Patents Issued in February 5, 2019
  • Patent number: 10195000
    Abstract: A cleaning device for a medical implement such as a female Luer connector. The cleaning device includes a cap having an interior cavity and an opening adapted to receive a site of the medical implement. The interior cavity is defined by an interior wall that includes a male Luer protrusion extending in the direction of the opening from an end of the interior cavity opposite the opening. A skin of cleaning material overlies at least a portion of the interior wall. The cleaning material may be pre-loaded with a cleaning agent and is adapted to clean the site of the medical implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Bobby E. Rogers, Gino Kang
  • Patent number: 10195001
    Abstract: A dental abutment or mounting head features a base of predetermined size and shape arranged for seating atop a flanged portion of a transmucosal collar that is fastened to a dental implant. An axial hole opens into the abutment/head from the underside thereof at a location arranged to align over an axial bore of the collar through which the collar is fastened to the implant. An upper portion of the abutment/head for supporting a dental prosthetic or framework is customized for the patient concerned. The predetermined base portion occupies substantially the entire face of the collar flange to provide optimal support of the abutment/head. As an interface between the implant and the abutment, the collar avoids the need to customize the base of the abutment to fit the particular brand or model of implant used, thereby reducing the amount of custom design and/or fabrication needed to fit the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Preferred Dental Implant Corp.
    Inventors: Erik Siegmund, Lionel Gosselin
  • Patent number: 10195002
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a device and method for obtaining a complete and accurate three-dimensional surface image of a target object by registering a three-dimensional optical image with a volume data obtained by X-ray imaging. The device for generating a three-dimensional surface image for dentistry includes a three-dimensional imaging module including an optical camera which obtains a three-dimensional optical image of the target object and an X-ray imaging unit which obtains X-ray images of the target object in multiple directions, a reconstruction unit generating a volume data by reconstructing the X-ray images, and an image processing unit registering the three-dimensional optical image with the volume data and generating a three-dimensional surface image of the target object by substituting a different portion of the three-dimensional optical image with a boundary of the volume data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: VATECH Co., Ltd., VATECH EWOO Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 10195003
    Abstract: A reference member for determining a position of an implant analog can comprise a trapezoidal body including a first side and a substantially parallel second side. The first side can define a first dimension and the second side can define a second dimension that is greater than the first dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Zfx GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Geier
  • Patent number: 10195004
    Abstract: A multi-layer coating of alternating titanium nitride (TiN) and titanium carbo nitride (TiCN) layers is applied to at least part of a dental device for use in attaching crowns, overdentures, and the like in a patient's jaw, where the outermost layer is TiCN with a predetermined percentage of carbon to produce a pink color. The pink outermost layer is of sufficient thickness to conceal the color of the underlying layers, and is very hard and resistant to wear and damage in use. At the same time, the outermost TiCN layer is of a color consistent with the gingival anatomy, and is very hard and resistant to wear and damage in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: ZEST IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Williams Towse, Nicholas Knapmeyer, Luming Tang
  • Patent number: 10195005
    Abstract: An interdental cleaner has a gripping portion (3) and a cleaning portion (4) formed by an elongate body made from a thermoplastic material. The cleaning portion (4) has a coating made of a self-adhesive, heat-vulcanized rubber material forming peripheral, flexible brush members (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: TePe Munhygienprodukter AB
    Inventors: Paul Wallström, Jan-Inge Larsson, Alexander Dingizian
  • Patent number: 10195006
    Abstract: An intraoral dental irrigation appliance is provided. The device can serve as a dual-purpose occlusal guard and irrigation device. The appliance can protect the teeth of the user from the damage caused by bruxism and even provide the user the ability to effectively irrigate some or all difficult areas of dentition. The appliance includes at least one port configured to receive an irrigation fluid, or irrigant. This port may attach to a fluid source like a tap, water irrigation device, or other moving fluid supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventors: Adam Wayne Freiberg, Joshua Wayne Freiberg
  • Patent number: 10195007
    Abstract: A drill burr includes a channel, extending along a longitudinal axis of the drill burr, and fluidically connected to a water reservoir for providing a constant-flow liquid jet. The constant-flow liquid jet has a first pressure directed at the bone along the longitudinal axis of the drill burr. A pressure sensor senses a pressure change in the liquid jet from the first pressure to a second pressure. A signal processing unit is configured to translate the pressure change into information indicating a structural change in the bone along the drilling path, from a first structure to a second structure, corresponding respectively to the first pressure and the second pressure. Optionally, the signal processing unit generates an audio alarm notifying of the structural changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventors: Mohsen Ahmadi, Arash Khojasteh, Mohammad Esmaeelinejad, Seyed Farzad Aghdashi
