Patents by Inventor Thomas Keyer
Thomas Keyer 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: 20240358413Abstract: A revision connector that is configured to couple a new spine fixation rod to a previously implanted spine fixation rod that is secured to a plurality of vertebrae. The previously implanted spine fixation rod may be received in a first rod receiving channel of the revision connector. The revision connector may include a linkage that is received in a second rod receiving channel of another revision connector. For example, the another revision connector may couple to the new spine fixation rod such that the revision connector is coupled to the new fixation rod. A bone anchor may not directly connect either of the revision connector or the another revision connector to underlying vertebra. Also, the new spine fixation rod can be implanted and secured to vertebra that are caudal and/or cranial with respect to the previously secured vertebrae.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Thomas Keyer, Eric McDivitt, Joseph Capozzoli, Christoph Meyer, Nicholas Theodore, Charles Kuntz
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Publication number: 20240285319Abstract: A retrograde intramedullary nail for insertion in the medullary canal of a femur includes a body that is elongate and defines a leading end and a trailing end spaced from each other at a length sufficient to extend from an intercondylar region at least to a subtrochanteric region of the femur. The body further defines a leading portion that extends to the leading end. The leading portion defines at least one locking hole configured to receive a fixation member. The at least one locking hole defines a central hole axis that is oriented to extend through the neck and head of the femur.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Rohit Shinde, Thomas Keyer, David Cowens, Joshua McManus, Raymond Schmitt, Michael Bushelow, Stanley J. Kmiec, JR., Josef Gabelberger
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Publication number: 20240285314Abstract: The present disclosure includes a polyaxial bone fixation element for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably includes a bone anchor, a collet, a body, and a locking cap. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably enables in-situ assembly. That is, the polyaxial bone fixation element is preferably configured so that in use, the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body. Accordingly, the polyaxial bone fixation element enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body can be snapped-onto the bone anchor. The bone anchor preferably also includes a second tool interface so that a surgical instrument can be directly coupled to the bone anchor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Thomas Keyer, Joseph Capozzoli, Eric McDivitt
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Patent number: 12064145Abstract: A revision connector that is configured to couple a new spine fixation rod to a previously implanted spine fixation rod that is secured to a plurality of vertebrae. The previously implanted spine fixation rod may be received in a first rod receiving channel of the revision connector. The revision connector may include a linkage that is received in a second rod receiving channel of another revision connector. For example, the another revision connector may couple to the new spine fixation rod such that the revision connector is coupled to the new fixation rod. A bone anchor may not directly connect either of the revision connector or the another revision connector to underlying vertebra. Also, the new spine fixation rod can be implanted and secured to vertebra that are caudal and/or cranial with respect to the previously secured vertebrae.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Keyer, Eric McDivitt, Joseph Capozzoli, Christoph Meyer, Nicholas Theodore, Charles Kuntz
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Patent number: 12016603Abstract: A bone plate comprises a plate body and at least one tab. The plate body defines an inner body surface configured to face an underlying bone, an outer body surface opposite the inner body surface, and an outer side surface that extends between the inner body surface and the outer body surface. The outer side surface defines an outer perimeter of the plate body. The at least one tab includes a head and an arm that extends from the plate body to the head. The tab defines a tab aperture that extends through the head and is configured to receive a bone anchor. The bone anchor can be coupled with a screw hole in the nail. The arm is configured to deflect with respect to the plate body so as to move the head between a pre-fixation position and a fixation position spaced from the pre-fixation position.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Josef Gabelberger, David Cowens, Joshua McManus, Thomas Keyer, Catherine Santis, Robert Khatchadourian, Peter Van Citters, David W. Bogle, Alexandra Sibole
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Patent number: 12011199Abstract: A bone plate comprises a plate body and at least one tab. The plate body defines an inner body surface configured to face an underlying bone, an outer body surface opposite the inner body surface, and an outer side surface that extends between the inner body surface and the outer body surface. The outer side surface defines an outer perimeter of the plate body. The at least one tab includes a head and an arm that extends from the plate body to the head. The tab defines a tab aperture that extends through the head and is configured to receive a bone anchor. The bone anchor can be coupled with a screw hole in the nail. The arm is configured to deflect with respect to the plate body so as to move the head between a pre-fixation position and a fixation position spaced from the pre-fixation position.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Josef Gabelberger, David Cowens, Joshua McManus, Thomas Keyer, Catherine Santis, Robert Khatchadourian, Peter Van Citters, David W. Bogle, Alexandra Sibole
