Patents Issued in September 4, 2018
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Patent number: 10064614Abstract: A retractor for use in lingual frenotomy has a tapered hollow shield, having a closed distal end and an open proximal rim, a groove opening through the distal end to seat over the lingual frenulum, and a handle extending from the proximal rim in line with the groove.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: THE NEMOURS FOUNDATIONInventors: Neil Nghia Tran, Tariq Rahman, Thomas H. Shaffer, Jordan Wang, Whitney Sample
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Patent number: 10064615Abstract: Tissue fasteners carried on a tissue piercing deployment wire fasten tissue layers of a mammalian body together. The fasteners include a first member, a second member, and a connecting member extending between the first and second members. The first and second members are substantially parallel to each other. The fasteners may be deployed in limited spaces and in various applications including the restoration of a gastroesophageal flap valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: ENDOGASTRIC SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Steve G. Baker, Brett J. Carter, Stefan J. M. Kraemer, Clifton A. Alferness, John M. Adams
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Patent number: 10064616Abstract: A suture bridge to accommodate many common types of sutures, including a first leg and a second leg, where first leg and second leg include a patient contacting surface configured to contact a patient's skin. A first support connects to the first leg and second support connects to the second leg. A traversing member connects to the first support and the second support, and the first support and the second support elevate the traversing member away from the patient contacting surfaces of the first leg and the second leg creating a wound eversion void below the traversing member. This forms a wound eversion void which is a void configured to accept an everting wound. In some examples, the suture bridge includes notches on the first leg and the second leg to accommodate more types of sutures.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Inventors: William Lear, Jennifer Akeroyd
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Patent number: 10064617Abstract: An apparatus for remotely and subcutaneously positioning a tethering strand in tissue includes a housing, an actuator coupled with the housing for longitudinal reciprocation relative to the housing, and a nested pair of needles including a first needle coupled with the housing and a second needle coupled with the actuator. One of the needles has a sharpened tip and another one of the needles has a blunted tip. The first needle has a first length and the second needle has a second length, and the first length and the second length are selected so that advancement of the second needle using the actuator causes the sharpened tip to project beyond the blunted tip, and so that retraction of the second needle using the actuator causes the blunted tip to project beyond the sharpened tip.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Alpha Scientific CorporationInventors: David E. Levine, Daniel S. Levine, Marshall S. Levine, Neal B. Cohen
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Patent number: 10064618Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and techniques for securing bone segments across a fracture site, and more particularly relates to bone staples for achieving compression between segments. A method and apparatus for interosseous bone fixation uses a compression staple, generally U-shaped, having a pair of legs with proximal ends interconnected by a bridge portion that is resilient and bowed, the staple having an initial configuration and capable of a tensioned configuration by spreading apart the legs by a certain amount causing the curvature of the bowed bridge to lessen and the legs to move towards each other with certain compressive spring force.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.Inventor: Drew Allen
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Patent number: 10064619Abstract: A staple comprising: a bridge configured to be elastically stretchable; a first leg connected to said bridge and configured to be elastically bendable; and a second leg connected to said bridge and configured to be elastically bendable; said first and second legs being connected to said bridge so that they are angled toward one another when they are in an unstrained state; such that when said bridge is elastically strained into an elongated condition, and said first and second legs are elastically strained so that they extend substantially parallel to one another, and said first and second legs are disposed in appropriate holes on opposing sides of a fracture line, and when the strain on said staple is thereafter released, compression will be provided across the fracture line by both said bridge and said first and second legs.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Palmer, Matthew Fonte, Robert Devaney
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Patent number: 10064620Abstract: A method for using a surgical instrument comprises translating a first translatable member to unlock an articulation joint, translating a second translatable member to articulate and end effector at the articulation joint, and translating the second translatable member again to lock the articulation joint. The first and second translatable members may be translatable independently of each other. The act of unlocking an articulation joint may include moving a locking feature along a plane that is parallel to both the longitudinal axis of a shaft assembly and an articulation axis of the articulation joint. The locking feature may move longitudinally along the articulation axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Rebecca J. Gettinger, David Bruns, John C. Schuckmann, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Patent number: 10064621Abstract: A surgical instrument