  • Patent number: 10195008
    Abstract: A system and a method for observing piglet birth is provided. The method comprises detecting at a first detection zone, infrared electromagnetic radiation from a first radiation zone including at least a first area of a first delivery zone of a first farrowing sow or gilt, identifying a first event indicative variation in the detected infrared electromagnetic radiation, the first event indicative variation being indicative of a piglet birth, and determining a first piglet birth event by means of the identification of the first event indicative variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: FARROWTECH APS
    Inventors: Morten Bo Lindholm Mikkelsen, Jakob Boss Skårhøj
  • Patent number: 10195009
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system for collecting animal semen, comprising a container (3) configured to be mounted on an end (9) of an artificial vagina (2), having an internal space (15) configured to receive said semen and configured to comprise a first dilution extender (5) before receiving said semen, and said system (1) comprises a collecting device (4) configured to be at least partially inserted into said container and to be fastened to said vagina, and being interposed between said vagina and said container, said collecting device comprising a flow channel (23) for said semen extending within said internal space of said container and a discharge aperture (26) for said semen open to said internal space; and said system is configured to prevent, at least for the most part, said first dilution extender from passing in said flow channel of said collecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: IMV TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Eric Schmitt, Agnès Camus
  • Patent number: 10195010
    Abstract: Methods and devices to prevent and/or treat breathing disorders (e.g., upper airway disorders) in mammals related to impaired airflow are described. Methods and devices apply force to soft tissue that avoids obstruction of airflow in the mammel's airway. Breathing disorders that are avoided by the methods and/or devices include apnea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Linguaflex, Inc.
    Inventor: Ira Sanders
  • Patent number: 10195011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an openwork prosthetic knit (1) made from a single piece based on first yarns of biocompatible polymer materials that define a first face (2) and a second face that are opposite one another and on a second biocompatible yarn that generates barbs (3) that protrude outwards from at least said first face, characterized in that said first face comprises at least one zone in which it is provided with said barbs and at least one zone (5) in which it is free of such barbs. It also relates to a process for manufacturing such a knit (1) and to a prosthesis comprising such a knit (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Julie Lecuivre, Pierre Bailly
  • Patent number: 10195012
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wound closure device that includes (a) a biocompatible material configured to be brought into abutment with a tissue surface, and (b) a plurality of fixation components connected to and extending through the biocompatible material, where at least one of the plurality of fixation components is configured to allow a suture to be connected to and extend through the at least one fixation component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sanford Health
    Inventor: Curtis Peery
  • Patent number: 10195013
    Abstract: Packaging for prosthetic heart valves including an assembly for stabilizing dry prosthetic tissue implants such as heart valves during storage. The packaging assembly can be used for storing a bioprosthetic heart valve without a liquid preservative solution. The packaging assembly can comprise a holder comprising an engagement structure configured for removably attaching a bioprosthetic heart valve, the holder comprising a shaft. The packaging assembly can also include a storage tray comprising a cavity and an insert sized to provide a cap over the cavity of the storage tray, the insert comprising a slot having a closed central end and an open outer periphery. The shaft of the holder can be non-rotatably retained at the closed central end, wherein the insert defines a flat, generally planar disc comprising at least one of outward projections and flow passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory G. Liburd, Abishek Gautam
  • Patent number: 10195014
    Abstract: Extra-urethral implants and methods of use are disclosed. Implants can treat disorders or diseases of the prostate by, for example, enlarging the lumen of the prostatic urethra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: NeoTract, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore C. Lamson, Floria Cheng, Joseph Catanese, III
  • Patent number: 10195015
    Abstract: A stent graft includes a tubular graft element to which there are attached a plurality of stent rings. The stent rings are formed of a plurality of stent struts arranged in a zig-zag arrangement with alternating peaks and valleys. The end-most stent is located at the proximal end of the graft tube. Between adjacent peaks of the end most stent, there is provided a series of bridging elements. These are preferably formed of Nitinol wire and to be substantially more flexible than the stent struts. The bridging elements extend in the region of graft material between adjacent stent peaks and are attached to the graft material, for example by suturing. The bridging elements are substantially more flexible than the stent ring and therefore impart little opening force on the graft material in comparison to the force produced by the stent ring. However, the bridging elements impart enough force on the flaps of graft material between the peaks of the stent ring keep these flaps open, that is against the vessel wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Erik Rasmussen, Bent Oehlenschlaeger, Kim Moegelvang Jensen, Jesper Schade Petersen
