Patents Issued in December 5, 2017
  • Patent number: 9833301
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of generating and modifying a virtual model of a set of teeth, where the method provides that a restoration can be inserted into a physical model of the set of teeth manufactured from the virtual model of the set of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Rune Fisker, Sven Nonboe
  • Patent number: 9833303
    Abstract: A unitary or homogeneous patterned implant is provided. The implant is constructed of patterned cells formed by way of a molding, die casting, laser etching, laser cutting, extruding, and the like. Portions of the implant can be formed into sinusoid or other waveform strut members. One or more undulating anchor arms or rods extend out from the implant for tissue fixation, with the one or more undulating anchor arms including one or more arcuate bends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean W. Hacker, Karl A. Jagger, Benjamin M. Wilke, Seth C. Kelto, Jessica E. Felton
  • Patent number: 9833304
    Abstract: A vascular filter device comprises a support; and a filter comprising one or more filter elements configured to capture thrombus passing through a blood vessel. A holder holds the filter in a closed filtering state and releases to convert the filter to an open state after a period of time. The filter is adapted to retain thrombus after said conversion. In one case the filter elements are arranged to remain in a closed state after release by the holder, because they are blocked by a retained clot from opening fully, and the filter elements are biased to the open state with a bias level which is counter balanced by force exerted by a retained clot under action of blood flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Novate Medical Limited
    Inventors: Steven Horan, Paul Gilson, Karl Keating, Jerome Henry, Jacqueline O'Gorman, Ronan O'Connor, Shane Molloy
  • Patent number: 9833305
    Abstract: An intravascular filter assembly has an expanded state for capturing thrombi in a patient's blood vessel, a first a collapsed state for removal from the patient's blood vessel in a first direction and a second collapsed state for removal from the patient's blood vessel in a second direction. A plurality of first struts extends from a first axial side of a fixed hub, and a plurality of second struts extends from the opposite axial side of the fixed hub. An axially movable hub has a first position radially surrounding the tubular body, a second position axially spaced apart from the fixed hub along the first struts, and a third position axially spaced apart from the fixed hub along the second struts. The first struts are collapsed when the movable hub is in the second position, and the second struts are collapsed when the movable hub is in the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Frank J. Fischer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9833306
    Abstract: There is described a method, a system, and a device for the anchoring of and into a corpus disposed distally in a conduit by engaging a stranded tube with the corpus and unwinding the wound threads of the stranded tube into unwound threads. Engagement includes the use of handling and manipulation shaft to dispose the stranded tube proximally, distally, or in the interior to the corpus. Unwinding, of the stranded tube is achieved by rotating a tube tool against the stranded tube. Unwinding liberates the helically coiled unwound strands in “corkscrew” rotation into the corpus. Proximal retrieval of a corpus is achieved by proximal retrieval of the stranded tube anchoring the corpus. An unwound stranded tube is operable as a fastener, as an electrical lead, and as a support for a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: AMNIS THERAPEUTICS LTD
    Inventor: Noam Shamay
  • Patent number: 9833307
    Abstract: A filter with translating hooks is described. The filter can include strut members having first and second struts connected by a connecting portion. A translating hook is disposed adjacent the connecting portion at the strut members, the hook including a first elongate member attached at one end to the first strut and a second elongate member attached at one end to a second strut, the opposite ends of the elongate members connected together to define a tip. The translating hooks are configured to bend toward a central axis of the filter when the filter is in a collapsed configuration for delivery to a blood vessel and recovery from a blood vessel, and away from the central axis of the filter when the filter is in an expanded configuration within a blood vessel such that the hooks engage a vessel wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Scott L. Randall, William R. Bratt
  • Patent number: 9833308
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for endoscopic dissection of blood vessels and control over cavity pressure within an endoscopic procedure are described herein. Apparatus, systems, and methods for harvesting of blood vessels are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Dye
  • Patent number: 9833309
    Abstract: A vascular implant, comprising a sheet comprising thin film nickel titanium (NiTi), wherein the sheet has at least one super-hydrophilic surface having a water contact angle of less than approximately 5 degrees. The sheet is configured to have a compacted form having a first internal diameter and a deployed form having a second internal diameter larger than the first internal diameter. The sheet may be delivered into a blood vessel in the compacted form and expanded to its deployed form at a treatment location within the blood vessel, wherein the stent is configured to expand onto an internal surface of the blood vessel and exert a radial force on said internal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Daniel S. Levi, Gregory P. Carman, Youngjae Chun, Fernando Vinuela
