Patents Issued in June 4, 2019
  • Patent number: 10307144
    Abstract: Systems are provided for delivering a suture to close a surgical opening. An elongated deployment member may have at its distal end a retracted counterforce member. The counterforce member may be inserted into the surgical opening and deployed to resist being withdrawn from the opening. A compression member may be slid down the elongated member to compress the tissue to be sutured against the counterforce member. Suture passers loaded with suture ends may be passed through needle tubes within the elongated member to emerge from the elongated member and pierce the tissue to be sutured, then deposit the suture ends with a suture catcher. The suture passers may be withdrawn, leaving the suture ends. The suture catcher may be retracted, retaining the suture ends and the device—elongated member, retracted suture catcher, and retained suture end—may be withdrawn from the surgical opening. The suture may then be completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MEDEON BIODESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: I-Ching Wu, Eric Y. Hu, Po-Hua Lee, Hsiao-Wei Tang, Shuling Cheng
  • Patent number: 10307145
    Abstract: A seal assembly that seals opening in the wall of a blood vessel has a first sealing element for placing inside the lumen of the blood vessel and to engage the interior wall surface, a shaft integrally formed with the first sealing element and fixed in a predetermined configuration relative to the first sealing element, an outer floating element slidingly movable along the shaft; and a second sealing element, the second sealing element slidingly movable relative to the first sealing element along the shaft to engage the outer floating element and position the outer floating element against the exterior surface and the first sealing element against the interior surface of the blood vessel to seal the opening in the blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: CYNDRX, LLC
    Inventor: John I. Shipp
  • Patent number: 10307146
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laparoscopic port site closure device. The device is configured such that a cartridge receiving a surgical suture therein is provided at a fore-end of a needle guide for port site closure; the surgical suture is caught in a needle tip that is pierced through a body tissue by being guided by the needle guide; and when the needle is withdrawn, the surgical suture is pulled out along a path through which the needle was pierced into the tissue, and the surgical suture is tied outside a patient's body, thereby being capable of closing a laparoscopic port site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Ki Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 10307147
    Abstract: Partitioning devices that may be secured and sealed within a heart chamber for separating a patient's heart chamber into a productive portion and a non-productive portion are described herein. The partitioning devices described herein may include a membrane with a plurality of inflatable elements. The membrane may include a valve disposed in a central region of the membrane with a plurality of inflation channels extending radially from the valve. These devices may be secured within the heart chamber by sealing them to the wall of the heart chamber, for example, by inflating the plurality of inflatable elements on the periphery of the device. The non-productive portion may be filled with a material, including occlusive materials. Sealing and/or filling the non-productive portion formed by the devices described herein may help prevent leakage from the non-productive region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Khairkhahan, Serjan D. Nikolic, Hugh R. Sharkey
  • Patent number: 10307148
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an improved collapsible medical closure device fabricated from a tubular wire mesh material. The collapsible medical closure device has an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a delivery catheter or other delivery means to a desired treatment site. The collapsible medical closure device is shaped to create short-term and long-term occlusion of an opening, such as an opening in the wall of the heart, and includes a disc shaped portion on a distal end, a cone shaped portion on a proximal end, a middle portion connecting the disc shaped portion and the cone shaped portion, and a center end screw for attaching a delivery cable located in the middle portion. The collapsible medical closure device additionally includes a therapeutic membrane for aiding in occlusion and promoting tissue growth, as well as one or more radiopaque marker bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Heisel, Kevin Joseph Schutt
  • Patent number: 10307149
    Abstract: An intraluminal retractor includes a shapable element formed by a series of shaping segments. The shaping segments may be associated with one another in a relaxed configuration that imparts the shapable element with a linear, substantially linear or curvilinear shape to enable its insertion into an interior space within a subject's body. When actuated, the shaping segments may assume a contracted configuration that imparts the shapable element with a desired shape, which may move an organ within which or against which the shapable element is positioned, change a path of the organ and/or alter a shape of the organ. Methods for altering the locations, paths and/or shapes of organs are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Manual Surgical Sciences L.L.C.
