Patents by Inventor Timothy Blackwell

Timothy Blackwell 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).

  • Patent number: 12121240
    Abstract: A passive end effector of a surgical system includes a base connected to a rotational disk, and a saw attachment connected to the rotational disk. The base is attached to an end effector coupler of a robot arm positioned by a surgical robot, and includes a base arm extending away from the end effector coupler. The rotational disk is rotatably connected to the base arm and rotates about a first location on the rotational disk relative to the base arm. The saw attachment is rotatably connected to the rotational disk and rotates about a second location on the rotational disk. The first location on the rotational disk is spaced apart from the second location on the rotational disk. The saw attachment is configured to connect to a surgical saw including a saw blade configured to oscillate for cutting. The saw attachment rotates about the rotational disk and the rotational disk rotates about the base arm to constrain cutting of the saw blade to a range of movement along arcuate paths within a cutting plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Blackwell
  • Publication number: 20240225749
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for computer-assisted navigation and/or robot-assisted surgery. Navigable instrumentation, which are capable of being navigated by a surgeon using the surgical robot system, allow for the navigated movement of instruments or other surgical devices. The instruments may be suitable for procedures involving navigated and/or robotic total knee arthroplasty, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hayden Cameron, Olivier Chappuis, Szymon Kostrzewski, Benoit Brot, Peter Eckert, Stephen Cicchini, Neil R. Crawford, Jason Zappacosta, Drew Mike, David Stumpo, Timothy Blackwell
  • Publication number: 20240074768
    Abstract: A passive end effector of a surgical system includes a base connected to a rotational disk, and a saw attachment connected to the rotational disk. The base is attached to an end effector coupler of a robot arm positioned by a surgical robot, and includes a base arm extending away from the end effector coupler. The rotational disk is rotatably connected to the base arm and rotates about a first location on the rotational disk relative to the base arm. The saw attachment is rotatably connected to the rotational disk and rotates about a second location on the rotational disk. The first location on the rotational disk is spaced apart from the second location on the rotational disk. The saw attachment is configured to connect to a surgical saw including a saw blade configured to oscillate for cutting. The saw attachment rotates about the rotational disk and the rotational disk rotates about the base arm to constrain cutting of the saw blade to a range of movement along arcuate paths within a cutting plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Timothy Blackwell
  • Patent number: 11877807
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for computer-assisted navigation and/or robot-assisted surgery. Navigable instrumentation, which are capable of being navigated by a surgeon using the surgical robot system, allow for the navigated movement of instruments or other surgical devices. The instruments may be suitable for procedures involving navigated and/or robotic total knee arthroplasty, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc
    Inventors: Hayden Cameron, Olivier Chappuis, Szymon Kostrzewski, Benoit Brot, Peter Eckert, Stephen Cicchini, Neil R. Crawford, Jason Zappacosta, Drew Mike, David Stumpo, Timothy Blackwell
  • Patent number: 11844532
    Abstract: A passive end effector of a surgical system includes a base connected to a rotational disk, and a saw attachment connected to the rotational disk. The base is attached to an end effector coupler of a robot arm positioned by a surgical robot, and includes a base arm extending away from the end effector coupler. The rotational disk is rotatably connected to the base arm and rotates about a first location on the rotational disk relative to the base arm. The saw attachment is rotatably connected to the rotational disk and rotates about a second location on the rotational disk. The first location on the rotational disk is spaced apart from the second location on the rotational disk. The saw attachment is configured to connect to a surgical saw including a saw blade configured to oscillate for cutting. The saw attachment rotates about the rotational disk and the rotational disk rotates about the base arm to constrain cutting of the saw blade to a range of movement along arcuate paths within a cutting plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Blackwell
  • Publication number: 20230077678
    Abstract: A passive end effector of a surgical system includes a base connected to a rotational disk, and a saw attachment connected to the rotational disk. The base is attached to an end effector coupler of a robot arm positioned by a surgical robot, and includes a base arm extending away from the end effector coupler. The rotational disk is rotatably connected to the base arm and rotates about a first location on the rotational disk relative to the base arm. The saw attachment is rotatably connected to the rotational disk and rotates about a second location on the rotational disk. The first location on the rotational disk is spaced apart from the second location on the rotational disk. The saw attachment is configured to connect to a surgical saw including a saw blade configured to oscillate for cutting. The saw attachment rotates about the rotational disk and the rotational disk rotates about the base arm to constrain cutting of the saw blade to a range of movement along arcuate paths within a cutting plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Timothy Blackwell
  • Patent number: 11510684