for treating tissue comprising a shaft, an end effector rotatably coupled to the shaft, and a firing member configured to be moved relative to the end effector is disclosed. The surgical instrument further comprises an articulation member operably coupled with the end effector, wherein the articulation member is selectively engageable with the firing member such that the articulation member is operably engaged with the firing member in an engaged configuration and such that the articulation member is operably disengaged from the firing member in a disengaged configuration, and wherein the firing member is configured to move the articulation member relative to the end effector to articulate the end effector when the articulation member and the firing member are in the engaged configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Wendy A. Kerr, Thomas W. Lytle, IV, Mark D. Overmyer, Brett E. Swensgard, Richard L. Leimbach, Kevin D. Sackett
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Patent number: 10064622Abstract: A surgical loading unit for use with a handle assembly includes an elongate outer frame defining a longitudinal axis and having proximal and distal ends, an end effector mounted to the distal end of the outer frame, a drive at least partially disposed within the outer frame and operatively coupled to the end effector, and being adapted for longitudinal movement through a plurality of sequential firing strokes to operate the end effector and a rotatable counter mounted to the outer frame. The rotatable counter is adapted for rotational movement through an arc segment of rotation upon movement of the drive through each firing stroke, and has visual indicators for providing visual indicia corresponding to a number of firing strokes completed by the drive.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: AVVLN Srinivasa Murthy Aravalli
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Patent number: 10064623Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a clip comprising: a base portion; first and second opposed arms coupled to the base portion; and first and second opposed jaws coupled to the respective first and second arms, the first and second opposed jaws each having an inwardly extending portion that extends towards the base portion; wherein at least the base portion is formed of a shape memory alloy tending to force the first and second arms toward each other when a temperature of the base portion meets or exceeds a transformation temperature of the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignees: Globetek 2000 Pty Ltd, The Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of the Higher Professional Education “National University of Science and Technology”Inventors: Mikhail Soutorine, Artem Nikolaevich Chemov-Haraev, Sergei Dimitrievich Prokoshin, Elena Prokopievna Ryklina, Irina Yurievna Khmelvskaya, Andrey Victorovich Korotitskiy, Rouslan Valereevich Ipatkin
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Patent number: 10064624Abstract: An end effector for stapling patient tissue is disclosed. The end effector comprises a frame comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a plurality of staples, a firing system configured to implant the staples into the patient tissue, an implantable layer comprising a tissue-contacting surface and a support surface, and an array of securement members extending above and below the support surface of the implantable layer. The securement members are detached from the frame concurrently with the firing system being actuated to implant the staples.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Joseph E. Young, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Chester O. Baxter, III
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Patent number: 10064625Abstract: The present invention provides a device for connecting at least one biological structure, the device including a tubular member, a first opening at one end of the member, a second opening at a second opposing end of the member and a central cavity within the member for accommodating the at least one biological structure. The member includes a plurality of interwoven lengths configured for reversible radial enlargement of the member when the extremities are pushed inwards and reversible radial contraction of the member when the extremities are pulled outwards. The present invention further provides methods of connecting one or more biological structures.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: MEDICAL CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY—MEDICONNTECH—M.C.T. LTDInventors: Shay Kahana, Zvi Nitzan
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Patent number: 10064626Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for reducing stress on a blood vessel are disclosed herein. A damping device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include an anchoring member coupled to a flexible, compliant damping member including a generally tubular sidewall having an outer surface, an inner surface defining a lumen configured to direct blood flow, a first end portion and a second end portion, and a damping region between the first and second end portions. The inner and outer surfaces of the damping member can be spaced apart by a distance greater at the damping region than at the first or second end portions. When blood flows through the damping member during systole, the damping member absorbs a portion of the pulsatile energy of the blood, thereby reducing a magnitude of the pulse pressure transmitted to a portion of the blood vessel distal to the damping device.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: The Brain Protection Company PTY LTDInventors: David Stephen Celermajer, Anthony Ujhazy, Mike Wallace, Zoran Milijasevic, Johnathon Choi