    Inventors: James Frank Kasic, II, Lawrence Kronick, Shawn P. Fojtik
  • Patent number: 10307150
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a structure used in an ophthalmic surgical procedure. The device may be used in pupil expansion or stabilization of the iris. The device is made out of an elastic or semielastic material in a shape that is conducive to easy insertion and removal as well as being optimized for atraumatic pupil expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate
    Inventors: Malik Y. Kahook, Naresh Mandava
  • Patent number: 10307151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical traction device and, more specifically, to a surgical traction device, in which a surgical incision site is expanded to allow a surgical tool to be easily inserted in a state, in which the epidermis is incised for surgical operation, and an expansion part having elasticity is formed into a cylindrical shape and held on a fixing part at the upper portion thereof so as to maintain the incision site in an expanded state. According to the present invention, the expansion part made of a material with elasticity can be inserted in the incision site so as to form a space for surgical operation and the expansion part can be easily attached to or separated from the fixing part so that it is easy to change the position of the traction device or remove the traction device during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Chang Won Chung
  • Patent number: 10307152
    Abstract: The present invention describes a bio-medically compatible gripping device capable of radial collapse in accordance with the shrinkage of a nylon or other polymeric material cored surgical cable undergoing tension while maintaining a firm grip for prolonged periods of time. It provides a gripping device capable of maintaining a non-damaging hold on the outer surface of a slippery delicate cable under high tension for a sufficient time in which the healing process can occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Terry Mattchen
  • Patent number: 10307153
    Abstract: A system for fastening soft tissue to bone includes a bone screw having a threaded shaft and a screw head having an underside with malleable protuberances that project toward a distal end of the threaded shaft. A fixation plate is coupled with the threaded shaft. The fixation plate has a proximal face that opposes the underside of the screw head, a distal face that faces away from the underside of the screw head, an outer peripheral edge that extends between the proximal and distal faces, a central opening for receiving the threaded shaft, and protrusions spaced from one another around the outer peripheral edge that extend distally beyond the distal face of the fixation plate. The system includes an insertion tool having a handle and a tubular shaft extending distally from the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventors: Michael William Nordmeyer, Daniel J. Smith
  • Patent number: 10307154
    Abstract: A suture construct includes, inter alia, a sheath and a flexible strand threaded through the sheath to configure the sheath in a circular or oblong shape. The suture construct may be utilized in various tissue reconstruction procedures. The suture construct can be connected to a second suture construct to form a surgical assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Michalik, Tyler Esposito, Colin Baker, Arley Perez, III
  • Patent number: 10307155
    Abstract: A tissue closure device includes a pusher assembly having a drive arm extending from a drive shaft and a needle driver at a distal end of the drive arm, wherein the needle driver is capable of releasably engaging and rotating a suturing needle having a pointed end and a blunt end about a rotational axis and a cartridge having a protective housing and the suturing needle, the cartridge extending from a distal end of a cartridge holder assembly and releasably attached to the cartridge holder assembly. A pointed end of the suturing needle may be positioned within the protective housing before and after a complete rotation of the suturing needle about the rotational axis. A removable electronic module may be provided controlled by an actuator that mechanically engages the drive shaft to rotate the drive shaft and the needle driver, thereby rotating the suturing needle about the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ENDOEVOLUTION, LLC
    Inventors: John C. Meade, Douglas M. MacArthur, Stephen M. Blinn, Christopher Saulnier, Brian R. Edwards, Gerald I. Brecher
  • Patent number: 10307156
    Abstract: According to particular embodiments, the present staple includes a low-profile bridge and has the capacity for high sustained compression. In some embodiments, the staple includes a bridge with a continuous cross-section, legs with teeth cut therein (e.g., opposed to protruding from, as discussed herein), and legs including an angle of about 24 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MEDSHAPE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Webster Blair, Jack Cabell Griffis, III
  • Patent number: 10307157
    Abstract: A surgical circular stapler has a handle assembly, a shaft, a stapling assembly, and a firing assembly. The shaft extends distally from the handle assembly. The stapling assembly is secured to a distal end of the shaft. Longitudinal translation of the firing assembly causes the stapling assembly to drive a plurality of staples in a circular array to secure two lumens of tissue together. The stapling assembly may further drive a blade to sever any excess tissue interior of the circular array of staples. The stapler further includes a lockout assembly configured to control firing of the stapling assembly. The lockout assembly may include one or more switches, the actuation of which is configured to prevent or permit firing of the stapling assembly. The lockout assembly may additionally or alternatively include one or more mechanical lockout features configured to control firing of the stapling assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Christopher C. Miller, Richard F. Schwemberger
  • Patent number: 10307158
    Abstract: Disclosed are an articulating assembly and a surgical instrument using the same. The articulating assembly includes a driver assembly configured to articulate an end effector of said surgical instrument, where said driver assembly includes: a screw portion rotatably mounted in a stationary handle of said surgical instrument, an axis of which is parallel to an axis of an elongated portion of said surgical instrument, wherein said screw portion is provided with at least two segments with opposite threads; two articulation plates in connection with said two thread segments, respectively, wherein a distal end of each articulation plate is in connection with said end effector of said surgical instrument; and a rotating sleeve coaxially sheathed on said screw portion so as to be in connection therewith through a gear assembly when being located at an articulation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: REACH SURGICAL INC.