  • Patent number: 9833310
    Abstract: Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. The medical device can include a composite cover formed of a deposited metallic film. The cover may include one or more filaments, e.g., wires, which cooperate with the film to provide desirable mechanical properties. The wires may be integrated with the film by depositing the film over the wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Masoud Molaei, Beren W. Correa
  • Patent number: 9833311
    Abstract: This invention describes Ophthalmic Devices with media inserts that have nanostructured Metasurface elements upon or within them. In some embodiments passive ophthalmic devices of various kinds may be formed. Methods and devices for active ophthalmic devices based on Metasurface structures may also be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Frederick A. Flitsch
  • Patent number: 9833312
    Abstract: A liquid crystal optical device is provided, including a layered structure including at least two support substrates. An external hole patterned control electrode is provided on one of the substrates and has an aperture. An internal hole patterned control electrode is provided on one of the substrates within the aperture, the internal and outer control electrodes being separated by a gap, which forms part of the aperture. A weakly conductive material is provided on one of the substrates over the aperture. A planar transparent electrode is provided on another one of the substrates. An alignment surface is provided on the substrates over the electrodes. A layer of liquid crystal material is contained by the substrates and in contact with the alignment surface of the substrates. A floating transparent electrode is provided on a side of one of the substrates opposite the outer and the internal hole patterned electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: LENSVECTOR INC.
    Inventors: Tigran Galstian, Karen Asatryan, Vladimir Presniakov, Aram Bagramyan, Amir Tork, Armen Zohrabyan, Simon Careau
  • Patent number: 9833313
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Marie Board, Aaron J. Chalekian, Patrick P. Russo, John Oslund
  • Patent number: 9833314
    Abstract: A polymeric heart valve is disclosed including: a valve body having a central axis having a body fluid pathway extending along the central axis from an inflow end to an outflow end; a flexible stent disposed about an outer circumference of the body and including at least three flexible stent posts each extending in the axial direction to a tip; and at least three flexible leaflets extending from the stent, each of the leaflets having an attached edge defining an attachment curve along the stent extending between a respective pair of stent posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Abiomed, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott C. Corbett
  • Patent number: 9833315
    Abstract: This invention relates to the design and function of a compressible valve replacement prosthesis, collared or uncollared, which can be deployed into a beating heart without extracorporeal circulation using a transcatheter delivery system. The design as discussed focuses on the deployment of a device via a minimally invasive fashion and by way of example considers a minimally invasive surgical procedure preferably utilizing the intercostal or subxyphoid space for valve introduction. In order to accomplish this, the valve is formed in such a manner that it can be compressed to fit within a delivery system and secondarily ejected from the delivery system into the annulus of a target valve such as a mitral valve or tricuspid valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Tendyne Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Vidlund, Kemal Schankereli, Lucian Lozonschi, Georg Lutter
  • Patent number: 9833316
    Abstract: A trans-apical implant includes a spacer defining spacer cavity configured to be expanded from a retracted position, a shaft extending from the spacer, the shaft defining an inflation lumen fluidly coupled to the spacer cavity and configured to be fluidly coupled to an expansion medium source, and a spacer valve assembly disposed within at least one of the spacer or shaft, the spacer valve assembly configured to allow selectively allow an expansion medium to flow into the spacer cavity to be selectively expand the spacer from a retracted position to an expanded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: CARDIOSOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Wilson, Jack Robertson, Christopher Seguin, John Murphy
  • Patent number: 9833317
    Abstract: Catheter devices provide for rolling movement between the inner and outer catheter tubes with a roller assembly in a radial gap between the inner and outer catheter tubes. Devices of the invention are particularly useful in minimally invasive implantations, such as the implantation of a vascular implant. A particular application is interventional catheter-assisted aortic valve implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Biotronik AG
    Inventor: Ralf Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 9833318