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Patent number: 10064627Abstract: Devices and methods for treating vascular defects, such as, for example, balloon-type aneurysms, are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an insertion portion and an expandable implant. The expandable implant is configured to be deployed in an aneurysm and is coupled to the insertion portion. The expandable implant has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The expandable implant is movable between a first configuration in which the first portion and the second portion are substantially linearly aligned and a second configuration in which the second portion at least partially overlaps the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Maria G. Aboytes, Arturo S. Rosqueta
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Patent number: 10064628Abstract: Devices, methods and systems are provided for occluding an opening within the tissue of a body, such as a left atrial appendage. In one embodiment, a medical device includes an anchor portion and an occluder portion. The anchor portion includes frame segments, each anchor frame segment extending between a first end and a second end such that the second end of each anchor frame segment is coupled to an anchor hub. The occluder portion includes a hub that defines an axis. The occluder portion includes multiple occluder frame segments that extend between a proximal end and a distal end such that the proximal end of the occluder frame segments are pivotably coupled to the hub and the distal end of the occluder frame segments are pivotably coupled to the first end of the anchor frame segments.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Coherex Medical, Inc.Inventors: Daryl R. Edmiston, Clark C. Davis, John Alexander Martin, Scott D. Miles
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Patent number: 10064629Abstract: A surgeon can place a bone perforator in contact with a bone, and can hammer on the bone perforator. The hammering can drive teeth on the bone perforator into the bone, thereby creating a perforation in the bone. The surgeon can pry or break the bone along the perforation, can access tissue beneath the bone as needed, and can replace the bone along the perforation. In some examples, the bone perforator is formed as a bendable sheet having teeth in a fixed, single-file pattern, with a hammerable surface opposite the teeth. In other examples, the bone perforator has repositionable teeth.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.Inventors: Jacob Macke, Eric Hall, Jennifer Molinda
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Patent number: 10064630Abstract: Driver assemblies, drivers, drill bits, and methods for determining information (such as impedances, voltages, voltage differences, and changes in such information) about biological material during a medical procedure.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: TELEFLEX MEDICAL DEVICES S.À R.L.Inventors: Michael Robert Forman, Eric Norman Rudie
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Patent number: 10064631Abstract: Implant devices and cutting clamp apparatuses and methods for creating the implants for insertion into a patient's joint to restore anatomic length and assist in final positioning of the bones following removal of cartilage and/or bone in preparation for fusion. A first implant is a biplanar implant having a shape to mimic the normal anatomical shape of the bones the implant is configured to mate with. The first implant may be cut using a cutting clamp and jig having the anatomical shape of the bones the implant will be inserted within or between. A second implant is a cylindrical piece of bone having a convex end and a concave end for mating with bones reamed to have the opposite mating surfaces. The second implant is created using cup and cone reamers having dimensions corresponding to the size of the patient's bones. Surgical methods for inserting the implants within a patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Paragon 28, Inc.Inventors: Albert Dacosta, Matthew S. Solar, Thomas Chang, Michael Houghton
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Patent number: 10064632Abstract: A technique for accessing extra articular lesions or abnormalities or intra osseous lesions or abnormalities or bone marrow lesions or all has the step of utilizing an intra articular localizing pinning member to determine a location of the lesion or abnormality wherein the utilization of the localizing pinning member includes the step of inserting the localizing pinning member through cartilage or subchondral bone into the lesion or abnormality to locate or stabilize or both creating a first entry access. The localizing pinning member enters the bony lesion or abnormality penetrating at least into or through the lesion or abnormality to set the localizing pinning member to the desired depth.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Inventor: Rajiv D. Pandya
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Patent number: 10064633Abstract: A technique for accessing extra articular lesions or abnormalities or intra osseous lesions or abnormalities or bone marrow lesions or all has the step of positioning the localizing pinning member onto cartilage or subchondral bone to define a virtual pathway through the cartilage or subchondral bone towards or into or through the lesion or abnormality or a desired target to create the virtual pathway utilizing an intra articular localizing pinning member to determine a location of the lesion or abnormality wherein the utilization of the localizing pinning member includes the step to locate or stabilize or both and thereafter using the virtual pathway to create an entry access.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Inventor: Rajiv D. Pandya
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Patent number: 10064634Abstract: An arthroplasty system for making resections in a patient knee. The system includes a femoral cutting guide having a patient specific mating region, and a distal planar surface distally spaced from a distal resection surface based on thicknesses of femoral and tibial implants. The distal planar surface may be used to check ligament balance. The system further includes a tibial cutting guide having a patient specific mating region and an anchor pin hole intersecting with a proximal resection slot near a medial or lateral edge of the proximal resection slot. The anchor pin hole being configured to receive an anchor pin that may serve as a sawing stop during a proximal resection.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics CorporationInventor: Keun Song