    Abstract: A passive end effector of a surgical system includes a base connected to a rotational disk, and a saw attachment connected to the rotational disk. The base is attached to an end effector coupler of a robot arm positioned by a surgical robot, and includes a base arm extending away from the end effector coupler. The rotational disk is rotatably connected to the base arm and rotates about a first location on the rotational disk relative to the base arm. The saw attachment is rotatably connected to the rotational disk and rotates about a second location on the rotational disk. The first location on the rotational disk is spaced apart from the second location on the rotational disk. The saw attachment is configured to connect to a surgical saw including a saw blade configured to oscillate for cutting. The saw attachment rotates about the rotational disk and the rotational disk rotates about the base arm to constrain cutting of the saw blade to a range of movement along arcuate paths within a cutting plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Blackwell
  • Patent number: 11426178
    Abstract: Systems and methods for resecting a knee joint using a navigated pin guide driver system. The navigated pin guide driver system communicates with a navigation system to aid a user in placing cut block pins into the knee joint. The navigated pin guide driver system may include a handle, a reference element that electronically communicates with the navigation system, one or more pin guide tubes that may correspond to one or more cut blocks, and a distal tip that is configured to attach to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Olivier Chappuis, Szymon Kostrzewski, Timothy Blackwell, Hayden Cameron, Stephen Cicchini, Peter Eckert, Keerthighaan Kanagasegar, Jason Zappacosta, Khiem Pham
  • Publication number: 20220257263
    Abstract: Systems and methods for resecting a knee joint using a navigated pin guide driver system. The navigated pin guide driver system communicates with a navigation system to aid a user in placing cut block pins into the knee joint. The navigated pin guide driver system may include a handle, a reference element that electronically communicates with the navigation system, one or more pin guide tubes that may correspond to one or more cut blocks, and a distal tip that is configured to attach to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Olivier Chappuis, Szymon Kostrzewski, Timothy Blackwell, Hayden Cameron, Stephen Cicchini, Peter Eckert, Keerthighaan Kanagasegar, Jason Zappacosta, Khiem Pham
  • Publication number: 20220240983
    Abstract: Systems and methods include stabilizing a leg and providing femoral distraction during a knee arthroplasty surgery. The disclosed systems include a leg holder to receive a foot of a patient and a femoral distractor received in the leg holder and disposed underneath a knee of the patient. The femoral distractor is actuated to increase or decrease in length to distract the femur such that a surgeon may cut to resection the femur without also simultaneously providing distraction of the femur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy Blackwell, Hayden Cameron
  • Patent number: 11389200
    Abstract: Systems and methods include stabilizing a leg and providing femoral distraction during a knee arthroplasty surgery. The disclosed systems include a leg holder to receive a foot of a patient and a femoral distractor received in the leg holder and disposed underneath a knee of the patient. The femoral distractor is actuated to increase or decrease in length to distract the femur such that a surgeon may cut to resection the femur without also simultaneously providing distraction of the femur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Blackwell, Hayden Cameron
  • Publication number: 20220008136
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for computer-assisted navigation and/or robot-assisted surgery. Navigable instrumentation, which are capable of being navigated by a surgeon using the surgical robot system, allow for the navigated movement of instruments or other surgical devices. The instruments may be suitable for procedures involving navigated and/or robotic total knee arthroplasty, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Hayden Cameron, Olivier Chappuis, Szymon Kostrzewski, Benoit Brot, Peter Eckert, Stephen Cicchini, Neil R. Crawford, Jason Zappacosta, Drew Mike, David Stumpo, Timothy Blackwell
  • Publication number: 20210315590
    Abstract: Systems and methods for resecting a knee joint using a navigated pin guide driver system. The navigated pin guide driver system communicates with a navigation system to aid a user in placing cut block pins into the knee joint. The navigated pin guide driver system may include a handle, a reference element that electronically communicates with the navigation system, one or more pin guide tubes that may correspond to one or more cut blocks, and a distal tip that is configured to attach to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Olivier Chappuis, Szymon Kostrzewski, Timothy Blackwell, Hayden Cameron, Stephen Cicchini, Peter Eckert, Keerthighaan Kanagasegar, Jason Zappacosta, Khiem Pham
  • Publication number: 20210154077
    Abstract: A support system for positioning a patient in lateral position during surgery procedures with a removable, adjustable support pad assembly, comprising a first support unit arranged for attachment to side rail on a lateral edge of an operating table, and a second support unit comprising an arm connected movably by the using of a movable connection with a pad plate adapted to position a support pad connected by a biasing connector to a support plate with degrees of freedom of angular rotational movement of the support pad in relation to the patient. The biasing connector comprises a channel formed between a base plate support segment and a projection clamping the pad plate apart from the support plate to allow flow of air and/or fluids from the support pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: INNOVATIVE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Timothy BLACKWELL
  • Publication number: 20210106342
