Patents by Inventor Steven P. Horst
Steven P. Horst 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: 20230270481Abstract: The present disclosure provides medical instruments and medical instrument components having targeted torsional failure. Such targeted torsional failure helps prevent a surgeon from applying excessive torque that may damage an implant or bone, and also helps avoid the problems and complications that arise when medical instruments break within patients during surgical procedures. To provide such targeted torsional failure, the disclosed medical instrument components include a breakaway section designed so that the component breaks at a desired amount of torque, at a desired location, and in a desired way. The provided medical instrument components may also include a sleeve to increase side-loading strength that may otherwise be reduced due to the breakaway section. The increased side-loading strength may help prevent accidental bending-type failures. The presently disclosed medical instrument component therefore provides targeted torsional failure without sacrificing side-loading strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Andrew W. Seykora, Steven P. Horst, Mark B. Sommers, Scott F. Mastroianni, Gregory D. Hutton, James G. Falkner, JR.
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Patent number: 11653966Abstract: The present disclosure provides medical instruments and medical instrument components having targeted torsional failure. Such targeted torsional failure helps prevent a surgeon from applying excessive torque that may damage an implant or bone, and also helps avoid the problems and complications that arise when medical instruments break within patients during surgical procedures. To provide such targeted torsional failure, the disclosed medical instrument components include a breakaway section designed so that the component breaks at a desired amount of torque, at a desired location, and in a desired way. The provided medical instrument components may also include a sleeve to increase side-loading strength that may otherwise be reduced due to the breakaway section. The increased side-loading strength may help prevent accidental bending-type failures. The presently disclosed medical instrument component therefore provides targeted torsional failure without sacrificing side-loading strength.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Acumed LLCInventors: Andrew W. Seykora, Steven P. Horst, Mark B. Sommers, Scott F. Mastroianni, Gregory D. Hutton, James G. Falkner, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230136876Abstract: The present disclosure provides new and innovative bone anchors and bone anchor insertion systems that enable smaller bone holes by eliminating the need for a cannula to transport the bone anchor. The provided bone anchors and insertion systems also help prevent damage to suture used in a bone anchor insertion procedure. The bone anchor includes a securement portion that surrounds a core portion. The securement portion includes multiple wings that are shape-set to be splayed outward from the core portion, though may be bent towards or away from the core portion in response to an applied force. The core portion includes a rod extending from a head. The rod includes a drive feature such that a surgeon may engage an inserter with the rod to drive the bone anchor through a bone hole. The bone hole walls maintain the bone anchor in a compressed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Steven A. Herbst, John Kent Ellington, Jeffrey Alan Greenberg, Charles Mitchell Jobin, James C. Ritter, Ann Nicole Santich, Mark B. Sommers, Brandon Wedam, Dustin Cluff, Steven P. Horst, Kristopher Scot Lamping, Kevin The-Kiet Nguyen
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Publication number: 20220378484Abstract: A nail for compressing two bone parts to treat bone fractures or osteotomies is provided. The nail has an elongate smooth portion and an elongate threaded portion that is constructed for generating axial compression along a length of the elongate threaded portion between two bone parts. The nail may also have one or more apertures for installing one or more crossing screws through the nail. An installation instrument particularly constructed to install the provided nail is provided. A first and second portion of the provided nail installation instrument may rotate relative to one another when a locking mechanism is disengaged, but are locked in position relative to one another when the locking mechanism is engaged, which enables installation of the provided nail.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Mark B. Sommers, Steven P. Horst, James G. Falkner, JR., Scott F. Mastroianni, Bill McNabb, Gregory D. Hutton
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Patent number: 11426218Abstract: Bone plates having an adjustable joint, and methods of using the bone plates to fix bones.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Acumed LLCInventors: Randall J. Huebner, Steven P. Horst