  • Patent number: 10195016
    Abstract: An implant delivery system for delivering a sheet-like implant is disclosed. The implant delivery system includes a distal guidewire port for receiving the proximal end of guidewire after the guidewire distal end has been affixed to a first point on bone or other tissue. The implant delivery system is tracked over the guidewire to a selected position defined by the guidewire attachment. The device includes an implant spreader assembly disposed proximate the distal end of a delivery shaft. The implant spreader assembly includes a first arm and a second arm. The arms are coupled to the delivery shaft such that the first arm and second arm are moveable between a closed position and an open position. When pivoting to the open position the distal end of each arm travels in a generally transverse direction to spread a sheet-like implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Rotation Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles L. Euteneuer, Nathaniel Z. Zenz-Olson, John Quackenbush, Jeff Sims
  • Patent number: 10195017
    Abstract: A system and method for inserting an intraocular lens in a patient's eye includes a light source for generating a light beam, a scanner for deflecting the light beam to form an enclosed treatment pattern that includes a registration feature, and a delivery system for delivering the enclosed treatment pattern to target tissue in the patient's eye to form an enclosed incision therein having the registration feature. An intraocular lens is placed within the enclosed incision, wherein the intraocular lens has a registration feature that engages with the registration feature of the enclosed incision. Alternately, the scanner can make a separate registration incision for a post that is connected to the intraocular lens via a strut member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Optimedica Corporation
    Inventors: William Culbertson, Mark Blumenkranz, David Angeley, George Marcellino, Michael Wiltberger, Dan Andersen
  • Patent number: 10195018
    Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) for implantation within a capsular bag of a patient's eye comprises first and second components coupled together to define an inner fluid chamber and an outer fluid reservoir. The inner region of the AIOL provides optical power with one or more of the shaped fluid within the inner fluid chamber or the shape of the first or second components. The fluid reservoir comprises a bellows region with one or more folds of the bellows extending circumferentially around an optical axis of the eye. The bellows engages the lens capsule, and a compliant fold region between the inner and outer bellows portions allows the profile of the AIOL to deflect when the eye accommodates for near vision. Fluid transfers between the inner fluid chamber and the outer fluid reservoir to provide optical power changes when the eye accommodates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Shifamed Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Amr Salahieh, Claudio P. Argento, Tom Saul, Bob Vaughan, Eric Willis, Ali Salahieh
  • Patent number: 10195019
    Abstract: An intraocular lens insertion apparatus includes an accommodating member integrally or independently formed on an apparatus body which is inserted into an eyeball, allowing arrangement of the intraocular lens in the apparatus body by accommodating the intraocular lens therein, and having a hole through which a needle of a syringe which supplies a lubricant to the intraocular lens passes. Further, the intraocular lens insertion apparatus includes a guide wall member formed on the accommodating member at a position adjacent to the hole, and being configured to guide the needle of the syringe to the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Sato
  • Patent number: 10195020
    Abstract: Intraocular lens loading devices and methods of use. In some embodiment the devices are used to sequentially splay first and second haptics while loading the intraocular lens into a delivery lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: PowerVision, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Vinton Matthews
  • Patent number: 10195021
    Abstract: A medical device for holding a cardiac valve implant includes an elongate support defining a peripheral edge with a curvature about which the cardiac valve implant can be fitted. The elongate support includes a resilient portion for resiliently holding the cardiac valve implant in place in the device, and a support tool for holding a cardiac valve implant comprising first and second elongate support members being separate and radially movable in relation to each other, each having a curvature about which the cardiac valve implant can be fitted and a manipulator portion connected to the first and second elongate support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Medtentia International Ltd. Oy
    Inventors: Olli Keränen, Jani Virtanen
  • Patent number: 10195022
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing biologic tissues are described. For example, this document provides electrospinning systems and culturing techniques to make biologic heart valve leaflets and fibrosa layers of native valve leaflet having nanofibrous substrate layer(s). In some implementations, a tri-layered leaflet with circumferentially, randomly, and radially oriented nanofibers that mimics morphologies of native leaflets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Soumen Jana, Amir Lerman, Robert D. Simari
