Patents by Inventor Tyler J. Cole

Tyler J. Cole 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: 20160100933
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for fixating soft tissue to bone. In one embodiment, a repair device system for fixating soft tissue to bone includes a carrier member, multiple anchors, and a bone anchor. The carrier member includes multiple pad portions and a bone coupling portion. Each of the pad portions are aligned with an adjacent pad portion. The pad portions are configured to be positioned over a side of the soft tissue and the bone coupling portion is coupled to the multiple pad portions. Each anchor is sized and configured to extend through the at least one opening defined in one of the multiple pad portions and through the soft tissue. The bone anchor is configured to be coupled to the bone coupling portion and configured to be secured to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Richard J. Linder, Erik N. Kubiak, Scott D. Miles, Tyler J. Cole, Roy M. Taylor, Shawn P. Reese
  • Publication number: 20160100835
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device includes a plate member and an anchor. The plate member having a periphery, the plate member configured to be positioned along an outer surface of the soft tissue. The anchor includes a base and six legs extending from the base, the six legs extending from the base being moveable to a curled configuration such that the six legs wrap around separate portions of the periphery of the plate member with the soft tissue therebetween. In this manner, the repair device may be anchored to the soft tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Richard J. Linder, Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Tyler J. Cole, Scott D. Miles, Kent F. Beck
  • Publication number: 20150245841
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing a lacerated tendon or ligament adjacent a repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device includes an elongated flexible structure and multiple anchors, the multiple anchors pre-positioned with the elongated flexible structure. The repair device may be coupled to the tendon or ligament at the repair site with a delivery device. The repair device may be pre-positioned in a cartridge such that the cartridge is loaded into the delivery device. The lacerated tendon or ligament is positioned within a cradle portion of the delivery device such that the tendon is positioned between the cradle portion and the cartridge that holds the repair device. The delivery device may then be triggered to actuate and drive the repair device from the cartridge to couple to the lacerated tendon or ligament. In this manner, the repair device may be anchored to the lacerated tendon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Richard J. Linder, Erik N. Kubiak, Scott D. Miles, Tyler J. Cole, Roy M. Taylor, Kent F. Beck, Shawn P. Reese