Patents Issued in May 30, 2017
  • Patent number: 9662099
    Abstract: A device for sealing an aperture in a tissue includes: an implant configured to seal the aperture when positioned adjacent to the aperture; and a delivery shaft configured to engage the implant to allow the implant to be maneuvered into sealing engagement with a distal surface of the tissue, the delivery shaft comprising a retaining sleeve comprising a locking projection engagable with the locking recess of the implant to secure the implant to the delivery shaft, and a release sleeve axially slideable relative to the retaining sleeve between a first axial position in which the release sleeve is configured to maintain locking engagement between the locking recess and the locking projection, and a second axial position in which the release sleeve permits the locking projection to disengage the locking recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Christopher Martin, Michael Dunning, Damien Ryan, Joseph Dolphin, Micheál Hession, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Mark McGoldrick, Ger Brett, Michael McCartin, Des Regan, Matthew Murphy
  • Patent number: 9662100
    Abstract: Novel tissue wound closure devices and applicator instruments are disclosed. The tissue wound closure devices have a filament or strap and a capture device that locks the filament or strap in place after application to approximate a wound in tissue. The applicator instruments have a curved insertion needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Miksza, Jianxin Guo, Jonathan Bennett Gabel
  • Patent number: 9662101
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a surgical device. A first paddle assembly may be engaged with a first paddle, and a second paddle assembly may be engaged with a second paddle. A first retainer arm assembly can be pivotally engaged with the first paddle assembly, and a second retainer arm assembly can be pivotally engaged with the second paddle assembly. A retaining key may be selectively engaged with the first and second retainer arm assemblies, and configured to couple the first retainer arm assembly and the second retainer arm assembly together in a pivotal arrangement; where the pivotal arrangement may to allow the first and second retainer arms to be positioned in a retained position with respect to each other; and may also allow the first and second retainer arm assemblies to be positioned in an non-retained position with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Akron General Partners, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Thompson, Bradley T. Webb
  • Patent number: 9662102
    Abstract: A suture holding system including a suture and a block having first, second and third regions for receiving the suture, having proximal and distal ends, is provided. The suture is received in the first and second regions of the block, defining a first suture portion, and is then received in the third region before passing between the block and the first suture portion, defining a second suture portion. In this configuration, pulling on the distal end of the suture selectively locks the suture to block, whereas pulling on the proximal end of the suture allows the suture to advance freely in that direction. Suture holding system may also include a second block, being rotated 180 degrees with respect to the first block. A delivery device for implanting the suture holding system in soft tissue and methods for repairing a tear in soft tissue are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rickey Hart, Thore Zantop
  • Patent number: 9662103
    Abstract: A bone anchor inserter according to embodiments of the present invention includes a shaft configured to interface with a bone anchor, a proper depth indicator on the shaft, an upper visual indicator on the shaft, the upper visual indicator located adjacent to the proper depth indicator on a first side of the proper depth indicator furthest from the bone anchor, and a lower visual indicator on the shaft, the lower visual indicator located adjacent to the proper depth indicator on a second side of the proper depth indicator opposite from the first side, the lower visual indicator being visually distinct from the upper visual indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Tornier, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Schlotterback, Justin C. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9662104
    Abstract: A suturing instrument using a curved needle is presented. The suturing instrument includes an elongated body, which has a lumen at its distal end. The suturing device also includes a curved needle which has a hook at its distal end to capture a suture from a suture staging area coupled with the suture. The rotational movement of the curved needle can be operated by a linear movement of a controlling element via a compound pivots that are configured to move the needles out from the lumen, couple the needle to the suture, and pull the suture away back toward the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HEARTSTITCH, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Nobles, Melanie Hempel
  • Patent number: 9662105
    Abstract: Instruments and techniques to pass a suture are presented. The instruments and techniques are particularly useful where access to confined spaces and the ability to pass a suture through difficult to penetrate materials are needed. The instruments and techniques are particularly useful in surgery of the hands and feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Mary Sinnott, T. Wade Fallin
  • Patent number: 9662106
