Patents Issued in February 23, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170049536
    Abstract: An implant device has an exterior portion forming an exterior surface of the implant. The exterior portion is made of a porous material defining passages through the exterior portion. An inner portion has an outer surface with a treated area that is accessible from the exterior surface through the passages. The treated area has a treatment for direct attachment to bone or soft tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Matthew J. Lomicka
  • Publication number: 20170049537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an implant having a nanotube on a surface thereof and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to an implant having excellent stability and effectiveness because a nanotube is provided on the surface of the implant and a nanocapsule loaded with a medicine or the like is attached to the nanotube, thereby strengthening the adhesive force with the peripheral soft tissue and allowing to stably load factors related to osteogenesis and inflammation prevention and treatment or the like, thus not making them lost during an implant procedure and therefore not only having an increased lifespan but also preventing almost all occurrences of side effects caused by the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Jung Tae LEE
  • Publication number: 20170049538
    Abstract: An adjustable dental implant comprises an implant body, a connecting structure, and two wings. The implant body comprises a fixture and an abutment. The fixture comprises a top, a bottom, a peripheral surface connected between the top and the bottom, and a joining portion formed on the peripheral surface. The abutment is set on the top of the fixture. The connecting structure is set between the fixture and the abutment. The wings are pivotally connected with two opposite sides of the connecting structure. Or, one of the wings is pivotally connected with the connecting structure, and the other wing is fixed with the connecting structure. The wing or the wings may be adjusted to fit the surface of the cortical bone. Dental posts are allowed to penetrate the alveolar bone entirely to secure the fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: GEO-PROTECTOR TECH. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ping YUN, Tobey TSAI, Benson YUN, Thomas LEE
  • Publication number: 20170049539
    Abstract: Dental implant embodiments comprising one or more non-annular cutaways from a portion of the crown are described. In some embodiments, cutaways, which are implantable beneath the bone line, are orientable during implantation by reference to a dental implant positioning tool to which the dental implant is mated in a known orientation. Mating, in some embodiments, is secured by a detent system which reversibly interlocks the positioning tool and the implant. In some embodiments, a surface of a cutaway is provided with protrusions which stimulate bone regrowth into the volume which the remainder of the cutaway provides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Yuval JACOBY, Nitzan BICHACHO, Dror SARIG
  • Publication number: 20170049540
    Abstract: A fixed, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Scott Mullaly
  • Publication number: 20170049541
    Abstract: Provided is a bite registration tool configured to properly adjust its inclination in taking a bite registration and with which an accurate bite registration can be taken. The bite registration tool includes a rear curved plate that has a curved plate shape and is to be arranged between lips and alveolar ridges of a patient; and a front curved plate that has a plate shape, arranged in a manner that one plate surface faces to the rear curved plate having a predetermined gap, to be arranged forward having contact with the lips, wherein the other plate surface of the front curved plate is provided with at least one ridge protruding and extending in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroshi KAMOHARA
  • Publication number: 20170049542
    Abstract: A physical model of a set of teeth, wherein the physical model includes a gingival part in which a cavity comprising a cavity wall is formed; and a removable component having a part shaped as a tooth, where the removable component is configured for fitting into the cavity with a gap at an interface between the removable component and the cavity wall. The removable component or the cavity wall includes one or more supporting elements extending across the gap to establish contact between the removable component and the cavity wall to support and position the removable component in the cavity, and where contact between the removable component and the cavity wall at the interface only is provided by the supporting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: 3Shape A/S
    Inventors: Rune FISKER, Brieuc GILLES, David FISCHER, Steen Frost TOFTHØJ, Sven NONBOE, Morten Markussen LANG
  • Publication number: 20170049543
    Abstract: A structure and method of visualizing and evaluating areas of tooth contact between upper and lower teeth when the upper and lower arches of a mouth are in a closed or occluded condition. The method may include performing a plurality of readings of tooth contacts, by a pressure sensing device, during a period of time and determining sensing properties of the tooth contacts based on the plurality of readings, wherein the sensing properties include one or more of: sequence of a first tooth contact relative to at least a second tooth contact, and pressure magnitude of the first tooth contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: MARK B. STEVENS, JOHN D. WILSON
