Patents Issued in July 25, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190223969
    Abstract: A surgical system includes an insertion assembly and a drape shroud assembly mounted on the insertion assembly. When a sleeve of a surgical drape draping the insertion assembly is fastened to the drape shroud assembly, the sleeve is divided into two pockets. Instead of managing one long tube, the management problem of the drape sleeve is reduced to managing a plurality of shorter tubes. Shorter tubes make it easier for excess sleeve material to accordion as the tube length shortens instead of possibly bowing out and contacting a part of the insertion assembly or some other part of the surgical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Craig R. RAMSTAD, Anthony K. McGROGAN, Todd R. SOLOMON
  • Publication number: 20190223970
    Abstract: A medical safety device for holding and protecting medical circuitry connected between a medical patient and medical equipment is provided. The device can include an outer shell with an exterior sidewall and an interior sidewall defining an open interior. The outer shell can include a door that can be opened to allow access to the interior of the shell. The outer shell can include at least one latch for selectively securing the door in a closed position. The exterior shell can include connecting components for connecting the device to a hospital or surgical bed frame. The interior of the outer shell can include a grooved section having one or more grooves. The grooves can be configured to hold and retain different types of medical circuitry, such as cords, wires, tubes and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Sheila Barrett Ray
  • Publication number: 20190223971
    Abstract: Tissue expanders and methods of use. In some embodiments the tissue expanders are adapted to reduce wear on one or more components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: F. Mark PAYNE, Ryan S. HAN, Jacob Jay RICE, Eadon JACOBS, Scott Allen DODSON
  • Publication number: 20190223972
    Abstract: A surgical head clamp and robotics platform secures a head of a patient and positions an instrument relative to the head for a medical procedure. The head clamp and robotics platform comprises a planar C-shaped frame for at least partially encircling the head of a patient. An instrument arm is mounted is to a free distal end of one arm member of the frame. The instrument arm extends away from the min member in a direction transverse to the plane of the frame. The instrument arm includes a base mounted to the arm member for movement along three degrees of freedom relative to the frame, a proximal portion extending from and pivotally connected to the base, and a distal instrument holder extending from and pivotally connected to the proximal portion. The instrument arm functions to selectively position the instrument in an angular position relative to the head clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory S. Fischer, Benjamin Piecuch, Dino Kasvikis, Perry A. Genova
  • Publication number: 20190223973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatedly aligning a stand (12) for a microscope (14), wherein the stand (12) for the microscope (14) comprises controllable positioning means (16) for positioning the microscope (14) and controllable orienting means (18) for orienting the microscope (14). The method comprises defining a target point (24) to be observed by the microscope (14), wherein the target point (24) is located within a coordinate range accessible by the stand (12), stabilizing the microscope (14) at a user determined position in an automated manner by means of the controllable positioning means (16) of the stand, and adjusting an orientation of the microscope (14) at the user determined position to the target point (24) in an automated manner using the controllable orienting means (18) of the stand. The invention further relates to a stand, a microscope assembly (10), a control unit, a computer program and a computer-readable data storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jason HUANG, Chin Yi LIAW
  • Publication number: 20190223974
    Abstract: An endolumenal robotic system provides the surgeon with the ability to drive a robotically-driven endoscopic device to a desired anatomical position in a patient without the need for awkward motions and positions, while also enjoying improved image quality from a digital camera mounted on the endoscopic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Enrique Romo, Jeffery B. Alvarez, Gregory J. Kintz, David S. Mintz, Jian Zhang, Steve Burion, Serena Wong, Joseph Daniel Bogusky, Katherine A. Bender, Alan Yu
  • Publication number: 20190223975
    Abstract: A detection system and method uses an implantable magnetic marker comprising at least one piece of a large Barkhausen jump material (LBJ). The marker is deployed to mark a tissue site in the body for subsequent surgery, and the magnetic detection system includes a handheld probe to excite the marker below the switching field for bistable switching of the marker causing a harmonic response to be generated in a sub-bistable mode that allows the marker to be detected and localised. The marker implanted may also be shorter than the critical length required to initiate bistable switching of the LBJ material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: ENDOMAGNETICS LTD
