Patents Issued in March 21, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190083081
    Abstract: A retractor for use in surgical operations comprises a pair of blade assemblies. In operation, the blade assemblies are initially in a closed position to assume a low profile, inserted into a relatively small incision, and stretched apart from each other, thereby stretching the skin about the incision to form an aperture longer than the incision. The retractor is adapted to rotate a first blade about a first axis and a second blade about a second axis. The retractor is adapted to move the pair of blade assemblies apart along a third axis. The retractor is adapted to pivot the first blade about a fourth axis and the second blade about a fifth axis. In some embodiments, a method of performing an operation, e.g. a spinal operation, on a patient using the disclosed retractor is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: David Ortiz, Kyle Elsabee, Jason Blain, Tyson Vogel
  • Publication number: 20190083082
    Abstract: An example introducer is disclosed. The example introducer includes a sheath having an inner surface and a wall having a thickness, a liner disposed along the inner surface of the sheath, the liner including at least one folded portion and a first lumen positioned in the thickness of the wall, wherein the first lumen is positioned adjacent to the at least one folded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Frank Tassoni, JR., James M. Anderson, Adam David Grovender, Michael Richmon Thoreson, Scott Solberg, Austin Farrell Ost, Peter John Hoffman, David Raab, Brian R. Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20190083083
    Abstract: An example introducer is disclosed. The example introducer includes a sheath having an inner surface and a wall having a thickness, a liner disposed along the inner surface of the sheath, the liner including at least one folded portion and a first lumen positioned in the thickness of the wall, wherein the first lumen is positioned adjacent to the at least one folded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Frank Tassoni, JR., James M. Anderson, Adam David Grovender, Michael Richmon Thoreson, Scott Solberg, Austin Farrell Ost, Peter John Hoffman, David Raab, Brian R. Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20190083084
    Abstract: A surgical access system comprises a first access device and a second access device. The first access device comprises expansile chambers which define inflation spaces. A region of overlap between the chambers of a first layer is offset from a region of overlap between the chambers of a second layer. The walls of the inflated chambers are movable for passage of an object such as a surgeon's arm/hand whilst maintaining a seal. The second access device comprises a housing, at least one valve mounted to the housing and a flexible film to which the housing is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Atropos Limited
    Inventors: Frank Bonadio, Lucy Dolores HALPIN, Shane Joseph MacNALLY, Stephen WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20190083085
    Abstract: Apparatus for use with a deployment tool is provided. The apparatus includes a tissue anchor configured to be delivered in a constrained state within the deployment tool. The tissue anchor includes a shaft and a tissue-coupling element, which extends from a distal end of the shaft and is configured to be advanced through an incision in a wall of a cardiac chamber and be coupled to a far outer side of the wall. A spring is disposed proximal to a sealing element, and is configured to distally push the sealing element against an inner side of the wall to seal the incision. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: 4Tech Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gilmore, Paolo Denti, John Mullins, Charlotte Murphy, Kevin Lynn, Andrea Guidotti, Hugo Vanermen, Thomas Campbell
  • Publication number: 20190083086
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (100) for a medical instrument for applying a surgical suture, comprising a release unit (200) and an operating unit (300), said operating unit (300) comprising two pivotable gripper jaws (310,320), each gripper jaw (310, 320) having a needle receptacle (340) and a needle fixation arrangement, said release unit (200) being configured to move the two gripper jaws (310, 320), and the trigger unit (200) also being configured to actuate said needle fixation arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Johann Klaffenböck, Lukas Klaffenböck, Julian Mair
  • Publication number: 20190083087
    Abstract: An assembly for joining tissue portions is provided and includes an anvil assembly and a body portion juxtaposed with respect to one another along a shaft and arranged so as to be approximated with respect to one another; and an applicator disposed between the body portion and anvil assembly and configured for retaining a wound treatment material therein. The applicator has channels arranged for dispensing the wound treatment material therefrom onto an interface between the tissue portions. A method of joining the tissue portions is also provided and includes the steps of dispensing the wound treatment material from the applicator so as to distribute wound treatment material onto an interface between a first tissue portion and a second tissue portion; and approximating the anvil assembly and the body portion to one another so that the first and second tissue portions are in contact with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Frank J. Viola, Christopher J. Criscuolo, David Fowler, Michael J. Bettuchi, Danyel (Tarinelli) Racenet, Robert Capella, Kevin Sniffin, Ahmad Hadba
  • Publication number: 20190083088
