Patents Issued in August 27, 2019
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Patent number: 10390851Abstract: A retrieval device may have a contracted state and an expanded state. The retrieval device may include a sheath and at least three support members. Each of the support members may have a first portion with a first cross-sectional shape and a second portion with a second cross-sectional shape different from the first cross-sectional shape. A proximal end fixed of each of the support members may be coupled to the sheath, and a distal end may be movable relative to the sheath. The retrieval device may further include at least three movable members movable relative to the support members. Each movable member may extend through a lumen of one support member of the at least three support members and through a lumen of a different support member of the at least three support members.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventor: Michael S. H. Chu
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Patent number: 10390852Abstract: A surgical device includes an elongated needle body defining an interior lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, having a sharpened distal tip portion. The device further includes an assembly operatively associated with the interior lumen of the needle body. The assembly includes a shaft having an outer surface profile corresponding to an inner surface of the interior lumen of the needle body and a pair of arms extending distally from the shaft. The pair of arms are biased radially outward from the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and each of the pair of arms having a blunt front surface, wherein one of the arms is in a fixed axial alignment with the sharpened distal tip portion of the needle body such that the arms act as an obturator relative to the sharpened distal tip portion of the needle body to guard the needle body from causing accidental needle tip trauma.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Sundaram Ravikumar, Guy Osborne, Harry Allan Alward
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Patent number: 10390853Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Jaimeen Kapadia
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Patent number: 10390854Abstract: Medical devices and methods for using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a tubular member having a lumen defined therein and a proximal end. A shaft may extend through the lumen. The shaft may have a distal end and a proximal end. An end effector may be attached to the distal end of the shaft. A handle may be coupled to the proximal end of the tubular member. The handle may include a base, a first hub member attached to the base, a second hub member coupled to the first hub member, and a cap attached to the second hub member.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Man M. Nguyen, Gary S. Kappel, Gerald R. Heller, Lawrence E. Stanton
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Patent number: 10390855Abstract: A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members movable relative to one another between a spaced-apart position, a first approximated position, and a second approximated position. One or both of the jaw members including a first stop member coupled thereto and disposed between the jaw members. The first stop member is longitudinally translatable along a surface of the at least one jaw member from a first position, wherein the first stop member inhibits approximation of the jaw members beyond the first approximated position, and a second position, wherein the first stop member inhibits approximation of the jaw members beyond the second approximated position.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: William H. Nau, Jr., Arlen J. Reschke, Robert M. Sharp, Duane E. Kerr
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Patent number: 10390856Abstract: Surgical introducers aid surgeons in the implantation of medical devices. The introducer provides support and an even distribution of force for ease of insertion and prevention of damage to the medical device while protecting the tissue into which the device is implanted. A representative embodiment includes or consists of a locking device, a pair of forceps, a specially configured and/or angled head with a seat for the device to be implanted, and a gripping area.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: MINIPUMPS, LLCInventors: Michelle Journey, Sean Caffey, Mark Humayun, John Huculak
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Patent number: 10390857Abstract: Embodiments of a delivery device for inserting multiple implants into an airway of a patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: The Snoring CenterInventor: Craig Schwimmer
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Patent number: 10390858Abstract: A surgical instrument includes: an end effector; a power source; a motor coupled to the power source, the motor configured to actuate the end effector; and a controller operatively coupled to the motor and configured to control the motor based on a current draw of the motor and an angular velocity of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Christopher Kelly Evans, Anthony Calderoni