    Inventor: Yongfeng Wang
  • Patent number: 10307159
    Abstract: A handle assembly for a surgical instrument is disclosed. In at least one form, the handle assembly comprises a primary housing portion that is configured to be operably coupled to a portion of a surgical tool assembly. At least one drive system is operably supported by the handle assembly and is configured to selectively apply at least one drive motion to the surgical tool assembly that is coupled thereto. A grip portion is movably coupled to the primary housing portion and is selectively movable to a plurality of grip positions relative to the primary housing portion. A grip locking system interfaces with the primary housing portion and the grip portion to selectively releasably retain the grip portion in any one of the plurality of grip positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Patent number: 10307160
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a jaw member having a slot, a first outer surface on a first side of the slot, and a second outer surface on a second side of the slot opposite the first side. The surgical instrument includes an adjunct assembly having an attachment layer including a first section on the first side of the slot attached to the first outer surface, a second section on the second side of the slot attached to the second outer surface, and an intermediary section extending between the first section and the second section, the intermediary section at least partially bridging the slot. The adjunct assembly further includes a first compressible adjunct on the first side and a second compressible adjunct on the second side, the compressible adjuncts spaced apart, the first section attached to the first compressible adjunct, and the second section attached to the second compressible adjunct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Vendely, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris
  • Patent number: 10307161
    Abstract: Surgical stapling apparatus are disclosed including an anvil having a working surface with a shaped topography; and a staple cartridge, in juxtaposition with the anvil. The staple cartridge includes a working surface with shaped topography which is complementary to the shaped topography of the working surface of the shaped anvil. When the anvil and the staple cartridge are approximated with or toward one another, at least a portion of the working surface of the anvil cooperates with at least a portion of the working surface of the staple cartridge to enhance alignment of the staple cartridge and the anvil in at least one of a transverse and longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Bruce K. Jankowski
  • Patent number: 10307162
    Abstract: This invention provides hermetically-sealed handle assembly with a rotating trigger for use with disposable components, such as surgical clip appliers. The rotating trigger reduces the gripping force necessary to fully control the internal actuator mechanism to operate a disposable surgical clip applier to fully ligate a vessel or other tissue. The hermetic seal on the handle assembly prevents any patient fluids and other bioburden from entering the internal structures. This reduces the possibility of cross-contamination and the costs of sterilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: CONMED Corporation
    Inventors: Pavel Menn, Nathaniel Rosso
  • Patent number: 10307163
    Abstract: A surgical instrument comprising a handle, a motor configured to output a rotary motion, a drive system operably responsive to the rotary motion, a power source configured to supply power to the motor, an end effector, a firing member operably responsive to the drive system, and means for monitoring the current supplied to the motor and limiting the current supplied to the motor when the current draw exceeds a predetermined threshold is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Kyle P. Moore, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, Mark H. Ransick, Eugene L. Timperman
  • Patent number: 10307164
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a method of configuring blood vessels at an anastomosis, the method comprising: ensheathing a segment of a transected first blood vessel in a lumen of a sleeve so that an open end of the segment protrudes from a sleeve end; suturing edges of an incision made in a second blood vessel to the open end of the first blood vessel to create an anastomosis; and sliding the sleeve along the first blood vessel to position the sleeve at the anastomosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Laminate Medical Technologies LTD.
