Patents by Inventor Shawn Thayer Huxel
Shawn Thayer Huxel 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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Publication number: 20220054273Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to ankle prostheses. In an example embodiment, the ankle prosthesis comprises an adjustable and replaceable intermediate implant that is disposed between a tibial implant and a talar implant. The intermediate implant is adjustable relative to the tibial implant and can be interlocked therewith once adjusted. Methods of using, fitting, and adjusting the device are also described. Still other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, John S. Crombie, Beat Hintermann, Andrew R. Fauth, Justin Hyer, Zachary C. Christensen, Trevor K. Lewis, Nathan O. Plowman, Neil Etherington, David Koch
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Patent number: 11103353Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to ankle prostheses. In an example embodiment, the ankle prosthesis comprises an adjustable and replaceable intermediate implant that is disposed between a tibial implant and a talar implant. The intermediate implant is adjustable relative to the tibial implant and can be interlocked therewith once adjusted. Methods of using, fitting, and adjusting the device are also described. Still other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: DT MEDTECH, LLCInventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, John S. Crombie, Beat Hintermann, Andrew R. Fauth, Justin Hyer, Zachary C. Christensen, Trevor K. Lewis, Nathan O. Plowman, Neil Etherington, David Koch
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Publication number: 20180125663Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to ankle prostheses. In an example embodiment, the ankle prosthesis comprises an adjustable and replaceable intermediate implant that is disposed between a tibial implant and a talar implant. The intermediate implant is adjustable relative to the tibial implant and can be interlocked therewith once adjusted. Methods of using, fitting, and adjusting the device are also described. Still other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, John S. Crombie, Beat Hintermann, Andrew R. Fauth, Justin Hyer, Zachary C. Christensen, Trevor K. Lewis, Nathan O. Plowman, Neil Etherington, David Koch
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Patent number: 7169187Abstract: The present invention is directed to stents that are formed into a helical structure having a plurality of coils, a longitudinal axis, an internal longitudinal passage, a distal section and a proximal section having different diameters; where the structure is made from a fiber having a cross-section and including an inner core having an exterior surface made from a biodegradable polymer having a first degradation rate and an outer section made from a blend of a first biodegradable polymer component and a second biodegradable polymer component covering the exterior surface of the inner core and having a second degradation rate; where the second degradation rate is lower than the first degradation rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Arindam Datta, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Yufu Li, Kevor S. TenHuisen
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Patent number: 7166134Abstract: A biodegradable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent in one embodiment is made from a biodegradable fiber having an inner core and an outer layer. The outer layer is a blend of two polymer components. The inner core has a first degradation rate, and the outer layer has a second degradation rate. The second degradation rate is slower than the first degradation rate. The fiber softens in vivo such that the stent is readily passed from the lumen as a softened fragment or filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Arindam Datta, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Yufu Li
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Patent number: 7163562Abstract: A biodegradable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent in one embodiment is made from a biodegradable fiber having an inner core and an outer layer. The outer layer is a blend of two polymer components. The inner core has a first degradation rate, and the outer layer has a second degradation rate. The second degradation rate is slower than the first degradation rate. The fiber softens in vivo such that the stent is readily passed from the lumen as a softened fragment or filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Arindam Datta, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Yufu Li
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Patent number: 6981987Abstract: A removable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent is made from a soft, flexible fiber having an outer surface. An outer bioabsorbable/degradable coating is applied to the outer surface of the filament causing it to become rigid. The coating softens in vivo through absorption and/or degradation such that the stent is readily passed or removed from the lumen as a softened filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen or by manual removal.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2001Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, Arindam Datta, Yufu Li, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Emil Richard Skula
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Publication number: 20030144730Abstract: A biodegradable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent in one embodiment is made from a biodegradable fiber having an inner core and an outer layer. The outer layer is a blend of two polymer components. The inner core has a first degradation rate, and the outer layer has a second degradation rate. The second degradation rate is slower than the first degradation rate. The fiber softens in vivo such that the stent is readily passed from the lumen as a softened fragment or filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: July 31, 2003Inventors: Arindam Datta, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Yufu Li
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Patent number: 6537312Abstract: A biodegradable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent in one embodiment is made from a biodegradable fiber having an inner core and an outer layer. The outer layer is a blend of two polymer components. The inner core has a first degradation rate, and the outer layer has a second degradation rate. The second degradation rate is slower than the first degradation rate. The fiber softens in vivo such that the stent is readily passed from the lumen as a softened fragment or filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Arindam Datta, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Yufu Li
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Publication number: 20030045924Abstract: A biodegradable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent in one embodiment is made from a biodegradable fiber having an inner core and an outer layer. The outer layer is a blend of two polymer components. The inner core has a first degradation rate, and the outer layer has a second degradation rate. The second degradation rate is slower than the first degradation rate. The fiber softens in vivo such that the stent is readily passed from the lumen as a softened fragment or filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Inventors: Arindam Datta, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Yufu Li