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Patent number: 12004785Abstract: A retrograde intramedullary nail for insertion in the medullary canal of a femur includes a body that is elongate and defines a leading end and a trailing end spaced from each other at a length sufficient to extend from an intercondylar region at least to a subtrochanteric region of the femur. The body further defines a leading portion that extends to the leading end. The leading portion defines at least one locking hole configured to receive a fixation member. The at least one locking hole defines a central hole axis that is oriented to extend through the neck and head of the femur.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Rohit Shinde, Thomas Keyer, David Cowens, Joshua McManus, Raymond Schmitt, Michael Bushelow, Stanley J. Kmiec, Jr., Josef Gabelberger
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Patent number: 11998246Abstract: The present disclosure includes a polyaxial bone fixation element for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably includes a bone anchor, a collet, a body, and a locking cap. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably enables in-situ assembly. That is, the polyaxial bone fixation element is preferably configured so that in use, the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body. Accordingly, the polyaxial bone fixation element enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body can be snapped-onto the bone anchor. The bone anchor preferably also includes a second tool interface so that a surgical instrument can be directly coupled to the bone anchor.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Keyer, Joseph Capozzoli, Eric McDivitt
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Publication number: 20240173057Abstract: A bone plate comprises a plate body and at least one tab. The plate body defines an inner body surface configured to face an underlying bone, an outer body surface opposite the inner body surface, and an outer side surface that extends between the inner body surface and the outer body surface. The outer side surface defines an outer perimeter of the plate body. The at least one tab includes a head and an arm that extends from the plate body to the head. The tab defines a tab aperture that extends through the head and is configured to receive a bone anchor. The bone anchor can be coupled with a screw hole in the nail. The arm is configured to deflect with respect to the plate body so as to move the head between a pre-fixation position and a fixation position spaced from the pre-fixation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Josef GABELBERGER, David COWENS, Joshua MCMANUS, Thomas KEYER, Catherine SANTIS, Robert KHATCHADOURIAN, Peter VAN CITTERS, David W. BOGLE, Alexandra SIBOLE
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Patent number: 11819247Abstract: The present disclosure includes a polyaxial bone fixation element for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably includes a bone anchor, a collet, a body, and a locking cap. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably enables in-situ assembly. That is, the polyaxial bone fixation element is preferably configured so that in use, the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body. Accordingly, the polyaxial bone fixation element enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body can be snapped-onto the bone anchor. The bone anchor preferably also includes a second tool interface so that a surgical instrument can be directly coupled to the bone anchor.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Keyer, Joseph Capozzoli, Eric McDivitt
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Publication number: 20230338066Abstract: A retrograde intramedullary nail for insertion in the medullary canal of a femur includes a body that is elongate and defines a leading end and a trailing end spaced from each other at a length sufficient to extend from an intercondylar region at least to a subtrochanteric region of the femur. The body further defines a leading portion that extends to the leading end. The leading portion defines at least one locking hole configured to receive a fixation member. The at least one locking hole defines a central hole axis that is oriented to extend through the neck and head of the femur.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Rohit Shinde, Thomas Keyer, David Cowens, Joshua McManus, Raymond Schmitt, Michael Bushelow, Stanley J. Kmiec, JR., Josef Gabelberger
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Publication number: 20230089550Abstract: A bone plate comprises a plate body and at least one tab. The plate body defines an inner body surface configured to face an underlying bone, an outer body surface opposite the inner body surface, and an outer side surface that extends between the inner body surface and the outer body surface. The outer side surface defines an outer perimeter of the plate body. The at least one tab includes a head and an arm that extends from the plate body to the head. The tab defines a tab aperture that extends through the head and is configured to receive a bone anchor. The bone anchor can be coupled with a screw hole in the nail. The arm is configured to deflect with respect to the plate body so as to move the head between a pre-fixation position and a fixation position spaced from the pre-fixation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Josef GABELBERGER, David COWENS, Joshua MCMANUS, Thomas KEYER, Catherine SANTIS, Roberto KHATCHADOURIAN, Peter VAN CITTERS, David W. BOGLE, Alexandra SIBOLE