    Abstract: The present invention includes a device and method for a self-expanding framework device adapted to facilitate the deployment of an extra-cardiac device. The device includes a deployment tube and a self-expanding wire framework having a structure that results in the self-expanding wire framework circumferential flaring motion and bending outwardly to advance around the heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, Corinnova Incorporated
    Inventors: John C. Criscione, Christina M. Bolch, Boris Leschinsky
  • Patent number: 9833319
    Abstract: The invention relates to biomaterials based on plastics, such as polyaryl polyether ketone (PEK), and to methods for producing and using same. The following describes how a mechanically stable coating made of a porous bone substitute material, e.g. Nano Bone®, is applied to polyaryl polyether ketone (PEK), e.g. polyether ether ketone (PEEK), as a result of which the problem of poor cell adhesion on plastics surfaces of this kind can be solved. The bone substitute material can be applied both dry as a powder and also in a wet spraying method. The coating is a result of briefly melting the polymer surface and the resulting partial penetration of the previously applied layer. In the process, the molten polymer penetrates into nanopores of the bone substitute material and thus establishes a firm connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Gerber
  • Patent number: 9833320
    Abstract: Systems for and methods of fusing a sacroiliac joint are provided which may include an implant adapted to be inserted into the joint space defined by the bones of a sacrum and an ilium and a delivery tool for inserting the implant into the sacroiliac joint. The method may include delivering the implant into the SI joint in a first position and transitioning the implant from the first position to a second position in situ. The implant may be configured such that in the second position the implant generally mimics a shape of the joint space of the sacroiliac joint. The implant may further include an actuation mechanism configured to cause the implant to transition from the first position to the second position. The actuation mechanism may include a hydraulic, pneumatic, geared or screwed mechanical arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: JCBD, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Jeffrey Donner, Christopher Thomas Donner
  • Patent number: 9833321
    Abstract: Systems and methods for joint preparation and fusion are disclosed. The system includes a cutting device having a handle, and rigid blade member. The blade member may include cutting edges on first and second sides, and may be curved in one or more planes. The blade member may be deployed to project outside of an outer tube, and the cutting device may be rotated to create a circular cavity. In a method of use, a cannula provides access to a procedure site such as a joint. A pathway to the joint is created, and the cutting device is inserted and deployed to undercut a cavity in the joint. A fusion device may be implanted across the joint to provide compression and fuse the joint. The system may also include instrumentation for creating access to a joint, bone graft insertion and implant insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: IMDS LLC, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Björn N. Rindal, Brian Scott Schumacher, Nicholas Slater, William W Cross, III, Navid Mahpeykar, Sigurd Berven
  • Patent number: 9833322
    Abstract: A medical device for implantation in a hip joint of a patient is provided. The medical device is adapted to be fixated to the femoral bone of the patient. The medical device comprises an inner and an outer surface, wherein a contacting portion of said inner surface is spherical and adapted to face the center of the hip joint when said medical device is implanted, and wherein said medical device is adapted to receive a prosthetic replacement for the caput femur fixated to the pelvic bone having a spherical portion. The medical device comprises at least one extending portion, extending said contacting portion of said inner surface such that said at least one extending portion clasps said spherical portion of said prosthetic replacement for the caput femur, such that said spherical portion is restrained in said medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Patent number: 9833323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a knee joint prosthesis having a tibial component and a femoral component. The tibial component includes a fixation portion fixed to an upper end of a prepared tibia and a ceramic bearing portion presenting articulation surface(s). The femoral component is fixed to a lower end of a prepared femur and comprises a ceramic body portion presenting articulation surface(s). The respective articulation surfaces of the tibial and femoral components are configured for essentially congruent engagement over a full range of movement of the prosthesis, and the bearing portion of the tibial component is adapted for movement relative to the fixation portion. Also disclosed is an apparatus and a method for finishing articulation surfaces of ceramic components of a knee joint prosthesis, including the steps of combining the ceramic bearing portion and the ceramic body portion, and imparting relative movement to the bearing portion and/or the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Berna Richter, Christof Hurschler, Sven Ostermeier
  • Patent number: 9833324