    Abstract: A surgical device is disclosed which includes a handle portion, a central body portion and a SULU. The SULU includes a proximal body portion, an intermediate pivot member and a tool assembly. The intermediate pivot member is pivotally secured to the proximal body portion about a first pivot axis and the tool assembly is pivotally secured to the intermediate pivot member about a second pivot axis which is orthogonal to the first pivot axis. The SULU includes a plurality of articulation links which are operably connected to the tool assembly by non-rigid links. The articulation links are adapted to releasably engage articulation links positioned in the central body portion. The body portion articulation links are connected to an articulation actuator which is supported for omni-directional movement to effect articulation of the tool assembly about the first and second axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: David Racenet, Ralph Stearns, John Beardsley, Philip Roy, Lee Ann Olson
  • Publication number: 20190083089
    Abstract: A port closure device includes a pair of jaws that may move repeatably between open and closed positions and repeatably pass a needle therebetween. The jaws are generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the device in the closed position and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis in the open position. The device further includes a jaw control rod for controlling movement of the jaws and a needle control rod for controlling the passing of the needle between the two jaws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Walter J. Chlysta
  • Publication number: 20190083090
    Abstract: A surgical tool for minimally invasive surgery is provided, where the tool includes a control handle; at least one vacuum arm deployable from a retracted position to an operative position for engagement with tissue in order to stabilize the tissue with respect to the tool; and a shaft movable with respect to the control handle, the shaft having an operating head movable from a retracted position to an operative position for performing a surgical function on the tissue stabilized by the at least one vacuum arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Simcha Milo
  • Publication number: 20190083091
    Abstract: A device for securing an article to a tissue may include a body, transitionable from a deployment state to a securing state, having a first portion, a second portion, and a medial portion therebetween. The first portion and the second portion may each have an end configured to pierce the tissue. The device in the deployment state may have a linearly extended or a U-shaped structure. In the securing state, the first portion may be embedded in the tissue and the medial portion may contact the article. A system for securing the article to the tissue may releasably engage the device while in the deployment state. A method for securing the article may include contacting the article with a tissue surface and releasing the device from the system so that the device, in the securing state, may anchor the article to the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Seth FOERSTER, Nadav YELLIN, Samuel M. SHAOLIAN, Jeffrey P. DUMONTELLE
  • Publication number: 20190083092
    Abstract: A device for securing an article to a tissue may include a body, transitionable from a deployment state to a securing state, having a first portion, a second portion, and a medial portion therebetween. The first portion and the second portion may each have an end configured to pierce the tissue. The device in the deployment state may have a linearly extended or a U-shaped structure. In the securing state, the first portion may be embedded in the tissue and the medial portion may contact the article. A system for securing the article to the tissue may releasably engage the device while in the deployment state. A method for securing the article may include contacting the article with a tissue surface and releasing the device from the system so that the device, in the securing state, may anchor the article to the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Seth FOERSTER, Nadav YELLIN, Samuel M. SHAOLIAN, Jeffrey P. DUMONTELLE
  • Publication number: 20190083093
    Abstract: Systems and methods for coating surgical needles are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Duan Li Ou, Frank Cichocki, Thien Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20190083094
    Abstract: A surgical device comprising a first jaw member, a second jaw member, a clamping member and a clamp apparatus is disclosed. The clamping member is slidably positioned to translate at least partially through the first jaw member. The clamping member engages the first jaw member and the second jaw member, and has a knife blade for cutting tissue. A flange of the clamping member is configured to engage a cam surface to pivot the second jaw member with respect to the first jaw member from an open position toward an approximated position. The clamp apparatus is movable from a retracted position to an advanced position for preventing a gap between proximal portions of the first jaw member and the second jaw member from exceeding a predetermined distance. The clamping member and the clamp apparatus are separately movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: David C. Racenet, Philip Roy, John Beardsley, Lee Olson, Ralph Stearns, Clifford Emmons
  • Publication number: 20190083095
