Patents by Inventor Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Smith & Nephew, Inc. 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: 20130289569
    Abstract: Methods and devices for performing knee arthroplasty including but not limited to bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty are provided. Methods and devices for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are also provided. These methods and devices, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130225928
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a first instrument defining a first channel and a second instrument receivable by the first channel. The second instrument defines a second channel. A valve coupled to the first instrument controls fluid flow through the first channel, such that impedance of fluid flow through the first channel is substantially the same without the second instrument received in the first channel and with the first channel partially blocked by the second instrument. In another aspect, a surgical apparatus includes an outer member and an inner member received within the outer member to define a first channel therebetween. The inner member houses an optical lens and defines a second channel for receiving a surgical instrument. The first and second channels are configured such that a pump having an inflow rate of up to about 0.7 L/min connected to the second channel can maintain fluid pressure inside an organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130197489
    Abstract: A surgical instrument handle assembly configured for rigid and releasable connection to orthopedic devices including orthopedic shaping or cutting members such as a broaches, reamers and/or osteotomes adapted to prepare the intramedullary canal of a femur in total hip arthroplasty procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130144293
    Abstract: Methods and devices for performing knee arthroplasty including but not limited to bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty are provided. Methods and devices for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are also provided. These methods and devices, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130144297
    Abstract: Methods and devices for performing knee arthroplasty including but not limited to bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty are provided. Methods and devices for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are also provided. These methods and devices, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130123845
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anchor. The anchor includes an outer member including a body having an inner cavity, wherein the inner cavity includes a proximal portion configured for receipt of a delivery device and a distal portion having area of increased diameter. The anchor also includes an inner member coupled to the outer member, wherein the inner member includes a proximal portion having a projection configured for receipt in the area of increased diameter and a distal portion having a transverse through hole. A delivery device and method for tissue repair are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    Inventor: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130123787
    Abstract: Methods and devices for performing knee arthroplasty including but not limited to bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty are provided. Methods and devices for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are also provided. These methods and devices, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130116698
    Abstract: Methods and devices for performing knee arthroplasty including but not limited to bicruciate retaining knee arthroplasty are provided. Methods and devices for preparing a proximal tibia for a tibial implant are also provided. These methods and devices, in at least some embodiments and uses, facilitate decreasing the complexity of knee arthroplasty procedures such as bicruciate retaining procedures while maintaining, if not improving on, the safety, accuracy and/or effectiveness of such procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventor: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130100761
    Abstract: Devices and methods for mixing a clotting agent with other inputs such as blood, blood derived product, bone marrow, and/or bone marrow derived product to form a congealed mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    Inventor: Smith & Nephew, Inc.