  • Patent number: 10195023
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a base and one or more heart valve leaflets. At least a portion of the leaflet including a composite material that contains a polymer substrate and a pre-stressed reinforcement element at least partially disposed in the polymer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Wrobel
  • Patent number: 10195024
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve provided herein can include a porcine small intestine submucosa (P-SIS) tissue leaflet. The P-SIS tissue can include multiple stacked layers that are tensioned and cross-linked to form a material having a thickness of between 50 microns and 0.33 mm. In some cases, a prosthetic heart valve can include a plurality of leaflets secured together and retained within the expandable tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Crystal Marie Anderson-Cunanan, Katherine Cora Fazackerley
  • Patent number: 10195025
    Abstract: Embodiments of a radially collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. The prosthetic valve can comprise an annular frame, leaflets, an inner skirt, and an outer skirt. The outer skirt can be secured to the outside of the inflow end portion of the frame, the outer skirt having longitudinal slack that buckles outward radially when the valve is in the expanded configuration and which lies flat when the valve is in the collapsed configuration. In some embodiments, the outer skirt is stiffer in the axial direction of the valve than in the circumferential direction of the valve. In additional embodiments, the outer skirt comprises a self-expandable fabric comprising fibers made of a shape memory material having a shape memory set to enhance the radially outward buckling of the outer skirt. Methods of crimping such valves to a collapsed or partially collapsed configuration are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventors: Tamir S. Levi, Ron Sharoni, Elena Sherman, Oren H. Wintner, Kevin D. Rupp, Son V. Nguyen, Ajay Chadha, Jeff Lindstrom
  • Patent number: 10195026
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are prosthetic devices and related methods for implantation at the native mitral valve of the heart by drawing an atrial portion and a ventricular portion toward each other from opposite sides of the native mitral valve, clamping the native mitral valve therebetween. One or more retention members passing through the mitral valve orifice or through a puncture in the native valve anatomy can couple the atrial and ventricular members together and keep them anchored onto the native mitral valve anatomy. The atrial portion can seat against the atrial side of the mitral annulus while the ventricular portion can include hooks and/or a sub-annular ring that engage and capture the native mitral valve apparatus to provide anchorage. The described technology can avoid the need to use sutures to anchor a prosthetic device at the mitral valve region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Emil Karapetian, Austin Bly, Stanton J. Rowe
  • Patent number: 10195027
    Abstract: A heart valve system, the system including a radially self-expandable tubular body and a valve. The tubular body having an inflow end and an outflow end such that the outflow end includes a proximal section and a plurality of beams. The plurality of beams being disposed distally of the proximal section in an outflow direction. Additionally, the tubular body including struts with peaks and valleys at the inflow end of the tubular body such that the proximal section of the outflow end is disposed distally of the peaks and valleys in the outflow direction. Furthermore, the tubular body being configured such that movement of the proximal section of the outflow end radially inward causes the inflow end to flare radially outward, and an arrangement of the struts being configured such that movement of the peaks radially inward causes the valleys to flare radially outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: HIGHLIFE SAS
    Inventor: Malek Nasr
  • Patent number: 10195028
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems used to deliver a prosthetic heart valve to a deficient valve. In one embodiment, for instance, a support member is positioned to at least partially surround the native chordae tendineae and/or leaflets of a valve. The support member can comprise a flexible, distensible material to reduce abrasion and other mechanical damage to surrounding structures. A locking member may be used to couple both ends of the support member, forming a support ring. The support member may have two magnetic end portions which can be magnetically coupled to form a support ring. An expandable prosthetic heart valve can be delivered into the native heart valve and expanded within the support band, thereby causing one or more of the native chordae tendineae and/or leaflets of the native heart valve to be frictionally secured between the support ring and the expanded prosthetic heart valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald J. Hosmer, Erin M. Spinner
  • Patent number: 10195029
    Abstract: A device for improving the function of a heart valve comprises: a support member formed from a shape memory material, and a restraining member providing a restraining action on a course of the support member. The support member may abut one side of the valve conforming to the shape of the valve annulus upon said shape memory material assuming an activated shape while the restraining member restrains the course of the support member. The restraining action is removable for allowing the support member to assume a desired, altered course. The restraining member may be biodegradable to be degraded within a patient or may be detachable from the support member to be withdrawn. The support member according to another embodiment presents a shape change in that an increased cross-section is associated with a shortened length of the support member. The support member according to yet another embodiment has a first and a second activated shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Medtentia Internatinal Ltd Oy