    Inventors: Eyal Orion, Tamar Gilon
  • Patent number: 10307165
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a locking portion, a flexible pulling portion, a flexible body, and a plurality of barb features extending laterally from the body. The locking portion is configured to receive the pulling portion. The pulling portion is configured to engage and translate relative to the locking portion after the locking portion has received the pulling portion. The flexible body extends from the locking portion to the pulling portion. The flexible body is configured to form a loop when the pulling portion engages the locking portion. The loop is configured to decrease in size in response to pulling of the pulling portion relative to the locking portion. The barb features are configured to engage a tubular region of tissue and thereby form pleats in the tubular region of tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Cortney E. Henderson, Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse, Charles J. Scheib
  • Patent number: 10307166
    Abstract: A ligation clip applier is provided. The clip applier includes: a pair of jaws; a distal clevis tube to which the jaws are pivotally mounted; a proximal clevis tube located behind the distal clevis tube, wherein the distal clevis tube and the proximal clevis tubes move axially with respect to each other; a clip lock actuator fixed to one of the proximal and distal clevis tubes; and a distal pushrod extending through the distal and proximal clevis tubes and forming a camming connection with the jaws configured to close and move the jaws toward a proximal direction toward the clip lock actuator when the distal pushrod is moved in the proximal direction. A method for applying a clip on a vessel is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Lynn Willett, Philip Schmidt, Dan Monahan, Adam Lehman, Leland Ray Adams, Paul Whiting, Salvatore Castro, Alan Bachman
  • Patent number: 10307167
    Abstract: An assembly and method for performing the occlusion of the left atrial appendage including a delivery instrument being positioned in communicating relation with the interior of the left atrial appendage and disposing a distal end portion of the delivery instrument in covering relation to the entrance thereof. Occlusion material is movably connected to the delivery instrument and includes at least one elongated single strand of flexible material. A length of the single strand is progressively fed through the delivery instrument into the interior of the left atrial appendage and the flexibility thereof is sufficient to progressively form an arbitrarily intermingled array of occlusion material therein. The dimension and configuration of the formed arbitrarily intermingled array is sufficient to fill a predetermined portion of the interior of the left atrial appendage and thereby conform to the configuration thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: CorQuest Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Didier de Canniere
  • Patent number: 10307168
    Abstract: An embolic coil which can be used for occlusive purposes in the vasculature is described. A mandrel for manufacturing a coiled structure, and method/process for manufacturing a coiled structure is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Terumo Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Morita
  • Patent number: 10307169
    Abstract: A medical device includes a clip having first and second arms biased toward an open configuration; a control wire removably connected to the clip, the control wire configured to control movement of the clip between an open configuration and a closed configuration; a separable yoke connecting the control wire to the clip, the yoke configured to be separated by a predetermined force applied by the control wire so that, when the yoke is separated, the control wire and the yoke uncouple from the clip; an elongated sheath housing the control wire; a handle coupled to the elongated sheath; and an actuator coupled to the control wire and configured to open the clip arms, close the clip arms and uncouple the clip from the control wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Keith Wells, Lance Alan Wolf, Gregory R. Furnish, Vasiliy P. Abramov, William C. Mers Kelly, Russell F. Durgin
  • Patent number: 10307170
    Abstract: A method of adjusting velocity in a motorized surgical instrument is provided. The surgical instrument comprises a displacement member configured to translate within the surgical instrument over a plurality of predefined zones, a motor coupled to the displacement member to translate the displacement member, a control circuit coupled to the motor, a position sensor coupled to the control circuit, the position sensor configured to measure the position of the displacement member and a timer circuit coupled to the control circuit, the timer circuit configured to measure elapsed time. The method includes setting a directed velocity of the displacement member; determining an actual velocity of the displacement member; determining an error between the directed velocity of the displacement member and the actual velocity of the displacement member; and controlling the actual velocity of the displacement member based on the magnitude of the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Raymond E. Parfett, Shane R. Adams, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris
  • Patent number: 10307171