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, a cartridge, and a staple driver actuator. The end effector is operable to manipulate tissue. The end effector comprises a lower jaw, a pivotable anvil, and a translating cutter. The translating cutter is operable to translate relative to the lower jaw and the anvil when the anvil is pivoted toward the lower jaw to manipulate tissue. The cartridge is insertable into the lower jaw and includes a plurality of staples. The staple driver actuator is disposed within the cartridge. The staple driver actuator comprises a secondary cutting element. The translating cutter of the end effector is operable to drive the staple driver actuator distally to staple and cut tissue substantially simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Chester O. Baxter, III, Jerome R. Morgan, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Charles J. Scheib, Michael J. Vendely
  • Publication number: 20190083096
    Abstract: An anvil assembly suitable for trans-oral delivery includes an anvil head configured to be tilted. An anvil delivery assembly includes the anvil assembly and a tubular guide assembly secured to the anvil assembly. The tubular guide assembly includes a flexible tube having an oblate cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Zhang Xiliang, Zhaokai Wang, Baojun Li
  • Publication number: 20190083097
    Abstract: An anvil assembly delivery system includes an anvil assembly having a center rod and an anvil head assembly pivotally secured to the center rod a flexible tube having a first end configured for oral insertion into a patient and a second end engaged with the anvil assembly, and a retrieval suture connected to the head assembly positioned to extend from the anvil assembly in a direction opposite to the flexible tube. The anvil assembly delivery system also includes a spacer suture tube positioned adjacent the anvil head assembly and defining a suture channel, which is supported on the retrieval suture and is dimensioned to prevent the retrieval suture from becoming trapped in the staple line of a stapling device. In an embodiment, the spacer is a suture tube defining a suture channel which receives the retrieval suture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Justin Williams
  • Publication number: 20190083098
    Abstract: Apparatus for fastening tissue to tissue or non-tissue comprising: a distal implant and a proximal implant, wherein: said distal implant comprises a body and a locking shaft mounted to said body, wherein said body of said distal implant comprises a plurality of legs which may assume (i) a diametrically-reduced configuration for disposition within the lumen of a tube, and (ii) a diametrically-expanded configuration for disposition against the first structure, and further wherein said locking shaft comprises a first locking element for selective connection to said proximal implant and a second locking element for selective connection to an inserter for deploying said occluder; and said proximal implant comprises a body having an opening, wherein said body of said proximal implant comprises a plurality of legs which may assume (i) a diametrically-reduced configuration for disposition within the lumen of a tube, and (ii) a diametrically-expanded configuration for disposition against the second structure, and furt
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Amsel Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold Miller, Nir Lilach, Raanan Miller
  • Publication number: 20190083099
    Abstract: Medical device used to cause hemostasis of blood vessels using a clip arrangement delivered to a target region through an endoscope. Method for using the device to cause hemostasis of a blood vessel through an endoscope. Medical device including a reversibly closeable clip, a locking arrangement, a control wire, a sheath, and a handle with an actuating trigger. Through the endoscope, hemostatic clipping device that is fully reversible and lockable. Hemostatic clip that reversibly targets and clips bleeding ulcers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mark L. ADAMS, Russell F. DURGIN, Vincent TURTURRO, Justin GRANT, Norman MAY, Roy H. SULLIVAN, III
  • Publication number: 20190083100
    Abstract: A tissue clipping apparatus, comprises a flexible, elongate member, a proximal end of which remains external to the body accessible to a user while a distal end of the flexible member is inserted into the body to a location adjacent to target tissue to be clipped and a control wire extending through the flexible member in combination with a capsule releasably coupled to a distal end of the flexible member and a clip a proximal portion of which is received within the capsule. A joint releasably coupling the clip to the control wire, includes a yoke extending around a proximal end of the clip and a frangible link which fails when subject to a predetermined force to separate the clip from the control wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Dmitri Menn, Russell F. Durgin, Brian Keith Wells, Lance Alan Wolf, Gregory R. Furnish, Vasiliy P. Abramov, William C. Mers Kelly
  • Publication number: 20190083101
    Abstract: A medical device may include a catheter, an expandable member, a cover, and an actuator. The catheter may include a longitudinal axis, proximal and distal ends, and a cover lumen extending from the proximal to the distal end. The expandable member may include proximal and distal ends and may be disposed on a distal section of the catheter. The cover may include a first region that may be disposed along the expandable member, and a second region that may extend along a length of the catheter beyond the proximal end of the expandable member towards the proximal end of the catheter. A first end of the cover may invert into the cover lumen. The actuator may be coupled to the first end of the cover and configured to move the first end of the cover towards the proximal end of the catheter along the longitudinal axis of the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Broyles, Bret J. Kilgrow
