Patents Issued in April 16, 2019
  • Patent number: 10258321
    Abstract: Suture constructs and methods are provided for securing soft tissue to bone. One exemplary embodiment of a construct includes a first limb, a second limb, a coaxial region, and a collapsible snare defined by the first and second limbs. The coaxial region can be formed by a portion of the second limb being disposed in a volume of the first limb, which allows for a low profile construct that is useful in various soft tissue repair procedures. The construct can be configured to be disposed in tissue to draw the tissue toward bone, and the coaxial region can be deconstructed so that the first and second limbs can be used to help secure the desired location of the tissue with respect to the bone. Various features of the construct and methods for using the same in a surgical procedure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SÀRL
    Inventor: Mehmet Ziya Sengun
  • Patent number: 10258322
    Abstract: A device is disclosed that can pierce and hold tissue and then pass suture through tissue. The device can have a shuttle that can removably attach to a suture and jaws that can be rotatably opened and closed with respect to each other. A method for using the device to repeatedly pass the suture through the tissue without removing the suture or device from the target site is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Maruho Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary S. Fanton, John F. Krumme, Scott H. Heneveld, Matthew B. Newell, Luke W. Clauson
  • Patent number: 10258323
    Abstract: A suturing device of the present invention is in the form a compact, light-weight handheld device that includes a needle and suture assembly, a mechanism for gripping and releasing the needle/suture (a “needle transfer mechanism” or “needle shuttle mechanism”), safely capturing the needle/suture upon exit from the patient's tissue, and returning the needle to a position such that the process of delivering additional sutures to the patient can be repeated. A safety shield mechanism ensures the user is protected from the needle at all times. The device of the present invention accommodates the right or left-handed user, rests comfortably in the user's hand, allows sufficient visualization of the procedure site, and permits the user to either control penetration depth of the needle or default to a device-determined depth. The present device permits the user to utilize a wrist-rotation (pivoting) suture delivery technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SAFEPATH MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Lane, Michael W. Sutherland, Thomas D. Egan, John DePiano
  • Patent number: 10258324
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a cannula and a guide member. The cannula is configured for positioning within an opening in tissue. The cannula includes a base and an elongated tubular member extending distally from the base. The elongated tubular member includes an annular wall defining a longitudinal passageway and defines at least one slot extending through the annular wall. The guide member includes a guide housing configured for releasably engaging the guide member with the cannula and an elongated guide shaft configured for insertion into the elongated tubular member of the cannula. The guide member defines at least one lumen extending therethrough and is configured such that, upon engagement of the guide member with the cannula, the at least one lumen is aligned with the at least one slot of the cannula to define a guide passageway through the guide member and cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Scott J. Prior, Jaroslaw T. Malkowski, John D. Hendershot, III, Kenneth W. Horton, Christopher A. Tokarz, Gregory F. Tebbe, Danny R. Berry
  • Patent number: 10258325
    Abstract: A delivery system is disclosed having an implant retainer configured to releasably hold an implant unit and maintain the implant unit in a fixation location relative to target tissue in a subject's body during an implantation procedure. A first suture guide portion may be disposed on a first side of the implant retainer and configured to guide a suture needle during the implantation procedure. A second suture guide portion may be disposed on a second side of the implant retainer, opposite the first side, and configured to guide the suture needle after the suture needle exits the first suture guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Nyxoah SA
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Patent number: 10258326
    Abstract: A tissue fastener having fixed points of tissue attachment including a first elongate elastic component and a second elongate component having one or more elongate sections each adjacent section delineated by at least one frangible point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventor: An-Min Jason Sung
  • Patent number: 10258327
    Abstract: The disclosure describes implantable medical products, that include dry or partially hydrated biocompatible biostaples suitable for ligament repairs or replacements comprising collagen fibers that may be configured to expand in situ after implantation to frictionally engage a bone tunnel wall or bone sleeve to thereby affix the construct in the bone tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MiMedx Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wiedrich, Tian Davis, Thomas J. Koob