  • Publication number: 20170049544
    Abstract: A structure and method of visualizing and evaluating areas of tooth contact between upper and lower teeth when the upper and lower arches of a mouth are in a closed or occluded condition. The method may include performing a plurality of readings of tooth contacts, by a pressure sensing device, during a period of time and determining sensing properties of the tooth contacts based on the plurality of readings, wherein the sensing properties include one or more of: sequence of a first tooth contact relative to at least a second tooth contact, and pressure magnitude of the first tooth contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: MARK B. STEVENS, JOHN D. WILSON
  • Publication number: 20170049545
    Abstract: A system for automatically determining pregnancy toxaemia in at least one animal in a group of animals comprises a sensor for obtaining at least one value representative of a liquid or water uptake of the at least one animal, said sensor being adapted to be positioned in the vicinity of a liquid or water supply station or on the at least one animal; and a processing unit configured for comparing the obtained at least one value representative of a liquid or water uptake of the at least one animal to a mean value representative of an average of the at least one value for the group of animals or to a value deduced therefrom; and for generating a signal and/or alert when the obtained at least one value representative of a liquid or water uptake exceeds the mean value or the value deduced therefrom by a pre-determined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Bernard CARTON
  • Publication number: 20170049546
    Abstract: A first amount of sperm of a first animal and a second amount of sperm of a second animal of the same species, the first amount of sperm and the second amount of sperm sex-selected sperm of the same sex, useful in the in-vivo or in-vitro fertilization of an egg of a female animal of the same species of animal for the production of sex-selected embryos and sex-selected offspring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: XY, LLC
    Inventors: JUAN F. MORENO, MAURICE A. ROSENSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20170049547
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a sling implant system are provided. Embodiments of the implants can include one or more collapsibility and expandability features or portions adapted to improve introduction and deployment of the implant within the patient. The implants can be folded, collapsed or otherwise reduced in size or construct to fit within a delivery tool or catheter for later expandability upon deployment of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Michael A. KNIPFER
  • Publication number: 20170049548
    Abstract: A method of repairing a pelvic floor disorder and a system for carrying out the method are provided. The method is effected by positioning an imaging device in an abdominal, rectal, perianal or vaginal cavity, advancing a surgical instrument through a vaginal wall under guidance of the imaging device to thereby reach a target tissue and using the surgical instrument to attach the tissue repair device to the target tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: POP Medical Solutions Ltd.
    Inventors: Boaz HARARI, Eyal SANDACH, Menahem NEUMAN
  • Publication number: 20170049549
    Abstract: The invention provides new devices for implantation in a patient having irregular textured surfaces, which devices show significantly improved cellular response compared to conventional smooth and textured implants, indicating that significantly improved biocompatibility would be achieved in vivo. Methods for making such new devices and surface textures are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ardeshir Bayat, Ernie Hill, Daniel Kyle, Antonios Oikonomou
  • Publication number: 20170049550
    Abstract: A blood clot filter includes a number of locator members and anchor members, each of the members tipped with a retainer encompassed within bio-resorbable cover material. Upon delivery into a blood vessel, the locator and anchor members position the filter near the vessel centerline. After a period of time, the bio-resorbable cover material resorbs, allowing the retainer on the members to penetrate and attach to the vessel wall. A method of implanting the filter includes delivering the filter into a blood vessel and allowing the bio-resorbable cover material to resorb so retainers on the members can engage the vessel walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Germanovich KASHKAROV, Andrzej J. CHANDUSZKO
  • Publication number: 20170049551