  • Publication number: 20190083102
    Abstract: Embodiments of aortic occlusion devices are described herein that include radially expandable and collapsible proximal and distal end portions, such as annular self-expanding stents or frames, that are configured to radially expand within an aorta to secure the device within the aorta. The devices can also include a catheter extending axially between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion and a porous covering, or filter, positioned around the catheter and between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion and configured to filter emboli from blood flowing into upper-body arteries. The device can further include a one-way valve positioned at or adjacent to the distal end portion of the device and configured to restrict retrograde blood flow through the device toward the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mark M. Dehdashtian, Jorge H. Jimenez, Nathan Satter, Fabian Daniel Schroeder, Raffaele Mazzei, Jeff Kosmoski, Shahram Zamani, Adam J. Yestrepsky
  • Publication number: 20190083103
    Abstract: A medical device may include a catheter, an expandable member, a cover, and an actuator. The catheter may include a longitudinal axis, proximal and distal ends, and a cover lumen extending from the proximal to the distal end. The expandable member may include proximal and distal ends and may be disposed on a distal section of the catheter. The cover may include a first region that may be disposed along the expandable member, and a second region that may extend along a length of the catheter beyond the proximal end of the expandable member towards the proximal end of the catheter. A first end of the cover may invert into the cover lumen. The actuator may be coupled to the first end of the cover and configured to move the first end of the cover towards the proximal end of the catheter along the longitudinal axis of the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Broyles, Bret J Kilgrow
  • Publication number: 20190083104
    Abstract: A device for use in preventing stroke is provided, The device may include an expandable member that expands from a non-expanded configuration to an expanded configuration. The expandable member is located at a neck of a patient. An associated method is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: MICHAEL ZHADKEVICH
  • Publication number: 20190083105
    Abstract: A bone cutting guide for preparing both donor and recipient bone, including one or more articular referencing platforms contoured to a bony surface to be prepared, fixation structure to secure the articular referencing platforms on an articular surface, cutting slots spaced apart from the articular referencing platforms at predetermined distances configured to allow the passage of a saw blade in such a way to remove a bone segment either from an allograft donor or from a graft recipient in such a way that both the removed donor and recipient grafts are of the same exact dimensions, whereby when the allograft is placed in the recipient site of the patient's joint, it completely restores the articular surface to the desired level with healthy articular cartilage from the donor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Amir A. Jamali
  • Publication number: 20190083106
    Abstract: A method and instruments to assemble a femoral orthopaedic prosthesis is disclosed. The system may also include prosthetic trial components, which may be used to size and select the components of the orthopaedic prosthesis. The system may include components of the orthopaedic prosthesis such as, for example, a prosthetic femoral component, a prosthetic tibial component, a prosthetic stem component, and a prosthetic sleeve component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Megan Wallace, Carl F. Livorsi, Jeremy Oden, Gregory S. Meadows, Francisco A. Amaral, Michael J. Brock, Anthony J. Webb, Craig S. Tsukayama, Karen N. Moeller, Richard C. Ditto
  • Publication number: 20190083107
    Abstract: A surgery device for operating on the human knee. The surgery device comprises a guide component and a tensioning component. The guide component comprises a base body having a base surface for disposing on a tibial end face and comprises guide elements extending from the base surface. The tensioning component is set up for tensioning the guide component such that the ligaments of the knee are uniformly tensioned in the flexed state of the knee. A truing and drilling component for truing and drilling a femoral end face can be pushed onto the guide elements and fixed at various positions relative to the base surface. The risk of injury and misuse during the surgery on a human knee is reduced and the duration of surgery is shortened by means of the surgery device according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Carsten BOOS
  • Publication number: 20190083108
    Abstract: Resected bone and/or tissue removal instruments and related methods are disclosed. The instruments include a first elongate member including a first head portion with a front edge and a first handle portion. The instrument further includes second elongate member rotatably coupled to the first elongate member at a first rotation point, the second member including a second handle portion and an end portion. The instrument also includes a third elongate member rotatably coupled to the first elongate member at a second rotation point, the third member including a second head portion and an end portion. The end portions of the second and third members are rotatably coupled at a third movable rotation point positioned between the first and second rotation points. The second head portion includes an interior surface with a front cutting tooth defining a free end of the second head portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Paragon 28, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert DACOSTA, Frank S. BONO, Benjamin MAJORS, Laura Zagrocki BRINKER