    Abstract: A resorbable screw fastener and a method of firing with an applicator capable of applying a surgical fastener to tissue in order to form tissue connection to secure objects to tissue, the fastener including a body portion having a helical thread, a head portion disposed at the proximal end of the body portion. The resorbable screw fastener is 100% resorbed in vivo during a period of time ranging from about 14 days to about one year after implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Ralph R. Corradi, David N. Fowler, Christopher J. Criscuolo, Earl Zergiebel, Michael Bettuchi, Frank J. Viola
  • Patent number: 9662107
    Abstract: Various suture anchors and surgical methods are provided. A two-part suture anchor is provided having a continuously threaded anchor body defining an axial bore and a pin. The pin includes a tip and a plate defining at least two suture receiving openings aligned in a single plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the axial bore is disposed in anchor body. Methods of attaching soft tissue to bone are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin T. Stone, Troy M. Walters, Gregory J. Denham, Nathanael K. Conner
  • Patent number: 9662108
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus is provided. The surgical apparatus includes an actuator device including a body portion defining a longitudinal axis and a first articulating link. The first articulating link includes a mechanical interface and is movable between a non-articulated position and at least one articulated position. A reload is releasably coupled to a distal end of the body portion. The reload including a second articulating link configured to engage the first articulating link when the reload is coupled to the actuator device. The reload including a tool assembly which is pivotable from a first a position aligned with the longitudinal axis of the body portion to at least one position misaligned with the longitudinal axis of the body portion. The first articulation link and the mechanical interface prevent the reload from being disengaged from the actuator device when the first articulating link is in the at least one articulated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Justin Williams
  • Patent number: 9662109
    Abstract: A medical tool comprising an electromechanical driver and a surgical instrument attachment for use in invasive surgery, including a handle coupled to a flexible sheath which is in turn coupled to a surgical attachment. The handle of the driver includes the electromechanical driver and at least one processor element which controls the actions of the electromechanical driver, and therefore the application elements of the surgical attachment, based on information relayed between the processor element and remotely activateable sensor assemblies in the surgical instrument attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Michael P. Whitman
  • Patent number: 9662110
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a surgical instrument can comprise an end effector including a staple cartridge and a datum portion positioned proximal to the staple cartridge. The surgical instrument can further comprise a shaft and an articulation joint configured to articulate the end effector relative to the shaft. In addition, the surgical instrument can further comprise a firing member configured to deploy a plurality of staples from the staple cartridge and a drive assembly including a drive member configured to move the firing member. The drive assembly may also include a stop configured to engage the datum portion to limit the movement of the drive member after the plurality of staples are fired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC
    Inventors: Zhifan F. Huang, Chad P. Boudreaux, Joseph C. Hueil, Dean B. Bruewer, David B. Smith
  • Patent number: 9662111
    Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge and an anvil member. The staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed in rows of retention slots. The staple cartridge may have an annular or linear configuration of retention slots. The tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge may be tapered or stepped. The anvil member has a tissue contacting surface that includes a number of pockets arranged for substantially aligning with the retention slots. In addition, the tissue contacting surface of the anvil member may complement the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Henry E. Holsten, Frank J. Viola, Clifford L. Emmons, John W. Beardsley, Russell Heinrich, Nicola Cullinan
  • Patent number: 9662112
    Abstract: A system for wound closure has at least two closure elements. One closure element is detachably tethered to another closure element. Each closure element includes: a base member with an integral strap hingably connected to the base member, and a lock member slidably disposed on the strap and being lockable on the strap. Alternatively, the base member defines a plane and the strap being affixed to the base member at an angle to the plane. The system may further include a wound covering disposed between the straps and the wound. The wound covering may be a laminate having at least two layers; a first layer is a moisture impervious layer adapted to contain body heat, and a second hydrophilic layer is adapted to retain moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Alan E. Nash, Steven W. Swann
  • Patent number: 9662113