    Abstract: A catheter compiling a housing portion defining an interior cavity and the housing portion comprising a housing member having an interior space dimensioned for housing an indwelling medical device. The elongated member comprises a lumen extending at least from an exit port to a distal port, the housing member is disposed within the lumen, and the lumen is dimensioned in the housing portion to receive a guidewire outside of the interior space of the housing member. A medical device for filtering emboli from blood flowing in a blood vessel of patient comprising an elongate support member and an elongate side branch member connected to the elongate support member. The filter element is attached to the elongate side branch member by a proximal filter element slider, and the elongate side branch member is adapted to maintain the filter element centered in the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Cathleen von Lehe, Sengkham Sirivong
  • Publication number: 20170049552
    Abstract: A treatment aiding device includes a flexible shaft; a filter; linear supporting members; an elastomer member composed of an elastomer in which a penetrating hole is formed, which elastomer member is arranged in the proximal side relative to the opening section of the filter such that the shaft penetrates the penetrating hole, wherein the outer diameter of the end face in which the penetrating hole is formed is larger than the outer diameter of the opening-section side of the filter when the filter is closed; and an outer tube in which a penetrating hole is formed, which outer tube is arranged in the proximal side relative to the opening section of the filter such that the shaft penetrates the penetrating hole in a state which allows movement of the shaft in the longitudinal direction; wherein the elastomer member is fixed in the distal side of the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Kanji Inoue, Takahiro Yagi, Masaki Fujita, Koji Kadowaki, Kazuhiro Tanahashi
  • Publication number: 20170049553
    Abstract: A shaped transplant product 10 derived from human umbilical cord 2 has a collagenous tissue membrane 20 derived from an umbilical cord 2 made essentially of thick collagenous tissue which is shaped to form a soft tissue barrier or wound covering or other internal or external wound healing attachment. The shaped transplant product 10S has a defined memory shape that can be configured to pass through a hollow cylindrical trocar or arthroscopy device for implantation. The defined memory shape can be a hollow elongated split tube. The split tube along the split can have abutting edges. The split tube can have an open split forming a gap between edges adjacent the open slit. The split tube can have overlapping edges. The split tube can have an elongated body having a center portion tapering toward opposing smaller ends to form a pre-set shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Vivex Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Ganey, Tracy Scott Anderson
  • Publication number: 20170049554
    Abstract: A method and device to improve lung function in a patient having restricted ventilation. The device may include an implantable airway bypass device that relieves trapped air. The method may include a treatment procedure that minimizes irritation of tissue to control healing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Soffio Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Jianmin LI, George BOURNE, Mark GELFAND, Howard LEVIN, Michael BARENBOYM, Ary CHERNOMORSKY, Benjamin David BELL, Gerhard Andrew FOELSCHE, Mark LEUNG
  • Publication number: 20170049555
    Abstract: A method for treating an aneurysm can include inserting a medical device partially in a first artery and partially in a third artery. The device can be expanded radially outwardly from a first position to a second position to engage an inner surface of the first artery and an inner surface of the third artery, so as to maintain a fluid pathway through said arteries. Further, the device can be positioned such that, when the device is in the second position, a porous membrane of the device is located at a neck of the aneurysm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Leon RUDAKOV, Michael O'CONNOR, Deepak GANDHI
  • Publication number: 20170049556
    Abstract: There is described a device (1) of the reversible type for the connection and reconstruction of a ligament, comprising a central reconstruction portion (9) and two connecting portions (10a, 10b) at the two ends of said central portion (9), characterized in that said connection device is made of silicone, said central portion covers said two connecting portions (10a, 10b ), said two connecting portions (10a, 10b) being generally grid-shaped for receiving fixing means adapted to fix said device (1) to said ligament, said device (1) further comprising an outer carbon coating (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Antonio SAMBUSSETI
  • Publication number: 20170049557
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for repairing a tear in soft tissue are disclosed. A method according to the principles of the present disclosure includes connecting an intermediate member to a bone anchor and placing the intermediate member on the soft tissue. The method further includes inserting a first suture through the intermediate member and the soft tissue to attach the intermediate member to the soft tissue and fixing the bone anchor to bone to secure the soft tissue to the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory J. Denham, Brian K. Berelsman
  • Publication number: 20170049558