    Inventors: Tiziano Agostinelli, Kevin Lorimer, Quentin John Harmer
  • Publication number: 20190223976
    Abstract: A holding device for medical purposes holds an attached device. The holding device has a proximal end for attaching the holding device to a base and a distal end for receiving the attached device. The holding device also has a first arm segment and a second arm segment. The first arm segment is connected to a first joint and the second arm segment is connected to a second joint. Each joint is releasable or lockable. The holding device further has an operator control device for releasing and/or locking the first or second joint for placing the holding device in a desired pose. The holding device also has a controller for controlling the holding device and at least one receiver for electromagnetic radiation connected to the controller for transmitting signals to the controller based on received electromagnetic signals of a surgical navigation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Maximilian Krinninger, Stephan Nowatschin
  • Publication number: 20190223977
    Abstract: A holder apparatus for enabling secure coupling of a variety of medical tool types, having different head member configurations, to a medical device. The apparatus has at least two housing portions that open and close to receive the head member, and an adjustment mechanism that adjusts to the height and/or shape of the head member, such that there is no relative movement between the housing portions and the head member. The adjustment mechanism may be a ratchet mechanism, a semi-flexible fastener, or a moldable material disposed on one or more of the housing portions. There may be a locking mechanism to lock together the housing portions, and a tightening mechanism to secure the grip of the housing portions on the head member. The housing portions may be configured to allow removal of at least a portion of the medical tool from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Ben GALILI, Frank SCHENK, Simon SHARON, Danna PERLMAN, Edna GADON
  • Publication number: 20190223978
    Abstract: The problem of contamination of sterile splash basins and surgical instrumentation used in operating rooms is solved by the use of an aqueous composition containing chlorhexidine gluconate in a concentration of sufficient strength to provide inhibition of bacterial growth and disinfection of surgical instruments, but is not harmful to non-mucosal tissues. Pre-filled bottles of the aqueous composition are also provided, with drip-free mouths that minimize contact with the exterior of the bottle. Also disclosed are pre-filled splash basins with removable covers that help maintain sterility. Also disclosed are pre-filled ampoules in sterile wrappers for dilution into sterile splash basins with dispensed sterile water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Peter GRAVES
  • Publication number: 20190223979
    Abstract: A method includes attaching one or more heat exchangers to one or more of a distal handle end and a proximal handle end of a lithotripter, the lithotripter including a handle, the handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end; a probe housed within the handle, the probe having a probe distal end and a probe proximal end; a passageway extending through the handle at least partially containing the probe; and a shielding insert contained within the passageway; wherein the probe, the passageway, and the shielding insert are contained within a central lumen of a driver resource; and performing a sterilization procedure on the surgical device; wherein the one or more heat exchangers collect and transfer heat at least through a full length of the handle, particularly to the lumen contained within the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Richard C. Faherty, Lawrence J. St. George
  • Publication number: 20190223980
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods to physically couple a transponder to a surgical object are provided. One example apparatus includes a first clamp comprising a first fastener and a first channel member that has a first base and a first pair of side portions that extend from the first base to form a first channel therebetween. The first fastener adjustably engages with the first channel member to securingly clamp a surgical object in the first channel of the first channel member. The apparatus further includes a housing that has at least a first cavity that receives at least a portion of the first pair of side portions of the first channel member, a first passageway that receives the first fastener and permits the first fastener to extend at least in part into the first cavity, and a second passageway to receive at least one transponder that wirelessly receives and returns signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: William A. Blair
  • Publication number: 20190223981
