Patents by Inventor Reinhold Schmieding

Reinhold Schmieding 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: 20150313586
    Abstract: A swivel suture anchor for knotless fixation of tissue. The suture anchor includes an anchor tip configured to capture suture, the anchor tip being rotatably received within a fixation device upon advancement of the fixation device over a shaft of the anchor tip. The anchor tip is configured to receive a suture to be anchor in bone without requiring suture knots. The anchor tip can be a conical metal tip which is self-punching and avoids the need for pre-drilling a hole in bone. The anchor tip includes a closed aperture to allow free sliding of a suture strand. The suture is secured in a hole in bone by inserting the anchor tip into bone, and advancing a fenestrated fixation device, such as a cannulated interference screw, over a shaft of the anchor tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen S. Burkhart, Reinhold Schmieding, Peter J. Dreyfuss, John A. Sodeika
  • Patent number: 9146576
    Abstract: A rotation mechanism (rotating device) that can be easily accessed by the surgeon's finger to rotate an endoscope or similar instrument. The rotation mechanism is a device/component with a “starfish” configuration, which can be attached to the endoscope/arthroscope just distal to the eyepiece (or to an alternate attachment to a camera). The starfish component has a plurality of projections that extend radially from the endoscope axis, and beyond the diameter of the mechanism on the camera head that grasps the arthroscope eyecup. The projections can be easily accessed by the surgeon's finger to rotate the endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Craig Speier, Martin A. Frith, Sabine Pauli, Daniel Seeh
  • Publication number: 20150216541
    Abstract: An arthroscopic drill guiding system for drilling a hole into a bone comprises an arthroscopic pointing device, a drill sensor and an indicator. The pointing device has a shaft with a distal section and at least one navigation sensor for locating a target position distally at the bone. The drill sensor is coupled to a drill and provides information about the position and/or direction of the drill. The indicator indicates the relative position of the drill with respect to the target position, thus allowing to align the drill with the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Gerlinde Michel
  • Publication number: 20150201951
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: James P. Bradley, Reinhold Schmieding, Kenneth M. Adams, Philip S. O'Quinn
  • Publication number: 20150045768
    Abstract: Techniques, kits and a delivery instrument for providing a material at a defect repair site. The instrument is a combined delivery needle/elevator/paddle that includes a delivery needle and a paddle/elevator tip attached to the end of the needle and around the most distal opening of the needle. The combined needle/elevator/paddle instrument allows both delivery (insertion or injection) of the material/mixture as well as leveling/flattening of the delivered material. The mixture/material may be micronized allograft tissue such as BioCartilage® and the surgical site may be a defect site such as a microfracture site or cartilage defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Brandon L. Roller, Robert Benedict, Marc Stoll, James R. McWilliam
  • Patent number: 8939980
    Abstract: A system for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using holes in bone created by retrograde cutting. A rotary cutter, mounted onto an insertion post of a tibial guide, is inserted through an anteromedial portal and the rotary cutter placed on the anatomical origin of an ACL tibial insertion. A drill pin is drilled through the tibia and advanced until it contacts and engages a cannulation in the rotary cutter on the guide. Further rotation of the drill pin disengages the rotary cutter from the guide. The retrograde drill pin is then retracted and simultaneously rotated for retrograde cutting of a socket or tunnel of desired depth in the tibia. A similar system is provided to form a socket or tunnel in the femur except that a femur guide is used in place of the tibial guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Jeffrey Wyman
  • Publication number: 20140324167
    Abstract: A method and construct for joint repair in which attachment of a double bundle graft ligament approximates anatomic orientation using interference fixation in a single bone tunnel. The double bundle graft features separable strands. A threaded screw is inserted between the separable strands and provides interference fixation of the graft against radially opposing walls defining the bone tunnel. Attachment of the graft using separated strands more closely approximate the configuration of the native ligament. The resulting reconstruction exhibits mechanical functionality that more accurately mimics that of the intact joint, with a minimum of associated tissue morbidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Craig D. Morgan, David N. Caborn