  • Publication number: 20190083109
    Abstract: Methods of accelerating bone cuts, and the devices used therefore, are disclosed. The methods can involve the use of robotic cutting tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Shon D. Steger, William Hartman
  • Publication number: 20190083110
    Abstract: A rotary cutter with hemispherical shaped head and a plurality of blades mounted in said head, wherein each of said blades has securement means for securing each blade in position in said head by interacting with an inner surface of said head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Wozencroft
  • Publication number: 20190083111
    Abstract: A device is provided, including a cutting rib, the cutting rib including an arcuate portion having an outer sharp edge and a centralizer configured to receive the cutting rib through a radial slot, the radial slot forming a gap with the cutting rib. The arcuate portion of the cutting rib is formed into a profile that follows a surface of the centralizer, the outer sharp edge of the arcuate portion of the cutting rib has a wavy profile that forms a tunnel in the gap between the centralizer and the cutting rib, and the outer sharp edge of the arcuate portion of the cutting rib protrudes outwardly from the surface of the centralizer. A method for using the device to cut bone in a surgical configuration is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Farid Bruce KHALILI, James CAILLOUETTE
  • Publication number: 20190083112
    Abstract: An orthopaedic system and method to assemble an orthopaedic prosthesis is disclosed. The system may also include prosthetic trial components, which may be used to size and select the components of the orthopaedic prosthesis. The system may include components of the orthopaedic prosthesis such as, for example, a prosthetic femoral component, a prosthetic tibial component, a prosthetic stem component, and a prosthetic sleeve component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Megan Wallace, Carl F. Livorsi, Jeremy Oden, Gregory S. Meadows, Francisco A. Amaral, Michael J. Brock, Anthony J. Webb, Craig S. Tsukayama, Karen N. Moeller, Richard C. Ditto
  • Publication number: 20190083113
    Abstract: A method and instruments to assemble an orthopaedic prosthesis is disclosed. The system may also include prosthetic trial components, which may be used to size and select the components of the orthopaedic prosthesis. The system may include components of the orthopaedic prosthesis such as, for example, a prosthetic femoral component, a prosthetic tibial component, a prosthetic stem component, and a prosthetic sleeve component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Megan Wallace, Carl F. Livorsi, Jeremy Oden, Gregory S. Meadows, Francisco A. Amaral, Michael J. Brock, Anthony J. Webb, Craig S. Tsukayama, Karen N. Moeller, Richard C. Ditto
  • Publication number: 20190083114
    Abstract: A kit for plantar plate repair may include implants and instruments specific to the procedure, such as an implant assembly, a needle assembly, a distractor, a needle driver, and k-wires. Methods of assembling the items of the kit and methods of plantar plate repair are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: M. Chad HOLLIS, Chad Webster
  • Publication number: 20190083115
    Abstract: A jig for placing a screw to stabilize a femoral nail comprises a shell, a drill guide assembly movably mounted on the shell, and having a plurality of radiopaque markers affixed thereon, a magnetic field generator, and a plurality of magnetic location sensors responsive to magnetic fields produced by the magnetic field generator. A position processor is operative to compute positional information of the magnetic location sensors based on signals communicated thereto. The positional information is placed in registration with an anatomical image so that the drill guide assembly can be aligned with a transverse bore in the femoral nail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventor: Meir Bar-Tal
  • Publication number: 20190083116
    Abstract: A tool for use by a surgeon for coupling to a working channel port and for operating a sheath and wire including a basket device for capturing an object to be removed from a body. The tool includes a controller adapted to be coupled to the sheath and the wire for selectively controlling the position of the wire with respect to the sheath and for operating the basket device between a first, closed position and a second, open position, the controller including a base portion having a wire actuation unit including a movable plunger for coupling with the wire and for moving the wire with respect to the sheath; and a sheath control unit removably coupled to the wire actuation unit for independently controlling the position of the sheath. The controller is configured to longitudinally move the wire and operate the basket device to selectively open and close the basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Richard P. MANSFIELD, Judy L. WALISH, Stephen P. FEMIA
  • Publication number: 20190083117