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Patent number: 10390859Abstract: A bone correcting system which includes a first pin which can be connected to a bone at a first location; at least a second pin which can be connected to the bone at a second location at a distance from the first location; a telescopic fixation member which is coupled rigidly to the first and second pins for the purpose of fixing the mutual distance between the pins during the hardening phase, and which is coupled flexibly to the first and the second pins during a correction phase; and at least a first annular fixation member which is removably connected to the first pin and at least a second annular fixation member which is removably connected to the second pin for the purpose of adjusting the bone during the correction phase. This system provides an efficient, user-friendly and simple system for correcting bones, particularly in respect to bone hardening.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: UMC UTRECHT HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Ralph Johan Bernhard Sakkers, Aleida Johanna Van Der Wal, Joris Emanuel Nicolaas Jaspers, Peter Timo Dijkstra
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Patent number: 10390860Abstract: A pedicle insulator implant is designed to protect the nerves and surrounding tissue from injury by pedicle screws or other surgical devices and instruments. In its basic structure, the implant has a thicker section and a thinner section, the thicker section providing protection for nerves and other sensitive tissues while the thinner section can be deformable and provides grip. In one variation of the basic structure, the thinner section possess a rough surface when it is desirable in situations to provide further grip of the assembly and prevent rotation during the insertion of, for example, a pedicle screw.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: CHAP-MED, INC.Inventor: James L. Chappuis
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Patent number: 10390861Abstract: A spinal stabilization device includes a rod receiving member, a collet, a plug, and a first bone screw. The rod receiving member defines a first throughhole, a collet recess aligned with the first throughhole, and a rod receiving slot offset from the first throughhole. The collet is insertable into the collet recess and defines an aperture, a plug recess aligned with the aperture, and a wall portion defining a rod securing slot configured to fix the spinal rod therein. The collet is transitionable between a first diameter, where the rod securement region defines a first diameter, and a second diameter, where the rod securement region defines a second diameter. The plug is insertable within the plug recess, and transitions the collet between the first and second diameters. The first bone screw includes a head portion and a threaded portion, and is insertable through the rod receiving member and the collet.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Laurel Blakemore, Robert Gaines, Rune Hedlund, Jwalant Mehta, Kan Min, Hilali Noordeen, Brandon Moore
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Patent number: 10390862Abstract: A spinal construct comprises a first member engageable with a receiver of a first fastener having a shaft fixed with tissue. A second member is engageable with a receiver of a second fastener having a shaft fixed with the tissue. A longitudinal element connects the members. At least one of the members includes a mating element that is releasably engageable with a surgical instrument to manipulate the tissue such that movement of the receivers relative to the shafts is resisted and/or prevented. Surgical instruments, implants, systems and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Dustin Bobbitt, David A. Mire
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Patent number: 10390863Abstract: A rod connector used in screw fixation to connect different rods includes a latch element including a latch section which is fitted to a first rod and a pass-through section having a through-hole, a support element including an up/down movement section which moves up and down through the through-hole and a support section which is a head part of the up/down movement section and has a support groove to support a second rod, and a fixing screw which approaches the up/down movement section through a screw hole formed in oblique direction within the latch element and presses the up/down movement section directly or indirectly, to fix the support element at a predetermined height.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventor: Kyoung Tae Kim
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Patent number: 10390864Abstract: An interspinous implant is provided. The interspinous implant can include a first member having a first end and a second end. At least one of the first end and the second end can include a mating portion. The interspinous implant can also include a second member, which can have a first end, a second end and at least one receiving portion formed adjacent to at least one of the first end and the second end. The at least one receiving portion can receive the mating portion to couple the first member to the second member at a desired orientation. The interspinous implant can also include a first extension, which can be substantially opposite the mating portion, and adapted to engage a spinous process. The interspinous implant can comprise a second extension, which can be substantially opposite the at least one receiving portion, and adapted to engage a second process.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.Inventors: Garrett A Sheffer, Nathaniel E Hawkins