  • Patent number: 10258328
    Abstract: A fixation assembly for bone fixation and a method for joining bones or bone fragments of a single bone and translating uniform compression to the bones. The fixation assembly comprises a post member coupled to a screw member. The post member comprises a head portion connected to an anchoring portion, wherein the head portion is offset from the anchoring portion by a first angle. The head portion may comprise a curved body annularly extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the first end is separated from the second end by a slot, and wherein the curved body defines a tapered annular bore therein. The anchoring portion comprises a first leg extending from the first end of the curved body and a second leg extending from the second end of the curved body. The screw member comprises a tapered bulbous portion connected to a threaded elongated portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Extremity Medical, LLC
    Inventor: Raymond Penzimer
  • Patent number: 10258329
    Abstract: A horizontal-transvertebral curvilinear nail-screw (HTCN) including a body portion having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is opposed to the second end; and a head at the first end of the body portion, wherein the body portion has a predetermined curvilinear shape and includes a pointed tip at the second end of the body portion, and a method of surgically implanting universal horizontal-transvertebral curvilinear nail-screws (HTCN) into a plurality of adjacent vertebrae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Moskowitz Family LLC
    Inventors: Nathan C. Moskowitz, Mosheh T. Moskowitz, Ahmnon D. Moskowitz
  • Patent number: 10258330
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an end effector comprising a first jaw, a second jaw, an implantable arrangement, first cavities, and second cavities is disclosed. At least one of the first and second jaws is movable to compress tissue between the first jaw and second jaws. The implantable arrangement comprises a first layer and a second layer. The first layer and the second layer comprise a polymeric composition. The first cavities are defined in the first layer and interconnectedly form a permeable first layer. The first cavities releasably retain a first therapeutic agent configured to induce a first biological response in the tissue. The second cavities are defined in the second layer and interconnectedly form a permeable second layer. The second cavities releasably retain a second therapeutic agent configured to induce a second biological response in the tissue. The first therapeutic agent and the second therapeutic agent are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Katherine J. Schmid, Charles J. Scheib, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Joseph H. Contiliano, Chunlin Yang, Cortney E. Henderson, Jeffrey L. Aldridge
  • Patent number: 10258331
    Abstract: An apparatus for affecting tissue includes an end effector configured to interact with a tissue. The apparatus further includes a surgical instrument that includes one or more drivetrains configured to drive a plurality of gear components in order to perform operations of the surgical instrument, and one or more vibration sensors positioned relative to the one or more drivetrains of the surgical instrument to sense and record vibration information from the one or more drivetrains of the surgical instrument, wherein the one or more vibration sensors are configured to generate an output signal based on the vibration information for comparison to predetermined threshold values to determine a status of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Mark D. Overmyer, David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris
  • Patent number: 10258332
    Abstract: A stapling system comprising an anvil, a staple cartridge, a first buttress material, a first adhesive gel, a second buttress material, and a second adhesive gel is disclosed. The staple cartridge comprises a deck, a slot configured to receive a firing member, staple cavities defined in the deck, staple drivers, and staples removably stored in the staple cavities. The firing member moves through the staple cartridge during a firing stroke. The staple drivers are configured to drive the staples against the anvil during the firing stroke. A portion of each staple driver is lifted above the deck during the firing stroke. The first buttress material comprises a first film mesh layer. The first adhesive gel releasably holds the first film mesh layer to the staple cartridge. The second buttress material comprises a second film mesh layer. The second adhesive gel releasably holds the second film mesh layer to the anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Katherine J. Schmid, Jerome R. Morgan, Donna L. Korvick, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Patent number: 10258333