    Abstract: A receiving sleeve of a tool set includes a hollow body having an end face with an insertion opening for inserting a tool. The hollow body defines a longitudinal central axis and includes a plurality of inner clamping elements spaced apart in a circumferential direction. The clamping elements have punctiform or linear engagement sections at their free, radially inward protruding end portions. The engagement sections make force-fit and/or form-fit contact with the tool for holding the tool within the receiving sleeve at a radial distance from the hollow body. An inner side of the hollow body has circumferentially spaced rigid protrusions that extend axially in rib-like fashion. The inner clamping elements radially protrude further toward the longitudinal central axis of the hollow body than the rigid protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Gerold Zieris, Dieter Weisshaupt, Serkan Bellikli
  • Publication number: 20190223982
    Abstract: A carrier based root canal obturator, with the carrier core provided with predefined surface features including axially and/or circumferentially distributed protrusions along the surface of the carrier core. The protrusions provide a stop, and also a support for the layer of surface coating dental filling/sealing material to guide insertion and seating of the carrier based obturator in the root canal. The carrier core includes a conical body having a flat surface in the axial direction, with a conical taper. The surface features defined at the surface of the conical body include discrete protrusions at two or more axial locations. In one embodiment, the heights of the protrusions are substantially flush with the external surface of the coating material. In manufacturing, the protrusions of the carrier core provide a mechanism to set the thickness for over-molding the surface coating layer onto the carrier core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Y. LI
  • Publication number: 20190223983
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing an orthodontic condition and providing information regarding orthodontic treatment can include analyzing patient data, which can include online activity of an individual, an image of an individual and a combination thereof, receiving at least a portion of patient data onto a server, accessing one or more databases that comprises or has access to at least one of information derived from orthodontic treatments, information derived from a website, and a combination thereof, and instructing at least one computer program to analyze at least a portion of the patient data and identify at least one diagnosis of an orthodontic condition. A system can include one or more computer programs configured to perform a method according to the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: James Mah
  • Publication number: 20190223984
    Abstract: The present invention provides a customized guide that can releasably engage with a patient's dental arch. A rigid link, preferably a standard rigid link, is provided to connect the guide and a bracket that is to be adhered to a tooth. With the standard link, the invention exhibits numerous technical merits such as simplified operation, and accurate placement and adhesion of brackets onto teeth, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: GuideMia Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Dou, Fei Gao
  • Publication number: 20190223985
    Abstract: An orthodontic appliance for installation on an archwire is described. The orthodontic appliance has two archwire sliding parts, for sliding along an archwire, a telescoping assembly linking the two archwire sliding parts to one another, an external force conveyer and a spring secured to one of the archwire sliding parts. The telescoping assembly is offset from the archwire on which it is to be installed. A method for exerting pressure on a target orthodontic bracket that is connected to adjacent orthodontic brackets by an archwire is also described. The method uses the described orthodontic appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Bruce Malcom Oliver
  • Publication number: 20190223986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental implant (100, 100?, 500) and to a kit for said dental implant. In order to provide dental implants (100, 100?, 500) which meet the general requirements for a successful implantation and use and which can be easily adapted to bone variations and implant offerings, it is proposed according to the invention that the dental implant (100, 100?, 500) comprises a ceramic base body (130, 530), a ceramic abutment (120, 120?, 520), a ceramic tooth structure (110), and/or a connector (1, 1?, 1?, 5) for connecting of base body (130, 530), abutment (120, 120?, 520) and/or tooth structure (110) to each other, and a bushing body (6), which is at least in a final assembly state (E) of the dental implant (100, 100?, 500) received at least partly in the base body (130, 530), in the abutment (120, 120?, 520) and/or in the tooth structure (110) or surrounds the connector (1, 1?, 1?, 5) at least in sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Thorsten Buurlage, Dirk Zimmermann, Jochen Kullick
  • Publication number: 20190223987