    Abstract: A passive end effector of a surgical system includes a base connected to a rotational disk, and a saw attachment connected to the rotational disk. The base is attached to an end effector coupler of a robot arm positioned by a surgical robot, and includes a base arm extending away from the end effector coupler. The rotational disk is rotatably connected to the base arm and rotates about a first location on the rotational disk relative to the base arm. The saw attachment is rotatably connected to the rotational disk and rotates about a second location on the rotational disk. The first location on the rotational disk is spaced apart from the second location on the rotational disk. The saw attachment is configured to connect to a surgical saw including a saw blade configured to oscillate for cutting. The saw attachment rotates about the rotational disk and the rotational disk rotates about the base arm to constrain cutting of the saw blade to a range of movement along arcuate paths within a cutting plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Timothy Blackwell
  • Patent number: 10952796
    Abstract: A system for verifying a tool for use in a surgical procedure includes a mechanical interface configured to be affixed to a portion of a patient's anatomy, wherein the mechanical interface comprises at least a first portion having a first diameter and a second portion having a second diameter. The system further includes a probe configured to be inserted into the mechanical interface to establish a checkpoint location, and a computing system configured to determine a location of a portion of the probe when the probe is inserted a maximum distance into the mechanical interface, wherein the location of the portion of the probe establishes the checkpoint location. The computing system is further configured to verify a surgical tool by comparing the checkpoint location to a location of a portion of the surgical tool when the surgical tool is inserted a maximum distance into the mechanical interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: Louis Arata, Sherif Aly, Robert Van Vorhis, Sandi Glauser, Timothy Blackwell, Rony Abovitz, Maurice Ferre
  • Patent number: 10905615
    Abstract: A support system for positioning a patient in lateral position during surgery procedures with a removable, adjustable support pad assembly, comprising a first support unit arranged for attachment to side rail on a lateral edge of an operating table, and a second support unit comprising an arm connected movably by the using of a movable connection with a pad plate adapted to position a support pad connected by a biasing connector to a support plate with degrees of freedom of angular rotational movement of the support pad in relation to the patient. The biasing connector comprises a channel formed between a base plate support segment and a projection clamping the pad plate apart from the support plate to allow flow of air and/or fluids from the support pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Innovative Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Blackwell
  • Patent number: 10893995
    Abstract: The present inventive subject matter describes a device and system for positioning, adjusting, and stretching a patient's extremity for surgical procedures where alignment is critical and minute adjustments may be required repeatedly. The device helps in maintaining the patient's extremity stationary, once the physician has selected the precise position for the elected procedure. The device uses using a combination of an articulating and a rotating frame, support plates and support rings that are attached to the extremity surgical positioning system. The system acts as a limb splint that is firmly attached to the surgical table. The support plates are attached to the patient via a series of adjustable straps preventing the extremity from moving independently of the support plate. A locking rack and gear configuration has adjustable locking pivot points that are positioned along and within the outer/inner proximal tube and outer/inner distal tube that lengthens or rotates various portions of the extremity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Timothy Blackwell
  • Patent number: 10357237
    Abstract: A boot assembly apparatus, system and method for elevating the patient's limb when using a manual distractor unit is mounted upon a support frame attached to an operating table side rail. A foot strap is attached to the boot assembly apparatus and to the patient's ankle with a patient's knee support pad, extending from the distractor unit, is positioned under the patient's knee to provide traction to the patient's ankle, which is secured to the support frame. The boot assembly apparatus may be formed with a plurality of attachment points for the foot strap so as to provide improved access to the ankle area with advantages of allowing additional types of procedures a surgeon could perform on the patient and/or the ability of the surgeon to access the ankle area and lower leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Edward De Mayo, Timothy Blackwell
  • Patent number: 10231790
    Abstract: A method for joint replacement is provided. A representation of a first bone is created, and a representation of a second bone is created. Bone preparation for implanting a first implant on the first bone is planned. The first bone to receive the first implant is prepared by manipulating a surgical tool to sculpt the first bone. Bone preparation for implanting a second implant on the second bone after preparing the first bone is planned. The second bone to receive the second implant is prepared by manipulating the surgical tool to sculpt the second bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: Arthur Quaid, Hyosig Kang, Dennis Moses, Rony Abovitz, Maurice Ferre, Binyamin Hajaj, Martin Roche, Scott Illsley, Louis Arata, Dana Mears, Timothy Blackwell, Alon Mozes, Sherif Aly, Amardeep Singh Dugal, Randal Hand, Sandi Glauser, Juan Salcedo, Peter Ebbitt, William Tapia