Patents by Inventor Sean Hamilton Kerr
Sean Hamilton Kerr 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: 11679181Abstract: Embodiments described include devices and methods for forming a porous polymer material. Devices disclosed and formed using the methods described a spacer for spinal fusion, craniomaxillofacial (CMF) structures, and other structures for tissue implants.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Ali Recber, Thomas Pepe, Dominique Messerli, Lawton Laurence, Ryan Walsh, Thomas Kueenzi, Brandon Randall
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Patent number: 11129727Abstract: Inflatable orthopedic implants and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for deploying such implants within an intervertebral space for use in spinal fusion surgery, other intervertebral surgical procedures, or other surgical procedures. The inflatable intervertebral implant can include a hollow inflatable body that can be configured in a compact state for insertion into a target intervertebral space between a pair of adjacent vertebral bodies. Once the vertebral bodies are separated or distracted, e.g., using one or more inflatable distractors, the hollow body of the inflatable implant can be inflated with bone cement or other curable material. When the curable material hardens, the inflated implant can form a rigid intervertebral support structure (e.g., a fusion cage) capable of maintaining the vertebral distraction and thereby enabling removal of the distractors.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Medos International SariInventors: Joern Richter, J. Riley Hawkins, Thomas Gamache, Sean Hamilton Kerr, Mark Thomas Fulmer
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Publication number: 20210031013Abstract: A drug-impregnated sleeve for encasing a medical implant is provided. In one embodiment, the sleeve may include a body made of a biologically-compatible material that defines an internal cavity configured to receive the medical implant. In one embodiment, the biologically-compatible material is bioresorbable. The body may include a plurality of apertures, such as perforations or holes, extending from the cavity through the body. The sleeve may further include a first end, a second end, and a drug impregnated into the resorbable sheet. In one possible embodiment, the first end of the sleeve may be open for receiving the medical implant therethrough and the second end may be closed. The implant may be encased in the sleeve and implanted into a patient from which the drug is dispensed in vivo over time to tissue surrounding the implantation site. In one embodiment, the body is made from at least one sheet of a biologically-compatible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Mark Thomas Fulmer, David A. Armbruster, Robert Frigg, Elliott A. Gruskin, Sean Hamilton Kerr
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Patent number: 10814112Abstract: A drug-impregnated sleeve for encasing a medical implant is provided. In one embodiment, the sleeve may include a body made of a biologically-compatible material that defines an internal cavity configured to receive the medical implant. In one embodiment, the biologically-compatible material is bioresorbable. The body may include a plurality of apertures, such as perforations or holes, extending from the cavity through the body. The sleeve may further include a first end, a second end, and a drug impregnated into the resorbable sheet. In one possible embodiment, the first end of the sleeve may be open for receiving the medical implant therethrough and the second end may be closed. The implant may be encased in the sleeve and implanted into a patient from which the drug is dispensed in vivo over time to tissue surrounding the implantation site. In one embodiment, the body is made from at least one sheet of a biologically-compatible material.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Mark Thomas Fulmer, David A. Armbruster, Robert Frigg, Elliott A. Gruskin, Sean Hamilton Kerr
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Publication number: 20200330380Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an organogel drug depot for use in delivering an active agent to a surgical site, such as an implant site, for instance an orthopedic implant site. The present disclosure is also directed to an organogel drug depot for use in a non-sterile environment and application to a non-sterile open wound site. In a further embodiment, there is disclosed a system for preparing an organogel drug depot including an organogel matrix comprising an organogelator and a biocompatible organic solvent, an active agent comprising solid particles, a container including at least one wall having an outer surface and defining a volume capable of containing the organogel matrix and active agent solid particles, and a heating component configured to contact the outer surface and supply an amount of heat to the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Charles Florek, David A. Armbruster, Sean Hamilton Kerr, Sanjay Jain, Junior Julien, Malavosklish Bikram-Liles