    Abstract: There is described a dental prosthesis for forming a friction fit attachment to a dental implant or dental connector. The prosthesis comprises a release device comprising a release member that is movable relative to the prosthesis from a first position to a second position. When the release member is in the first position the release device is not operable to impart a separating force to a friction fit attachment between the implant or connector and the prosthesis and when the release member is in the second position the release device is operable to impart a separating force to a friction fit attachment between the implant or connector and the prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Tim Doswell, Christopher Egan, Stephen Campbell
  • Publication number: 20190223988
    Abstract: A dental alignment guide system for dental implant placement has an anatomical guide, a tooth supported guide and a surgical guide. The system further can have an articulation piece, a prosthetic seat, an analog anatomical model and artificial teeth. The system has a plurality of implants, the implants being abutments, preferably multiunit abutments, a plurality of screws for attaching the anatomical guide to bone, pins to removably attach the various guides and the artificial teeth to the anatomical guide as assemblies during the method of practicing the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Elliot Palmer
  • Publication number: 20190223989
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surgical hand drill which drills a hole into which a fixture is inserted during an implant procedure, wherein at the end of the hand drill is a circular hollow plate attached thereto and at the other end is a handle. The circular hollow plate has a concave part and a convex part, and a circular drill bit is inserted into the hollow plate, the circular drill bit having a flat surface corresponding to the concave and convex parts of the hollow plate so that the convex part of the hollow plate having the concave and convex parts is inserted into the flat surface of the circular drill bit, thereby preventing the circular drill bit from separating from the hand drill even when rotated in forward or reverse directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Young Jae KIM
  • Publication number: 20190223990
    Abstract: A bite registration device including a scan post configured to attach to a dental implant, a bite pillar configured to be attached at a coronal end of the scan post, and a mechanism for attaching the bite pillar to the scan post, wherein the mechanism enables adjustment of a distance from a coronal end of the bite pillar to an apical end of the scan post. A bite pillar including a wide coronal end and an elongate shape configured to attach to an object in a mouth of a patient. A scan post including a screw thread for attaching a bite pillar thereto. A reference pillar configured as an elongate shape to be attached at a first end to an object in a mouth of a patient. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: MIS Implants Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Philippe NUYTENS
  • Publication number: 20190223991
    Abstract: A cleaning device provides for quick, thorough and pleasant multi-parallel cleaning of teeth and gums through use of a pressurized cleaning liquid, applied to teeth and gums by a cleaning headpiece with a plurality of cleaning nozzles and with optimized and practical geometry as well as readily applicable control of the clean by the user. Sensations of suffocating or drowning, which can be serious detriments and hindrances of prior art devices, are effectively overcome. In a preferred embodiment, teeth are cleaned in two steps, where each step cleans the teeth and gums in just over one side of the user's jaws. The device can simply be extracted, flipped by 180 degrees and reinserted into the mouth between the two steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Karl-Josef KRAMER
  • Publication number: 20190223992
    Abstract: The kit for measuring vertical dimension for dental impression provides a tool for measuring a difference between a dental patient's desired vertical dimension and the patient's vertical dimension prior to a dental restoration procedure. The kit includes a base, a plurality of measurement sheets, and dental impression wax. The base includes a planar member having first and second longitudinally opposed ends and opposed upper and lower surfaces. The upper surface has at least one longitudinally extending groove defined therein. First and second legs are secured to the first and second longitudinally opposed ends of the planar member and extend downward from the lower surface. Each measurement sheet has opposed upper and lower surfaces and at least one longitudinally extending rib formed on the lower surface and at least one longitudinally extending groove defined in the upper surface. Each of the plurality of measurement sheets has a known thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: SARA MOHAMMAD AL TAWEEL
  • Publication number: 20190223993