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Publication number: 20220133466Abstract: Bone anchors and bone anchor insertion systems are provided that enable smaller bone holes for inserting a bone anchor by eliminating the need for a cannula. Smaller bone holes may help reduce patient recovery times. The provided bone anchor includes two flexible wings extending from a base portion that splay away from the base portion's central axis at rest, though may be bent towards or away from the central axis in response to an applied force. The bone anchor includes a drive feature that enables an inserter to couple and decouple to the bone anchor. A surgeon may drive the bone anchor through a bone hole via the coupled inserter while the bone hole maintains the bone anchor in a compressed state, and may decouple the inserter when the bone anchor is properly positioned, thereby eliminating the need for a cannula.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Brandon Wedam, Travis Cox, Steven P. Horst, Tristan Sommers
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Publication number: 20220047312Abstract: The present disclosure provides medical instruments and medical instrument components having targeted torsional failure. Such targeted torsional failure helps prevent a surgeon from applying excessive torque that may damage an implant or bone, and also helps avoid the problems and complications that arise when medical instruments break within patients during surgical procedures. To provide such targeted torsional failure, the disclosed medical instrument components include a breakaway section designed so that the component breaks at a desired amount of torque, at a desired location, and in a desired way. The provided medical instrument components may also include a sleeve to increase side-loading strength that may otherwise be reduced due to the breakaway section. The increased side-loading strength may help prevent accidental bending-type failures. The presently disclosed medical instrument component therefore provides targeted torsional failure without sacrificing side-loading strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Andrew W. Seykora, Steven P. Horst, Mark B. Sommers, Scott F. Mastroianni, Gregory D. Hutton, James G. Falkner, JR.
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Publication number: 20200054375Abstract: Bone plates having an adjustable joint, and methods of using the bone plates to fix bones.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Acumed LLCInventors: Randall J. HUEBNER, Steven P. HORST
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Patent number: 10456180Abstract: Bone plates having an adjustable joint, and methods of using the bone plates to fix bones.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Acumed LLCInventors: Randall J. Huebner, Steven P. Horst
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Patent number: 9642664Abstract: System, including apparatus and methods, for bending a bone fixation device, such as a bone plate during a surgical procedure. In some embodiments, the system may include an instrument having (a) a clamp with jaws and (b) a graspable handle portion that is manipulable while a bone plate is located between the jaws to bend the bone plate by application of pressure with the jaws at alternating positions along the bone plate. The clamp may allow the bone plate to be reoriented from an orientation for in-plane bending to an orientation for out-of-plane bending, and vice versa, while the bone plate remains between the jaws.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Acumed LLCInventors: Matthew J. Ryan, Eric D. Ward, Steven P. Horst
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Publication number: 20170035477Abstract: Bone plates having an adjustable joint, and methods of using the bone plates to fix bones.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Randall J. Huebner, Steven P. Horst
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Patent number: 9463055Abstract: System, including methods, devices, and kits, for hip fixation. The system may include a fixation element configured to be placed obliquely into a proximal femur and anchored in a head of the proximal femur. The system also may include a plate member including (a) a mounting portion configured to be placed on and attached to a lateral cortex of the proximal femur and (b) a barrel portion configured to be placed into a lateral region of the proximal femur and positioned around a portion of the fixation element. The system further may include a compliant member positioned or positionable at least partially in the plate member and configured to be reversibly deformed in response to a load applied to the head of the proximal femur, to change an angular orientation of the fixation element with respect to the plate member.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Acumed LLCInventors: Larry W. Ehmke, Steven P. Horst, Mark B. Sommers, Brian R. Conley
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Patent number: 9433451Abstract: System, including methods, devices, and kits, for hip fixation. The system may include a support member defining an aperture and including an intramedullary nail for a proximal femur or a plate member for a proximal femur. The system also may include a fixation element having a compliant region and configured to be received in the aperture of the support member such that the fixation element extends out of the support member from the aperture and into a head of the proximal femur and is slideable with respect to the support member along a long axis defined by the fixation element. The system further may include a set of stiffening inserts each insertable into the fixation element and configured to stiffen the compliant region differently from one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Acumed LLCInventors: Larry W. Ehmke, Steven P. Horst, Mark B. Sommers, Brian R. Conley