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Patent number: 10064635Abstract: The devices and methods described herein relate to improved structures for removing obstructions from body lumens. Such devices have applicability in through-out the body, including clearing of blockages within the vasculature, by addressing the frictional resistance on the obstruction prior to attempting to translate and/or mobilize the obstruction within the body lumen.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Brian Benjamin Martin, Martin S. Dieck
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Patent number: 10064636Abstract: A method involves introducing a gathering part into a lumen in an ureteral access sheath in which is located calculus, wherein at least a part of the ureteral access sheath is located in an ureter in a living body. The gathering part is moved along the lumen in the ureteral access sheath in a forward direction toward the calculus, and then movement of the gathering part in the forward direction is stopped to position the gathering part adjacent the calculus so that the calculus is positioned between the distal end of the ureteral access sheath and the gathering part. The gathering part is expanded while the gathering part is positioned adjacent the calculus, and the calculus is then introduced into the gathering part.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kei Honda
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Patent number: 10064637Abstract: As may be implemented with various aspects of the present disclosure, a mesh structure is coupled to inner and outer frames that operate with struts to apply pressure to the mesh. Such an approach may involve sealing the mesh around an opening, such as around one or more artery openings along an interior wall of vascular tissue (e.g., in an aortic arch). Accordingly, blood flow can be filtered in a manner that is useful for capturing particulates such as those resulting from surgical operations. In various implementations, the mesh, struts and frames are deployed using a catheter and shaft coupled to the frames. Such an approach can be implemented to apply a spring force from the shaft and through the frames for sealing the mesh.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Transverse Medical, INCInventors: Abdolrahim Zandi, Sepehr Fariabi, J. Eric Goslau, David S. Nevrla, Brad Lees
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Patent number: 10064638Abstract: A medical device that may include a plurality of branch members forming a basket movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration is disclosed. Each branch member may include a proximal coil, and a distal coil. Each branch member may also include an uncoiled portion disposed between the proximal coil and the distal coil, and a movable portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventor: Michael S. H. Chu
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Patent number: 10064639Abstract: A medical manipulator is provided with a brake release mechanism. The brake release mechanism is provided with a release button which is provided on a tilt wheel, and a lever mechanism which has at least one portion arranged on the inside of the tilt wheel and which is pressed when the release button moves inwards. By the action of the lever mechanism when the release button is operated, braking by a brake mechanism is released.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KGInventors: Shinji Ishida, Hiroaki Sano, Tsuneyoshi Suzuki, Junichi Fukuda
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Patent number: 10064640Abstract: A surgical device with a shaft having a distal end to which a surgical instrument is mountable and a proximal end equipped for handling the instrument, wherein the shaft is hollow and the surgical instrument is mountable on inserts that are longitudinally movable in the shaft parallel to the longitudinal axis and that are diametrically opposed to each other. The shaft comprises outer and inner tubes rotatable in opposite directions with respect to the longitudinal axis, and the inserts are coupled to the outer and inner tubes to convert rotational movement of the tubes into longitudinal movement of the inserts.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFTInventors: Gabrielle Josephine Maria Tuijthof, Tim Horeman
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Patent number: 10064641Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a hook curved relative to a probe main body in a first perpendicular direction and forming a part of a distal surface, and a first base surface extending toward a proximal direction from a hook proximal end and serving as a base plane of the hook. The ultrasonic probe includes a protrusion protruding toward a second perpendicular direction with a second base surface, which is directed in a second perpendicular direction opposite to the first perpendicular direction, being as a base plane and extending toward both the proximal direction and a distal direction from a reference position located on a section, which passes through the hook proximal end and which is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Tsunetaka Akagane