    Abstract: Various methods and systems for providing dental condition evaluation and treatment are provided. One method includes obtaining a scan of a user's teeth, creating a digital model of the user's teeth based upon the scan, evaluating the digital model of the user's teeth, creating a treatment plan for the dental condition of a user using one or more treatment best match criteria, and, after the treatment plan is created, identifying a treatment professional for initiation of the treatment plan based on one or more selection best match criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: David MASON, William G. BECKER
  • Publication number: 20190223994
    Abstract: Surgical instruments for pelvic repair can include straight portions and helical portions. Surgical methods for treating prolapse and other pelvic disorders can include passing a distal end region of the surgical instruments through pelvic tissue, associating an implant with the surgical instruments, and securing the implant in place to stabilize the vagina.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Georges Mellier
  • Publication number: 20190223995
    Abstract: A device and method for the retrieval of endoluminal filters. In one form, a filter is a reverse-type device placed on the distal side of the operator such that the filter is placed in a direction where the blood flows towards the operator. This is particularly helpful when a filter is placed upstream such that it is moved in a direction against the blood flow. This permits closure of the filter mouth to initiate on the side where the blood enters to promote safe entrapment of emboli and other particles before the filter is completely collapsed and retrieved from the body. Such a reverse-type sheath can also be used in combination with other procedures. For example, it can be integrated with the same catheter device that is also used for angioplasty, ablation, stenting or valve replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Petrus A. BESSELINK
  • Publication number: 20190223996
    Abstract: An endoprosthetic device comprises a tubular main body having a length including proximal and distal portions, the tubular main body having a flexible portion between the proximal and distal portions, and at least one adjustable length docking branch extending laterally from the tubular main body, and having sections bearing a tab or loop graspable by a user, and optionally further having at least one auxiliary branch, and at least one access branch, for assembly with at least one tubular branch body having a laterally extending access branch, using a delivery system including a delivery shaft, and a retrieval capsule and corresponding press-fit retrieval pin and retrieval wire, wherein the delivery shaft is provided with a pivotal slotted housing serving as a user handle for the delivery shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: VASCUTEK LIMITED
    Inventor: Gary McDONALD
  • Publication number: 20190223997
    Abstract: A tissue holding assembly for endothelial implantation comprising an open frame having legs for engaging a stem, such that said frame is insertable between a stroma and a Descemet's membrane, said frame being coated with a biological adhesive for adhering to a perimeter of a section of the Descemet's membrane to adhere the section of the Descemet's membrane to the frame for surgical separation of said section by cutting therearound, wherein said frame further comprises a heating element around its inner perimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: E.K.- D.D.S. LTD.
    Inventors: Joshua Ben Nun, Natan Galperin
  • Publication number: 20190223998
    Abstract: Disclosed is an accommodating intraocular lens device for treatment of an eye including a stabilization haptic (120) configured to be positioned within a region of an eye and a lens body having a sealed chamber containing a fixed volume of optical fluid. The lens body includes a shape changing membrane (145) configured to outwardly bow in a region surrounding the optical axis of the eye; a shape deformation membrane configured to undergo displacement relative to the first shape changing membrane; and a static element (150). An inner surface of the shape changing membrane, an inner surface of the shape deformation membrane and an inner surface of the static element collectively form the sealed chamber. The lens device also includes a force translation arm (115) having a first end configured to contact an outer surface of the shape deformation membrane of the lens body and a second end configured to engage a ciliary structure of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Eugene de Juan, JR., Cary J. Reich, Hanson S. Gifford, III, Guy Oren, Matthew Clarke, Jose D. Alejandro
  • Publication number: 20190223999
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) assemblies including a haptics system for self-anchoring implantation in a human eye's annular ciliary sulcus for retaining an AIOL at a desired position along the human eye's visual axis, and an accommodation measurement implant (AMI) for determining accommodation and accommodation forces in an experimental set-up including an animal's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Joshua Ben Nun
  • Publication number: 20190224000