    Abstract: The invention is related with an external fixator that is used in High Tibial Osteotomy (HTO) surgeries, including at least one positioner (1) for gripping the leg from both sides, at least one angulation device (3) and a proximal arch (8) that is connected to the positioner (1), at least one proximal schanz holder (7) on the proximal arch (8), at least one distal schanz holder (4) at the bottom of the angulation device (3), at least one osteotomy block (5) that enables to set the size and the location of the incision on the proximal arch (8), at least one fibular head positioning device (2) that is connected to the angulation device (3) and at least one angular indicator (scale) (19) on the fixator, on which the correction can be adjusted and controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Melih Güven
  • Patent number: 10307172
    Abstract: An implant resection system for preparing an implant site to replace a defect in an articular surface of a first bone includes a first guide configured to be coupled generally to the first bone. The first guide includes a body portion defining a channel configured to receive a pin, wherein the pin is configured to penetrate and form a longitudinally disposed bore within the first bone. The implant resection system further includes a second guide configured to be coupled generally perpendicular to the first bone proximate to the defect by way of the bore. The second guide includes a drill bit configured to form an excision site through a portion of the articular surface in preparation of receipt of an implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Arthrosurface Incorporated
    Inventors: George Sikora, Steven W. Ek
  • Patent number: 10307173
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for ligament repair procedures, and can be used to establish a location and trajectory for forming a bone tunnel in bone. One exemplary embodiment of a surgical guide for using in a ligament repair procedure includes a guide arm and a carriage that can be selectively locked along the guide arm to define an angle of the bone tunnel. The guide arm also defines a location of a distal end of the bone tunnel. In some embodiments the carriage is configured to have a bullet side-loaded into it, and the bullet can be used to define a location of a proximal end of the bone tunnel. The present disclosure also provides for a gage that limits the distance a drill pin that drills the bone tunnel can travel. A variety of other, devices, systems, and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SÀRL
    Inventors: Lauren Ardito, Gary Fernandes
  • Patent number: 10307174
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a reference indication to a patient tissue includes a primary locating block having a patient-specific primary mating surface contoured for mating contact with a portion of the patient tissue in a predetermined primary mating orientation custom-configured responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue. At least one mounting feature is provided to the primary locating block. At least one secondary item is configured for selective engagement with the primary locating block. The secondary item is at least one of a noncustomized secondary item and a patient-specific secondary item. The secondary item provides a reference indication to at least a portion of the patient tissue. The mounting feature of the primary locating block is configured for engagement with at least one secondary item in a predetermined secondary mounting relationship. The secondary mounting relationship is custom-configured for the patient tissue responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joseph P. Iannotti, Wael K. Barsoum, Jason A. Bryan
  • Patent number: 10307175
    Abstract: An atherectomy device for removing deposits such as plaque from an interior of a vessel including an outer member, an inner member and a rotatable shaft positioned for rotational movement within the inner member. The outer and inner members are fixed axially. A rotatable tip is mounted to the distal region of the rotatable shaft for rotation about its longitudinal axis upon rotation of the shaft to remove deposits from the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P
    Inventors: James F. McGuckin, Jr., John D. Leedle, Colin Valentis, Jenna Rose Israel, Aaron Larry Snyder
  • Patent number: 10307176
    Abstract: A medical device for collecting a solid object together with a fluid in a living body, including: a cylindrical member having an inner cavity, a suction port provided on the distal end of the inner cavity, and a discharge port on a side wall and communicating with the inner cavity; an impeller in the inner cavity configured to carry the fluid from the suction port to the discharge port; and a filter in the inner cavity configured to collect the solid object. At least part of the wall surface of the cylindrical member, which defines a flow channel allowing movement of the fluid from the impeller to the discharge port, is inclined from a center axis of the cylindrical member toward a distal end with respect to a transverse direction of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Honda, Takehisa Mori
  • Patent number: 10307177
    Abstract: A system for removing a kidney stone from a ureter may include: an elongate, flexible, outer shaft having a distal end configured to be advanced into the ureter and a proximal end; an elongate, flexible, inner shaft extending through at least part of the outer shaft; an expandable stone retention member extending through at least part of the inner shaft and moveable along the longitudinal axis relative to the inner shaft; an elongate, flexible camera positioned coaxially within the retention member shaft, such that a distal end of the camera is located at or near a distal end of the inner shaft; and a handle coupled with the proximal end of the outer shaft, a proximal end of the inner shaft, and a proximal end of the retention member shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: CALCULA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond Arthur Bonneau, David Gal, David Wellman Snow
  • Patent number: 10307178
