Patents by Inventor Steffan DANIEL

Steffan DANIEL 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: 20250009399
    Abstract: A bone plate defines an interior surface that defines: a hole extending through the plate along an axis; plate threads configured for locking with a threaded head of a locking screw; first, second, and third columns sequentially located about the axis; a first corner extending tangentially from the second to the first column; and a second corner extending tangentially from the third to the first column. The first and second corners are substantially equidistantly spaced from the axis. The plate threads extend across the first, second, and third columns and the first and second corners. The interior surface defines a recess between the second and third columns and facing the first column. An apex of the recess is spaced further from the axis than are the first and second corners, such that the recess circumferentially interrupts at least a portion of at least one of the plate threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, Andreas Baeriswyl, Sol Posada, Joel Oberli, Mirko Rocci
  • Patent number: 12178481
    Abstract: A bone plate includes a plate body defining an interior surface that defines a combination hole that includes intersecting locking and compression holes that each extend between outer and bone-facing surfaces of the plate body. A central axis of the compression hole is spaced from a central axis of the locking hole in an offset direction. A locking surface of the plate body defines the locking hole and at least one locking structure therein. A compression surface of the plate body defines the compression hole. An intersection boundary between the locking and compression surfaces is configured to translate the bone plate in the offset direction during contact between the intersection boundary and a head of a compression screw as it advances within the combination hole along an insertion axis offset from the central axis of the locking hole at an offset distance in a direction having a directional component in the offset direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, This Aebi, Andreas Baeriswyl, Joel Oberli, Mirko Rocci
  • Patent number: 12137951
    Abstract: A bone plate defines an interior surface that defines: a hole extending through the plate along an axis; plate threads configured for locking with a threaded head of a locking screw; first, second, and third columns sequentially located about the axis; a first corner extending tangentially from the second to the first column; and a second corner extending tangentially from the third to the first column. The first and second corners are substantially equidistantly spaced from the axis. The plate threads extend across the first, second, and third columns and the first and second corners. The interior surface defines a recess between the second and third columns and facing the first column. An apex of the recess is spaced further from the axis than are the first and second corners, such that the recess circumferentially interrupts at least a portion of at least one of the plate threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, Andreas Baeriswyl, Sol Posada, Joel Oberli, Mirko Rocci
  • Patent number: 12004788
    Abstract: A bone fixation system includes a bone plate having an outer surface, an opposed bone-facing surface, and an interior surface that defines a hole extending from the outer surface to the bone-facing surface along a central hole axis. The interior surface further defines a compression surface. The system includes a bone fixation member having a shaft extending from a head along a central fixation member axis. The head has an exterior surface that defines a threaded head portion configured for variable angle locking with a complimentary variable angle plate locking structure. The compression surface and the threaded head portion are cooperatively configured to translate the bone plate in a direction substantially perpendicular to the central hole axis when the threaded head portion contacts the compression surface when the bone fixation member axis is offset from the central hole axis at an offset parameter as the head advances within the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Oberli, This Aebi, Steffan Daniel, Said Ghammar, Mirko Rocci
  • Patent number: 11911048
    Abstract: A drill guide handle configured to engage a variable angle drill guide, including: a handle grip; a first cannula extending from a proximal end of the drill guide handle to a distal end of the drill guide handle, wherein the first cannula is configured to provide a zero degree insertion angle for a drill bit; and a body including: a first tab and a second tab wherein the first and second tabs include a first and second tab protrusion, respectively, wherein each of the first tab and the second is configured to flex so that the first and second tab protrusions engage a horizontal groove on a variable angle drill guide; and a body protrusion on an inner surface of the body, wherein the body protrusion is configured to engage a vertical grove on the variable angle drill guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael McGurk, Henri Défossez, Simon Wampfler, Gregor Spreiter, Frederic Gueissaz, Marcel Schweizer, Said Ghammar, Andreas Baeriswyl, Mirko Rocci, Steffan Daniel
  • Patent number: 11903596
    Abstract: A drill sleeve, including: an outer sleeve with an internal collet at a distal end of the outer sleeve, a slot, and an inner opening; a handle connected to the outer sleeve; an inner sleeve with an inner opening configured to receive and guide a drill bit, wherein the inner sleeve is configured to slide inside the inner opening of the outer sleeve; a trigger; a connection member connected to trigger and the inner tube, wherein the connection member passes through the slot in the outer sleeve and a biasing member configured to apply a biasing force between the handle and the trigger wherein the biasing force drives the inner sleeve into the outer sleeve, wherein when a distal end of the inner sleeve engages the internal collet, the internal collet is configured to engage a screw hole in a bone plate, align the drill sleeve with a nominal axis of the screw hole, and secure the drill sleeve to the screw hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: This Aebi, Mirko Rocci, Steffan Daniel, Joel Oberli, Johanna Menze, Andreas Baeriswyl, Said Ghammar