    Inventor: Olli Keränen
  • Patent number: 10195030
    Abstract: Apparatus, comprising: (i) a catheter (64); (ii) an implant (100), comprising a flexible longitudinal member (102), and a linking member (104) that extends from a first linking site (106a) of the longitudinal member to a second linking site (106b) of the longitudinal member, the implant having: (a) a delivery state in which the longitudinal member is coaxial with the catheter, and at least a portion of the linking member is disposed alongside the longitudinal member, and (b) an implanted state in which a first distance between the first linking site and the second linking site, measured along the longitudinal member, is greater than a second distance between the first linking site and the second linking site, measured along the linking member; and (iii) a plurality of tissue anchors (46), slidable through the catheter and with respect to the longitudinal member. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Valtech Cardio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Gross, Tal Reich, Yaron Herman, Ehud Iflah, Haim Brauon, Meir Kutzik, Meni Iamberger
  • Patent number: 10195031
    Abstract: An implant for implantation around a circumferential tissue structure in a heart, includes a flexible elongated component having a longitudinal axis and a first distal end portion, a second distal end portion and an intermediate portion extending between the first and second distal end portions, and an inner lumen extending longitudinally between the first and second distal end portions and through the intermediate portion; and a locking member for allowing the first distal end portion to be fixedly connected to the second distal end portion so as to provide the elongated component as a closed loop. The first distal end portion is provided with a first distal opening which connects the inner lumen with an outside of the component. The second distal end portion is provided with a second distal opening which connects the inner lumen with the outside of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: HIGHLIFE SAS
    Inventors: Malek Nasr, Georg Börtlein, Jean-Francois Ollivier, Philippe D'Hiver
  • Patent number: 10195032
    Abstract: A mitral cerclage annuloplasty apparatus comprises a tissue protective device and a knot delivery device. The tissue protective device comprises a first protective tube and a second protective tube. The knot delivery device comprises a tube wherein a loose knot is looped around its distal end through a hole and wherein tight knot is formed when the distal end of the tube is cut open. Alternatively, the knot delivery device comprises an inner tube and outer tube. The inner tube is insertable and rotatable inside the outer tube. When the tubes are in a closed position by rotating either the outer tube or the inner tube, a hole is created near its distal end. When the tubes are in open position by rotating either the outer tube or the inner tube, the hole joins the opening of the outer tube and lengthens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: TAU PNU MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: June-Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 10195033
    Abstract: A prosthetic apparatus for implantation at a native valve complex includes a main body configured for placement within the native valve, at least one downstream arm and at least one upstream arm, each coupled to and disposed outside of the main body. The main body includes a compressed state for delivery and an expanded state. In the expanded state, a space exists between the downstream arm and an outer surface of the main body to receive an edge of a native valve leaflet. A portion of the downstream arm is configured to extend behind the received native leaflet and engage a downstream surface of the native valve complex while the edge of the received native leaflet is not engaged by the downstream arm. The upstream arm is configured to engage an upstream surface of the native valve complex at a location opposite the portion of the downstream arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic Ventor Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosi Tuval, Ido Kilemnik, Raphael Benary
  • Patent number: 10195034
    Abstract: Systems and methods for magnetic induction of a penile prosthesis are disclosed. The magnetic induction system includes a wand that has a coil arrangement covered with a thermal and electrical insulator sheath operable to generate an alternating magnetic field. The coil arrangement of the sheath is configured to receive the length of the penile prosthesis therein. The penile prosthesis may be made from a shape memory material such that application of alternating magnetic fields generated by the magnetic induction system induces eddy currents that raise the temperature of the penile prosthesis to a temperature above the austenitic transformation temperature that allows the penile prosthesis to achieve an erect state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University
    Inventors: Alberto Colombo, Kevin McVary, Brian Le
  • Patent number: 10195035