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Publication number: 20220273344Abstract: The present disclosure includes a polyaxial bone fixation element for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably includes a bone anchor, a collet, a body, and a locking cap. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably enables in-situ assembly. That is, the polyaxial bone fixation element is preferably configured so that in use, the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body. Accordingly, the polyaxial bone fixation element enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body can be snapped-onto the bone anchor. The bone anchor preferably also includes a second tool interface so that a surgical instrument can be directly coupled to the bone anchor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Thomas Keyer, Joseph Capozzoli, Eric McDivitt
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Patent number: 11357550Abstract: The present disclosure includes a polyaxial bone fixation element for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably includes a bone anchor, a collet, a body, and a locking cap. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably enables in-situ assembly. That is, the polyaxial bone fixation element is preferably configured so that in use, the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body. Accordingly, the polyaxial bone fixation element enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body can be snapped-onto the bone anchor. The bone anchor preferably also includes a second tool interface so that a surgical instrument can be directly coupled to the bone anchor.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Keyer, Joseph Capozzoli, Eric McDivitt
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Publication number: 20220117639Abstract: A bone plate comprises a plate body and at least one tab. The plate body defines an inner body surface configured to face an underlying bone, an outer body surface opposite the inner body surface, and an outer side surface that extends between the inner body surface and the outer body surface. The outer side surface defines an outer perimeter of the plate body. The at least one tab includes a head and an arm that extends from the plate body to the head. The tab defines a tab aperture that extends through the head and is configured to receive a bone anchor. The bone anchor can be coupled with a screw hole in the nail. The arm is configured to deflect with respect to the plate body so as to move the head between a pre-fixation position and a fixation position spaced from the pre-fixation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Josef GABELBERGER, David COWENS, Joshua MCMANUS, Thomas KEYER, Catherine SANTIS, Roberto KHATCHADOURIAN, Peter VAN CITTERS, David W. BOGLE, Alexandra SIBOLE
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Patent number: 11185355Abstract: A guide sleeve for use in anchoring a fixation member to an intramedullary nail and to bone includes a sleeve body that is elongate along a central axis and has an internal surface that defines a bore extending along the central axis to a distal end of the sleeve body. The sleeve body also defines a plurality of guide channels that are each recessed radially outwardly from the internal surface and each include a helical proximal portion and a linear distal portion that extends from the helical proximal portion toward the distal end. The linear distal portion is parallel with the central axis. The guide channels are configured to receive respective complimentary followers of an instrument for driving the fixation member through the bore and subsequently through the intramedullary nail and into the bone.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Flintrop, Thomas Keyer, Stanley Kmiec, Jr., Alexandra Sibole, Dana Pappalardo, David Cowens, Joshua McManus
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Publication number: 20210275232Abstract: The present disclosure includes a polyaxial bone fixation element for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably includes a bone anchor, a collet, a body, and a locking cap. The polyaxial bone fixation element preferably enables in-situ assembly. That is, the polyaxial bone fixation element is preferably configured so that in use, the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body. Accordingly, the polyaxial bone fixation element enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body can be snapped-onto the bone anchor. The bone anchor preferably also includes a second tool interface so that a surgical instrument can be directly coupled to the bone anchor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Thomas Keyer, Joseph Capozzoli, Eric McDivitt
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Publication number: 20210251663Abstract: A revision connector is configured to couple a new spine fixation rod to a previously implanted spine fixation rod that is secured to a plurality of vertebrae. The new spine fixation rod can be implanted and secured to vertebrae that are caudal and/or cranial with respect to the previously secured vertebrae.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Thomas Keyer, Eric McDivitt, Joseph Capozzoli, Christoph Meyer, Nicholas Theodore, Charles Kuntz
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Patent number: D1057950Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Josef Gabelberger, David Cowens, Joshua McManus, Thomas Keyer, Catherine Santis, Robert Khatchadourian, Peter Van Citters, David W. Bogle, Alexandra Sibole
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Patent number: D1059594Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Josef Gabelberger, David Cowens, Joshua McManus, Thomas Keyer, Catherine Santis, Robert Khatchadourian, Peter Van Citters, David W. Bogle, Alexandra Sibole