    Abstract: An endoscope treatment tool includes: a clip unit having a clip main body which includes first and second arm portions, a pressing tube which is formed in a tube shape, a locking portion which protrudes from an inner circumferential surface of a proximal end of the pressing tube, and a locked portion which protrudes from the clip main body; a linear member connected to the clip unit; a sheath in which the linear member is inserted; and a fracture mechanism connected to a proximal end of the linear member. The fracture mechanism includes a first support member connected to the linear member, a second support member disposed on a proximal end side of the first support member, and a fracturable member disposed between the first support member and the second support member so as to connect the first support member and the second support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoi Satake, Kensuke Uesaka, Koji Onishi
  • Patent number: 9662114
    Abstract: This tissue fastening apparatus is a tissue fastener for clamping first biological tissue and second biological tissue so as to be in close contact with each other, including: a first tissue fixation portion, made of an elastic wire wound in a coil, that is locked on the first biological tissue; and a second tissue fixation portion, made of an elastic wire wound in a coil, that is locked on the second biological tissue, the second tissue fixation portion continuing into the first tissue fixation portion, in which when falling off first and second biological tissue necrotized by being clamped between the first tissue fixation portion and the second tissue fixation portion, the tissue fastener moves only from the second tissue fixation portion to the first tissue fixation portion side and falls off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Takahashi, Kunihide Kaji, Masatoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 9662115
    Abstract: A surgical system is disclosed, and includes a surgical fastening apparatus and an access device. The access device defines an internal lumen configured to receive the surgical fastening apparatus. The access device also includes a proximal portion and a distal portion being more flexible than the proximal portion. The access device is reconfigurable between a first condition and a different, second condition in which the distal portion of the access device is configured to fold radially inwardly and proximally upon movement of the surgical fastening apparatus therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Scott Prior
  • Patent number: 9662116
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a surgical end effector having a receiving portion for removably receiving therein an interchangeable part. The receiving portion has a communication connection. A handle connected to the end effector actuates the end effector. The handle has a controller electrically connected to the communication connection for authenticating the interchangeable part when placed at the end effector. An interchangeable part is removably connected to the receiving portion and has an encryption device electrically removably connected to the communication connection when placed at the receiving portion. The encryption device authenticates the interchangeable part when queried by the electric controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Ethicon, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Derek Dee Deville, Carlos Rivera, Matthew A. Palmer
  • Patent number: 9662117
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a flow of fluid and/or other bodily matter in a lumen formed by a tissue wall of a patient's organ comprises an implantable constriction device for gently constricting (i.e. without substantially hampering the blood circulation in the tissue wall) at least one portion of the tissue wall to influence the flow in the lumen, and a stimulation device for stimulating the wall portion of the tissue wall. A control device controls the stimulation device to stimulate the wall portion, as the constriction device constricts the wall portion, to cause contraction of the wall portion constricted by the constriction device to further influence the flow in the lumen. The apparatus can be used for restricting or stopping the flow in the lumen, or for actively moving the fluid in the lumen, with a low risk of injuring the organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Patent number: 9662118
    Abstract: One disclosed embodiment comprises a method for treating lesions in the carotid artery of a mammalian body. The method comprises transcervical access and blocking of blood flow through the common carotid artery (with or without blocking of blood flow through the external carotid artery), shunting blood from the internal carotid artery and treating the lesion in the carotid artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Silk Road Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Chang
  • Patent number: 9662119
    Abstract: A system for treating an aneurysm in a blood vessel or vein, wherein the aneurysm has a dome, an interior, and a neck. The system includes a shape memory polymer foam in the interior of the aneurysm between the dome and the neck. The shape memory polymer foam has pores that include a first multiplicity of pores having a first pore size and a second multiplicity of pores having a second pore size. The second pore size is larger than said first pore size. The first multiplicity of pores are located in the neck of the aneurysm. The second multiplicity of pores are located in the dome of the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Jason M. Ortega, William J. Benett, Ward Small, Thomas S. Wilson, Duncan J Maitland, Jonathan Hartman
  • Patent number: 9662120