    Abstract: Provided herein are expandable endoscopic devices. In accordance with certain aspects of an embodiment of the invention, an endoscopic expandable device is disclosed that comprises an expandable jaw at the distal tip, a control wire connected to the jaw, a sheath enclosing the control wire, and a handle connected to the sheath or wire having an actuating trigger. The expandable jaw is configured to allow its delivery in a retracted configuration to a target site within a patient's body through the working channel of an endoscope, after which the jaw may reconfigure to an expanded configuration that is larger than the retracted configuration. This allows the expandable jaw to be easily delivered to the target site while allowing an operable jaw size that is larger than would be allowed if limited to size of the working channel. The endoscopic expandable device may have utility as a clip or as forceps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Florence M. Aslinia, Eric Goldberg, Chad Schneider
  • Publication number: 20190083118
    Abstract: A grasping treatment instrument includes a sheath extending along a longitudinal axis, a first grasping piece provided at a distal end portion of the sheath, a second grasping piece moving rotationally relative to the sheath, thereby opening and closing relative to the first grasping piece to grasp a living tissue between the second grasping piece and the first grasping piece, a protrusion provided on the second grasping piece and protruding in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal axis and a direction in which the second grasping piece opens and closes, and a recess that engages with the protrusion at the distal end portion of the sheath and has a recessed shape that opens in a direction intersecting with the direction to which the protrusion protrudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji HIRAI, Shunichi NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20190083119
    Abstract: A treatment tool includes a rotary member that is rotatable in unison with an elongated member such as a sheath or shaft and an end effector around a predetermined axis of rotation with respect to a housing. The rotary member has a ridge projecting toward an outer circumferential side and extending from a proximal-end side toward a distal-end side. The treatment tool includes a cavity that is concave toward an inner circumferential side. The cavity is contiguous to the distal-end side of the ridge on the rotary member or is disposed on the distal-end side from the ridge on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Ojiro Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20190083120
    Abstract: Surgical tool are disclosed that include a first tip and a second tip. The first tip and the second tip can have a first configuration, an intermediate configuration, and a second configuration. In the first configuration the tool operates as forceps and in the second configuration the tool operates as scissors. In the intermediate configuration the tool operates as a probe. The tips can be brought together to transition between the first configuration and the intermediate configuration. The tips can be rotated to transition between the intermediate configuration and the second configuration. Method are disclosed that include the step of providing a tool having a first tip extending distally and a second tip extending distally, moving at least one of the first tip and the second tip toward the other of the first tip and the second tip, and rotating the first tip and the second tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Ryan D. Smith
  • Publication number: 20190083121
    Abstract: An electrosurgical probe includes an elongated shaft assembly having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis. A distal housing is mounted on the distal end of the shaft and optionally includes a laterally open window where a plane of the window is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. An interior channel extends axially through the shaft and further through an interior of the housing to the window in the housing. An electrode member with a serrated or other elongated edge may extend longitudinally across the window and may be configured to reciprocate the elongated edge longitudinally relative to the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: RELIGN Corporation
    Inventors: Steffan Benamou, Michael D. Walker, Aaron Germain
  • Publication number: 20190083122
    Abstract: A morcellator includes an elongated shaft and first and second feeders. The elongated shaft defines a longitudinal axis and has a proximal portion and a distal portion. The elongated shaft defines a channel along the longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal portions. The first feeder is disposed in distal portion of the elongated shaft and extends along and is rotatable about a first rotation axis. The second feeder is disposed in the distal portion of the elongated shaft, and extends along and is rotatable about a second rotation axis that is parallel to and offset from the first rotation axis. The first and second feeders are configured to cooperate to draw tissue disposed between the first and second feeders proximally into the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: SCOTT J. PRIOR, NIKOLAI D. BEGG
  • Publication number: 20190083123
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an explantation assembly for retrieving an intracorporeal capsule implanted in a tissue of a patient comprising a first tube and a second tube. The first tube comprises a snare and a tissue. The second tube is configured to interact with the snare of the first tube and configured to be attached to the tissue of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Ollivier
  • Publication number: 20190083124