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes joint replacement implants. The joint replacement implant allows for full articulation of the joint, while absorbing impact of the components during normal use that will reduce wear on the implant components and prolong life. The joint replacement implant may include a bone implantable component and a bearing component having an articulation surface that is sized and shaped to substantially mate with at least a portion of the bone implantable component and a damping mechanism that includes a contact member disposed at least primarily inside a cavity; a biasing member biasing the contact member toward an upper aperture of the cavity and means for capturing the contact member within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Fielding B. Staton, David Strumpf
  • Patent number: 10195036
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modifying a shoulder joint configuration exhibiting wear that take into account resultant of forces responsible for the wear of the glenoid surface from geometric characteristics of wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: TORNIER
    Inventor: Yves-Alain Ratron
  • Patent number: 10195037
    Abstract: A method of treating a hip joint of a human patient by providing at least one hip joint surface comprising the steps of: cutting the skin of the human patient, dissecting an area of the pelvic bone on the opposite side from the acetabulum, creating a hole in the dissected area from the opposite side from the acetabulum, the hole passing through the pelvic bone and into the hip joint of the human patient, and providing at least one hip joint surface to the hip joint from the opposite side from the acetabulum, through the hole in the pelvic bone of the human patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventor: Peter Mats Forsell
  • Patent number: 10195038
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for total elbow replacement are provided to allow a surgeon to intraoperatively select a linked or unlinked constraint by utilizing a connection located on the body of the ulnar and/or humeral stem. Additional modularity also allows the selection of a cemented or cementless stem as described herein. The modularity and adjustability provides a number of advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: LIMACORPORATE SPA, NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED MAINTAINING THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
    Inventors: Michele Pressacco, Nicola Del Negro, Andrea Fattori, Robert N. Hotchkiss, Mark P. Figgie, Timothy M. Wright, Joseph D. Lipman, Darrick Lo
  • Patent number: 10195039
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for total elbow replacement are provided to allow a surgeon to intraoperatively select a linked or unlinked constraint by utilizing a connection located on the body of the ulnar and/or humeral stem. Additional modularity also allows the selection of a cemented or cementless stem as described herein. The modularity and adjustability provides a number of advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: LIMACORPORATE SPA, NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED MAINTAINING THE HOSPITAL FOR SCPECIAL SURGERY
    Inventors: Michele Pressacco, Nicola Del Negro, Andrea Fattori, Robert N. Hotchkiss, Mark P. Figgie, Timothy M. Wright, Joseph D. Lipman, Darrick Lo
  • Patent number: 10195040
    Abstract: An elbow prosthesis can include a humeral component having a yoke, an ulnar component having a head, a humeral bearing positionable in a base of the humeral component, an ulnar bearing assembly configured to engage with the head, and a pin extendable through the bearing assembly and the head. The pin can be extendable into first and second ears of the yoke to enable pivotable movement of the ulnar component relative to the humeral component. The elbow prosthesis can include a first fastener insertable through the first ear of the yoke and configured to engage with the pin, and a second fastener insertable through the second ear of the yoke and configured to engage with the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry W. Wagner, Brian L. Kincaid, Kenton A. Walz, Stephen H. Hoag, Mark Reed Marqueling, Brian C. Hodorek
  • Patent number: 10195041
    Abstract: An orthopedic tibial prosthesis includes a tibial baseplate with features designed for use with small-stature knee-replacement patients. The tibial prosthesis may include a shortened tibial keel, tibial keel fins which define a large angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the keel, and/or tibial keel fins which extend along less than the entire longitudinal extent of the keel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary S. S. Wentorf, Calie B. Grey, Shaun R. Cronin, Scott Dykema
  • Patent number: 10195042
    Abstract: A shoulder implant device includes one or more fixation features including an acromial intrusion element and an inflatable humeral balloon portion that receives a fluid through the acromial intrusion element. The intrusion element comprises a valve that can receive multiple needle sticks to add or remove fluid to or from the inflatable humeral balloon. The device is implanted in a subacromial space such that the one or more fixation features at least secure the device to the acromion and the inflatable balloon portion rests against the proximal end of the corresponding humerus. Fluid in the balloon portion maintains separation of the acromion and the humerus to reduce or prevent impingement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Microaire Surgical Instruments LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Vanleeuwen, Shannon Vaughn, Thomas Weisel
  • Patent number: 10195043
    Abstract: A glenoid implant can include a body, a first fixation member, a second fixation member, and a third fixation member. The body can include an articular surface and a scapula-engaging surface opposite from the articular surface. The first, second and third fixation members can extend from the scapula-engaging surface. The third fixation member can include a porous titanium material and be disposed between the first and second fixation members, such that the first, second and third fixation members define a substantially linear configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Taylor, Benjamin Isaiah Joseph, Thomas M. Vanasse