    Abstract: A detachable treatment device delivery system includes a delivery sheath defining a lumen, a treatment device having a proximal attachment segment configured for receipt within the delivery sheath, and a deployment wire configured for receipt within the delivery sheath. A delivery configuration is defined by an overlap of a distal segment of the deployment wire and the proximal attachment segment within an attachment zone of the delivery sheath. In the delivery configuration, an inner surface of the delivery sheath is outwardly expanded and compressed around the deployment wire and the treatment device at the overlap. In a deployed configuration, the deployment wire is proximally spaced from the attachment zone, and the proximal attachment segment is distally spaced from the attachment zone and the distal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Karol Lagodzki, Jeremy Schaeffer, Elizabeth Theobald
  • Patent number: 9662121
    Abstract: The present invention provides a simple auto electronic tourniquet which does not inflict pain on a person receiving the tourniquet in a preparatory stage before venipuncture and which shortens the time required in preparation for venipuncture. The simple auto electronic tourniquet includes a manchette (wrapping member) wrapped around an upper arm and a controller provided on the manchette for controlling pressures to the upper arm by the wrapping member. The controller includes a diastolic blood pressure detecting circuit and a pressure setting and maintenance circuit. The pressure setting and maintenance circuit setting pressures of the manchette at a time when changes of a biological signal are detected by the diastolic blood pressure detecting circuit as target pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Masaki
  • Patent number: 9662122
    Abstract: A bone broach is formed from a plurality of substantially planar members which are positioned adjacent to each other with each of the substantially planar members attached to at least one other substantially planar member. At least some of the substantially planar members defines at least one cutting profile at its perimeter. The plurality of substantially planar members include a first group of substantially planar members defining planes which are substantially parallel to each other, and at least one additional substantially planar member defining a plane which is angled relative to the planes defined by the first group of substantially planar members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DEPUY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Duncan Young
  • Patent number: 9662123
    Abstract: A detachable vertical cutter for insertion into a cylinder or tube is formed as a single unitary structure. The single blade has a pair of tool attachment end portions and a cutting blade extending in a loop between the attachment ends. The cutting blade is inclined vertically relative to a longitudinal axis of a cylinder or tube into which the attachment ends can slide into. The cutting blade has a cutting edge, a portion of which when extended free of the cylinder or tube will extend a distance greater than the tube outside diameter. The cutting edge when pushed inwardly and pulled outwardly between adjacent vertebrae scrapes and cuts disc material. When retracted the cutting blade deflects into the cylinder or tube for insertion or extraction into or from the disc space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Amendia, Inc.
    Inventors: William Carlton Tally, Kenneth Richard Barra
  • Patent number: 9662124
    Abstract: A method of performing an orthopedic procedure in the sacroiliac region. At least one aperture is formed that at least partially extends through at least one of an ilium and a sacrum. An undercutting system is at least partially inserted into the aperture. The undercutting system includes an insertion apparatus, a probe assembly and a cutting assembly. The probe assembly is moved with respect to the insertion apparatus from a retracted position to an extended position. The probe assembly is manipulated within a joint between the ilium and the sacrum while the probe assembly is in the extended position. The cutting assembly is moved with respect to the insertion apparatus from a retracted position to an extended position. The cutting assembly is sharper than the probe assembly. The cutting assembly is manipulated within the joint between the ilium and the sacrum while the cutting assembly is in the extended position to form a fusion region. The undercutting system is removed from the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Zyga Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Assell, Jeremy Carr, Eugene Dickhudt, Thomas Berg, Brian Beaubien
  • Patent number: 9662125
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of creating a bone tunnel during ligament reconstruction surgery. The method includes placing a guide wire through the femur, the guide wire having a first end portion including a pointed tip and a second end portion; placing a drill mechanism over the first end portion of the guide wire, the drill mechanism having a first end portion including a drill bit and a second end portion including an attachment portion; coupling an adaptor assembly to the attachment portion, the adaptor assembly including a shaft; coupling a drill to the shaft and operating the drill to create a tunnel in the femur; coupling a drill bit assembly to the second end portion of the guide wire and locating the assembly against the drill bit of the attachment portion; and operating the drill to create a counter bore within the tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard J. Bourque, Michael C. Ferragamo, Ben K. Graf, William Davis
  • Patent number: 9662126