    Abstract: A medical instrument with a hollow shaft, at the proximal end of which a handle is arranged, and at the distal end of which a tool is arranged with a stationary jaw part and with a jaw part that is pivotable relative to the stationary jaw part, a distal end region of the shaft that carries the tool being designed as a tool tip that can be positioned at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and the tool being rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shaft respectively about the longitudinal axis of the tool tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Stefan, Daniel Kärcher
  • Patent number: 10307179
    Abstract: Pericardial modification devices and methods can be used for the treatment of heart conditions. For example, this document describes devices and methods for treating heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, including diastolic heart failure, by performing a pericardial modification procedure. In one example embodiment, a method for treating diastolic heart failure includes creating an opening in a patient's pericardial tissue, or removing a portion of the patient's pericardial tissue. The creation of the opening or the removing of the pericardial tissue reduces pressure exerted by the pericardial tissue on the patient's heart. The pericardial modification procedures are performed while avoiding trauma to the epicardial surface of heart as well as the phrenic nerves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Samuel J. Asirvatham, Barry A. Borlaug, Vojtech Melenovsky
  • Patent number: 10307180
    Abstract: An elongate tool with a cutting end. In some embodiments the end is bendable. Optionally, the end is bendable between two cutting edges. Optionally or alternatively, the end includes both a forward cutting edge and a side cutting edge. The tool may be sized for hand-held use, with control from outside the body, for treating a spinal stenosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Carevature Medical Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoseph Weitzman
  • Patent number: 10307181
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for inserting a surgical port to minimize trauma. The system includes an access port and a guiding mechanism on the distal end of the access port, wherein the guiding mechanism has an adaptive atraumatic tip. The system also includes an introducer probe with a handle on the proximal end of the introducer probe, an atraumatic tip on the distal end of the introducer probe and a flexible body for insertion through the access port, the flexible body comprising one or more bendable elbows along the length of the introducer probe, wherein the introducer slidably engages the interior of the surgical access port to define an access path. The method includes inserting an access port down a sulcal path, inserting an introducer probe through the access port, and navigating the sulcal path with the introducer to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventors: Cameron Anthony Piron, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Joshua Lee Richmond
  • Patent number: 10307182
    Abstract: A valved sheath introducer for venous cannulation, including a valve, sheath, handle and cap. The valve is configured to permit safe introduction and removal of medical instruments through the sheath introducer. The valve may have one or more anchoring members and a thickened central portion through which a slit is formed. The central portion may have one or more concave surfaces and the slit can be angled with respect to the top surface of the valve. The cap is attached to the handle, compressing a portion of the valve therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Christensen, Steven M. Smith, Walter H. Shang, James D. Beal
  • Patent number: 10307183
    Abstract: A surgical access assembly and method of use is disclosed. The surgical access assembly comprises an outer sheath and an obturator. The outer sheath and obturator are configured to be delivered to an area of interest within the brain. Either the outer sheath or the obturator may be configured to operate with a navigational system to track the location of either device within the brain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Nico Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph L. Mark, Amin Kassam
  • Patent number: 10307184
    Abstract: A bone fastener assembly for connecting a bone to a stabilizing construct includes a connecting member, a fastener seat, and a bone fastener. The connecting member includes a connecting member axis, a first opening, a second opening, and a first spherical surface. The connecting member axis extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The first opening is adjacent the proximal end. The second opening is adjacent the distal end. The fastener seat includes a first end, a second end, a passageway, and a second spherical surface. The passageway extends from the first end to the second end along a seat axis. The second spherical surface is configured to slidably engage the first spherical surface. The bone fastener includes a shank and a head. The shank extends though the passageway. The head engages a head-mating surface of the fastener seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence McKinley, Michael Fulton, Gregory Causey, Jeffrey Thramann, Damon Belloni, Terry Ziemek, Alan Burkholder
  • Patent number: 10307185
    Abstract: Connector assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. A modular connector has a first end that clamps to a first rod in an existing construct and a second end having a modular connection point configured to connect a second rod in a new construct such that the new construct can be extended from the existing construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Murray