    Abstract: A multifocal ophthalmic lens includes an ophthalmic lens and a diffractive element. The ophthalmic lens has a base curvature corresponding to a base power. The diffractive element produces constructive interference in at least four consecutive diffractive orders corresponding a range of vision between near and distance vision. The constructive interference produces a near focus, a distance focus corresponding to the base power of the ophthalmic lens, and an intermediate focus between the near focus and the distance focus. A diffraction efficiency of at least one of the diffractive orders is suppressed to less than ten percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: MYOUNG-TAEK CHOI, XIN HONG, YUEAI LIU
  • Publication number: 20190224001
    Abstract: A multifocal ophthalmic lens includes an ophthalmic lens and a diffractive element. The ophthalmic lens has a base curvature corresponding to a base power. The diffractive element produces constructive interference in at least four consecutive diffractive orders corresponding a range of vision between near and distance vision. The constructive interference produces a near focus, a distance focus corresponding to the base power of the ophthalmic lens, and an intermediate focus between the near focus and the distance focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: MYOUNG-TAEK CHOI, XIN HONG, YUEAI LIU
  • Publication number: 20190224002
    Abstract: A system for delivering an intraocular lens (IOL) is disclosed, including: a handpiece including a barrel defining an elongate passage, a pushrod disposed inside the elongate passage, and a plunger coupled to the pushrod; and a delivery unit coupled to a first end of the barrel, the delivery unit including a delivery tube and a lens holder coupled to the delivery tube, the lens holder including a lead haptic shelf arranged to receive a lead haptic of an IOL that is contained inside the lens holder, wherein the lead haptic shelf is configured to fold the lead haptic of the IOL over a body of the IOL while permitting the IOL to travel under the lead haptic shelf when the IOL is displaced from the lens holder to the delivery tube by the pushrod during delivery of the IOL into a patient's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin R. Springer, David A. Ruddocks, Mark S. Cole, Steven Anderson
  • Publication number: 20190224003
    Abstract: The devices described herein are used for holding an undelay graft and an overlay graft in place for repair a tympanic membrane. The devices include a post having a proximal end and a distal end; and first and second arms, each having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the post is flexibly joined to the proximal end of the first arm and to the proximal end of the second arm. When the device is in a deployed configuration, the first arm and the second arm extend substantially perpendicularly from the post; and when the first arm and the second arm are clamped into a constrained configuration, the first arm and the second arm extend substantially parallel to a central axis of the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron K. Remenschneider, Elliott Kozin
  • Publication number: 20190224004
    Abstract: A delivery system for an implantable medical device includes an outer shaft defining an outer shaft lumen and an inner shaft translatable within the outer shaft lumen, the inner shaft defining a lumen extending through the inner shaft. An actuation mechanism extends through the lumen and includes a coupler, a force translation rod that extends proximally from the coupler and a plurality of push pull rods that extend distally from the coupler and that releasably couple to the implantable medical device. The force translation rod includes a transition in electromagnetic permeability. The delivery system includes an inductive coil disposed relative to the force translation rod and positioned to detect a change in inductance resulting from the transition in electromagnetic permeability passing through the inductive coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Kane, Kevin Robert Poppe, Stephen J. Burke, Daniel J. Foster, Peter James Keogh, Bradley S. Swehla, Christopher Jay Scheff, Laura Kathryn Irvine
  • Publication number: 20190224005
    Abstract: A docking device for aortic valve replacements is a self-expanding nitinol structure including a lattice forming a tubular (e.g., cylindrical) upper framework or cage, and three struts forming a lower structure. The struts are formed by elongated loops that are attached to the lattice or that are an integral part of the upper framework. The struts extend down beneath the lattice, eventually forming “feet” to anchor at the base of the aortic cusps. The docking device can be positioned near a sinotubular junction of a patient. An aortic valve replacement is locked inside the docking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Michael B. McDonald
  • Publication number: 20190224006
    Abstract: Prosthetic heart valves, which are collapsible to a relatively small circumferential size for less invasive delivery into a patient and which then re-expand to operating size at an implant site in the patient, include a collapsible/expandable stent-like supporting structure and various components of flexible, sheet-like material that are attached to the supporting structure. For example, these sheet-like other components may include prosthetic valve leaflets, layers of buffering material, cuff material, etc. Improved structures and techniques are provided for securing such other components to the stent-like supporting structure of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Andrea L. McCarthy, Rubem L. Figueiredo, Julia A. Schraut