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for repairing an articular surface. A guide pin may be secured to an articular surface of a glenoid, wherein the guide pin defines a working axis and the working axis is positioned at an angle ? relative to the articular surface, wherein angle ? is less than or equal to 90 degrees. An excision device may be advanced over the guide pin, wherein the excision device includes a cannulated shaft and at least one cutter, wherein the at least one cutter is generally aligned in a single plane. A generally hemi-spherical excision site may be formed with the excision device within the articular surface of the glenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Arthrosurface Incorporated
    Inventors: George Sikora, Steven W. Ek
  • Patent number: 9662127
    Abstract: A surgical kit for preparing a joint surface to receive an implant includes a patient-specific guide for a joint surface. The patient-specific guide has a patient-specific surface complementary to a surface of the joint for nesting engagement, and a guiding element oriented along a patient-specific alignment axis. The alignment axis is determined during a preoperative plan of the specific patient for implant alignment. The kit includes a guiding tool couplable to the guiding element of the patient-specific guide and a three-dimensional orientation device removably couplable the guiding tool for intra-operative calibration, such that, after calibration, the orientation device can be removably coupled to a shaft of a surgical instrument to align the shaft along the alignment axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason D. Meridew, Tony Siebeneck, Tyler D. Witt, Robert Metzger
  • Patent number: 9662128
    Abstract: The sacral-iliac joint between an iliac and a sacrum is fused either by the creation of a lateral insertion path laterally through the ilium, through the sacral-iliac joint, and into the sacrum, or by the creation of a postero-lateral insertion path entering from a posterior iliac spine of an ilium, angling through the sacral-iliac joint, and terminating in the sacral alae. A bone fixation implant is inserted through the insertion path and anchored in the interior region of the sacrum or sacral alae to fixate the sacral-iliac joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SI-Bone Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Reiley
  • Patent number: 9662129
    Abstract: Systems for less invasive medical procedures comprise a filter device mounted on an integrated guiding structure and an aspiration catheter. These components can be used together or separately, and the system can be used with other medical devices that are designed for less invasive procedures, such as procedures in a patient's vasculature. The catheter can have a radiopaque band that is held in place under metal wire embedded within the polymer forming the tube of the catheter. In some embodiments, the aspiration catheter has a small diameter distal portion that can access into small diameter vessels in which the distal portion has a smaller average diameter than the remaining tube of the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Medtronic Inc.
    Inventors: Jason A. Galdonik, Edward Anderson, Kavitha Ganesan, Greg Boldenow, John Kirchgessner, Grazyna Wlodarski
  • Patent number: 9662130
    Abstract: A pair of surgical forceps which can be taken apart and which includes a handle, a pivot joint with a rotational axis and a jaw. It further includes two releasably coupled forceps parts, each of which has a pin-less pivot joint element. The first pivot joint element has a first guide rail and a first guide recess. The second pivot joint element has a second guide rail and a second guide recess. The guide rails, which engage in an undercut of the guide recesses on the pivot joint elements, form a sliding guide for the pivot joint. The first pivot joint element has a first thickening element and the second pivot joint element has a second surface element. In a safety position the first thickening element interacts with the second surface element by means of jamming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Carolin Bartels, Klaus Dmuschewsky
  • Patent number: 9662131
    Abstract: A medical manipulator comprises a distal end working unit including a gripper as an end effector, an operating unit for operating the distal end working unit, a coupling interconnecting the distal end working unit and the operating unit, and an attitude changing mechanism for changing an attitude of the distal end working unit. When the operating unit is operated by an operator, the end effector is mechanically operated by a transmitting member. The attitude changing mechanism is operated by a bending drive source and a rotational drive source, which are operated when the operating unit is operated by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Shigeru Omori, Shuichi Uenohara, Makoto Jinno
  • Patent number: 9662132
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for performing various procedures using interchangeable end effectors. In general, the methods and devices allow a surgeon to remotely and selectively attach various interchangeable surgical end effectors to a shaft located within a patient's body, thus allowing the surgeon to perform various procedures without the need to remove the shaft from the patient's body. In an exemplary embodiment, multiple end effectors can be introduced into a body cavity. The end effectors can be disassociated or separate from one another such that they float within the body cavity. A distal end of a shaft can be positioned within the body cavity and it can be used to selectively engage one of the end effectors. In particular, the device can be configured to allow each end effector to be remotely attached and detached from the distal end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Coe, James W. Voegele, Gary L. Long, Andrew M. Zwolinski, Kyle P. Moore, Robert P. Gill