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Patent number: 10390865Abstract: An orthopedic locking screw is be configured to be retained inside the bore of an orthopedic implant provided as part of an orthopedic fastening system. The orthopedic locking screw includes a shaft extending axially, a drive member, and a casing secured around an outer surface of the shaft. The casing is formed of a plastically deformable material. The casing has an outer cross-sectional width that is larger than a cross-sectional width of the shaft adjacent the casing. When operably disposed in the bore, an axial and/or radial press-fit pressure is formed between the casing and the bore. A method of securing an orthopedic screw in a bore of an orthopedic implant is provided, in which the shaft is rotated to operably engage the casing to the bore to achieving a deformable press-fit of the casing against the bore.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLCInventors: Ole Prien, Thomas Amirov
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Patent number: 10390866Abstract: A variable angle locking implant includes a bone plate having a lower surface, an upper surface, and at least one opening extending from the lower surface to the upper surface along an axis. The opening has a plurality of fins oriented along a plane. The axis is non-perpendicular to a tangent of a projection of the lower surface across the opening, the tangent defined at the intersection between the axis and the projected lower surface, and/or the plane is non-parallel to the tangent. The implant includes at least one fastener, and the plurality of fins are deflectable relative to a head portion of the fastener such that the fastener can be inserted and retained at any one of a plurality of angles.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.Inventors: Charles R. Baker, Ryan Stevenson, Darin S. Gerlach
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Patent number: 10390867Abstract: A bone plate system and method for implanting the bone plate. The bone plate may include a head portion and a shaft portion, the shaft portion having a longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of discrete aperture clusters. Each aperture cluster may include a non-threaded, non-locking bone fastener aperture configured to provide a polyaxial compressive construct and at least one threaded, locking bone fastener aperture. Once aligned with the bone, a first bone fastener is inserted into the bone through at least one of the non-threaded apertures in a direction normal to the longitudinal axis, compressing the bone along the longitudinal axis of the shaft portion of the bone plate. A second bone fastener is inserted into the bone through at least one of the threaded, locking bone fastener apertures in a direction oblique to the longitudinal axis and securing the bone plate to the bone.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Biomet C.V.Inventors: Robert Sixto, Juergen Kortenbach, Jose Luis Francese
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Patent number: 10390868Abstract: A fluid displacement and pressurizing device having a housing and a carrier member. A plunger extends through the carrier member, and plunger engaging structure is retained by the carrier member. The plunger engaging structure is selectively engageable with, and disengageable from, the plunger. The housing and carrier member are configured such that the carrier member is transversely installable in the housing. Preferably, both the carrier member and the plunger engaging structure form a sub-assembly, and the sub-assembly is transversely installable in the housing after having been assembled. By providing that the carrier member is transversely installable as a sub-assembly which includes the plunger engaging structure, the device is easy to assemble, and lends itself well to an automated assembly process. Integral handle and gripping features make control and operation of the devices easier, and allows for torsional operating loads to be resolved without reaching the device body.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: ATRION MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Brian A. Roberts, Rowland W. Kanner
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Patent number: 10390869Abstract: Methods and instruments for placement of orthopedic implants in bones of a patient. The placement may include selective placement of the implant relative to structure of the bone using a measurement system that may detect interfaces between layers of the bone. The orthopedic implants may be engaged by various embodiments of chucks. The chucks may include structure for engaging indexing features of a corresponding orthopedic implant to restrict movement of the implant relative to the chuck along a working axis. The chucks may allow for use of an instrument having a measurement system for accurate and repeatable placement of the implants using the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: McGinley Engineered Solutions, LLCInventors: Joseph C. McGinley, Matthew V. Russell, Vincent Palazzolo, Ben Warren, Adam M. Johnson
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Patent number: 10390870Abstract: Apparatus, including a multiplexer, having a first output and multiple first inputs receiving analog input signals and an analog feedback signal and cycling through and selecting the signals for transfer in sequential signal groupings to the first output. The apparatus also includes an amplification circuit, having a second output and a second input connected to the multiplexer first output, that amplifies signals corresponding to the analog input signals with a selected gain so as to generate respective amplified analog signals at the second output. Circuitry selects a characteristic of the respective amplified analog signals from an initial signal grouping, feeds the characteristic back for input to the multiplexer as the analog feedback signal, selects a subsequent characteristic of the respective amplified analog signals from a subsequent signal grouping, and adjusts the amplification circuit gain so that the analog feedback signal and the subsequent characteristic have the same amplitude.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Yaron Ephrath, Meir Bar-Tal