  • Patent number: 10307186
    Abstract: A system for securing a spinal rod to a bone structure using a connector is provided. The connector functions by modulating friction on a band in two band channels and locking the spinal rod in a separate rod channel. An instrument is also provided for tensioning the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Schafer, Andrew Morris, Adam Lipson, Robert German, Nicholas Didier
  • Patent number: 10307187
    Abstract: An interspinous implant comprises a first member and a second member. The members define a pathway. A third member is movable along the pathway relative to the first member and the second member. Systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Warsaw Othopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric C. Lange, Darren L. Davis
  • Patent number: 10307188
    Abstract: Implantable devices for fixation of curved bone such as the pelvic ring pubic symphysis and acetabulum, and methods for the use of the devices are disclosed. The implantable devices are convertible between a flexible state and a rigid state, and include an elongate structure having a proximal bone interface, a main body, and a distal bone interface. In a flexible state, the devices may be inserted along, and conform to a curved pathway, and in the rigid state, the devices may support the mechanical loads required to fixate a fracture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: The University of British Columbia, British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch
    Inventors: Edward Scott Harshman, Steven Charles Dimmer, Daniel Reed Baker, David Thomas Stinson, Robert N. Meek, Robin John Noel Coope, Lok Tin Lam
  • Patent number: 10307189
    Abstract: A prosthetic joint is secured to the bones forming the original joint by utilizing strictly mechanical fasteners, for example, a threaded rod engaging a tapped intramedullary canal. Cross locking members may be provided. The need for bone cement is avoided. The prosthetic joint may be used to replace one end of one bone forming the joint, utilizing the naturally occurring end of the other bone. Alternatively, both bone ends may be replaced with prosthetic joint portions. The decision to replace one or both bone ends may be made mid-surgery. The prosthetic joint portions are secured together utilizing ligament reconstruction members made from portions of the patient's tendons or allograft tendons. A bearing forming the interface between the two joint portions is designed to wear in order to protect the remaining components from wear, and to be easily replaced in relatively simple future surgeries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Robert A. Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 10307190
    Abstract: Arthrodesis devices and arthrodesis procedures are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, an arthrodesis device includes a shape memory material connecting member attached to two points of fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Garlock, William Michael Karnes, Matthew Fonte, Matthew Palmer, Robert Devaney, Alexander Delmonaco, Kaitlyn Nealon
  • Patent number: 10307191
    Abstract: A subtalar plate implant (12) for correcting and/or altering the alignment of a hyperpronated foot (10) comprises a plate portion (22) and an insert portion (24) that is connected to the plate portion (22). The plate portion (22) is selectively attachable to a lateral aspect of the calcaneus (16). The insert portion (24) is positionable within the subtalar joint (18). The insert portion (24) includes a top surface (236) that is selectively positionable substantially adjacent to a base of the talus (14), the top surface (236) being angled to allow the talus (14) to articulate over the top surface (236). The insert portion (24) further includes a bottom surface (238) that is selectively positionable substantially adjacent to a dorsal surface of the calcaneus (16). The insert portion (24) can include a groove (356) that is formed along the bottom surface (238) substantially parallel to the plate portion (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: In2Bones USA, LLC
    Inventors: Rebecca H. Wahl, Bruce R. Lawrence
  • Patent number: 10307192
    Abstract: An improved posterior acetabular wall fracture buttress plate has a buttress plate having a pair of arms extending from a main plate. The main plate is pre-contoured with a concavity contoured to mimic a hip socket contour posteriorly along an undersurface, the arms being 1.0 cm or less wide and bent lengthwise off horizontal about 38 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees to mimic a curvature of the hip to yield an angle on the undersurface of 142 degrees plus or minus 8 degrees. This is a stand-alone buttress plate intended to accomplish a buttress effect similar to previous art of 2-3 pelvic plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel Robert Schlatterer
  • Patent number: 10307193
    Abstract: A system including a bone punch tool and a needle guide. The bone punch tool can include a support arm having a support arm proximal portion and a support arm distal portion, a pivot arm having a pivot arm proximal portion and a pivot arm distal portion, and an arcuate punch configured to punch through bone. The pivot arm distal portion can be pivotably coupled to the support arm distal portion, such that the pivot arm proximal portion is configured to be moved away from the support arm proximal portion to extend the arcuate punch into a punch position to punch an arcuate hole through bone. The needle guide can be configured to guide a needle through the arcuate hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Zimmer Biomet CMF and Thoracic, LLC
    Inventors: Saddy Garcia, Bryan Wilcox, Benjamin Witten