Patents by Inventor Thomas Kehoe
Thomas Kehoe 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: 11627955Abstract: An all-suture anchor for generating bone compression and increasing interference fixation. The all-suture anchor includes a fibrous construct which is movable between a pre-deployment configuration and a deployed configuration. The fibrous construct has a first density. The all-suture anchor also includes a monofilament woven through the fibrous construct. The monofilament has a second density, which is different than the first density. The contrasting densities (i.e., irregularities) aids in the “locking” ability of the all-suture anchor by greater purchase in hard and soft bone. The all-suture anchor can have a variety of textures, barbs, and rigidities that aid in creating irregularities within the bone surface for more secure fixation.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Conmed CorporationInventors: Peter Miller, Thomas Kehoe
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Publication number: 20220142637Abstract: An all-suture anchor for attaching soft tissue to bone while creating an interference fit within a bone hole, and a deployment device for the all-suture anchor. The all-suture anchor includes an anchor body having first and second ends. The second end is folded toward the first end, creating a looped distal end of the anchor body, while the first and second ends of the anchor body form a proximal end. The anchor body is composed of a first material having a first density. A passing filament, of a second (different) density, is woven through the anchor body at passing locations such that a pair of free ends of the passing filament extends from the proximal end of the anchor body. The all-suture anchor additionally includes a binding filament bound axially at the proximal end of the anchor body around the first end and the second end of the anchor body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Conmed CorporationInventor: Thomas Kehoe
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Patent number: 11246584Abstract: An all-suture anchor for attaching soft tissue to bone while creating an interference fit within a bone hole, and a deployment device for the all-suture anchor. The all-suture anchor includes an anchor body having first and second ends. The second end is folded toward the first end, creating a looped distal end of the anchor body, while the first and second ends of the anchor body form a proximal end. The anchor body is composed of a first material having a first density. A passing filament, of a second (different) density, is woven through the anchor body at passing locations such that a pair of free ends of the passing filament extends from the proximal end of the anchor body. The all-suture anchor additionally includes a binding filament bound axially at the proximal end of the anchor body around the first end and the second end of the anchor body.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: CONMED CorporationInventor: Thomas Kehoe
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Publication number: 20210169522Abstract: A portal saver device for installing a flexible cannulated tube at a surgical site. A portal saver device includes an obturator. The obturator has an obturator body having a cannulated outer obturator tube extending therethrough. The outer obturator tube has a distal tip with a dilating assembly movable between a collapsed, first configuration and an expanded, second configuration. A shaft expander has a cannulated inner obturator tube, which is movable between a first position and a second position within the outer obturator tube. In the first position, the inner obturator tube is retracted from the distal tip of the outer obturator tube and the dilating assembly is in the first configuration. In the second position, the inner obturator tube is advanced within the distal tip of the outer obturator tube and the dilating assembly is in the second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Conmed CorporationInventors: Benjamin Willard, Eric Stubkjaer, Thomas Kehoe, Kevin Quintero
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Publication number: 20210068807Abstract: An all-suture anchor for generating bone compression and increasing interference fixation. The all-suture anchor includes a fibrous construct which is movable between a pre-deployment configuration and a deployed configuration. The fibrous construct has a first density. The all-suture anchor also includes a monofilament woven through the fibrous construct. The monofilament has a second density, which is different than the first density. The contrasting densities (i.e., irregularities) aids in the “locking” ability of the all-suture anchor by greater purchase in hard and soft bone. The all-suture anchor can have a variety of textures, barbs, and rigidities that aid in creating irregularities within the bone surface for more secure fixation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Conmed CorporationInventors: Peter Miller, Thomas Kehoe
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Publication number: 20190290256Abstract: An all-suture anchor for attaching soft tissue to bone while creating an interference fit within a bone hole, and a deployment device for the all-suture anchor. The all-suture anchor includes an anchor body having first and second ends. The second end is folded toward the first end, creating a looped distal end of the anchor body, while the first and second ends of the anchor body form a proximal end. The anchor body is composed of a first material having a first density. A passing filament, of a second (different) density, is woven through the anchor body at passing locations such that a pair of free ends of the passing filament extends from the proximal end of the anchor body. The all-suture anchor additionally includes a binding filament bound axially at the proximal end of the anchor body around the first end and the second end of the anchor body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: CONMED CorporationInventor: Thomas Kehoe
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Patent number: 9312575Abstract: A battery testing system includes a battery test module configured to couple to a battery. The battery test module is further configured to measure battery parameters and transmit the measured battery parameters. The battery testing system also includes a portable tablet device configured to receive the transmitted measured battery parameters. The portable tablet device is further configured to determine a battery test result from the measured battery parameters and display the battery test result.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Midtronics, Inc.Inventors: Todd J. Stukenberg, Thomas Kehoe, Slawomir Kielian, Zafer Mertogul
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Publication number: 20140340231Abstract: A battery testing system includes a battery test module configured to couple to a battery. The battery test module is further configured to measure battery parameters and transmit the measured battery parameters. The battery testing system also includes a portable tablet device configured to receive the transmitted measured battery parameters. The portable tablet device is further configured to determine a battery test result from the measured battery parameters and display the battery test result.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Todd J. Stukenberg, Thomas Kehoe, Slawomir Kielian, Zafer Mertogul
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Publication number: 20060183964Abstract: A device to monitor vocal information such as vocal volume and frequency and provide such information in a plurality of forms, such as tactile, audible, temporal, and visual; and to induce altered vocal volume and/or frequency by altering how the user hears his or her voice, such as by shifting the frequency at which the user hears his or her own voice; for the treatment of vocal nodules, Parkinson's disease, or stuttering.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2005Publication date: August 17, 2006Inventor: Thomas Kehoe
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Publication number: 20050080670Abstract: A set of postcards bound into book (or packaged with a CD or DVD) encouraging a reader to recommend the book to friends, and enabling the reader to register the book with publisher, and a computer database system for the publisher to reward and/or remunerate the reader for recommending the book to friends, and to enable the publisher to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2003Publication date: April 14, 2005Inventor: Thomas Kehoe
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Publication number: 20050069160Abstract: A hearing aid-style anti-stuttering device, with a throat microphone to pick up the user's voice while rejecting background noise, and an FM wireless transmitter from the throat microphone to the hearing aid-style anti-stuttering device; or bonded to a tooth in the user's mouth, with sound transmitted via the user's skull to his or her ears; and providing frequency compression to shift the user's voice to a lower frequency in the user's ear, while minimizing loss of audio signal due to the 200 Hz low-frequency cutoff inherent in hearing aids; or with octave-scale, acoustically transparent frequency shifting.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2003Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventor: Thomas Kehoe
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Publication number: 20020128623Abstract: A disposable, undergarment-like panty/brief for collection and retention of fecal matter. The disposable, undergarment-like panty/brief of this invention comprises a waist band equipped with a draw-string, a back portion or panel, a front portion or panel, a seat/crotch/sump. Each of the back portion or panel and front portion or panel is attached at its corresponding top margins to the waist band and further cooperate with each other at each of its corresponding lateral margins, so as to generally define leg openings in the undergarment-like brief or panty. The front and back portions or panels also cooperate with each other at each of its corresponding bottom margins to define an extended crotch or seat. The extended sump is configured to remain remote from the buttocks of the wearer and thereby provides a container for the collection of human waste.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2001Publication date: September 12, 2002Inventor: Thomas Kehoe
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Patent number: D687727Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Midtronics, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Kehoe, Francisco X. Garcia, Todd J. Stukenberg