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a surgical fastening apparatus comprising a motorized drive system and an end effector is disclosed. The end effector comprises a channel and a rotary drive shaft. The channel is configured to support a removable staple cartridge including staples that are ejected from the removable staple cartridge as an ejector therein is moved from a starting position to an ending position. The rotary drive shaft defines an axis and is supported by the channel for movement in directions transverse to the axis between an engaged position wherein the rotary drive shaft is rotatable by the motorized drive system and a disengaged position wherein said rotary drive shaft is not rotatable by the motorized drive system. The rotary end effector drive shaft is retained in the disengaged position unless the removable staple cartridge has been operably installed within the channel and the ejector is in the starting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chester O. Baxter, III
  • Patent number: 10258334
    Abstract: A surgical instrument and method for forming a plurality of staples in tissue of a patient includes a body having a firing mechanism, a shaft assembly, an end effector with an anvil, and a cartridge received within the end effector that is operatively connected to the firing mechanism. The cartridge includes a cartridge housing having a plurality of staple slots, a plurality of staples respectively positioned within the plurality of staple slots, and a driver assembly. The driver assembly has a plurality of drivers respectively supporting the plurality of staples within the plurality of staple slots. The firing mechanism is configured to selectively move the plurality of drivers distally toward the anvil for forming the plurality of staples therebetween. At least one driver of the plurality of drivers has a variable distal height relative to at least another driver of the plurality of drivers in a predetermined variable height pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Adams, Anil K. Nalagatla, Disha V. Labhasetwar, Barry T. Jamison, Mary R. Towers
  • Patent number: 10258335
    Abstract: A dispensing device configured to operate with an adhesive backed mesh and backing film for tissue bonding is disclosed. The dispensing device provides for low-friction, low force pay-out of a desired length of an adhesive backed mesh to a wound site. The device prevents or eliminates distortion of the mesh prior to application to the wound site, and includes means for reducing or eliminating binding during use. The dispensing device is configured to operate in a “forward” mode (substrate to which mesh is applied passes beneath applicator after mesh is applied) to provide essentially an unobstructed view of the wound site during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: John Goodman, Gregory Hake, Thomas Schoon
  • Patent number: 10258336
    Abstract: A stapling system comprising a surgical stapler, a cartridge jaw, and a replaceable staple cartridge is disclosed. The surgical stapler comprises a firing member movable through a firing stroke. The replaceable staple cartridge comprises a cartridge body, a pan, staples, and a staple driver. The cartridge body comprises a longitudinal slot, a first deck portion, a second deck portion, and three adjacent longitudinal rows of staple cavities defined in the first deck portion. The pan comprises a first flexible arm and a second flexible arm engaged with the cartridge body in a snap-fit arrangement. Each staple is deployable between an unfired position and a fired position. The firing member is configured to sequentially deploy the staples when the firing member is moved through the firing stroke. The staple driver is configured to simultaneously deploy more than two staples located in the adjacent longitudinal rows of staple cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Chester O. Baxter, III, James J. Bedi
  • Patent number: 10258337
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a body assembly, a shaft, an end effector, and a cartridge. The end effector includes a jaw, a pivotable anvil, and a knife member. The cartridge includes a deck, a buttress assembly, and a folding sled. A first portion of the buttress assembly is positioned on top of the deck. A second portion of the buttress assembly is positioned within the longitudinal channel. The folding sled is configured to translate within the longitudinal channel to move the second portion of the buttress assembly to a position that is above the deck in response to actuation of the knife member. The second portion of the buttress assembly is thereby secured against edges of tissue severed by the knife member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Charles J. Scheib, Mark S. Zeiner, Nir I. Nativ, Sridevi Dhanaraj
  • Patent number: 10258338
    Abstract: An anastomosis instrument includes a headpiece shaft which can be inserted in an instrument shaft so as to be axially shiftable therein, a plate-like and/or anvil-like headpiece being axially shiftable on the distal end portion of the headpiece shaft and being supported via a cross pin between a processing position and a withdrawal position, the headpiece on the headpiece shaft being displaced or shifted from a first, proximally retracted latching position in which the headpiece shaft is coupled to the headpiece in a form-fitting manner to fix the headpiece in the processing position so that it is unable to pivot, to a second, distally advanced latching position in which the form fit is released in order to allow the headpiece to swivel to the withdrawal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Nikolaus Hafner, Christoph Rothweiler
  • Patent number: 10258339