    Abstract: A method and device for securing a tissue graft within a bone passage includes providing a graft fixation device that houses a closed loop having both braided and non-braided portions. A tissue graft is looped through the closed loop at the non-braided portion to attach the tissue graft to the graft fixation device. The graft fixation device is passed through the bone passage and seated against the surface of the bone to secure the tissue graft within the bone passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Anthony Santangelo, Alfred Rodrigue Berube, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170049559
    Abstract: A breast implant is provided which includes a filling, or core having a lower overall density relative to silicone gel-filled or saline-filled implant. The core may be a composite including flexible, bodies, for example, air-containing, or gas-containing, bodies, and a gel medium between or around the bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: David Schuessler
  • Publication number: 20170049560
    Abstract: A system and method for retaining an intraocular lens in an annular pouch implanted into a capsular bag of an eye. The annular pouch uses a circular ridge to maintain placement of the lens relative to the eye. Clarity of the capsular bag is retained over time because the pouch fills the capsular bag and prevents a loss of clarity in the capsular bag due to sagging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: SCOTT A. CHERNE
  • Publication number: 20170049561
    Abstract: Accommodating intraocular lenses including an optic having an anterior element and a posterior element defining an optic fluid chamber, wherein the optic is aspheric across all powers throughout accommodation or disaccommodation. Intraocular lenses, optionally accommodating, where an optic portion is centered with a midline of a height of the peripheral portion, the height measured in the anterior to posterior direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Terah Whiting SMILEY, Daniel HILDEBRAND, Bryan Patrick FLAHERTY
  • Publication number: 20170049562
    Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens comprises a first lens component, a second lens component, and an adhesive between portions of the two lens components. The cured adhesive bonds the lens components to form a fluid chamber. The lens components are bonded to one another along a seam which extends circumferentially along at least a portion of the lens components. The lens components may comprise the same polymer material. The cured adhesive also comprises the polymer or a prepolymer of the polymer to provide increased strength. The polymer is hydratable such that the lens components and the cured adhesive therebetween can swell together to inhibit stresses between the lens components and the cured adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Claudio Argento, Bob Vaughan, Amr Salahieh, Tom Saul
  • Publication number: 20170049563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stent for the positioning and anchoring of a valvular prosthesis in an implantation site in the heart of a patient. Specifically, the present invention relates to an expandable stent for an endoprosthesis used in the treatment of a narrowing of a cardiac valve and/or a cardiac valve insufficiency. So as to ensure that no longitudinal displacement of a valvular prosthesis fastened to a stent will occur relative the stent in the implanted state of the stent, even given the peristaltic motion of the heart, the stent according to the invention comprises at least one fastening portion via which the valvular prosthesis is connectable to the stent. The stent further comprises positioning arches and retaining arches, whereby at least one positioning arch is connected to at least one retaining arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Helmut STRAUBINGER, Johannes Jung, Michael J. Girard, Arnulf Mayer
  • Publication number: 20170049564
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a collapsible and expandable stent, a collapsible and expandable valve assembly disposed within the stent and having a plurality of leaflets, and a deformable frame having a first end and a second end. The frame includes braided wires forming a body having a lumen extending therethrough for receiving the stent and the valve assembly, the body having a plurality of diameters from the first end to the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Marie Board, Aaron J. Chalekian, Patrick P. Russo, John Oslund
  • Publication number: 20170049565
    Abstract: This invention relates to prosthetic cardiac and venous valves and a single catheter device and minimally invasive techniques for percutaneous and transluminal valvuloplasty and prosthetic valve implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Steven R. Bailey, Christopher T. Boyle
  • Publication number: 20170049566
    Abstract: A heart valve assembly has a frame comprising an inflow section, an outflow section, and a connecting section that is located between the inflow section and the outflow section. The inflow section has a plurality of legs that extend radially outwardly, and the connecting section has a greater flexibility than the inner section. The assembly also includes a plurality of leaflets coupled to the connecting section, a valve skirt extending from the leaflets towards the inflow section of the frame, and a cuff section, with the legs and the cuff section together defining a cuff for engagement with a native annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Horizon Scientific Corp.