  • Patent number: 9662133
    Abstract: A tip assembly is presented herein. The tip assembly can have a member having a first end and a second end. The first end of the member can be open. The first end also can allows an implement to be inserted. The tip assembly also includes a jaw hingedly coupled to the second end of the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TROCARE LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Feuer, Clark B. Foster, Gerald Jay Sanders
  • Patent number: 9662134
    Abstract: A contact portion, provided in an exposed surface of the treating section, treats a treated object by a transmitted ultrasonic vibration while intruding into the treated object toward an intruding direction from a state being in contact with the treated object. An index portion is disposed on an anti-intruding direction side with respect to the contact portion in the exposed surface. The index portion becomes an index indicating an intruding amount of the contact portion into the treated object toward the intruding direction. The index portion includes index surfaces arranged in the intruding direction, and each of the index surfaces has an angle relative to the intruding direction which is different from the angle of the adjacent index surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chie Onuma, Manabu Ishikawa, Sohei Ueda
  • Patent number: 9662135
    Abstract: A fluid ejection device includes a fluid chamber, a volume varying unit, a fluid supplying unit, and an ejection pipe. The volume varying unit generates pulsation in the pressure of a fluid in the fluid chamber. The fluid supplying unit supplies the fluid to the fluid chamber through a first channel. The ejection pipe receives the supply of the fluid, in which the pulsation is generated, from the fluid chamber through a second channel and ejects the supplied fluid from an ejection port. In a connecting part to the fluid chamber, the cross-sectional area of the second channel is five times or more as large as the cross-sectional area of the first channel. In the connecting part to the fluid chamber, the first channel and the second channel are arranged to be opposed to each other via the vicinity of the center of the fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Kojima, Kazuaki Uchida
  • Patent number: 9662136
    Abstract: An incision is formed at a site where a cellular tissue is to be dissected. A liquid is ejected to the incision. The incision is expanded. The cellular tissue is dissected. The liquid is ejected in the form of a pulse flow. The liquid is ejected in such a way as to advance obliquely to a tangential direction to a surface of the cellular tissue. A site where the liquid is applied to the surface is moved in a direction in which an angle formed by the surface and the direction of advancement of the liquid is greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Kojima, Toshiki Endo, Atsuhiro Nakagawa, Tominaga Teiji
  • Patent number: 9662137
    Abstract: A thrombectomy system may include an elongate shaft that defines a high pressure lumen and a low pressure lumen. The high pressure lumen may terminate near an end of the low pressure lumen. An expandable capture basket may be disposed near the end of the low pressure lumen. A thrombectomy apparatus may include an elongate shaft, an evacuation lumen extending within the elongate shaft and a high pressure lumen extending within the elongate shaft. A capture apparatus may be disposed within a wire lumen that extends within the elongate shaft such that the capture apparatus extends distally from the wire lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.
    Inventors: Mark L. Jenson, William J. Drasler, Joseph M. Thielen
  • Patent number: 9662138
    Abstract: The puncture control system includes a trajectory error compensation filter for outputting a control signal for compensating for the error of a puncture needle from a target trajectory based on information on the position of the puncture needle obtained by a detector, a displacement compensation filter for which initial control parameters are determined based on a model representing characteristics of an organ, and an adder for outputting an added signal obtained by adding outputs of the trajectory error compensation filter and the displacement compensation filter. The organ model is used to predict a displacement of a puncture target position and sequentially determine a course of the puncture needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Takagi
  • Patent number: 9662139
    Abstract: A cannula assembly for use in laproscopic surgery includes a cannula having a proximal end for use in orientating the assembly into an abdominal cavity, a distal end for insertion into a patient, and a passage through which surgical instruments can be inserted. An expandable feature in the form of an anchor is located toward the distal end of the cannula and is selectively expandable and collapsible. The feature in its expanded state prevents withdrawal of the cannula. A collar is pushed distally until it releasably cinches to the outside of the abdominal cavity thereby creating an airtight seal and stabilizing the assembly. The collar has a friction fit with the cannula designed to prevent excessive force against the cavity walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: APOLLO CAMERA, L.L.C.