    Abstract: Systems (10) and methods (12) of controlling an ultrasonic surgical tool (20) with a console (22) are provided. A first drive signal (40) is applied to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20). A characteristic of a harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the first drive signal (40) to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20) is acquired. A cancellation signal (70) is generated based on the characteristic of the harmonic signal (44). The first drive signal (40) and the cancellation signal (70) are combined to produce a second drive signal (80) that is sinusoidal. The second drive signal (80) is applied to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20) such that presence of the harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the second drive signal (80) is reduced relative to presence of the harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the first drive signal (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: Stryker Corporation, Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: Adam Darwin Downey
  • Publication number: 20190083125
    Abstract: Various devices related to a therapeutic ultrasound device for use during a medical procedure to cauterize tissue are disclosed. The device includes an apparatus for tissue engagement. The apparatus includes a first jaw and a second jaw that each includes a body portion and an ear located adjacent to the body portion. The body portion is configured to receive an acoustic stack and the ear includes a slot configured to receive a first pin. The first and second jaws include an opening located between the body portion and the ear. The opening is configured to receive a second pin such that the first jaw and the second jaw are configured to rotate about the second pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Stuart B. Mitchell, Eric Hadford, Daniel Baker
  • Publication number: 20190083126
    Abstract: Rotational atherectomy devices and systems can remove or reduce stenotic lesions in blood vessels by rotating one or more abrasive elements within the vessel. The abrasive elements can be attached to a distal portion of an elongate flexible drive shaft that extends from a handle assembly that includes a driver for rotating the drive shaft. In particular implementations, individual abrasive elements are attached to the drive shaft at differing radial angles in comparison to each other (e.g., configured in a helical array). The centers of mass of the abrasive elements can define a path that fully or partially spirals around the drive shaft. In some embodiments, a distal stability element with a center of mass aligned with the longitudinal axis is fixedly mounted to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Albert Selden Benjamin, Cassandra Ann Piippo Svendsen, Charles Anthony Plowe, Paul Joseph Robinson
  • Publication number: 20190083127
    Abstract: Rotational atherectomy devices and systems can remove or reduce stenotic lesions in blood vessels by rotating an abrasive element within the vessel. The abrasive element can be attached to a distal portion of an elongate flexible drive shaft that extends from a handle assembly. In particular embodiments, the handle assembly includes a compressed gas driven turbine member that drives rotation of the drive shaft. The turbine member can be rotatably attached to a carriage that is longitudinally translatable in relation to a housing of the handle assembly. The handle assembly can include a latch mechanism that when actuated allows the carriage to translate to a proximal-most position. While the carriage is in the proximal-most position, an open pathway is created so that a guidewire can be slidably passed through the handle assembly and a lumen of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Cassandra Ann Piippo Svendsen, Charles Anthony Plowe, Albert Selden Benjamin, Paul Joseph Robinson, Evan Leingang
  • Publication number: 20190083128
    Abstract: A decompression needle including: a hollow catheter shaft including a distal end having an opening, a proximal end and a passage between the opening and proximal end; and an outer surface of or on the shaft, wherein at least a portion of the shaft proximate to the distal end has surface features configured to engage chest tissue to thereby resist unintended movement of the catheter shaft with respect to the chest tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Paul X. Harder
  • Publication number: 20190083129
    Abstract: Surgical devices and methods of using the surgical devices are disclosed. The surgical devices generally include a trocar, a cannula releasably mounted on the trocar, and a propulsion system operatively connected to the trocar. The cannula includes a hub, and has a central opening through which the trocar extends. The propulsion system is operable to drive the trocar axially in a forward direction away from a proximal end of the surgical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Paul LaConte, James C. Easley, Jason Stroisch
  • Publication number: 20190083130
    Abstract: A system includes an access cannula, a deployment cannula having a plurality of engagement arms, and a containment bag. The deployment cannula is slidable within the access cannula between an initial condition, wherein the engagement arms are retained in a contracted configuration, and a deployed condition, wherein the engagement arms are disposed in an expanded configuration. The containment bag includes an open end portion configured to receive the first elongated tubular member and the second elongated tubular member. In the initial condition, a portion of the containment bag towards the open end portion is positioned adjacent at least one of the first elongated tubular member or the second elongated tubular member. In the deployed condition, the portion of the containment bag is expanded such that the portion of the containment bag is spaced-apart from the at least one of the first elongated tubular member or the second elongated tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: SCOTT J. PRIOR, PAUL D. DiCesare, RICHARD A. CRONENBERG