    Abstract: A compression ring to grip and compress body structure such as diverticulum, hemorrhoids, and tissue adjacent a hole. A resilient ring-shaped body defines a compression channel, and an elongated axially rigid gripping member extends diametrically across the through-opening. The gripping member can rest on a flange on the opposite side of the through-opening or engage with a second gripping member that extends diametrically across the through-opening from the opposite side of the ring. Or, a flexible cage structure can be disposed in the through-opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Insightra Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne A. Noda
  • Patent number: 10258340
    Abstract: The introducer sheath can be loaded onto a vasoocclusive device after removal of the vasoocclusive device from a microcatheter, to permit the vasoocclusive embolic coil assembly to be used again during a clinical procedure. The sheath includes a hollow, elongated tubular member with a longitudinal slot formed in the upper wall of the elongated tubular member and extending along the length of elongated tubular member. The upper wall of the elongated tubular member adjacent to the slot has an angled configuration to accept the vasoocclusive device. The sheath may include wing members extending outwardly from the angled configuration on the outside surface of the hollow, elongated tubular member to facilitate insertion of the vasoocclusive device into the sheath. The elongated tubular member may also consist of a segment with no slot attached to a flexible pusher member to facilitate initiation of loading of the vasoocclusive device into the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Leopold, Bruce McEvers
  • Patent number: 10258341
    Abstract: A medical filler delivery assembly includes a micro catheter for delivering filler material such as filamentary material into an aneurysm in a vessel, the assembly also including a positioning mechanism which includes a support element made of knitted wires, as well as an expansion mechanism for expanding the support element within the vessel. The wires form an array of polygonal, preferably rhomboidal cells, the wires being intertwined at their junctions by at least one turn around one another, the intertwined regions extending in the longitudinal direction of the support element. The support element is able to trap the micro catheter in position and in practice such that its distal end is disposed within the aneurysm sac.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Aidan P. Furey, Palle Munk Hansen
  • Patent number: 10258342
    Abstract: Some systems and methods for operating a vessel occlusion catheter may include a control and inflation device to control the filling of the balloon in such a manner that the vessel wall will not be overstressed while the safe occlusion of the blood vessel is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Miracor Medical SA
    Inventors: Jon H. Hoem, Oliver A. Kohr
  • Patent number: 10258343
    Abstract: A left atrial appendage occluder comprises an elastic closure disc, and a supporting structure connecting with the closure disc and being located on one side of the closure disc, with the supporting structure comprising a central end connecting with the closure disc and a plurality of interconnected and bent struts, wherein at least one anchoring thorn is set near the end of at least one strut with the anchoring thorn toward the closure disc. The left atrial appendage occluder has a stable structure, a good positioning and sealing effect on the cavity wall in the left atrial appendage, and it is easy to position repeatedly; it can also be recycled before separating from a conveyor. When in surgical operation, the left atrial appendage occluder can select the position area based on the actual shape and size of the patient's left atrial appendage, so the surgical risk is lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Anning Li, Deyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10258344
    Abstract: Medical filament delivery apparatus includes a feed chamber to which can be fed filamentary material from a store of filamentary material. The apparatus is designed to feed filamentary material through a catheter into a patient, for example into an aneurysm. The apparatus includes a feed tube assembly having a feed tube with a slot at its distal end. A distal end of the filamentary material can be held within the slot to ensure accurate positioning of the distal end of the filamentary material into the drive assembly. The apparatus provides for severing of the distal end of the filamentary material once the feed tube assembly has been inserted into the drive assembly, thereby ensuring reliable positioning of the filamentary material into the drive assembly. More delicate filamentary material can be handled compared to prior art arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Aidan Furey
  • Patent number: 10258345
    Abstract: A polymeric, surgical clip is provided for clamping a blood vessel between two legs. A hook section of the clip comprises, in some embodiments, a sharpened forward edge and/or a sharpened rearward edge for penetrating connective tissue adjacent a vessel before closing the surgical about a blood vessel. The upper leg of the surgical clip may comprise an oblique flank for disposing over the one or more edge of the hook section, preventing damage to soft connective tissue surrounding the surgical clip postoperatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Inventor: Geoff Brown