    Inventors: John I. Shipp, Jeffrey White
  • Patent number: 9662140
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a surgical guidance tool configured to facilitate delivery of a neurostimulator to a target craniofacial region of a subject. The surgical guidance tool can include a main body, a securing mechanism, and an adjustable guide mechanism. The main body can have a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the distal and proximal ends. The securing mechanism can be disposed at the distal end and configured to secure a neurostimulator delivery tool to the main body. The guide mechanism can be configured to temporarily mate with a bodily target location of the subject and facilitate positioning of the neurostimulator delivery tool about the target craniofacial region. The guide member can be slidably attached to the distal end and selectively translatable along the longitudinal axis of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Autonomic Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Powell, Benjamin D. Pless
  • Patent number: 9662141
    Abstract: A colpotransilluminator is provided for arrangement on a uterus manipulator, wherein the colpotransilluminator is designed in a sleeve-shaped manner of an elastic material. The colpotransilluminator at a distal first axial end forms a portio receiver and at a proximal second end forms a vaginal seal. In a central region between the first and the second axial ends, the colpotransilluminator is designed in a waist-shaped manner and includes axially extending stretch folds in the region of the waist. A uterus manipulator is also provided with such a colpotransilluminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Richard Wolf GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Boebel, Eberhard Körner, Reiner Klostermann
  • Patent number: 9662142
    Abstract: An apparatus for stabilizing an atlantoaxial junction while allowing for axial rotation in cases of acquired ligamentous injury or fracture of the dens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Cervical Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Rolando Roberto, Kristen Lipscomb, Enoch Leung, Roberto Barragan
  • Patent number: 9662143
    Abstract: A dynamic fixation medical implant includes a longitudinal connecting member assembly having an elongate coil-like outer member and an inner cylindrical core attached to the outer member at only one end thereof. Some assemblies include a second longitudinal connecting member in the form of a rod that is fixed to the inner core and extends outwardly from the assembly. Certain assemblies include a threaded core or threaded inserts that cooperate with a helical slit of the coil-like outer member. Two or more cooperating bone screw assemblies attach to the connecting member assembly. The bone screw assemblies may include upper and lower compression members for affixing to and cradling the coil-like outer member only, allowing relative movement between the outer member and the inner cylindrical core. Press fit or snap-on features attach one end of the coil-like outer member to one end of the inner cylindrical core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Roger P Jackson
  • Patent number: 9662144
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a bone fixation assembly comprising a coupling element and a bone anchor. The coupling element has an upper surface with a first diameter defining a first bore extending along a first axis, a lower surface with a second diameter defining a second bore extending along a second axis, and an internal surface area defining a seating portion adjacent to the lower surface. The bone anchor has an insertion end opposite of a head. The head may be curved for receipt within the seating portion. The first diameter of the first bore is greater than the second diameter of the second bore. Likewise, the first and second axes may intersect such that the first and second bores are in communication with one another. Related elements and systems of this assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: John Carbone, Aaron Markworth, Michael Horan, Yves Stephane Crozet
  • Patent number: 9662145
    Abstract: A spinal fixation system includes a low profile dynamic anterior vertebral body plate and bone screws for the fixation and stabilization of the cervical spine. The system has a locking element through which the bone screw passes and the locking element is capable of movement relative to the plate when the bone screws are fully inserted and in a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: K2M, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Harris, Todd M. Wallenstein, Larry E. McClintock
  • Patent number: 9662146
    Abstract: An improved anterior cervical plating system and methods of cervical fusion using such a system are provided. The cervical plating system includes an interlocking mechanism that integrated into each of the plates such that any two plates may cooperatively engage through the interlocking mechanism such that a new cervical plate can be interconnected with a pre-existing plate during revision surgery without removal of the pre-existing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph D. Stern
  • Patent number: 9662147
    Abstract: An interspinous process having a narrowed distal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Hassan Serhan, Alexander Michel DiNello, William Christianson
  • Patent number: 9662148
    Abstract: An interspinous process having a narrowed distal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Hassan Serhan, Alexander Michel DiNello, William Christianson