  • Patent number: 10195044
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an intervertebral disc implant comprising a first construct comprising a continuous layer of nucleus pulposus (NP) tissue directly or indirectly on and integrated with a substrate, and a second construct surrounding the first construct comprising one or more continuous layers of annulus fibrosus (AF) tissue on and adherent to a scaffold, wherein the AF tissue, which is composed of single or multiple adherent layers, is integrated with the NP tissue. The disclosure also relates to methods of preparing the multi-tissue intervertebral disc and using the intervertebral disc as an implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sinai Health System
    Inventors: Rita Kandel, J. Paul Santerre, Shu Qiu Li
  • Patent number: 10195045
    Abstract: A spine stabilization device having an interbody spacer shaped to be inserted between a vertebral body of an upper vertebra and a vertebral body of a lower vertebra. The device further includes a fixation device to be inserted after placement of the interbody spacer, the fixation device having a support portion securing the interbody spacer against escaping from between the vertebral bodies into a ventral direction. The support portion rests against a portion of an anterior surface of the interbody spacer, and includes an anchor. The anchor has an anchoring material portion that is inserted, in a liquid state, into cancellous bone tissue of at least one of the vertebral bodies of the upper and lower vertebra, to thereby infiltrate the cancellous bone tissue, and to harden thereafter so as to fix the support portion to the vertebral body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SPINEWELDING AG
    Inventors: Andrea Müller, Milica Berra, Marcel Aeschlimann, Mario Lehmann, Urs Weber, Jörg Mayer, Stephen Hochschuler, Hansen Yuan, Frank M. Phillips, Stephanie Mehl, Elmar Mock, Andreas Wenger, Philipp Seiler, Ulrich Berlemann
  • Patent number: 10195046
    Abstract: Anchor removal instruments and methods for using the instruments are provided. In some embodiments, an intervertebral implant anchor extractor tool comprises a support, a support retainer configured to hold the support fixed with respect to the implant, an extractor having an anchor retainer, and an extractor guide. An embodiment of a method of using this implant anchor extractor tool comprises the steps of obtaining access to an anchor, grasping the anchor, and applying a withdrawal force on the anchor while applying a countervailing force against the implant or a vertebral structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: LDR Medical
    Inventors: Hervé Dinville, Samuel LeQuette, Emmanuel Bougère
  • Patent number: 10195047
    Abstract: Systems and methods of treating spinal deformity, including one or more intervertebral implants to be introduced laterally into respective intervertebral spaces, a plurality of bone screws introduced generally laterally into vertebral bodies adjacent to the intervertebral implants and/or the intervertebral implants themselves, and a cable dimensioned to be coupled to the bone screws and manipulated to adjust and/or correct the spinal deformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventors: G. Bryan Cornwall, Jonathan Spangler
  • Patent number: 10195048
    Abstract: The invention is a modular interbody fusion device for fusing adjacent spinal vertebrae that is adapted to be implanted in a prepared interbody space including a first modular segment having a width including a first rail extending at least partially along one side of the width and beyond a periphery of a body portion of the first modular segment, a second modular segment having a width and slidably connected to the first rail on one side of the width and having a second rail extending at least partially along another side of the width and beyond a periphery of a body portion of the second modular segment, a third modular segment having a width and slidably connected to the second rail on one side of the width and wherein the device has an expanded position in which the second and third modular segments are extended along the first and second rails and positioned in a generally end to end configuration spaced apart by the rails prior to implantation and an implanted position in which the modular segments are
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Vertebral Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Felt, Britt Norton, Mark A. Rydell, Stephen H. Crosbie
  • Patent number: 10195049
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant includes an insertion end, an opposing engagement end, and first and second opposed main surfaces configured to contact respective adjacent vertebral endplates. Each of the first and second main surfaces has an anterior edge, a posterior edge, and extends between the insertion and engagement ends. Anterior and posterior walls are formed between the first and second main surfaces and along the respective anterior and posterior edges and converge at the insertion and engagement ends. A slot is formed at the engagement end and extends continuously between and at least partially along the anterior and posterior walls. A post is positioned within the slot, spaced from at least one of the anterior and posterior walls and extending at least partially between the first and second main surfaces. The post includes a plurality of exposed facets and is configured for engagement with a pivotable insertion instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Lindenmann, Sean Saidha, Cyril Baudouin, Peter Fatone