  • Patent number: 11723723
    Abstract: A bone fracture fixation system including reference pins inserted into bone fragments of a patient in a first configuration and an image capture device configured to capture an image of the reference pins, and the bone fragments. The system includes a processor configured to receive and pre-process the captured image data. The processor pre-processes the image data by virtually re-positioning the reference pins in the first configuration into a second configuration, wherein the re-positioning virtually re-positions the bone fragments into normal alignment; and virtually generating a support device. The system includes a point-of-care production apparatus that produces a three-dimensional model of the virtually generated support device in a form that can be applied to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, Andre Furrer, Simon Bosshard
  • Publication number: 20230172621
    Abstract: A drill guide handle configured to engage a variable angle drill guide, including: a handle grip; a first cannula extending from a proximal end of the drill guide handle to a distal end of the drill guide handle, wherein the first cannula is configured to provide a zero degree insertion angle for a drill bit; and a body including: a first tab and a second tab wherein the first and second tabs include a first and second tab protrusion, respectively, wherein each of the first tab and the second is configured to flex so that the first and second tab protrusions engage a horizontal groove on a variable angle drill guide; and a body protrusion on an inner surface of the body, wherein the body protrusion is configured to engage a vertical grove on the variable angle drill guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Michael McGurk, Henri Défossez, Simon Wampfler, Gregor Spreiter, Frederic Gueissaz, Marcel Schweizer, Said Ghammar, Andreas Baeriswyl, Mirko Rocci, Steffan Daniel
  • Patent number: 11648017
    Abstract: A drill guide, including: frustoconical body with a first opening at a narrower distal end and second opening at a wider the proximal end; a first support with a first end connected to the frustoconical body and a second end; a zero angle guide with an opening aligned with the first opening and wherein the zero angle guide is connected to the second end of the first support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, Mirko Rocci, This Aebi, Johanna F. Menze, Joel Oberli
  • Patent number: 11633284
    Abstract: A bone graft system includes a two-dimensional mesh sheet sized and shaped to, when folded along fold lines, form a three-dimensional graft containment structure configured to be packed with a bone graft material for placement within a target area of a bone, the mesh sheet including a first end flap connected to a remaining portion of the mesh sheet via a first fold line and a second end flap connected to the remaining portion of the mesh sheet via a second fold line, a third fold line extending from the first fold line to the second fold line so that the remaining portion is configured to be wrapped around folded first and second end flaps to form the graft containment structure, the first and second end flaps substantially corresponding to a profile of the target area of the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer
  • Publication number: 20230022126
    Abstract: A drill sleeve, including: an outer sleeve with an internal collet at a distal end of the outer sleeve, a slot, and an inner opening; a handle connected to the outer sleeve; an inner sleeve with an inner opening configured to receive and guide a drill bit, wherein the inner sleeve is configured to slide inside the inner opening of the outer sleeve; a trigger; a connection member connected to trigger and the inner tube, wherein the connection member passes through the slot in the outer sleeve and a biasing member configured to apply a biasing force between the handle and the trigger wherein the biasing force drives the inner sleeve into the outer sleeve, wherein when a distal end of the inner sleeve engages the internal collet, the internal collet is configured to engage a screw hole in a bone plate, align the drill sleeve with a nominal axis of the screw hole, and secure the drill sleeve to the screw hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: This Aebi, Mirko Rocci, Steffan Daniel, Joel Oberli, Johanna Menze, Andreas Baeriswyl, Said Ghammar
  • Publication number: 20220395306
    Abstract: A bone plate defines an interior surface that defines: a hole extending through the plate along an axis; plate threads configured for locking with a threaded head of a locking screw; first, second, and third columns sequentially located about the axis; a first corner extending tangentially from the second to the first column; and a second corner extending tangentially from the third to the first column. The first and second corners are substantially equidistantly spaced from the axis. The plate threads extend across the first, second, and third columns and the first and second corners. The interior surface defines a recess between the second and third columns and facing the first column. An apex of the recess is spaced further from the axis than are the first and second corners, such that the recess circumferentially interrupts at least a portion of at least one of the plate threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, Andreas Baeriswyl, Sol Posada, Joel Oberli, Mirko Rocci
  • Patent number: 11504240
    Abstract: A graft cage includes cross-sectional portions and longitudinal members. Each portion includes base transverse members forming a cage base; a first arm including first arm transverse members; a second arm including second arm transverse members; base connecting struts, each base connecting strut extending between first one and second one of the base members; first arm connecting struts, each first arm connecting strut extending between a first one of the first members and a second one of the first members; and second arm connecting struts, each second arm connecting strut extending between first one and second one of the second members. The longitudinal members connect the portions to one another. Intersections of the portions with the longitudinal members forming pores in the first and second arms. The pores receive an arm tip of a further graft cage therein to interlock the cage with the further cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer, Scott Larsen