  • Patent number: 8858560
    Abstract: Methods of arthroscopic harvesting of bone marrow aspirate from bone joints and therapeutic application of the bone marrow aspirate in a bone joint. The method of harvesting includes extracting bone marrow from a joint, adding a biomaterial, and adding clotting agent to form a clot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Bradley, Reinhold Schmieding, Ashley Willobee, J. Maxwell Teets
  • Patent number: 8852201
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Kenneth M. Adams, Philip S. O'Quinn, Peter J. Millett
  • Publication number: 20140243976
    Abstract: Techniques and reconstruction systems for fixation of bone to bone, or soft tissue to bone, that allow a double-bundle type construct with only three tunnels, a single graft and individual tensioning in each of the three tunnels. Alternative double-bundle ACL/PCL fixation techniques are provided that employ a double-bundle type construct with only a single graft and three tunnels/sockets. The double-bundle ACL and PCL techniques and constructs allow individual tensioning of each of the bundles (e.g., tensioning of each of the anteromedial (AM) and posterolateral (PL) bundles of the ACL) and eliminate the need for additional fixation devices (for example, interference screws) to secure the bundles within the bone tunnels/sockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Jacob A. Jolly, Thomas M. DeBerardino, Adrian Wilson
  • Publication number: 20140243891
    Abstract: Fixation of soft tissue to bone (or of soft tissue to soft tissue) is performed using a flexible material (for example, a suture strand, a braid, a suture tape, a stuffed suture, or a combination thereof) with a portion having an expanded footprint to provide a cushion or tissue protector between the flexible strand (suture) and the tissue to be attached. The suture and cushion may be manufactured from materials that have properties to amplify the body's healing response. The cushion may have any shape and geometry that provides cushioning action between the suture and the tissue to be fixated. The cushion may be provided along the length of the flexible strand (i.e., the flexible strand may be provided with a cushion) or the flexible strand may extend from the cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Dustin T. Libby, Peter J. Dreyfuss, James P. Bradley
  • Patent number: 8790401
    Abstract: A method and construct for joint repair in which attachment of a double bundle graft ligament approximates anatomic orientation using interference fixation in a single bone tunnel. The double bundle graft features separable strands. A threaded screw is inserted between the separable strands and provides interference fixation of the graft against radially opposing walls defining the bone tunnel. Attachment of the graft using separated strands more closely approximate the configuration of the native ligament. The resulting reconstruction exhibits mechanical functionality that more accurately mimics that of the intact joint, with a minimum of associated tissue morbidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Craig D. Morgan, David N. Caborn
  • Publication number: 20140194880
    Abstract: A system for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using holes in bone created by retrograde cutting. A rotary cutter, mounted onto an insertion post of a tibial guide, is inserted through an anteromedial portal and the rotary cutter placed on the anatomical origin of an ACL tibial insertion. A drill pin is drilled through the tibia and advanced until it contacts and engages a cannulation in the rotary cutter on the guide. Further rotation of the drill pin disengages the rotary cutter from the guide. The retrograde drill pin is then retracted and simultaneously rotated for retrograde cutting of a socket or tunnel of desired depth in the tibia. A similar system is provided to form a socket or tunnel in the femur except that a femur guide is used in place of the tibial guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Jeffrey Wyman
  • Patent number: 8764797
    Abstract: An insert-molded suture anchor with a biodegradable polymer body in which a loop of suture is totally contained within the polymer. The suture anchor body features a drive end that is shaped to be received into a recess in the end of a hand driver. Anchoring ribs are formed along the remaining length of the anchor. The loop of suture which includes and eyelet for attaching a suture strand is totally embedded within the anchor body during the insert-molding fabrication process. The anchor is produced by placing the suture in an injection mold, and injecting biodegradable polymer into the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Dreyfuss, William C. Benavitz, Reinhold Schmieding
  • Patent number: 8702752