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Patent number: 9433448Abstract: System, including methods, devices, and kits, for hip fixation. The system may comprise an intramedullary nail configured to be placed longitudinally into a proximal femur. The system also may comprise a fixation element configured to be placed transversely through the nail, such that the fixation element is slideable along its long axis in the nail and extends out of the nail to a head of the proximal femur and is anchored in the head. A compliant member may be located in the nail and configured to deform reversibly in response to a load applied to the head of the proximal femur after placement of the fixation element, to reversibly change an angular orientation of the fixation element with respect to the nail.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Acumed LLCInventors: Larry W. Ehmke, Steven P. Horst, Mark B. Sommers, Brian R. Conley
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Patent number: 9308033Abstract: Bone plates having an adjustable joint, and methods of using the bone plates to fix bones.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Acumed LLCInventors: Randall J. Huebner, Steven P. Horst
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Publication number: 20150216574Abstract: Bone plates having an adjustable joint, and methods of using the bone plates to fix bones.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Randall J. Huebner, Steven P. Horst
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Publication number: 20150157368Abstract: System, including methods, devices, and kits, for hip fixation. The system may include a fixation element configured to be placed obliquely into a proximal femur and anchored in a head of the proximal femur. The system also may include a plate member including (a) a mounting portion configured to be placed on and attached to a lateral cortex of the proximal femur and (b) a barrel portion configured to be placed into a lateral region of the proximal femur and positioned around a portion of the fixation element. The system further may include a compliant member positioned or positionable at least partially in the plate member and configured to be reversibly deformed in response to a load applied to the head of the proximal femur, to change an angular orientation of the fixation element with respect to the plate member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Larry W. Ehmke, Steven P. Horst, Mark B. Sommers, Brian R. Conley
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Publication number: 20150157369Abstract: System, including methods, devices, and kits, for hip fixation. The system may comprise an intramedullary nail configured to be placed longitudinally into a proximal femur. The system also may comprise a fixation element configured to be placed transversely through the nail, such that the fixation element is slideable along its long axis in the nail and extends out of the nail to a head of the proximal femur and is anchored in the head. A compliant member may be located in the nail and configured to deform reversibly in response to a load applied to the head of the proximal femur after placement of the fixation element, to reversibly change an angular orientation of the fixation element with respect to the nail.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Larry W. Ehmke, Steven P. Horst, Mark B. Sommers, Brian R. Conley
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Publication number: 20150157371Abstract: System, including methods, devices, and kits, for hip fixation. The system may include a support member defining an aperture and including an intramedullary nail for a proximal femur or a plate member for a proximal femur. The system also may include a fixation element having a compliant region and configured to be received in the aperture of the support member such that the fixation element extends out of the support member from the aperture and into a head of the proximal femur and is slideable with respect to the support member along a long axis defined by the fixation element. The system further may include a set of stiffening inserts each insertable into the fixation element and configured to stiffen the compliant region differently from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Larry W. Ehmke, Steven P. Horst, Mark B. Sommers, Brian R. Conley
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Publication number: 20150012003Abstract: System, including apparatus and methods, for bending a bone fixation device, such as a bone plate during a surgical procedure. In some embodiments, the system may include an instrument having (a) a clamp with jaws and (b) a graspable handle portion that is manipulable while a bone plate is located between the jaws to bend the bone plate by application of pressure with the jaws at alternating positions along the bone plate. The clamp may allow the bone plate to be reoriented from an orientation for in-plane bending to an orientation for out-of-plane bending, and vice versa, while the bone plate remains between the jaws.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Matthew J. Ryan, Eric D. Ward, Steven P. Horst