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Patent number: 10390871Abstract: A cryoneedle comprises an outer tube having a distal section with a generally central gas supply line placed within the outer tube. The gas supply line supplies a cryogas for forming an iceball on an outer surface of the outer tube over the distal section. The gas supply line terminates in an expansion chamber placed within the distal section. The cryoneedle comprises a heat exchange helix contacting the inner surface of the outer tube. The heat exchange helix has an increasing surface area per unit distance of the distal section such that the iceball has a generally symmetric shape.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Galil Medical Inc.Inventors: Satish Ramadhyani, Andrew Kevin Zachman, Mordechay Bleiwies, Mark Timothy Johnson
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Patent number: 10390872Abstract: An intravascular catheter is provided, including a flexible elongate body; an expandable element positioned on the elongate body; a substantially linear thermal segment located proximally of the expandable element, the thermal segment defining a first flexibility, where the thermal segment is positioned between two portions of the catheter body each including a flexibility less than that of the thermal segment; a first fluid flow path in fluid communication with the expandable element; and a second fluid flow path in fluid communication with the thermal segment.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Medtronic CryoCath LPInventor: Jean-Luc Pageard
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Patent number: 10390873Abstract: An energy delivery probe is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the energy can be applied with a vapor media. The energy delivery probe can include a vapor delivery member configured to extend into a transition zone prostate tissue. A condensable vapor media can be delivered from the vapor delivery member into the transition zone tissue, wherein the condensable vapor media can propagate interstitially in the transition zone tissue and be confined in the transition zone tissue by boundary tissue adjacent to the transition zone tissue. Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Michael Hoey, John H. Shadduck
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Patent number: 10390874Abstract: Example apparatuses and systems are disclosed for providing controlled delivery of electrolysis treatment and cellular permeabilization treatment to a site in tissue. A system disclosed may include an electrode, a power supply, and a controller. The controller may control a charge applied to the electrode to induce a direct current through the aqueous matrix to produce electrolysis products and a voltage to produce electroporation. The duration and magnitude of the charge applied may determine the dose of the products and the degree of the permeabilization of cells in the treatment site. The composition of the electrodes may be chosen in accordance with the desired products produced and electroporation effects. An apparatus is disclosed that may be in the form of electrodes the electrolysis and electrodes for electroporation applied to the tissue. An apparatus is disclosed that may be used for treating internal tissue.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: RM2 TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Boris Rubinsky, Paul Mikus, Liel Rubinsky
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Patent number: 10390875Abstract: A system and apparatus for automatic smoke evacuation using an RF sensor. The system and apparatus utilizes an RF sensor for automatic activation of an evacuator that evacuates smoke and/or debris during the use of any electrosurgical instrument or surgical instrument that is capable of generating smoke and/or debris and capable of producing a radiofrequency during its operation. Exemplary embodiments of the system and apparatus for automatic smoke evacuation include both wired and wireless embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: I.C. Medical, Inc.Inventor: Ioan Cosmescu
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Patent number: 10390876Abstract: The present disclosure relates to planar transformers including a plurality of circuit layers that are configured to reduce termination losses on at least one of the plurality of circuit layers. The plurality of circuit layers are stacked together in a first direction and include at least first and second circuit layers. The first and second circuit layers each include an electrically conductive trace forming at least one winding having a first termination portion and a second termination portion that are separated by a gap. The gaps of the first and second circuit layers are offset relative to each other in a second direction different from the first direction. The plurality of circuit layers may further include a third circuit layer, which includes an electrically conductive trace having a grounded portion that is disposed adjacent to at least one of the gaps of the first and second circuit layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventor: Mark A. Johnston