  • Patent number: 11497608
    Abstract: A bone graft containment device includes a plurality of cage segments connected to one another along a longitudinal axis, each of the cage segments connected to an adjacent one of the cage segments via a connection which permits movement of the cage segments relative to one another so that the bone graft containment device is deformable to a desired configuration for placement within a target space of a bone, each cage segment extending along from a first end to a second end and including a channel extending therethrough so that channels of the plurality of cage segments, in an initial configuration, are aligned along the longitudinal axis, the channels configured to be packed with a bone graft material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer
  • Patent number: 11478356
    Abstract: A bone graft containment device includes a body formed via one or more helical structures extending about a longitudinal axis of the body from a first end to a second end to define a channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The channel is configured to receive a bone graft or bone graft substitute material therein, the one or more helical structures formed of a material permitting the body to be one of expanded, compressed and curved to fill a target space of a target bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, André Furrer, Scott Larsen
  • Patent number: 11464526
    Abstract: A drill sleeve, including: an outer sleeve with an internal collet at a distal end of the outer sleeve and an inner opening; a handle connected to the outer sleeve; an inner sleeve with an inner opening configured to receive and guide a drill bit, wherein the inner sleeve is configured to slide inside the inner opening of the outer sleeve; a trigger connected to the inner sleeve; and a biasing member configured to apply a biasing force between the handle and the trigger wherein the biasing force drives the inner sleeve into the outer sleeve, wherein when a distal end of the inner sleeve engages the internal collet, the internal collet is configured to engage a screw hole in a bone plate, align the drill sleeve with a nominal axis of the screw hole, and secure the drill sleeve to the screw hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: This Aebi, Mirko Rocci, Steffan Daniel, Joel Oberli, Johanna Menze, Andreas Baeriswyl, Said Ghammar
  • Publication number: 20220265328
    Abstract: A bone fixation system includes a bone plate having an outer surface, an opposed bone-facing surface, and an interior surface that defines a hole extending from the outer surface to the bone-facing surface along a central hole axis. The interior surface further defines a compression surface. The system includes a bone fixation member having a shaft extending from a head along a central fixation member axis. The head has an exterior surface that defines a threaded head portion configured for variable angle locking with a complimentary variable angle plate locking structure. The compression surface and the threaded head portion are cooperatively configured to translate the bone plate in a direction substantially perpendicular to the central hole axis when the threaded head portion contacts the compression surface when the bone fixation member axis is offset from the central hole axis at an offset parameter as the head advances within the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Joel Oberli, This Aebi, Steffan Daniel, Said Ghammar, Mirko Rocci
  • Publication number: 20220233220
    Abstract: A bone plate includes a plate body defining an interior surface that defines a combination hole that includes intersecting locking and compression holes that each extend between outer and bone-facing surfaces of the plate body. A central axis of the compression hole is spaced from a central axis of the locking hole in an offset direction. A locking surface of the plate body defines the locking hole and at least one locking structure therein. A compression surface of the plate body defines the compression hole. An intersection boundary between the locking and compression surfaces is configured to translate the bone plate in the offset direction during contact between the intersection boundary and a head of a compression screw as it advances within the combination hole along an insertion axis offset from the central axis of the locking hole at an offset distance in a direction having a directional component in the offset direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Steffan Daniel, This Aebi, Andreas Baeriswyl, Joel Oberli, Mirko Rocci
  • Publication number: 20220226004
    Abstract: A drill sleeve, including: an outer sleeve with an internal collet at a distal end of the outer sleeve and an inner opening; a handle connected to the outer sleeve; an inner sleeve with an inner opening configured to receive and guide a drill bit, wherein the inner sleeve is configured to slide inside the inner opening of the outer sleeve; a trigger connected to the inner sleeve; and a biasing member configured to apply a biasing force between the handle and the trigger wherein the biasing force drives the inner sleeve into the outer sleeve, wherein when a distal end of the inner sleeve engages the internal collet, the internal collet is configured to engage a screw hole in a bone plate, align the drill sleeve with a nominal axis of the screw hole, and secure the drill sleeve to the screw hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: This ABEI, Mirko ROCCI, Steffan Daniel, Joel Oberli, Johanna Menze, Andreas Baeriswyl, Said Ghammar
  • Patent number: D1022193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Straub Medical AG
    Inventors: Fabian Haller, Steffan Daniel, Bedjet Aziri, Bruno Bahnmuller