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Patent number: 10064642Abstract: A surgical instrument includes an end effector supported on a distal end of an elongated shaft, a clamping rod, and a measurement mechanism. The clamping rod extends through the elongated shaft and is operatively associated with the end effector to transition the first and second jaw members between open and clamped positions. The measurement mechanism includes a cylinder, a biasing member, and a locking member. The biasing member is disposed within the cylinder and is disposed over a proximal end of the clamping member distal to a piston disposed at a proximal end of the clamping rod. The cylinder is operatively associated with a moveable handle such that as the moveable handle is moved towards an actuated position, the cylinder is moved proximally such that the biasing member urges the clamping rod proximally to move the first and second jaw members towards the clamped position.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Stanislaw Marczyk, Saumya Banerjee
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Patent number: 10064643Abstract: A thrombectomy catheter system is disclosed which includes a catheter having an exhaust lumen, an infusion lumen and a high pressure tube. The high pressure tube includes a nozzle orifice for forming a high pressure jet of fluid for cutting occlusive material from within a body lumen. The nozzle orifice is positioned to direct the high pressure jet of fluid into the distal end of the exhaust lumen which creates a suctioning effect. The infusion lumen replaces fluid that is removed from the body lumen through the exhaust lumen by a suctioning effect created by the fluid jet.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Arnaz Malhi, Daniel Hutton, Manish Deshpande, Phillip Shaltis
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Patent number: 10064644Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of tissue removal and more particularly to methods and devices for use in medical applications involving selective tissue removal. One exemplary method includes the steps of providing a tissue cutting instrument capable of distinguishing between target tissue to be removed and non-target tissue, urging the instrument against the target tissue and the non-target tissue, and allowing the instrument to cut the target tissue while automatically avoiding cutting of non-target tissue. Various tools for carrying out this method are also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Microfabrica Inc.Inventors: Gregory P. Schmitz, Eric C. Miller, Richard T. Chen, Ming-Ting Wu
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Patent number: 10064645Abstract: A rotational thrombectomy wire for breaking up vascular thrombus or other obstructive material having a core having a proximal region and a distal region and being rotatable by a motor. The distal region has a smaller diameter than the proximal region. A cable is coupled to the distal region of the core and extends distally thereof. A torque tube is positioned over the cable and a coil is positioned over a distal portion of the cable. A distal portion of the cable has a non-linear configuration. A first covering material is positioned over the coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P.Inventors: Marc-Alan Levine, Michael Leedle
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Patent number: 10064646Abstract: The invention provides a rotational atherectomy device having, in various embodiments, a flexible, elongated, rotatable drive shaft with a plurality of eccentric abrading heads attached thereto. At least part of the eccentric enlarged abrading heads in the system have a tissue removing surface such as an abrasive surface. In certain embodiments, the plurality of abrasive elements may be connected to the drive shaft, with adjacent abrasive elements spaced apart from each other, wherein each of the plurality of abrasive elements comprises a center of mass that is radially offset from the rotational axis of the drive shaft and wherein the centers of mass for adjacent abrasive elements are rotationally spaced apart from each other at a rotational angle within the range of between 0 degrees to 90 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventor: Matthew D. Cambronne
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Patent number: 10064647Abstract: A blade disarmer is provided herein. The blade disarmer includes a base member having an elongated portion, a bottom portion, and first and second walls extending from the elongated portion. A cover member is removably attached to the base member forming a cavity therebetween. The cover member includes a hinge separating a body portion and a tab. A pair of dome-shaped portions is disposed on the tab configured to assist a pair of side surfaces of the tab proximate each respective dome-shaped portion to flex laterally. A closure mechanism is disposed on the first and second walls and configured to maintain the tab in a plurality of positions. First and second protrusions extend into the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Aspen Surgical Products, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Severns, Murray Swoish
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Patent number: 10064648Abstract: An optical penetrating adapter for mounting to a surgical portal to permit visualization through the surgical portal includes an adapter member defining a longitudinal axis and having a transparent window adapted to penetrate tissue and to permit visualization therethrough and means for coupling the adapter member to the surgical portal. The transparent window may have various shapes and configurations adapted to penetrate, dissect, resect or separate tissue in a non traumatic manner. Alternatively, the transparent window may incorporate structure such as cutting edges blades, points, etc to pierce, cut or incise tissue.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Robert C. Smith
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Patent number: 10064649Abstract: A surgical access assembly for a surgical instrument and/or a surgeon's hand, the assembly including a housing, such as a wound retractor, and a seal body mounted to the housing. The seal body may have a pleated configuration when viewed in cross-section. The seal body may have a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having a plurality of radially-extending first channels and the second surface having a plurality of radially-extending second channels, the plurality of first channels being offset from the plurality of second channels. The seal body may define a substantially centrally disposed opening for reception of a hand/arm or instrument. In addition, the seal body may define one or more additional openings for simultaneous reception of an instrument and a hand.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Kevin Golebieski, Greg Furnish, Benjamin Morris, Wayne Johnson