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Patent number: 10390877Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for treating back pain associated with a vertebral body of a patient. The system may include an external energy source configured to be positioned at a location external to the body of the patient, a linear configured to drive translation of the external source in one or more axes, a computer coupled to the external source and linear drive and programming executable on said computer for determining a target treatment site within or near the vertebral body based on acquired imaging data, positioning a focal point of the external energy source to substantially coincide with the target treatment site, and delivering a treatment dose of therapeutic energy at said target treatment site, wherein the treatment dose is configured to modulate a nerve within or near the vertebral body.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Relievant Medsystems, Inc.Inventors: Michael H Heggeness, Richard C Pellegrino, Rex Peters
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Patent number: 10390878Abstract: A medical device includes an insertion portion, and a driving mechanism coupled to the insertion portion, wherein the insertion portion includes a treatment portion configured to perform a treatment on a target portion, a joint portion capable of supporting the treatment portion and changing a direction of the treatment portion, a storage portion provided in the joint portion and capable of internally accommodating the treatment portion, and a driving force transmission portion connected to the joint portion and configured to transmit a driving force for changing the direction of the treatment portion to the joint portion, wherein the driving mechanism includes a driving force generation portion configured to generate the driving force, and wherein the treatment portion enters and exits the storage portion by the driving force transmitted from the driving force generation portion to the joint portion through the driving force transmission portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoji Hyodo, Kosuke Kishi
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Patent number: 10390879Abstract: This document provides devices and methods for the treatment of heart conditions, hypertension, and other medical disorders. For example, this document provides devices and methods for treating atrial fibrillation by performing thoracic vein ablation procedures, including pulmonary vein myocardium ablation. In some embodiments, the ablation is performed in coordination with the delivery a pharmacological agent that can abate the formation of tissue stenosis or neointimal hyperplasia caused by the ablation.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and ResearchInventors: Samuel J. Asirvatham, David R. Holmes, Jr.
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Patent number: 10390880Abstract: A catheter has a multifunctional “virtual” tip electrode with a porous substrate and a multitude of surface microelectrodes. The surface microelectrodes are in close proximity to each other and in a variety of configurations so as to sense tissue for highly localized intracardiac signal detection, and high density local electrograms and mapping. The porous substrate allows for flow of conductive fluid for ablating tissue. The surface microelectrodes can be formed via a metallization process that allows for any shape or size and close proximity, and the fluid “weeping” from the porous substrate provides more uniform irrigation in the form of a thin layer of saline. The delivery of RF power to the catheter tip is based on the principle of “virtual electrode,” where the conductive saline flowing through the porous tip acts as the electrical connection between the tip electrode and the heart surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Athanassios Papaioannou, Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Assaf Govari
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Patent number: 10390881Abstract: A catheter is disclosed for creating a lesion in nerve-containing tissue spaced from a body lumen while protecting tissue forming and adjacent to a wall of the body lumen from injury. The catheter includes a catheter body having at least one fluid passage therein, a balloon in communication with the at least one fluid passage to receive cooling fluid for inflating the balloon, a microwave antenna carried by the catheter that emits microwave energy omnidirectionally, thereby heating the tissue spaced from the body lumen to a temperature sufficient to cause thermal damage while the tissue forming and adjacent to the wall of the body lumen are maintained at a temperature where thermal damage does not occur, and a tip structure located at an end of the catheter body, configured to receive a guide wire extending through the at least one fluid passage in the catheter body.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Denervx LLCInventor: Eric N. Rudie
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Patent number: 10390882Abstract: A microwave ablation system includes an antenna assembly configured to deliver microwave energy from a power source to tissue and a coolant source operably coupled to the power source and configured to selectively provide fluid to the antenna assembly via a fluid path. The system also includes a controller operably coupled to the power source and a sensor operably coupled to the fluid path and the controller. The sensor is configured to detect fluid flow through the fluid path and the controller is configured to control the energy source based on the detected fluid flow.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Joseph D. Brannan