    Abstract: A human knee prosthetic implant having a tibia component forming first and second medial concave surfaces and first and second lateral concave surfaces, and a femur component forming first and second medial convex surfaces and first and second lateral convex surfaces. The tibia and femur surfaces are formed to provide contact interaction in full extension, a mid flexion range and in a state of full flexion of the knee prosthetic implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: EVA15 LLC
    Inventor: J. David Blaha
  • Patent number: 9833325
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are prosthesis, surgical tools, and methods to preserve one or more ligaments of the knee by cutting a least a portion of natural bone during joint surgery, with a portion of the natural bone retained along with the natural attachment of an associated soft tissue structure. The natural bone portion with the associated soft tissue may be re-secured to relevant anatomy during or after knee surgery, which may include retention by features of a tibial prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: William B. Kurtz
  • Patent number: 9833326
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a prosthetic is disclosed. Soft tissue attachment pads having porous metal attachment regions and suture accepting holes are selectively positioned onto an implantable prosthetic to provide coupling locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua R. Porter, Nathan A. Winslow, Jeffrey Kneisl, John W. Sperling
  • Patent number: 9833327
    Abstract: An method includes creating a first bore and a second bore in a glenoid region of a scapula offset from each other by a first distance. A glenoid component is provided that includes a base component having a bearing surface and a first peg and a second peg each extending from a scapula-facing side of the base component and being positioned in non-parallel orientation with respect to each other. At least one of the first peg and the second peg is flexed so that a first end portion of the first peg and a second end portion of the second peg are offset by a second distance which corresponds to the first distance. The first end portion of the first peg and the second end portion of the second peg are then advanced into the first bore and the second bore, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Basamania, Kyle E. Lappin
  • Patent number: 9833328
    Abstract: A method of resurfacing a facet joint with a facet implant system. The facet joint includes a superior facet and an inferior facet that are adjacent to each other and movable with respect to each other. A first facet implant component is provided that has a first visualization marker. The first visualization marker includes a first marker section and a second marker section. The first marker section is oriented at an angle with respect to the second marker section. The first facet implant component between the superior facet and the inferior facet. A location and an orientation of the first facet implant component are determined using an imaging technique that locates the first visualization marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Zyga Technology
    Inventors: Robert L. Assell, Brian P. Beaubien, David W. Stassen
  • Patent number: 9833329
    Abstract: An implant assembly smoothly causes a folded implant to indwell a living body, and which can smoothly expand the implant without causing the implant to be displaced from a predetermined indwelling position when a filling material is injected. The implant assembly has the implant that is configured to be transformable from a folded and contracted state to an expanded state by the introduced filling material, and in which at least a portion of a surface thereof is covered with a covering material m whose friction coefficient increases by coming into contact with a body fluid, and guiding means for preventing the implant and the body fluid of the living body from coming into contact with each other inside the living body, and for guiding the implant to move to the indwelling position inside the living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Nakagawa, Suguru Hata
  • Patent number: 9833330
    Abstract: Intervertebral disc prostheses and methods of use. An intervertebral disc prosthesis for installation in a spinal column may include a first intervertebral plate, a second intervertebral plate, and a removable insert core. The first intervertebral plate may engage one or both of the inferior vertebral endplate and the inferior ring apophysis of a superior vertebral body. The second intervertebral plate may engage one or both of the superior vertebral endplate and the superior ring apophysis of an inferior vertebral body. The removable insert core is located between and engages the intervertebral plates. A projection projects from one of the intervertebral plates toward the other intervertebral plate. The removable insert core at least partially surrounds the projection when installed. The removable insert core is removable from between the intervertebral plates and from around the projection while the intervertebral plates and projection remain installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc
    Inventor: Brian Hewko
  • Patent number: 9833331