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Patent number: 10064650Abstract: A surgical device, an outer tube, an endoscope and a treatment tool that have a simple configuration and excellent operability are provided. The outer tube includes a slider in an outer tube body. When the endoscope and the treatment tool are inserted into the outer tube, the endoscope and treatment tool are held by an endoscope holding part and a treatment tool holding part each being provided in the slider, and are combined into a single unit. Consequently, when the treatment tool is moved in the axial direction, the endoscope is moved in the axial direction in interlock with the movement. The outer tube is configured such that the inner diameter of the opening type hermetic valve part for the endoscope that is provided at a valve member is smaller than the inner diameter of the elastic member that is provided for causing the endoscope holding part to hold the endoscope.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Takumi Dejima
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Patent number: 10064651Abstract: An embodiment of a uterine hemorrhage controlling system comprises a suction module including a suction end coupleable to a pump by a connecting tube, and a sealing module coupled to the suction module. The system may further comprise the pump and a filter coupled to the suction module. A uterine hemorrhage controlling method comprises: shielding a suction module that has been delivered into a uterus; sealing an entrance into the uterus while the suction module is situated within the uterus; applying a negative pressure within the uterus upon activation of a pump; and maintaining the negative pressure within the uterus to induce uterine contraction. The method may further comprise delivering the suction module into the uterus; transmitting bodily fluids, out of the uterus through the suction module, and filtering the bodily fluids.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: INPRESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Alexander James Norred, Davis Reed Carlin, George Cochran Harper, David Lagrew, Jan Segnitz
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Patent number: 10064652Abstract: An episiotomy scissors (2) for use in conducting an episiotomy on a subject is provided, the scissors comprising a pair of pivotably connected scissor members; (4a, 4b) each scissor member comprising a handle (6a, 6b) extending in a proximal direction from the pivot connection and a blade (8a, 8b) extending in a distal direction from the pivot connection; and a guide member (20) mounted to a scissor member and having a guide surface (22a, 22b) extending in a distal direction from the scissor member at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the blade of the scissor member.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Plymouth Hospitals NHS TrustInventors: Robert Freeman, Heidi Hollands, Laurie Barron, Dharmesh S. Kapoor
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Patent number: 10064653Abstract: A medical device and method for detection, retrieval or elimination of disease-associated toxins and biomarkers is provided. A plurality of magnets is arranged within a flexible sheath forming a flexible wire. The magnets are magnetically attached to each other, end-to-end, and arranged with their magnetic polarities alternating in direction. The magnetization direction of each of the magnets is orthogonal to the length axis of the flexible wire. The medical device is completely self-contained and does not require a bulky external field source able to maintain strong magnetic field gradients (100-10,000 T/m) along the wire, and at a radial distance (˜1 mm) to attract magnetic particles throughout the entire vein diameter at a range of physiologic velocities (1-10 cm/sec). This technology is a major step forward for the clinical relevance of CTC analysis to personalized medicine and introduces a powerful generalizable strategy for enrichment of other rare blood biomarkers.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Ophir Vermesh, Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Seung-min Park, Tianjia Jessie Ge, Amin Aalipour
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Patent number: 10064654Abstract: A system for achieving maxillo-mandibular fixation includes a bone fixation device including a bone fixation body formed from a plurality of links. The links define corresponding crests and valleys so as to impart flexibility into the bone fixation body. Thus, the bone fixation body can be aligned with the dental arch of the mandible and maxilla as necessary, and subsequently fastened to the underlying bone. Each bone fixation device includes at least one securement location on the fixation body that can attach to a securement device, such that the securement device fixes or stabilizes the mandible and the maxilla with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: William N. Woodburn, Sr., William Griffith, Jessica Regan Barber, Gregory Parranto
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Patent number: 10064655Abstract: Non-load-bearing, drug-eluting components that can be added to load bearing spinal implants.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Michael Alan Fisher, Hassan Serhan, John Riley Hawkins, Michael Andrew Slivka