  • Patent number: 10258346
    Abstract: A surgical clip applier is provided including a housing; a pair of handles; a channel assembly extending from the housing; a clip carrier disposed within said channel assembly and defining a channel and a plurality of windows; a wedge plate slidably disposed within said channel assembly and being operatively connected to said handles, said wedge plate including a plurality of apertures formed along a length thereof; a plurality of clips slidably disposed within said channel of said clip carrier; and a clip follower slidably disposed within said channel of said clip carrier at a location proximal of said plurality of clips. The clip follower is configured and adapted for selective engagement with said windows of said clip carrier and said apertures of said wedge plate to distally urge said plurality of clips relative to said clip carrier upon a distal advancement of said wedge plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Earl M. Zergiebel, Kenneth H. Whitfield, Gregory Sorrentino, Kevin Robert Slisz, Roberto Pedros
  • Patent number: 10258347
    Abstract: A tourniquet for application to a patient's limb in an emergency situation, and a method for application of the tourniquet. The tourniquet includes a tension-sensing mechanism used to establish a baseline tension in a loop around an injured limb, and a tension-increasing mechanism to tighten the tourniquet as required beyond the baseline tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: THE SEABERG COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Lance D. Hopman, Eric E. Batdorf
  • Patent number: 10258348
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for specific shapes and combinations of the compression members amenable to the safest, yet most effective compression of the carotid and vertebral arteries aimed at prevention of embolic stroke. An associated method of achieving an optimal compression of said arteries for the purpose of stroke prevention is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Zhadkevich
  • Patent number: 10258349
    Abstract: An arthroscopic surgery method for ankle impingement of the embodiment removes a posterior process of talus from the portal formed in the position specified beforehand by vibrating ultrasonically of an ultrasonic treatment tool which inserted and inserted the ultrasonic treatment tool to the posterior process of talus and a tendon sheath of flexor hallucis longus muscle tendon, and deletes the tendon sheath of flexor hallucis longus muscle tendon by the ultrasonic treatment tool used for deleting the posterior process of talus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sohei Ueda, Chie Onuma
  • Patent number: 10258350
    Abstract: A low coherence interferometry probe system for evaluating proximity to a tissue layer, comprising a low coherence light source for generating low coherence excitation light, an excitation optical fiber to bring the low coherence excitation light near the tissue layer and a collection optical fiber for capturing back-scattered light from the tissue layer. The probe system comprises a low coherence interferometry sub-system and a digital signal processor for evaluating a distance to the tissue layer. There is also provided a spectral absorption probe system for evaluating proximity to an artery, comprising a light source excitation light having a wavelength adapted for absorption by blood chromophores, an excitation optical fiber and a collection optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: LIVE VUE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Hassan Ghaderi Moghaddam, Pascal Gallant, Ozzy Mermut, Israël Veilleux
  • Patent number: 10258351
    Abstract: A bone plate assembly is provided including a plate member with a top side (1a) and a bottom side (1b), at least one hole (2) extending from the top side (1a) to the bottom side (1b), an insert (3) arranged in the hole, the insert having a through hole (31), a guide member (4) removably arranged in the through hole of the insert, the guide member having a guide channel (40) and an outer surface portion (41) which engages an inner wall portion (32) of the through hole (31) to allow a pivoting movement of the guide member within the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markku Biedermann
  • Patent number: 10258352
    Abstract: A guide for assisting with attachment of a stock prosthetic implant to a patient tissue includes a lower guide surface configured to contact an upper implant surface of the stock prosthetic implant when a lower implant surface of the stock prosthetic implant contacts the patient tissue. An upper guide surface is accessible to a user when the lower guide surface is in contact with the upper implant surface. At least one guiding aperture extends through the guide body between the upper and lower guide surfaces at a predetermined aperture location with respect to the guide body and defines a predetermined target trajectory through the guide body. At least one of the target trajectory and the aperture location of each guiding aperture is preselected responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue. A method of assisting with attachment of a stock prosthetic implant to a patient tissue is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joseph P. Iannotti, Wael K. Barsoum, Jason A. Bryan