    Abstract: Anchoring devices, anchoring systems for intervertebral implants, intervertebral implants, and instruments and methods for implanting implants are disclosed. In preferred configurations, these various objects share the feature of comprising or cooperating with an anchoring device (1) having a body comprising at least one curved plate (10) elongated along a longitudinal axis (L), designed to be inserted through a passage (21) crossing at least a part of implant (2), in order to penetrate into at least one vertebral endplate and attach implant (2) onto this vertebral endplate by means of at least one stop retaining the implant, characterized in that the body comprises at least one longitudinal rib (11) on at least a part of at least one of its faces, said rib (11) being designed to cooperate with a groove (211) made in passage (21) of implant (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Hervé Dinville, Samuel Lequette, Manuel Delhaye, Henry François Parent, Alexis Faline, Pablo Lawner, Faissal Zahrawi, Thomas Bierstedt
  • Patent number: 9833332
    Abstract: A technique for harvesting bone graft material for spinal and other fusion surgeries. In the disclosed embodiment, a bone cutting blade is placed in a disc space between two vertebrae to be fused. The blade cuts into the vertebrae and forms solid segments of autologous bone inside each vertebra. Each bone segment is urged out of its associated vertebra until a first portion of the segment enters the opposite vertebra, an intermediate portion spans the disc space, and a second portion remains in the associated vertebra. Each segment thus forms a strut graft to promote a healthy and permanent fusion. In another embodiment, a wire is placed in the disc space and rotated to cut grooves in the vertebrae, causing a slurry of morselized cortical and cancellous bone to ooze into a cage that is placed in the disc space. The slurry heals to fuse the vertebrae solidly and permanently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Seth L Neubardt
  • Patent number: 9833333
    Abstract: The present invention provides an intervertebral implant for implantation in a treated area of an intervertebral space between vertebral bodies of a spine. The implant includes a spacer portion having an inferior and superior surface, wherein the inferior and superior surfaces each have a contact area capable of engaging with anatomy in the treated area, and the inferior and superior surfaces define a through-hole extending through the spacer body. The present invention further provides screw holes extending from a side portion to the inferior and superior surfaces of the spacer portion and a plate portion rigidly coupled to the spacer portion through a coupling means, wherein the plate portion contains screws holes for receiving screws. A screw back out prevention mechanism adapted on the plate portion and prevents the back out of screws from the screw holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: William E Duffield, Jason Gray, Jamie Calverley, Mark Adams, William S. Rhoda
  • Patent number: 9833334
    Abstract: A method of delivering a fusion cage to an intervertebral disc space bounded by adjacent vertebral endplates, comprising the step of delivering the fusion cage into the disc space without contacting its teeth to the vertebral endplates during delivery, wherein a sheath is interposed between a cage surface and the endplates to prevent contact therebetween during delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John C Voellmicke, Michael J O'Neil, Derek Shaw, Alexander Grinberg
  • Patent number: 9833335
    Abstract: The invention relates to an implant for the transforaminal intracorporeal fusion of lumbar vertebral column segments. At least some sections of the surface areas that are in direct contact with the spinal column are provided with an anti-dislocation mechanism (1) while an attachment part (4) for a positioning instrument (10) is provided in or on the implant and holes (6) or hollow spaces are disposed in the implant for filling purposes. According to one embodiment of the invention, the attachment part is configured as a revolute joint. In a further embodiment, the implant member has the shape of a sickle, the curvature of which is oriented ventrally and the interior of which is oriented dorsally. The attachment part is located at one end of the sickle while the opposite end of the sickle has a beak-type, tapering shape (5). At least one filling hole is provided between the sickle walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Weiland
  • Patent number: 9833336
    Abstract: An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Davenport, Chad Glerum, Duncan Sibson
  • Patent number: 9833337
    Abstract: A cage device includes a first support member which has a bone contact surface and from which depend side surfaces that are provided with ratchet teeth. The first support member ratchets with a ratchet member, which in turn ratchets with a ratchet wall, such that the first support member and the ratchet member are movable independently of each other and form a multiple sliding mechanical mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Expanding Orthopedics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaffar Hleihil, Mark M Levy, Eran Ishay, Assaf Guy, Onn Levy
  • Patent number: 9833338
    Abstract: A tool assembly includes at least one tube and a slider disposed on a distal portion of the at least one tube. The slider includes a distal limiter movable between an extended position, in which the limiter protrudes distally from the slider, and a contracted position, in which the limiter does not protrude distally from the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Expanding Orthopedics Inc.