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Patent number: 10390883Abstract: Methods and systems for the controlled generation of bubbles in a medium having a liquid phase are generally provided. Laser pulses having a time-dependent pulse parameter controllable over their duration are generated. The medium is irradiated with the laser pulses with a radiant exposure sufficient to initiate microcavitation within the medium during each laser pulse. The time-dependent pulse parameter of each laser pulse is controlled according to a generally positive variation over the pulse duration such that the medium absorbs a greater quantity of energy from the laser pulse at an end of the pulse duration than at a beginning thereof. Such methods and systems may be used for various applications such as biology, medicine or material processing.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUEInventors: Pascal Deladurantaye, Ozzy Mermut
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Patent number: 10390884Abstract: In one embodiment, an anatomical implant template has a template body having opposed first and second terminal ends. The template body bends so as to change the body from a first configuration, whereby the body extends from the first terminal end to the second terminal end along a first path, to a second configuration, whereby the body extends from the first terminal end to the second terminal end along a second path, different from the first path, the second path conforming more closely to the curvature of the at least one anatomical body. The body supports at least one device that outputs at least one signal from which a shape of the body in the second configuration can be ascertained. The anatomical implant template can further communicate the at least one signal to a computing device that generates signals for bending an anatomical implant.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Michael O'Neil, Roman Lomeli, Robert Sommerich, Mark Hall, Joseph Peterson
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Patent number: 10390885Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating cardiovascular treatment options for a patient. One method includes creating a three-dimensional model representing a portion of the patient's heart based on patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart or vasculature; and for a plurality of treatment options for the patient's heart or vasculature, modifying at least one of the three-dimensional model and a reduced order model based on the three-dimensional model. The method also includes determining, for each of the plurality of treatment options, a value of a blood flow characteristic, by solving at least one of the modified three-dimensional model and the modified reduced order model; and identifying one of the plurality of treatment options that solves a function of at least one of: the determined blood flow characteristics of the patient's heart or vasculature, and one or more costs of each of the plurality of treatment options.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Spilker, David Eberle, Leo Grady
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Patent number: 10390886Abstract: A framework for pedicle screw positioning is described herein. In accordance with one aspect, the framework segments at least one vertebra of interest in image data. The framework then automatically determines a pedicle region within the segmented vertebra of interest, and a safe region within the segmented vertebra of interest. An optimal insertion path passing through the pedicle region may then be generated within the safe region.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Mingzhong Li, Shu Liao, Fitsum Aklilu Reda, Yiqiang Zhan, Xiang Sean Zhou, Gerhard Kleinszig
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Patent number: 10390887Abstract: The subject matter includes systems, methods, and prosthetic devices for joint reconstruction surgery. A computer-assisted intraoperating planning method can include accessing a first medical image providing a first view of a joint within a surgical site as well as receiving selection of a first component of a modular prosthetic device implanted in the first bone of the joint. The method continues by displaying a graphical representation of the first component of the modular prosthetic device overlaid on the first medical image, and updating a graphical representation of the first component based on receiving positioning inputs representative of an implant location of the first component relative to landmarks on the first bone visible within the first medical image. The method concludes by presenting a selection interface enabling visualization of additional components of the modular prosthetic device virtually connected to the first component and overlaid on the first medical image.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey E. Bischoff, Joanna Hucky
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Patent number: 10390888Abstract: A method of generating a 4D model includes capturing imagery of a catheter and a vessel as the catheter is directed through the vessel to a location of interest, wherein the catheter is disposed on a guidewire, constructing a 3D time varying reference curve describing a trajectory of the guidewire, and constructing a time varying 3D model of the artery using the reference curve.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Julia S. Baldauf, Darcy J. Beurle, Matthew Downton, Kerry Halupka, Stephen M. Moore, Christine Schieber