    Inventors: Min Frank Zeng, Pham Lo
  • Publication number: 20170049567
    Abstract: A loader and method for loading a transcatheter heart valve into a delivery sheath or catheter is described that is also configured to facilitate retrieval of the heart valve back through the delivery sheath while protecting the delivery sheath from damage. Another loader provides for easier crimping and loading of a THV into a delivery sheath or catheter from a storage jar or container. A method for crimping a THV facilitates easier end user preparation of the valve for implantation and reduces the likelihood of tissue deformation in the valve during storage. These devices and methods for deploying THVs simplify the valve replacement procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Asher L. Metchik, Thanh V. Nguyen, Raz Biran, Arvin T. Chang, Taranum Nagpurwala, Jeff Lindstrom
  • Publication number: 20170049568
    Abstract: The invention relates to catheter system for introducing an expandable heart valve stent (150) into the body of a patient, the catheter system comprising: a catheter tip (10) having a seat portion for accommodating the stent (150) in its collapsed state and a stent holder (15) for releasably fixing the stent (150), wherein the seat portion is constituted by a first sleeve-shaped member (11) and a second sleeve-shaped member (21), said sleeve-shaped members (11, 21) being moveable relative to each other and relative to the stent holder (15), and a catheter shaft (30) for connecting the catheter tip (10) to a handle (70).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Helmut STRAUBINGER, Arnulf MAYER, Johannes JUNG
  • Publication number: 20170049569
    Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a prosthetic heart valve. The system includes an inner shaft assembly, a delivery sheath capsule and a handle maintaining a first actuator and a second actuator. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the prosthetic heart valve over the inner shaft assembly. The first actuator is operated to proximally retract the delivery sheath capsule and expose the prosthetic heart valve relative to the capsule. The second actuator is operated to proximally retract the prosthetic heart valve by transmitting forces to the inner shaft assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Adam Shipley, John P. Shanahan, Andrew Crisman
  • Publication number: 20170049570
    Abstract: A system for treating mitral valve regurgitation includes a tensioning device having a plurality of helical anchors and a tensioning filament. One embodiment of the invention includes a method for attaching a tensioning device to the annulus of a mitral valve in a trans-leaflet configuration, and applying a tension force to the tension filament in order to exert force vectors on the annulus, thereby reshaping the mitral valve annulus so that the coaption of the anterior and posterior leaflets of the mitral is improved during ventricular contraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Patricia O'Beirne, Nasser Rafiee
  • Publication number: 20170049571
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for repairing a native heart valve. In one embodiment, a repair device for repairing a native mitral valve having an anterior leaflet and a posterior leaflet between a left atrium and a left ventricle comprises a support having a contracted configuration and an extended configuration, and an appendage, such as a flap or apron extending from the support. In the contracted configuration, the support is sized to be inserted under the posterior leaflet between a wall of the left ventricle and chordae tendineae. In the extended configuration, the support is configured to project anteriorly with respect to a posterior wall of the left ventricle by a distance sufficient to position at least a portion of the posterior leaflet toward the anterior leaflet, and the appendage is configured to extend beyond an edge of the posterior leaflet toward the anterior leaflet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Hanson Gifford, III
  • Publication number: 20170049572
    Abstract: Devices and methods for in situ drawing, filtering and seeding cells from the marrow of surrounding bone into a fusion cage without any of the challenges mentioned above. Various implants and devices with aspiration ports that enable in-situ harvesting and mixing of stem cells. These devices may include spinal fusion cages, long bone spacers, lateral grafts and joint replacement devices. Each device utilizes at least one aspiration port for harvesting of stem cell-containing marrow via aspiration from adjacent bony elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Neil, Liesbeth Brown, Nimish Parikh, Daniel Keeley, Shannon Cormier
  • Publication number: 20170049573