    Inventors: Mark M. Levy, Eran Ishay, Jaffar Hleihil, Assaf Guy
  • Patent number: 9833339
    Abstract: An insert press that has a threaded shaft with a distal end is disclosed. An insert driver is disposed at the distal end of the threaded shaft. The insert press also includes a press housing that provides a bore through which the threaded shaft extends. The bore is transformable from a first condition in which the threaded shaft is threadably translatable in the bore to a second condition in which the threaded shaft is non-threadably translatable in the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ZIMMER, INC.
    Inventors: Rolf Froidevaux, Paul Borries
  • Patent number: 9833340
    Abstract: The present invention provides a detection device for detecting a load and moment and capable of increasing the output by a strain gage. The detection device is provided with a characteristic sensor block. The sensor block includes a base having an axis extending in the direction of a load to be detected, a front side wall raised from the base at a position offset from the axis of the base, a rear side wall raised from the base at a position offset from the axis of the base in the direction opposite the front side wall, and an upper wall for connecting the upper end of the front side wall and the upper end of the rear side wall. The sensor block supports each strain gauge on the upper surface of the upper wall. The upper wall includes a center portion located at the center between the front side wall and the rear side wall, a first portion located between the center portion and the front side wall, and a second portion located between the center portion and the rear side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hashimoto, Takuya Shirata
  • Patent number: 9833341
    Abstract: The invention relates to an intraluminal vascular prosthesis, preferably for implanting in the aortic arch. The prosthesis has a hollow cylindrical body with a first end and a second end; a first vascular prosthesis portion; a second vascular prosthesis portion; and a stent portion which is provided between the first and the second vascular prosthesis portion and which is rigidly connected to said vascular prosthesis portions, said stent portion being free of prosthesis material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: JOTEC GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bogenschuetz, Franz-Peter Barthold
  • Patent number: 9833342
    Abstract: Devices and methods for treating a diseased tracheobronchial region in a mammal. The device can be a stent which can include a sustained-release material such as a polymer matrix with a treatment agent. The stent can be bioabsorbable and a treatment agent can be incorporated therewith. A treatment method can be delivery of a stent to a tracheobronchial region by a delivery device such as a catheter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Florencia Lim, Mary Suh, Barbara Stamberg, Bin Huang
  • Patent number: 9833343
    Abstract: A stent-graft comprising a tubular, radially self-expandable, braided structure comprising elongate bioabsorbable filaments, a bioabsorbable adhesive means, and a permanent graft disposed and adhered with the adhesive means to at least a portion of the structure and forming a stent-graft assembly, the permanent graft and the tubular structure are coextensive along at least a portion of the stent-graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Diane K. Burnside, Jonathan S. Stinson, Paul F. Chouinard
  • Patent number: 9833344
    Abstract: A stent made from an ultra high molecular weight bioabsorbable polymer is disclosed herein. The bioabsorbable polymer can have a Mw greater than 1 million g/mole or greater than 2 million g/mole. Methods of making the ultra high molecular weight polymer stent without degrading the molecular weight are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Lothar W. Kleiner
  • Patent number: 9833345
    Abstract: The present embodiments provide a stent for use in a medical procedure that comprises a series of proximal apices disposed at a proximal end of the stent and a series of distal apices disposed at a distal end of the stent. In a first embodiment, a first proximal apex comprises a bore for receiving a trigger wire, and a second proximal apex, disposed adjacent to the first proximal apex, comprises at least one barb. In an alternative embodiment, a first proximal apex comprises a first bore and a second, adjacent proximal apex comprises a second bore, such that a single trigger wire may be disposed through the first and second bores to restrain the first and second proximal apices during delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: William K. Dierking, David E. Hartley, Blayne A. Roeder
  • Patent number: 9833346