  • Patent number: 10258353
    Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical assembly for the implantation of an implantable device in a cavity formed in an osseous structure, comprising abase template intended to be fixed to the osseous structure and a plurality of interchangeable templates intended to be successively coupled to the base template, each of the interchangeable templates having at least one through opening to be used for guiding of a tool to form the cavity in the osseous structure and/or position of the implantable device into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: UBIPLUG
    Inventors: Pierre Sabin, Pierre-Yves Quelenn
  • Patent number: 10258354
    Abstract: A balloon suction catheter may be used to remove clots and increase blood flow to obstructed vessels such as a cerebral artery in a stroke patient. The catheter may be used to apply suction on the clot while providing flow arrest, embolic protection, and optionally flow reversal. The same catheter may also be used to provide for a flow modulation procedure known as post-conditioning to potentially reduce any damage from the sudden reintroduction of blood flow reperfusion injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Cognition Medical Corp
    Inventors: Alexis S. Turjman, Elad I. Levy, Jonah G. Bernstein
  • Patent number: 10258355
    Abstract: An endoscopic stone-extraction device is provided comprising a support filament comprising an end portion, a sheath comprising a lumen, wherein the support filament is disposed in the lumen such that the sheath is slideable with respect to the support filament, and a handle comprising an actuator. Movement of the actuator in a first direction retracts the sheath and causes a shape to expand outside the lumen. Movement of the actuator in a second direction advances the sheath and causes the shape to at least partially collapse inside the lumen. Other embodiments are provided, and any of these embodiments can be used alone or in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: INNON Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Avtar S. Dhindsa
  • Patent number: 10258356
    Abstract: A platform of devices for removing obstructions and other objects within a blood vessel or other interior lumen of an animal is provided. The system may be deployed in the lumen from a catheter(s) and the system includes a proximal hub, and a distal basket comprised of a plurality of cells. A number of different baskets designs are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing such baskets out of a single tube of a memory metal without the need for any welding or soldering, and methods of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Legacy Ventures LLC
    Inventor: Arthur John Ulm, III
  • Patent number: 10258357
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for anatomical occlusion removal, comprising a delivery wire having (i) a proximal end having an opening, (ii) a distal end, (iii) an outer surface, (iv) a lengthwise cavity, and (v) a first opening to the lengthwise cavity, the opening being in the outer surface of the delivery wire. A first tether having a proximal end and a distal end that may traverse the lengthwise cavity. A first body may be attached to the distal end of the first tether, the first body adapted to be slidably mounted to the delivery wire and releasably engaged to the delivery wire, wherein while engaged the first body remains fixed on the delivery wire and upon release moves axially along the delivery wire. In embodiments, a second tether may have a proximal end and a distal end traversing the lengthwise cavity and attached to the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Bruce Horowitz
  • Patent number: 10258358
    Abstract: Catheter-delivered endovascular medical devices are described. The devices may include a pull wire connected to a proximal body and a distal body, which may be formed of a basket or other framework that has a plurality of cells. The distal body may move/articulate proximally relative to and toward the proximal body. Methods of using and making the devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Legacy Ventures LLC
    Inventor: Arthur John Ulm, III
  • Patent number: 10258359
    Abstract: An end effector of a surgical tool may include a housing, a jaw support shaft, jaw members, an articulation member, and cam pulleys. The jaw members may be supported on the support shaft and may be pivotable about a pivot axis. The articulation member may have a slot and include articulation pins extending from it that are coupled to the jaw members. The slot may be adapted to receive the jaw support shaft to support the articulation member between the jaw members. The articulation member may be rotatable about the jaw support shaft to articulate the jaw members relative to the longitudinal axis. The cam pulleys may be mounted to the housing and coupled to the jaw members. The cam pulleys may be rotatable about the pivot axis to pivot the pair of jaw members between open and closed conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Jaimeen Kapadia
  • Patent number: 10258360
    Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument includes a housing having an elongated shaft extending therefrom and an end effector assembly coupled thereto. The housing includes a knife drive shaft and a jaw drive shaft disposed therein and movable within the elongated shaft. The end effector assembly includes a pair of opposing jaw members, a knife member, and a driven member. A proximal end of the knife member is selectively engageable to a distal end of the knife drive shaft such that movement of the knife drive shaft moves the knife member. A proximal end of the driven member is configured to operably couple to the jaw drive shaft and a distal end of the driven member is operably coupled to the jaw members to move the jaw members. A coupling member is configured to releasably secure the end effector assembly and the elongated shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Michael B. Lyons
  • Patent number: 10258361
    Abstract: An ultrasonic instrument for use during a surgical procedure includes a body, a shaft assembly, an ultrasonic blade, and an actuation assembly. The body is configured to receive an ultrasonic transducer for selectively generating a first or a second predetermined oscillation. The shaft assembly projects from the body and includes an acoustic waveguide connected to the ultrasonic blade. The actuation assembly includes an activator ring and an activation mechanism. The activator ring is selectively movable along the body such that the activator ring is accessible to be gripped by an operator around an entirety of an outer circumferential surface of the activator ring. The activation mechanism is connected to the activator ring such that the activation mechanism selectively moves along the body in conjunction with the activator ring. At least a portion of the activation mechanism is configured to selectively direct the ultrasonic transducer to oscillate the ultrasonic blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Dickerson, Cory G. Kimball, Tylor C. Muhlenkamp, Kristen G. Denzinger, Chester O. Baxter, III, Ashvani K. Madan
  • Patent number: 10258362
    Abstract: A method of forming a component of an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes accessing a file including a digital model representing the component. The component includes a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion includes a contact portion. The distal portion includes an ultrasonic blade. The contact portion is configured to transmit ultrasonic vibrations to the ultrasonic blade when the component is acoustically coupled to a complementary portion of an acoustic waveguide of the ultrasonic surgical instrument. The file is used to fabricate the component via an additive manufacturing process. Once the component has been fabricated, the distal portion is secured to a distal end of the complementary portion of the acoustic waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventor: Sean P. Conlon
  • Patent number: 10258363
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a body assembly, a shaft, an acoustic waveguide, an articulation section, an end effector, and an articulation drive assembly. The shaft extends distally from the body assembly and defines a longitudinal axis. The acoustic waveguide comprises a flexible portion. The articulation section is coupled with the shaft. A portion of the articulation section encompasses the flexible portion of the waveguide. The articulation section comprises a plurality of body portions aligned along the longitudinal axis and a flexible locking member. The flexible locking member is operable to secure the body portions in relation to each other and in relation to the shaft. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the waveguide. The articulation drive assembly is operable to drive articulation of the articulation section to thereby deflect the end effector from the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Barry C. Worrell, Benjamin J. Danziger, Benjamin D. Dickerson, Brian D. Black, Cara L. Shapiro, Charles J. Scheib, Craig N. Faller, Daniel J. Mumaw, David J. Cagle, David T. Martin, David A. Monroe, Disha V. Labhasetwar, Foster B. Stulen, Frederick L. Estera, Geoffrey S. Strobl, Gregory W. Johnson, Jacob S. Gee, Jason R. Sullivan, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Jeffrey S. Swayze, John A. Hibner, John B. Schulte, Joseph E. Hollo, Kristen G. Denzinger, Kristen L. Pirozzi, Matthew C. Miller, Michael R. Lamping, Richard W. Timm, Rudolph H. Nobis, Ryan M. Asher, Stephen M. Leuck, Tylor C. Muhlenkamp, William B. Weisenburgh, II, William A. Olson
  • Patent number: 10258364
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a laparoscopic morcellating device and method for removing tissue from a body cavity. The morcellating device includes a containment mechanism having an aperture, a cutting mechanism designed to fit into an interior space of the containment mechanism and a retractor mechanism that is coupled to the cutting mechanism. The containment mechanism and cutting mechanism combination surrounds the tissue and the aperture of the containment mechanism is closed around the tissue. The morcellating device further includes a motor for actuating the retractor such that the cutting mechanism constricts and morcellates the tissue. The laparoscopic morcellating device further allows for torque balancing of the retractor mechanism, gas flow regulation of the body cavity, and safety feedback mechanisms that can alert the surgeon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Alexander Isakov, Kimberly Murdaugh, William Burke, Jon Einarsson, Conor Walsh
  • Patent number: 10258365