  • Publication number: 20190224007
    Abstract: A method of placing an implant including a stent at a native heart valve site includes orienting an expandable body of the stent such that a first open end of the stent is upstream a second open end of the stent relative to a direction of blood flow through a native heart valve. The native heart valve includes native leaflets and an annulus. The method also includes radially expanding a plurality of positioning arches positioned around an outer perimeter of the expandable body. The method additionally includes inserting the plurality of positioning arches respectively within a plurality of pockets defined by leaflets of the native heart valve and a heart structure from which the native leaflets extend. The method further includes radially expanding the first open end of the stent into a position upstream of the annulus and out of contact with nerve bundles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Helmut STRAUBINGER, Johannes JUNG, Michael J. GIRARD, Arnulf MAYER
  • Publication number: 20190224008
    Abstract: A frame for an implantable medical device, comprising: a first member, comprising a plurality of struts defining a plurality of cells, wherein the first member is annular and defines a longitudinal direction which is parallel to the axis of the first member, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction; a second member, comprising a plurality of struts and coupled to the first member at circumferentially distributed locations; wherein the second member overlaps a first end portion of the first member and extends beyond the first end portion of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Neil W. Bressloff, Jonathan Bailey
  • Publication number: 20190224009
    Abstract: Valve holders and introducers for delivering a prosthetic heart valve to an implant site are configured to facilitate insertion of prosthetic valves through small incisions or access sites on a patient's body. The valve holders can also be configured to reduce or eliminate the occurrence of suture looping or other damage to the prosthetic valve during implantation. A valve holder according to embodiments of the invention includes features that reduce or eliminate mistakes during implantation of the prosthetic valves, such as a handle that prevents implantation of the valve prior to proper deployment or adjustment of the holder. An introducer is provided which can facilitate temporary deformation of a nitinol prosthetic valve to pass between adjacent ribs of a patient without rib spreading. Valves are provided having a wireform and stiffener band made of materials that exhibit superelastic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Brian S. Conklin
  • Publication number: 20190224010
    Abstract: A delivery system for an implantable medical device includes an outer shaft and an inner shaft translatable within the outer shaft. An internally exposed coil is disposed within the inner shaft and is electrically coupled to an externally exposed coil that can be used to inductively transmit a current flowing through the internally exposed coil. An actuation member extends within the inner shaft and includes a coupler, a force translation rod that extends proximally from the coupler and a plurality of push pull rods that extend distally from the coupler and that releasably couple to the implantable medical device. As the force translation rod moves relative to the internally exposed coil, an impedance varies in accordance with relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Kane, Daniel J. Foster, Stephen J. Burke, Kevin Robert Poppe, Peter James Keogh, Christopher Jay Scheff, Bradley S. Swehla, Laura Kathryn Irvine
  • Publication number: 20190224011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for replacing a heart valve or to a coronary angioplasty assembly, comprising an introduction sheath (13) for an introducer (1) or for a delivery catheter (1?), which is smaller compared to an introducer, intended to be introduced into an artery of a human body. The invention basically comprises: either integrating the metal support of an electrode of the cardiac stimulator into a part to be fitted around the introduction sheath that is introduced into the artery of a patient or into a guide wire that becomes a bipolar electrode support; or connecting the cathode of an external cardiac stimulator to the guide wire of an artificial valve and the anode to a transcutaneous electrode in contact with the skin of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Benjamin FAURIE
  • Publication number: 20190224012
