Patents by Inventor Ryan Megger

Ryan Megger 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: 20260007472
    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: September 15, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER
  • Patent number: 12433677
    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, an anatomical makeup classification may be assigned to an anatomy associated with postoperative patient outcome data, and a surgical outcomes database of the surgical planning system may be automatically updated based on the postoperative patient outcome data for the assigned anatomical makeup classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Ryan Megger
  • Publication number: 20250255673
    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: April 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Kevin John Gallen, Ryan Megger
  • Publication number: 20250235267
    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. The range of motion data and an act of daily living goal for a patient may be utilized by the surgical planning system for providing a surgical recommendation. A surgeon may then perform a surgical procedure on the patient according to the surgical recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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: 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: 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230079807
    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 deviations from past preoperative surgical plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER
  • Publication number: 20230085604
    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, an anatomical makeup classification may be assigned to an anatomy associated with postoperative patient outcome data, and a surgical outcomes database of the surgical planning system may be automatically updated based on the postoperative patient outcome data for the assigned anatomical makeup classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER
  • Publication number: 20230080229
    Abstract: Improved surgical planning systems and methods are provided for planning orthopaedic procedures, including pre-operatively, intra-operatively, and/or postoperatively 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: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER
  • Publication number: 20230083517
    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: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER
  • Publication number: 20230080515
    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, preoperative surgical planning may be influenced by analyzing a survivorship predictive index that is a percentile representation of a confidence level that the surgical plan will result in a successful surgical outcome for at least a predefined amount of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER
  • Publication number: 20230068517
    Abstract: Surgical planning systems and methods are disclosed 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 used to preoperatively assess a planned postoperative implant center of rotation relative to a preoperative native anatomy center of rotation. A delta distance between the planned postoperative implant center of rotation and the preoperative native anatomy center of rotation may be utilized to optimize a specific implant center of rotation that is most appropriate for a given patient's anatomy, thereby improving surgical outcomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER, Brandon EVANS
  • Publication number: 20220226044
    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 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Kevin John Gallen, Ryan Megger