    Abstract: A modular reverse shoulder prosthesis according to embodiments of the present invention includes a stem having a proximal taper and a primary stem axis, the proximal taper extending from the stem about a metaphyseal axis, the metaphyseal axis at an angle with respect to the primary stem axis, a metaphysis having a proximal end, a distal end, a first aperture in the distal end configured to be placed over the proximal taper, and a second aperture in the proximal end having an insert axis that is eccentrically offset from the metaphyseal axis, the metaphysis configured for attachment to the stem at any rotational position of the metaphysis about the metaphyseal axis, and a reverse insert, the reverse insert having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end comprises a concave cup formed about a cup axis and configured to receive a glenosphere, and wherein the distal end comprises a locking protrusion, wherein the locking protrusion has an outer surface with a cross-sectional shape that is rotatio
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Brian C. Hodorek, Shawn M. Gargac
  • Publication number: 20170049574
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a set for connecting a prosthetic assembly of an artificial joint, in particular a glenoidal component of a shoulder prosthesis, to a bone, the set comprising:—a prosthetic component comprising a bone contacting surface contacting the bone in an implanted state of the prosthetic component and—separate bone anchoring means, wherein the bone contacting surface of the prosthetic component is provided with a coupling means adapted to be coupled to the bone anchoring means in a mounted state of the prosthetic component. The coupling means and the bone anchoring means are adapted to achieve a tight-fit connection or a form-fit connection, in particular a snap-fit connection, with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew Hopkins
  • Publication number: 20170049575
    Abstract: A talar implant comprises a body and a stem. The body includes a bone contact surface and an articulation surface located opposite the bone contact surface. The body defines a cavity extending from the bone contact surface into the body. The stem comprises a head and a longitudinal shaft coupled at an angle to the head. The head is sized and configured to be received within the socket defined by the bone contact surface. The stem is configured to be inserted into a hole formed in a bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Braham K. DHILLON, Shawn E. MCGINLEY
  • Publication number: 20170049576
    Abstract: An implant includes a body having a cylindrical portion extending from a first end to a second end, a first nub extending from the first end, and a second nub extending from the second end. The body includes an inner layer, a middle layer, and an outer layer. The inner layer has a first length extending from a tip of the first nub to a tip of the second nub, and has a first central axis collinear with a central longitudinal axis of the implant. The outer layer has a second length extending from the first end to the second end, has a second central axis collinear with the central longitudinal axis, and provides an outer surface of the implant. The middle layer comprises a porous material disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer. The inner layer and at least one portion of the middle layer provide the two nubs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer GUILFORD, Joseph Ryan WOODARD, Chris ROBINSON, Jon Pope MOSELEY, Bruce COHEN, Robert ANDERSON, Chris HYER, Thomas LEE
  • Publication number: 20170049577
    Abstract: A tissue insertion prosthesis system includes an expansible, multi-chambered implant for use in a tissue prosthesis receiving cavity, such that the implant includes an expansible envelope having a plurality of chambers. The system also includes a method of determining a size of a cavity at a site to be filled by a tissue prosthesis. Finally, the system includes a method to facilitate a removal of a biomaterial delivery device from an inflatable member that has been inserted into a cavity formed by the removal of a portion of a nuclear material from an intervertebral disc and to be filled by a tissue prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Kunovus Pty. Ltd (formerly Spinecell Pty. Ltd)
    Inventors: Ashish Dhar Diwan, Johnathon Choi, Zoran Milijasevic
  • Publication number: 20170049578
    Abstract: An intervertebral insert member and an instrument for positioning the insert in a space between vertebral bodies in vivo. The insert member is advanced by the instrument into a prepared site located between adjacent vertebral bodies. Upon reaching the appropriate insertion point, the sleeve is retracted and a pivotal motion is imparted to the insert. The insert member is pivotally attached to the distal end of the delivery instrument such that it can be articulated about a pivot point that is located on the insert member until it is properly positioned. The positioning instrument is then released from the insert member and removed from the space between the vertebral bodies. An adjustment screw is available to expand the surfaces of the insert member by displacement of a wedge member within the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Matthew G. Baynham