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Patent number: 10390889Abstract: A removable navigation system for a medical device configured for insertion within a lumen in a body is provided. The removable navigation system includes a sheath operatively configured to cover at least a portion of the medical device, a positioning sensor affixed to the sheath and a deformable fixation element disposed between the sheath and the medical device. The deformable fixation element is operatively deformed to temporarily fix a position of the medical device relative to the sheath and positioning sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: ST JUDE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING S.Á R.L.Inventor: Lior Sobe
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Patent number: 10390890Abstract: Methods and systems for providing navigational feedback during a surgical procedure. A user interface is displayed on a display for viewing position and orientation of a surgical tool in a surgical field during the surgical procedure. The position and orientation of the surgical tool is tracked by a medical navigation system coupled to the processor. The user interface includes a virtual representation of the surgical tool superimposed on an image of the surgical field. A selected intraoperative position and orientation of the surgical tool is used to intraoperatively create and store a waypoint in memory. Feedback is provided to indicate the stored position and orientation of the waypoint.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) INC.Inventor: Arun Victor Jagga
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Patent number: 10390891Abstract: An apparatus for positioning an orthopedic implant, the apparatus includes a magnetic receiver, a processor, and a personal display device. The magnetic receiver is configured to sense respective components of one or more magnetic fields generated by a field-generating device coupled to the orthopedic implant, and to produce corresponding electrical signals indicative of the sensed components of the one or more magnetic fields. The processor is configured to calculate, based on the electrical signals, a position of the orthopedic implant within an organ of a patient. The personal display device is configured to display at least part of the orthopedic implant overlaid on a scene, based on the position calculated by the processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Andres Claudio Altmann
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Patent number: 10390892Abstract: A surgical navigation system and method for identifying positions on a patient, including a processor, and a tracking system for tracking a pointer tool. The processor is programmed to initialize a surface trace acquisition, continuously record the positions of the pointer tool during the surface, conduct trace acquisition, combine the positions recorded during the surface trace acquisition into a surface trace, receive a patient image of the patient, extract a surface from the patient image, compute a registration transform between the surface traces and the surface for patient registration, segment the patient image into a regions where each region contains an anatomical landmark, determine a spatial distribution of surface traces among the regions; determine whether the spatial distribution in relation to each region minimizes deviance below a threshold, and if the determination is exceeding the threshold, provide information relating to such region.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Inventors: Neil Jeffrey Witcomb, Sepide Movaghati, Adam Taylor Scott
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Patent number: 10390894Abstract: A remote center manipulator for use in minimally invasive robotic surgery includes a base link held stationary relative to a patient, an instrument holder, and a linkage coupling the instrument holder to the base link. First and second links of the linkage are coupled to limit motion of the second link to rotation about a first axis intersecting a remote center of manipulation. A parallelogram linkage portion of the linkage pitches the instrument holder around a second axis that intersects the remote center of manipulation. The second axis is angularly offset from the first axis by a non-zero angle other than 90 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Michael Schena, Roman L. Devengenzo, Gary C. Ettinger
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Patent number: 10390895Abstract: A robotic surgical system including a control system that controls the movement of a robotic arm is described. The robotic arm can be coupled to a tool assembly that includes an end effector positioned at a distal end of a shaft. The control system can assist with controlling the movement of the end effector and any tooling (e.g., cutting tool, boring tool, jaws, etc.) associated with the end effector, such as for either cutting through tissue or controlling a tension in the tissue. The tool assembly can include one or more sensors that measure a variety of forces or velocities associated with either the robotic arm or end effector. The control system can collect and monitor such sensed forces and velocities to determine and control one or more appropriate movement parameters associated with the robotic arm thereby controlling the cutting of tissue and preventing unwanted cutting of tissue. Furthermore, movement parameters associated with more than one robotic arm can be controlled by the control system.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Cortney E. Henderson, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, David C. Yates, Tamara S. Widenhouse