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Patent number: 10064656Abstract: A spinal fixation construct for aligning vertebral bodies includes a bone screw, a spinal rod, a flexible member, and a fixation member. The spinal rod is disposed within a saddle portion of a housing of the bone screw, and includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end. The spinal rod is formed from a first material having a first modulus of elasticity. The flexible member is coupled to the spinal rod, and includes an elongated body having a first end portion and a second end portion. The flexible member is formed from a second material having a second modulus of elasticity that is different from the first modulus of elasticity. The fixation member includes a threaded body portion and a head portion defining a hole therethrough. A portion of the flexible member extends through the hole of the head portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Mundis, Jr., Han Jo Kim, John Ferguson, Michael Barrus
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Patent number: 10064657Abstract: A polyaxial bone anchor assembly, comprising: a threaded screw portion comprising an externally threaded head end; a head body selectively disposed concentrically about the externally threaded head end of the threaded screw portion, wherein the head body defines an internally threaded hole in a bottom portion thereof; and an externally threaded compression saddle assembly selectively disposed within an interior portion of the head body and selectively engaging the externally threaded head end of the threaded screw portion; wherein the externally threaded compression saddle assembly and the externally threaded head end of the threaded screw portion are selectively disposed within the interior portion of the head body by engaging and passing through the internally threaded hole in the bottom portion of the head body.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: FloSpine, LLCInventor: James Q. Spitler
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Patent number: 10064658Abstract: A polyaxial bone anchor with a receiver, a shank, a pressure insert, a retainer for holding the shank in the receiver, and a closure. The receiver having at least one vertically aligned guide on a surface of an interior shank and insert receiving chamber. The insert having at least one shoulder that aligns with the guide and both properly positions the insert relative to the receiver during assembly and prevents the insert from axially rotating relative to the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Inventor: Roger P. Jackson
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Patent number: 10064659Abstract: A bone anchoring device includes a bone anchoring element with a spherical segment-shaped head, a receiving part configured to couple a rod to the bone anchoring element, and having a top end, a bottom end, a first passage at the bottom end with a first longitudinal axis, and a second passage at the top end with a second longitudinal axis that intersects the first longitudinal axis, a compression element, and a locking element. The receiving part also has a recess for the rod, the recess extending from the top end towards the bottom end and having a bottom that extends along an axis that is perpendicular to the second longitudinal axis. The receiving part or the compression element further has a seat. The compression element is configured to move along the first longitudinal axis while the locking element is configured to move along the second longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO., KGInventors: Lutz Biedermann, Wilfried Matthis
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Patent number: 10064660Abstract: A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a threaded shank body having an upper portion, a receiver member or head, a retaining and articulating structure, and a pressure insert disposed between the shank upper portion and a rod. The receiver has a U-shaped cradle defining a channel for receiving a spinal fixation rod and a receiver cavity. The retaining and articulating structure attaches to the shank and rotates with the shank in the cavity during positioning. The pressure insert presses upon the shank upper portion and not the retaining and articulating structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Inventor: Roger P. Jackson
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Patent number: 10064661Abstract: An articulated fixation device is provided having a high degree of adjustability for securing a plate member thereof to a skull and at least one spinal rod thereof to a vertebral bone. In one form, an adjustable bridge member is provided that is adjustably connected to both the plate member and the spinal rod. The adjustable connections can include an upper and rearward pivot connection between the plate member and the bridge member and a lower and forward pivot connection between the spinal rod and the bridge member.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Berrevoets, Frankie Morris, Frederick E. Finger
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Patent number: 10064662Abstract: A screw extension assembly for use in minimally invasive spinal surgery, the assembly has an inner slotted shaft and an outer shaft, a rod reducer and a removable nut. The combination when assembled is configured to move a spinal fixation rod into a slotted rod receiving spinal implant where it is seated and affixed thereto. The screw extension assembly further has a locking knob rotationally coupled to a proximal end of the outer shaft, wherein the inner shaft has one or more cam grooves and the locking knob has a pin extending into and guided by said cam groove causing the outer shaft to translate longitudinally upon rotation of the locking knob relative to the inner shaft toward an engaged position locking the deflectable legs in the coupled position to the slotted rod receiving implant.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Amendia, Inc.Inventors: Joshua David Gunn, David Brett Cain
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Patent number: 10064663Abstract: An intervertebral connection system wherein the bone anchor has a helical configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Richard Pellegrino, Christine Rusbarksy