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Publication number: 20200306052Abstract: Inflatable orthopedic implants and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for deploying such implants within an intervertebral space for use in spinal fusion surgery, other intervertebral surgical procedures, or other surgical procedures. The inflatable intervertebral implant can include a hollow inflatable body that can be configured in a compact state for insertion into a target intervertebral space between a pair of adjacent vertebral bodies. Once the vertebral bodies are separated or distracted, e.g., using one or more inflatable distractors, the hollow body of the inflatable implant can be inflated with bone cement or other curable material. When the curable material hardens, the inflated implant can form a rigid intervertebral support structure (e.g., a fusion cage) capable of maintaining the vertebral distraction and thereby enabling removal of the distractors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Joern Richter, J. Riley Hawkins, Thomas Gamache, Sean Hamilton Kerr, Mark Thomas Fulmer
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Publication number: 20200139014Abstract: Embodiments described include devices and methods for forming a porous polymer material. Devices disclosed and formed using the methods described a spacer for spinal fusion, craniomaxillofacial (CMF) structures, and other structures for tissue implants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Ali Recber, Thomas Pepe, Dominique Messerli, Lawton Laurence, Ryan Walsh, Thomas Kueenzi, Brandon Randall
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Patent number: 10549014Abstract: Embodiments described include devices and methods for forming a porous polymer material. Devices disclosed and formed using the methods described a spacer for spinal fusion, craniomaxillofacial (CMF) structures, and other structures for tissue implants.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Ali Recber, Thomas Pepe, Dominique Messerli, Lawton Laurence, Ryan Walsh, Thomas Kueenzi, Brandon Randall
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Publication number: 20180085564Abstract: A drug-impregnated sleeve for encasing a medical implant is provided. In one embodiment, the sleeve may include a body made of a biologically-compatible material that defines an internal cavity configured to receive the medical implant. In one embodiment, the biologically-compatible material is bioresorbable. The body may include a plurality of apertures, such as perforations or holes, extending from the cavity through the body. The sleeve may further include a first end, a second end, and a drug impregnated into the resorbable sheet. In one possible embodiment, the first end of the sleeve may be open for receiving the medical implant therethrough and the second end may be closed. The implant may be encased in the sleeve and implanted into a patient from which the drug is dispensed in vivo over time to tissue surrounding the implantation site. In one embodiment, the body is made from at least one sheet of a biologically-compatible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Mark Thomas Fulmer, David A. Armbruster, Robert Frigg, Elliott A. Gruskin, Sean Hamilton Kerr
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Publication number: 20170136223Abstract: A drug-impregnated sleeve for encasing a medical implant is provided. In one embodiment, the sleeve may include a body made of a biologically-compatible material that defines an internal cavity configured to receive the medical implant. In one embodiment, the biologically-compatible material is bioresorbable. The body may include a plurality of apertures, such as perforations or holes, extending from the cavity through the body. The sleeve may further include a first end, a second end, and a drug impregnated into the resorbable sheet. In one possible embodiment, the first end of the sleeve may be open for receiving the medical implant therethrough and the second end may be closed. The implant may be encased in the sleeve and implanted into a patient from which the drug is dispensed in vivo over time to tissue surrounding the implantation site. In one embodiment, the body is made from at least one sheet of a biologically-compatible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Mark Thomas Fulmer, David A. Armbruster, Robert Frigg, Elliott A. Gruskin, Sean Hamilton Kerr
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Patent number: 9579260Abstract: A drug-impregnated sleeve for encasing a medical implant is provided. In one embodiment, the sleeve may include a body made of a biologically-compatible material that defines an internal cavity configured to receive the medical implant. In one embodiment, the biologically-compatible material is bioresorbable. The body may include a plurality of apertures, such as perforations or holes, extending from the cavity through the body. The sleeve may further include a first end, a second end, and a drug impregnated into the resorbable sheet. In one possible embodiment, the first end of the sleeve may be open for receiving the medical implant therethrough and the second end may be closed. The implant may be encased in the sleeve and implanted into a patient from which the drug is dispensed in vivo over time to tissue surrounding the implantation site. In one embodiment, the body is made from at least one sheet of a biologically-compatible material.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Mark Thomas Fulmer, David A. Armbruster, Robert Frigg, Elliott A. Gruskin, Sean Hamilton Kerr
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Publication number: 20160184483Abstract: Embodiments described include devices and methods for forming a porous polymer material. Devices disclosed and formed using the methods described a spacer for spinal fusion, craniornaxillofacial (CMF) structures, and other structures for tissue implants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Ali Recber, Thomas Pepe, Dominique Messerli, Lawton Laurence, Ryan Walsh, Thomas Kueenzi, Brandon Randall
