angled portion at a tip of the hood, to assist with retraction of the labral tissue while burring the glenoid rim. Slots are provided on the cannulated tube to provide aspiration of waste material and used to attach the hood to the cannulated tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: James P. Bradley, Reinhold Schmieding, Kenneth M. Adams, Philip S. O'Quinn
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Patent number: 8852201Abstract: A bone drill that includes a shaft with a flexible portion having a proximal end and a distal end and a drill tip coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The bone drill also includes a cannulated sheath with a proximal end and a distal end, the sheath housing a portion of the shaft and having a curved portion at the distal end. The drill tip may also be housed within the curved portion of the sheath. The bone drill may also include a hub with an actuator mechanism, the hub being coupled to the sheath, wherein the actuator mechanism retracts the sheath to cause the drill tip to extend beyond the distal end of the sheath.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Kenneth M. Adams, Philip S. O'Quinn, Peter J. Millett
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Patent number: 8840596Abstract: A system and method for more efficient cleaning and sterilizing of surgical handpieces by using a removable valve assembly. The valve assembly is removable to provide access to a first suction passageway and a second suction passageway for cleaning purposes. The valve assembly has a protrusion that engages with a handpiece to secure the assembly to the handpiece. The protrusion of the valve assembly may also be retracted into the valve assembly to allow the valve assembly to disengage the handpiece thereby allowing the valve assembly to be removed from the handpiece. The first suction passageway may also be removable.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Stanton, James Hamer, Philip S. O'Quinn, Kenneth M. Adams, Randall L. Hacker
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Patent number: 8821459Abstract: A system and method for more efficient cleaning and sterilizing of surgical handpieces by using a removable valve assembly. The valve assembly is removable to provide access to a first suction passageway and a second suction passageway for cleaning purposes. The valve assembly has a protrusion that engages with a handpiece to secure the assembly to the handpiece. The protrusion of the valve assembly may also be retracted into the valve assembly to allow the valve assembly to disengage the handpiece thereby allowing the valve assembly to be removed from the handpiece. The first suction passageway may also be removable.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Stanton, James Hamer, Philip S. O'Quinn, Kenneth M. Adams, Randall L. Hacker
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Patent number: 8425506Abstract: A high efficiency electrosurgical electrode with an advanced electrically conductive tip and aspiration port, and a method of conducting an electrosurgical procedure with such electrode. The electrosurgical electrode comprises an electrically conductive tip with a central lumen or “chimney” surrounded by a plurality of protuberances. The central lumen or “chimney” is “self-cleaning” and/or “self-clearing” in that any tissue passing through the central lumen that might cause a clog is quickly denatured by the surrounding electrode and aspirated from the ablation site, so that the probe does not require special consideration by the user (for example, replacement due to total loss of suction). The plurality of protuberances have various forms and geometries that define a plurality of recesses and that, in one embodiment, are provided in a “star-shaped” or partial “star-shaped” pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: David P. Gallo, Sr., Philip S. O'Quinn
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Patent number: 8382789Abstract: A handle for surgical instruments that has a “wishbone” configuration. In one embodiment, the instrument is provided with a ratchet mechanism allows two operating handles to be locked in a predetermined position (for example, when the surgical instrument that is maneuvered is in use) or to move relative to each other when the ratchet is partially or fully released (for example, when the surgical instrument that is maneuvered is not in use). In another embodiment, the instrument is provided with a rotary gear mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2007Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Weber, Philip S. O'Quinn
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Patent number: 8062319Abstract: An endoscopic rotary abrader allowing for increased burr size while maintaining the required minimum clearance between the burr and the hood. This is accomplished either by an offset configuration of non-concentric inner and outer tubes, where the inner tube is shifted laterally away from the hood, or by employing an enlarged hood.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: Philip S. O'Quinn, Randall L. Hacker, Christine Bickenbach, Gerald Goldsmith