  • Publication number: 20170049579
    Abstract: A spinal fusion device having a spacer and a fastener and an associated method of use are disclosed. The spinal fusion device preferably has features to prevent excessive insertion of the spacer between two adjacent vertebrae, to ensure proper fenestration, to ensure tight engagement between the spacer and the fastener and between the spinal fusion device and two adjacent vertebrae, to hinder back-out of screws used by the fastener, and to promote compaction and displacement of bone graft material to enhance the fusion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Raymond J. Quinlan, Michael J. Halperin
  • Publication number: 20170049580
    Abstract: An intervertebral insert member and an instrument for positioning the insert in a space between vertebral bodies in vivo. The insert member is advanced by the instrument into a prepared site located between adjacent vertebral bodies. Upon reaching the appropriate insertion point, the sleeve is retracted and a pivotal motion is imparted to the insert. The insert member is pivotally attached to the distal end of the delivery instrument such that it can be articulated about a pivot point that is located on the insert member until it is properly positioned. The positioning instrument is then released from the insert member and removed from the space between the vertebral bodies. An adjustment screw is available to expand the surfaces of the insert member by displacement of a wedge member within the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Matthew G. Baynham
  • Publication number: 20170049581
    Abstract: Apparatus for locating an attachment position for a reconstructed anterior cruciate ligament on an attachment surface of a bone comprises locating means 51, 61 arranged to locate at least one reference surface 4 of the bone and guide means 53, 54 arranged to define the attachment position in two dimensions on the attachment surface relative to the reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Amis, Andrew Edwards
  • Publication number: 20170049582
    Abstract: A trial kit for a hinged knee implant system is disclosed. The trial kit includes a tibial base plate trial, an adaptor and a tibial bearing insert trial. The adaptor and insert trial can be assembled and the assembly mounted on the tray trial by sliding the assembly in an anterior-posterior direction on the tray trial. The adaptor has a post with a cross-piece. The insert trial has openings and channels to receive the post and cross-piece. The openings are sized, shaped and oriented so that the cross-piece of the elongate post must be oriented in different directions to pass through the different openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: JORDAN T. BRAUN, CHADD W. CLARY, ABRAHAM P. WRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20170049583
    Abstract: The present invention provides a prosthetic hand capable of multiple grasp types. The prosthetic finger units are underactuated both within and between the finger units using a differential mechanism arrangement. The locking movement of the prosthetic thumb unit is coupled to the differential mechanism. As the user repositions the prosthetic thumb unit, the differential mechanism is effected as to alter both the initial positions and force distribution of the prosthetic finger units. The present invention further provides an additive manufacturing molding method for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Belter, Aaron Michael Dollar, Michael Leddy
  • Publication number: 20170049584
    Abstract: A prosthetic foot with a structural component having a proximal attachment member for fastening the prosthetic foot to a below-knee tube, a below-knee shaft or a prosthetic knee joint, with a forefoot portion secured or formed on the structural component, and with a heel-side spring-damper system which is assigned to the structural component and which is compressed at a heel strike and bears on a sole-side guide element. The structural component is designed as a leaf spring which extends in a posterior direction from the proximal attachment means, and forms an arch and is guided in an anterior and distal direction, wherein the arch protrudes posteriorly beyond the guide element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin PUSCH, Jens NORTHEMANN, Darshan RANE, Carsten MONICKE, Nathan Aaron WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20170049585
    Abstract: A jointless prosthetic foot having a leaf spring which has a distal footfall section, a connecting section and a proximal attachment section which extends in an anterior-posterior direction and to which an attachment adapter can be fixed. The attachment adapter is mounted such as to be movable along a convexly curved path in the anterior-posterior direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Herman BOITEN, Jens NORTHEMANN, Andrea CREMER