    Abstract: Knotless fixation of soft tissue to bone is accomplished using a bone anchor configured to provide interference fixation of a soft-tissue connector. The soft-tissue connector is provided in the form of a flat narrow piece of material. Additional fixation strength can be provided by configuring the bone anchor to penetrate into or through the soft-tissue connector. The bone anchor is installed into a pre-formed hole or socket in the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, R. Donald Grafton, Peter J. Dreyfuss, Stephen S. Burkhart
  • Patent number: 8668738
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using sockets in bone created by retrograde cutting. A retrograde rotary cutter, inserted onto an insertion post of a tibial guide, is inserted through an anteromedial portal and the rotary cutter placed on the anatomical origin of an ACL tibial insertion. A retrograde drill pin, guided by a drill guide, is drilled through the tibia until it contacts the rotary cutter. Once the cutter is disengaged from the guide and securely engaged in the retrograde drill pin, the retrograde drill pin is retracted for retrograde cutting of a socket of desired depth in the tibia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Jeffrey Wyman
  • Patent number: 8663324
    Abstract: An all-inside double-socket ACL reconstruction technique, according to which a femoral socket and a closed tibial socket are provided to accommodate retrograde fixation of at least one graft (for example, a semitendonosus allograft) within the sockets. The closed tibial socket is formed by using a retrograde drill device provided with a retrograde drill cutter detachable from a retrograde drill guide pin. The femoral socket may be formed by the retrograde drill method or by a conventional method, and may be carried out before or after the formation of the tibial socket. The graft is secured in the knee by employing a transversal implant, or by employing an interference screw, and/or a continuous loop/button construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Jacob Jolly
  • Publication number: 20130338792
    Abstract: Techniques, mixtures, mixing and delivery kits, and improved delivery instruments for implantation of micronized allograft tissue over a microfractured defect. Allograft cartilage tissue is delivered over a cartilage defect that has been debrided and microfractured, without the need for a periosteal covering or separate type of patch sewn over the top. The allograft tissue may be any micronized cartilage particulates obtained by various methods, for example, cartilage delivered in its native form, dehydrated via lyophilization, “freeze-dried,” dehydrated via desiccation, or dehydrated by any other method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Brandon L. Roller, David O. Shepard, G. Joshua Karnes, Robert Benedict, Tithi Dutta Roy, Brian J. Cole, James P. Bradley, Eric Giza, James L. Cook, Lisa A. Fortier
  • Publication number: 20130304209
    Abstract: Biologic partial menisci (biologic partial meniscal replacements/constructs) used to replace at least a part of a meniscus, and methods of forming such biologic partial menisci. Meniscal cartilage is employed to form a moldable allograft paste. A sterile mold that replicates a meniscus (for example, the medial or lateral meniscus) is provided in various sizes and is used as a biologic mold to recreate the anatomic shape of the meniscus. The moldable paste is inserted (for example, injected) into the mold and allowed to set into a stable, anatomically shaped meniscus (the biologic partial meniscus). Fibrin glue or other biologic adhesives or strengtheners may be optionally added to provide further biomechanical strength. Once the biologic partial meniscus is removed from the mold, it is provided at the surgical site and attached to the excised meniscus (placed into the correct anatomical shape) to complete the meniscal repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Brandon L. Roller
  • Patent number: 8535703
    Abstract: Methods of arthroscopic resurfacing of anatomical tissue utilizing a biological component strengthened with glue or similar material. The biological component is selected from the group consisting of blood, blood components, PRP, bone marrow aspirate (BMA) and autologous conditioned plasma (ACP). The biological component/glue composition may be inserted (by injection and/or by employing a biologic resurfacing mold, for example) into, or in the vicinity of, the anatomical tissue. Upon insertion within, or contact with, the anatomical tissue, the biological component/glue composition is designed to coagulate and solidify (or partially solidify) within minutes, to advance healing or tissue growth of the anatomical tissue. The biological component/glue composition may optionally comprise components such as growth factors, antiseptic chemicals and/or antibiotics and/or electrolytes, or hormones or site-specific hybrid proteins, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinhold Schmieding, Gerlinde Michel, Stephane Naudin, Hans Linden