    Abstract: An introducer assembly includes a first actuating mechanism for actuating a constraining sheath between a first state releasably constraining a vascular implant and a second state allowing deployment of the vascular implant; a second actuating mechanism for actuating a blocking mechanism between a blocked state for blocking other functions of the handle and an unblocked state for allowing operation of the other functions of the handle; and an operating knob operatively coupled to both of the first and second actuating mechanisms for concurrent operation of both of the first and second actuating mechanisms in response to actuation of the operating knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew S. Beard, David A. Herrin, Joseph N. Kennelly Ullman, Martin J. Sector, Justin W. Sokel, Jared L. Van Cleave
  • Patent number: 9833347
    Abstract: Apparatuses for manipulating a collapsible medical device include a sheath, a first shaft including a first grasping member and a second grasping member. The second grasping member is separated from the first grasping member by a distance. The collapsible medical device may be manipulated by actuating the first grasping member and the second grasping member and by increasing the distance between the first grasping member and the second grasping member. Methods of using the apparatuses are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Laura Elizabeth Christakis, Colby Harris
  • Patent number: 9833348
    Abstract: Devices for palliating gastrointestinal strictures using rapid exchange type enteral stent placement catheters. The catheter may include an inner member and an outer member, with the two members being slidable with respect to one another. In various device embodiments, a ramp for directing a guidewire out from within the catheter is provided using portions of the outer member or a shaped mandrel. The inner member may take a number of forms, including a tubular distal portion, a skived or integrally attached elongate midsection, and a proximal portion. A mandrel can be used in a portion proximal of the guidewire ramp, with the mandrel taking one of several disclosed forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gary A. Jordan, Gary J. Leanna, George T. Roberts
  • Patent number: 9833349
    Abstract: A method of loading a self-expanding stent into a delivery sheath configured to retain the stent in a radially compressed pre-deployment configuration, including the steps of radially compressing the stent from a relaxed outside diameter d0 to a compressed outside diameter d1, providing a loading sheath with an inner diameter d2, where d0>d2>d1, translating the stent relative to the sheath, whereby the stent is accommodated within the lumen of the loading sheath, providing a delivery sheath with an inner diameter d3, where d0>d3>d2, advancing the loading sheath, containing the stent, into the lumen of the delivery sheath, and deploying the stent into the lumen of the delivery sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventor: Juergen Dorn
  • Patent number: 9833350
    Abstract: Provided herein are balloon systems and related methods for the treatment of obesity. The system includes a trans-abdominal gastric cannula and size-varying balloons that, with the assistance of the cannula(s) and anchors, are specially positioned and anchored to the gastric wall. The size-varying balloon may have an annulus that in combination with reliable and precise balloon positioning, minimizes the risk of gastric obstruction during use. A malabsorption sleeve may be positioned in the small intestine to further restrict caloric intake through the small intestine. The specially-configured gastric cannula provides a platform for accessing the gastric environment that facilitates precise handling, manipulation, and placement of balloons, including an annular-shaped balloon, in the gastric environment, including by balloon anchors connecting the balloon wall to the lumen-facing stomach wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: EZ-OFF WEIGHTLOSS, LLC
    Inventors: Mary Pattison, Charles Phillip Pattison, Stephen J. Lowry, Mark Molos
  • Patent number: 9833351
    Abstract: The invention provides an adhesive support article for supporting a body part of a user. A single-sided stretchable adhesive tape blank is precut into a sheet having a central anchoring portion and a plurality of outwardly extending fingers. The sheet is marked with visual indicators to guide the user of the support article for applying the central anchoring portion onto a first exterior surface of the body part and for stretching the fingers before adhering them at a predetermined distance away from the central anchoring portion. The adhesive support article can also be provided in a support system with at least one corresponding body landmark article, providing further guidance for applying the support article to the desired body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SPIDERTECH INC.
    Inventors: Ray Arbesman, Kevin Jardine