    Abstract: A tissue-removing catheter includes a cutter having an axial cavity and an opening extending from the axial cavity through the cutter to allow tissue removed from the body lumen by the annular cutting edge to pass proximally through the opening. A cutter driveshaft defines a tissue-transport passage extending longitudinally therein and in communication with the axial cavity of the cutter. A screw blade extends longitudinally within the tissue-transport passage and includes an external helical thread for transporting removed tissue proximally within the tissue-transport passage as the screw blade rotates about its axis. The cutter driveshaft having a distal end portion operatively coupled to the cutter for driving rotation of the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Bryan Ladd, Lucas Schneider, Daniel J. Vreeman
  • Patent number: 10258366
    Abstract: A medical device for incising a substance inside a biological lumen. The medical device includes a tubular drive shaft that is rotatable, an intermediate portion connected to the drive shaft, at least one strut interlocked with the drive shaft, a tubular linear motion shaft inside of the drive shaft, and a tubular interlock portion. The strut is rotatable with the drive shaft and is expandable radially outward in response to outward expansion of the intermediate portion. The linear motion shaft is movable relative to the drive shaft in the axial direction to cause the strut to expand radially outward. The tubular interlock portion interlocks the drive shaft and the linear motion shaft while maintaining liquid-tight properties. The tubular interlock portion is stretchable in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiga Nakano, Junichi Kobayashi, Tomonori Hatta
  • Patent number: 10258367
    Abstract: A surgical knife safety device having a handle, a blade connected to the handle, and a guard carried by the handle for sliding movement between a retracted position in which the blade is exposed for use, and an extended position for covering the sharp cutting edge of the blade. In the retracted position, an enlarged guard radius is provided at the distal end of the handle to allow improved handle control and blade orientation. The enlarged guard radius is positioned to allow the user to firmly grip a large distal handle portion which is preferably molded as a single piece with the blade holder, preventing unwanted blade or handle movement due to guard mechanism tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Beaver-Visitec International (US), Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Morawski, Dana M. Cote, Patrick T. Thrailkill, David S. Seebauer, Mohan Rajasekaran, Brian Rapp
  • Patent number: 10258368
    Abstract: A cannula assembly having a plurality of outwardly-biased flexible fins capable of inward movement such that the fins converge upon insertion of a trocar device. The fin embodiment including a slot formed therein, with a corresponding raised feature on the trocar shaft capable of engaging the slots. Inward movement of the trocar within the cannula lumen causes the fins to converge. An additional embodiment utilizes outwardly-biased flexible fins that lock together in a closed position, with corrugated features in the fin inner surface that contact the trocar shaft such that, upon insertion of the trocar, the fins unlock and splay outward. One or more of the flexible fins also including one or more penetrations for accepting a biasing device for altering the biasing force of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SUREMKA, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel A. Worrel
  • Patent number: 10258369
    Abstract: Provided is an endoscopic surgical device and an overtube with which a surgeon can easily obtain a desired image and in which operability is high. The overtube includes a slider within an overtube body, which guides an endoscope and a treatment tool into a body cavity. An endoscope-coupled part and a treatment tool-coupled part are provided inside the slider, and the slider has a dead zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool does not interlock with the movement of the other and a sensing zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool interlocks with the movement of the other. The overtube body is configured to allow the treatment tool to rotate around an axis thereof without changing the positional relationship of the endoscope and the treatment tool with respect to the overtube body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takumi Dejima
  • Patent number: 10258370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laparoscopic port unit module in which one end thereof and the other end are placed inside and outside the human body, respectively, through the vaginal inlet, and provides a vaginal endoscopic port unit module comprising: an outer unit of which the end is exposed to the outside of the vaginal inlet and which comprises one or more outer ports allowing the entry of a surgical instrument including an endoscope; an inner unit formed at the inner wall of the vaginal canal so as to be placed at an incision region connected to the abdominal cavity and allowing the surgical instrument entering through the outer port to come in and out of the abdominal cavity; and a runner unit for connecting the outer unit and the inner unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Ki Hoon Ahn