Patents by Inventor Robert Laprade

Robert Laprade 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).

  • Patent number: 12127751
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include implants, instruments, and methods for attaching or reattaching soft tissue (200, 2200) to a bone (100), that enable independent tensioning of multiple connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) and enable redundant fixation between bone (100) and soft tissue (200, 2200). Some embodiments provide for improved accuracy of the placement of substantially parallel tunnels through which soft tissue (200, 2200) to bone (100) connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) are passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert LaPrade, Coen Wijdicks, Stephen Anthony Santangelo
  • Publication number: 20220104836
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include implants, instruments, and methods for attaching or reattaching soft tissue (200, 2200) to a bone (100), that enable independent tensioning of multiple connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) and enable redundant fixation between bone (100) and soft tissue (200, 2200). Some embodiments provide for improved accuracy of the placement of substantially parallel tunnels through which soft tissue (200, 2200) to bone (100) connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) are passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Robert LaPrade, Coen Wijdicks, Stephen Anthony Santangelo
  • Patent number: 11229444
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include implants, instruments, and methods for attaching or reattaching soft tissue (200, 2200) to a bone (100), that enable independent tensioning of multiple connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) and enable redundant fixation between bone (100) and soft tissue (200, 2200). Some embodiments provide for improved accuracy of the placement of substantially parallel tunnels through which soft tissue (200, 2200) to bone (100) connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) are passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert LaPrade, Coen Wijdicks, Stephen A. Santangelo
  • Publication number: 20190321057
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include implants, instruments, and methods for attaching or reattaching soft tissue (200, 2200) to a bone (100), that enable independent tensioning of multiple connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) and enable redundant fixation between bone (100) and soft tissue (200, 2200). Some embodiments provide for improved accuracy of the placement of substantially parallel tunnels through which soft tissue (200, 2200) to bone (100) connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) are passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Robert LaPrade, Coen Wijdicks, Stephen A. Santangelo
  • Patent number: 10383643
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include implants, instruments, and methods for attaching or reattaching soft tissue (200, 2200) to a bone (100), that enable independent tensioning of multiple connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) and enable redundant fixation between bone (100) and soft tissue (200, 2200). Some embodiments provide for improved accuracy of the placement of substantially parallel tunnels through which soft tissue (200, 2200) to bone (100) connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) are passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert LaPrade, Coen Wijdicks, Stephen Santangelo
  • Patent number: 9770356
    Abstract: An orthopedic device is arranged for dynamically treating the knee. The device includes a hinge assembly, a frame having an upper cuff and a lower cuff spaced apart from and connected by the hinge assembly, and a dynamic shell connected to the frame and extending along the first side of the brace. An adjustment system is connected to the dynamic shell and includes a tensioning element operatively engaging the shell and the hinge assembly. The adjustment system is arranged to increase and decrease tension in the tensioning element. The dynamic shell is arranged to be drawn toward the frontal plane as the orthopedic device goes from an extension orientation to a flexion orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: OSSUR HF
    Inventors: Arni Thor Ingimundarson, Harry Duane Romo, Bjorn Omarsson, Janaki Ram-srinivasaRao Chetlapalli, Robert Laprade, Thorvaldur Ingvarsson
  • Publication number: 20170042556
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include implants, instruments, and methods for attaching or reattaching soft tissue (200, 2200) to a bone (100), that enable independent tensioning of multiple connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) and enable redundant fixation between bone (100) and soft tissue (200, 2200). Some embodiments provide for improved accuracy of the placement of substantially parallel tunnels through which soft tissue (200, 2200) to bone (100) connectors such as sutures (60, 160, 2060, 2160) are passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Robert LaPrade, Coen Wijdicks, Stephen Santangelo
  • Patent number: 9351864
    Abstract: An orthopedic device is arranged to apply a dynamic load on a leg of a user. The orthopedic device has a rigid or semi-rigid frame including lower and upper frames, and a hinge assembly connecting the lower and upper frames. A dynamic loading component is used to urge the load on the user's leg on the basis of flexion of the hinge assembly on the basis of tension in an elongate element connecting the dynamic loading component and at least one of the lower and upper frames. A peak load is generated at a flexion angle between extension and maximum flexion of the hinge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: OSSUR HF
    Inventors: Harry Duane Romo, Jane Lee, Chris Webster, Jared Olivo, Henry Hsu, Robert Laprade
  • Patent number: 9125730
    Abstract: An orthopedic device is arranged for dynamically treating the knee. The device includes a hinge assembly, a frame having an upper cuff and a lower cuff spaced apart from and connected by the hinge assembly, and a dynamic shell connected to the frame and extending along the first side of the brace. An adjustment system is connected to the dynamic shell and includes a tensioning element operatively engaging the shell and the hinge assembly. The adjustment system is arranged to increase and decrease tension in the tensioning element. The dynamic shell is arranged to be drawn toward the frontal plane as the orthopedic device goes from an extension orientation to a flexion orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: OSSUR HF
    Inventors: Arni Thor Ingimundarson, Harry Duane Romo, Bjorn Omarsson, Janaki Ram-srinivasaRao Chetlapalli, Robert Laprade, Thorvaldur Ingvarsson
  • Publication number: 20040260208
    Abstract: A device for measuring a varus rotation angle in a knee comprises a femoral reference member configured to be positioned medially of the knee, a first arm hingedly engaged to the femoral reference member, and a first potentiometer to output an angular relationship between the femoral reference member and the first arm. The device also includes a second arm hingedly engaged to the first arm, and a second potentiometer to output an angular relationship between the first and second arms, wherein the varus rotation angle is determinable from the outputs of the first and second potentiometers. Furthermore, a joint-space opening of the knee joint may be determined using the outputs of the first and second potentiometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Laprade, Fred Wentorf, David Strothman, Joseph Dvorak