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Patent number: 6494908Abstract: A removable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent is made from a soft, flexible fiber having an outer surface. An outer bioabsorbable/degradable coating is applied to the outer surface of the filament causing it to become rigid. The coating softens in vivo through absorption and/or degradation such that the stent is readily passed or removed from the lumen as a softened filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen or by manual removal.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, Arindam Datta, Yufu Li, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, E. Richard Skula
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Publication number: 20020177904Abstract: A removable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent is made from a soft, flexible fiber having an outer surface. An outer bioabsorbable/degradable coating is applied to the outer surface of the filament causing it to become rigid. The coating softens in vivo through absorption and/or degradation such that the stent is readily passed or removed from the lumen as a softened filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen or by manual removal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, Arindam Datta, Yufu Li, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, E. Richard Skula
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Publication number: 20020143388Abstract: A biodegradable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent in one embodiment is made from a biodegradable fiber having an inner core and an outer layer. The outer layer is a blend of two polymer components. The inner core has a first degradation rate, and the outer layer has a second degradation rate. The second degradation rate is slower than the first degradation rate. The fiber softens in vivo such that the stent is readily passed from the lumen as a softened fragment or filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2001Publication date: October 3, 2002Inventors: Arindam Datta, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Yufu Li
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Patent number: 6423092Abstract: A biodegradable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent in one embodiment is made from a biodegradable fiber having an inner core and an outer layer. The outer layer is a blend of two polymer components. The inner core has a first degradation rate, and the outer layer has a second degradation rate. The second degradation rate is slower than the first degradation rate. The fiber softens in vivo such that the stent is readily passed from the lumen as a softened fragment or filament after a predetermined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2001Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Arindam Datta, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Yufu Li
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Publication number: 20020019661Abstract: A biodegradable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent in one embodiment is made from a biodegradable fiber having an inner core and an outer layer. The outer layer is a blend of two polymer components. The inner core has a first degradation rate, and the outer layer has a second degradation rate. The second degradation rate is slower than the first degradation rate. The fiber softens in vivo such that the stent is readily passed from the lumen as a softened fragment or filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Inventors: Arindam Datta, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Yufu Li
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Patent number: 6338739Abstract: A biodegradable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent in one embodiment is made from a biodegradable fiber having an inner core and an outer layer. The outer layer is a blend of two polymer components. The inner core has a first degradation rate, and the outer layer has a second degradation rate. The second degradation rate is slower than the first degradation rate. The fiber softens in vivo such that the stent is readily passed from the lumen as a softened fragment or filament after a predetermined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: January 15, 2002Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Arindam Datta, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Yufu Li
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Publication number: 20020002399Abstract: A removable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent is made from a soft, flexible fiber having an outer surface. An outer bioabsorbable/degradable coating is applied to the outer surface of the flament causing it to become rigid. The coating softens in vivo through absorption and/or degradation such that the stent is readily passed or removed from the lumen as a softened filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen or by manual removal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2001Publication date: January 3, 2002Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, Arindam Datta, Yufu Li, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Emil Richard Skula
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Patent number: 6001117Abstract: A medical construct particularly useful as a stent, comprising an axially compressible bellows of a material and dimensions sufficient to provide negligible resistance to flexure transverse to the axis and negligible recoil under compression or expansion along the axis, and apparatus and a method for deploying the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1998Date of Patent: December 14, 1999Assignee: Indigo Medical, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, Kevin Leonard Cooper, Jie Jenny Yuan, Murty Narayan Vyakarnam
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Patent number: 5972022Abstract: A surgical attachment device. The device has an elastomeric member which may be bioabsorbable. A tissue engagement means such as a hook is mounted to the elastomeric member. The tissue engagement means may also be bioabsorbable. The device provides tensioned fastening.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1996Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventor: Shawn Thayer Huxel
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Patent number: 5962007Abstract: There is described a process for deploying a medical construct in a body cavity, so as to function for example as a stent in a body lumen. The construct is used by forming a coil from a strand that has an interior and an exterior portion, and thereafter heating while expanding the coil so as to melt only the exterior portion. When that melted portion resolidifies with the coil in the expanded state, the coil's integrity and resistance against forces such as compression is maintained by the unmelted but stretched interior portion, and the expanded shape is maintained by the adhesiveness of the solidified exterior portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1997Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignee: Indigo Medical, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Leonard Cooper, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Murty Narayan Vyakarnam, Arindam Datta, Jie Jenny Yuan