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Patent number: 9308297Abstract: Embodiments described include devices and methods for forming a porous polymer material. Devices disclosed and formed using the methods described a spacer for spinal fusion, craniomaxillofacial (CMF) structures, and other structures for tissue implants.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Ali Recber, Thomas Pepe, Dominique Messerli, Lawton Laurence, Ryan Walsh, Thomas Kueenzi, Brandon Randall
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Publication number: 20150018969Abstract: A drug-impregnated sleeve for encasing a medical implant is provided. In one embodiment, the sleeve may include a body made of a biologically-compatible material that defines an internal cavity configured to receive the medical implant. In one embodiment, the biologically-compatible material is bioresorbable. The body may include a plurality of apertures, such as perforations or holes, extending from the cavity through the body. The sleeve may further include a first end, a second end, and a drug impregnated into the resorbable sheet. In one possible embodiment, the first end of the sleeve may be open for receiving the medical implant therethrough and the second end may be closed. The implant may be encased in the sleeve and implanted into a patient from which the drug is dispensed in vivo over time to tissue surrounding the implantation site. In one embodiment, the body is made from at least one sheet of a biologically-compatible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Mark Thomas Fulmer, David A. Armbruster, Robert Frigg, Elliott A. Gruskin, Sean Hamilton Kerr
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Patent number: 8900620Abstract: A drug-impregnated sleeve for encasing a medical implant is provided. In one embodiment, the sleeve may include a body made of a biologically-compatible material that defines an internal cavity configured to receive the medical implant. In one embodiment, the biologically-compatible material is bioresorbable. The body may include a plurality of apertures, such as perforations or holes, extending from the cavity through the body. The sleeve may further include a first end, a second end, and a drug impregnated into the resorbable sheet. In one possible embodiment, the first end of the sleeve may be open for receiving the medical implant therethrough and the second end may be closed. The implant may be encased in the sleeve and implanted into a patient from which the drug is dispensed in vivo over time to tissue surrounding the implantation site.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Mark Thomas Fulmer, David A. Armbruster, Robert Frigg, Elliott A. Gruskin, Sean Hamilton Kerr
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Patent number: 8814878Abstract: Methods and devices are shown for forming polymer fasteners into bone by expelling the polymer from a cannula. Devices and methods shown allow a user to form multiple fasteners of various sizes without re-loading a device. Devices and methods shown further provide temperature profiles during fastener formation that reduce or eliminate thermal necrosis. Devices and methods shown further provide fasteners with increased strength.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Edward August Kurek, III, Junior Julien
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Publication number: 20140207237Abstract: Embodiments described include devices and methods for forming a porous polymer material. Devices disclosed and formed using the methods described a spacer for spinal fusion, craniomaxillofacial (CMF) structures, and other structures for tissue implants.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Depuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Ali Recber, Thomas Pepe, Dominique Messerli, Lawton Laurence, Ryan Walsh, Thomas Kueenzi, Brandon Randall
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Publication number: 20140128922Abstract: Methods and devices are shown for forming polymer fasteners into bone by expelling the polymer from a cannula. Devices and methods shown allow a user to form multiple fasteners of various sizes without re-loading a device. Devices and methods shown further provide temperature profiles during fastener formation that reduce or eliminate thermal necrosis. Devices and methods shown further provide fasteners with increased strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Edward August Kurek, III, Junior Julien
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Patent number: 8530560Abstract: Embodiments described include devices and methods for forming a porous polymer material. Devices disclosed and formed using the methods described include a spacer for spinal fusion, craniomaxillofacial (CMF) structures, and other structures for tissue implants.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLCInventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Ali Recber, Thomas Pepe, Dominique Messerli, Lawton Laurence, Ryan Walsh, Thomas Kueenzi, Brandon Randall
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Publication number: 20110045087Abstract: Embodiments described include devices and methods for forming a porous polymer material. Devices disclosed and formed using the methods described include a spacer for spinal fusion, craniomaxillofacial (CMF) structures, and other structures for tissue implants.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: Synthes GmbHInventors: Sean Hamilton Kerr, Ali Recber, Thomas Pepe, Dominique Messerli, Lawton Laurence, Ryan Walsh, Thomas Kueenzi, Brandon Randall