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of repairing a heart valve accesses an interior of a patient's beating heart minimally invasively and inserts one or more sutures into each of a plurality of heart valve leaflets with a suturing instrument. The suture ends of the sutures are divided into suture pairs, with each pair including one suture end from a suture inserted into a first valve leaflet and one suture end from a suture inserted into a second valve leaflet. One or more tourniquet tubes is advanced over the suture pairs to the leaflets to draw the sutures together to coapt the leaflets and then the sutures are secured in that position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Andrea Colli
  • Publication number: 20190224013
    Abstract: A system, comprises an implant including an outer sleeve and a head element, the outer sleeve extending longitudinally and including a channel extending therethrough, the head element including a shaft portion and a bone-engaging portion, the shaft portion received within the channel of the outer sleeve and longitudinally movable relative thereto and a clip device removably assembled with the implant to hold the outer sleeve and the head element in a desired position relative to one another, the clip device including a body extending longitudinally along with a separation portion connected to a proximal end of the body via a releasable connection to engage the proximal end of the outer sleeve and a spacer portion connected to the proximal end of the body to releasably engage a portion of the shaft portion between a proximal end of the bone-engaging portion and the distal end of the outer sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Gaser EL ZOGHBI, Rhett RAPIER
  • Publication number: 20190224014
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acetabular defect reconstructive prosthesis, comprising: an iliac support, the iliac support including a support seat (11) and a connecting wing plate (12) provided on the support seat (11), and the support seat (11) being contacted and matched with an ilium (1); and an acetabular cup (20) rotatably connected with the support seat (11) together. The technical solutions of the present disclosure can effectively solve the problems of reconstruction and long-term stability of a peri-acetabular defect in the related technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Wei GUO, Caimei WANG, Tao JI
  • Publication number: 20190224015
    Abstract: A femoral orthopaedic prosthesis includes a metallic core extending from a proximal end to a distal tip. The metallic core includes a neck that is positioned at the proximal end and is configured to receive a prosthetic femoral ball. An elongated stem extends distally from the neck to the distal tip. The stem includes a proximal section extending distally from the neck, and a distal section that extends proximally from the distal tip. The elongated stem also includes a pair of spaced-apart beams that connect the proximal section to the distal section. An aperture is defined in the stem between the pair of spaced apart beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Sherrod A. WOODS, Said T. GOMAA, William MUHAMMAD, Bernice A. GATRELL, Venkat S. NARAYAN, Fionnan A. MCNAMARA, Edward P. KAVANAGH
  • Publication number: 20190224016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and methods for balancing joints, including knee joints. The devices convert unequal forces at a joint to a rotation or displacement of a pointer or gauge. The devices are able to display the relative difference in force between the lateral and medial sides of a joint from flexion to extension. In certain aspects, the devices are useful for balancing the knee during total knee surgery. The devices can be inserted between the trial femoral and tibial components of the knee and measures whether one condyle experiences more force than the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Stanley Walker, Thomas Alfred Einhorn
  • Publication number: 20190224017
    Abstract: An improved cage that has an anchoring system and method of use thereof. The anchoring system has movable/expandable jaw portions that can expand vertically (i.e., upward and downward relative to the respective superior and inferior surfaces of the cage) so that the cage can be more securely implanted in position. The superior and inferior expandable portions of the anchoring system move vertically by the rotation of one or more spindles that is incorporated in the jaw mechanism (and/or by the rotation of a lead screw that is incorporated in the cage). In some embodiments, the medical implant (such as a cage) is itself non-expandable (i.e., the height of the medical implant does not change). In other embodiments, the medical implant (such as a cage) can be expanded independently of the anchoring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Alliance Partners LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Andrew Grim, Karl W. Swann
  • Publication number: 20190224018
    Abstract: Inflatable multi-chambered devices are provided for repairing or replacing spinal discs and distracting neighboring vertebral elements. Also included are cushioning devices that may be used in a joint replacement device cushioning system. Further included are kits and systems that include such devices, methods for making such devices, and methods of treating patients in need of such devices. Examples further include cosmetic augmentation and restoration devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Anthony Wirtel, III, Mark Borden