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Publication number: 20110202023Abstract: A system and method for more efficient cleaning and sterilizing of surgical handpieces by using a removable valve assembly. The valve assembly is removable to provide access to a first suction passageway and a second suction passageway for cleaning purposes. The valve assembly has a protrusion that engages with a handpiece to secure the assembly to the handpiece. The protrusion of the valve assembly may also be retracted into the valve assembly to allow the valve assembly to disengage the handpiece thereby allowing the valve assembly to be removed from the handpiece. The first suction passageway may also be removable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventors: Kevin J. Stanton, James Hamer, Philip S. O'Quinn, Kenneth M. Adams, Randall L. Hacker
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Publication number: 20110066122Abstract: A system and method for more efficient cleaning and sterilizing of surgical handpieces by using a removable valve assembly. The valve assembly is removable to provide access to a first suction passageway and a second suction passageway for cleaning purposes. The valve assembly has a protrusion that engages with a handpiece to secure the assembly to the handpiece. The protrusion of the valve assembly may also be retracted into the valve assembly to allow the valve assembly to disengage the handpiece thereby allowing the valve assembly to be removed from the handpiece. The first suction passageway may also be removable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Kevin J. Stanton, James Hamer, Philip S. O'Quinn, Kenneth M. Adams, Randall L. Hacker
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Publication number: 20110004215Abstract: A rotary abrader allowing for improved visibility during surgery and improved aspiration of waste material. This is accomplished by providing a hood or sheath formed of a clear material and available in various shapes and sizes. The clear hood or sheath is also provided with a flattened, angled portion at a tip of the hood, to assist with retraction of the labral tissue while burring the glenoid rim. Slots are provided on the cannulated tube to provide aspiration of waste material and used to attach the hood to the cannulated tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventors: James P. Bradley, Reinhold Schmieding, Kenneth M. Adams, Philip S. O'Quinn
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Publication number: 20100249786Abstract: A bone drill that includes a shaft with a flexible portion having a proximal end and a distal end and a drill tip coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The bone drill also includes a cannulated sheath with a proximal end and a distal end, the sheath housing a portion of the shaft and having a curved portion at the distal end. The drill tip may also be housed within the curved portion of the sheath. The bone drill may also include a hub with an actuator mechanism, the hub being coupled to the sheath, wherein the actuator mechanism retracts the sheath to cause the drill tip to extend beyond the distal end of the sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Kenneth M. Adams, Philip S. O'Quinn
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Publication number: 20100036403Abstract: An endoscopic rotary abrader allowing for increased burr size while maintaining the required minimum clearance between the burr and the hood. This is accomplished either by an offset configuration of non-concentric inner and outer tubes, where the inner tube is shifted laterally away from the hood, or by employing an enlarged hood.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Philip S. O'Quinn, Randall L. Hacker, Christine Bickenbach, Gerald Goldsmith
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Patent number: 7618428Abstract: An endoscopic rotary abrader allowing for increased burr size while maintaining the required minimum clearance between the burr and the hood. This is accomplished either by an offset configuration of non-concentric inner and outer tubes, where the inner tube is shifted laterally away from the hood, or by employing an enlarged hood.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: Philip S. O'Quinn, Randall L. Hacker, Christine Bickenbach, Gerald Goldsmith, Robert A. Van Wyk, Gary R. Heisler
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Publication number: 20090265004Abstract: Endosteal fixation of a ligament graft with a bioabsorbable interference screw installed in a retrograde manner in ACL reconstruction. The bioabsorbable interference screw is insert-molded with a length of suture extending from the distal tip of the screw for pulling the interference screw into the joint and into position for retrograde insertion at the top of the tibial tunnel. The interference screw has a cannulation extending partially through the screw from the leading tip. The cannulation is shaped to receive a correspondingly shaped driver. The driver is inserted into the tibial tunnel to engage the screw. By turning the driver, the interference screw is turned into the tibial tunnel in a retrograde manner. Accordingly, interference fixation of the graft near the tibial plateau is provided, thereby eliminating graft abrasion at the tibial plateau tunnel opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventors: Craig D. Morgan, Jeffrey Wyman, Reinhold Schmieding, Philip S. O'Quinn