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Patent number: 10390896Abstract: A force sensor apparatus is provided including a tube portion having a plurality of radial ribs and at least one fiber optic strain gauge positioned over each rib of the plurality of radial ribs. A proximal end of the tube portion is operably couplable to a shaft of a surgical instrument that is operably couplable to a manipulator arm of a robotic surgical system, and a distal end of the tube portion is proximally couplable to a wrist joint coupled to an end effector. A thermal shunt shell is over an outer surface of the tube portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventor: Stephen J. Blumenkranz
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Patent number: 10390897Abstract: A surgical device adapter for coupling an end effector to a surgical device includes: a proximal joint housing that is couplable to the surgical device; a middle joint housing that is pivotally coupled to the distal end of the proximal joint housing; and a distal joint housing that is pivotally coupled to the distal end of the middle joint housing. The middle joint housing is pivotable about a first pivot axis defined between the proximal joint housing and the middle joint housing. The distal joint housing is couplable to the end effector and pivotable about a second pivot axis defined between the middle joint housing and the distal joint housing, the second pivot axis being transverse to the first pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Stanislaw Kostrzewski
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Patent number: 10390898Abstract: According to an aspect, a device may include a first member, a second member, and a wrist mechanism disposed between the first member and the second member. The wrist mechanism may include a first cylinder portion coupled to the first member, and a second cylinder portion coupled to the second member. The first cylinder portion may be rollably engaged with the second cylinder portion such that movement of the first cylinder portion with respect to the second cylinder portion is configured to cause the first member to move in at least two directions with respect to the second member. The second cylinder portion may be positioned with respect to the first cylinder portion such that a longitudinal axis of the second cylinder portion is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the first cylinder portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Jensen, Larry L. Howell, Spencer P. Magleby, Bryce Edmondson, Jordan Tanner, Clayton Grames, Jason Lund
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Patent number: 10390899Abstract: A surgical system includes one or more arms defining a passageway therethrough. The arm includes a proximal portion configured for positioning externally of a patient's body and a distal portion configured for positioning within an internal body cavity. The distal portion includes first and second articulatable segments spaced apart from one another and capable of independent articulation between a substantially straight configuration and an articulated configuration. A first articulation assembly is coupled to the proximal portion of the one arm and is transitionable between a first state and a second state for articulating the first articulatable segment between the substantially straight configuration and the articulated configuration. A second articulation assembly is coupled to the proximal portion of the arm and is configured to move between a plurality of positions for articulating the second articulatable segment between the substantially straight configuration and the articulated configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Jaroslaw T. Malkowski, Eric Taylor, Gennady Kleyman
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Patent number: 10390900Abstract: A surgical instrument arrangement has a modular motor drive unit which has a drive arrangement having at least one output element, an instrument shaft that can be detachably connected to the drive unit, and a drive arrangement having at least one input drive element. The output drive arrangement and the input drive arrangement can be coupled to each other by a mechanical interface that has at least one single-sided linkage, a pin, and a cut-out, wherein the pin can be radially expanded in the cut-out. Alternatively, a gap may be formed between the pin and the cut-out, which gap is wavy in the radial direction, and in which a radially displaceable, axially fixed intermediate element arrangement is arranged. The surgical instrument arrangement may also include a sterile barrier, which is provided to envelop the drive unit and to be arranged between the drive unit and the instrument shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbHInventors: Sebastian Lohmeier, Wolfgang Schober, Sven Brudniok
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Patent number: 10390901Abstract: An apparatus includes a first tray member, a second tray member, and a lid. The first tray member has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion defines a first volume, and the second portion defines a second volume configured to receive a medicament container. The second tray member defines a third volume having a sidewall including a retention portion configured to retain an ocular injector within the third volume. The second tray member is coupled within first volume such that the sidewall of the second tray member and a sidewall of the first tray member enclose the ocular injector. The lid is coupled to the first tray member about the first volume, and is constructed from a material formulated to maintain sterility of the first volume.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: CLEARSIDE BIOMEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Thomas Edward Godfrey, Rafael Victor Andino, Shelley Eckert Hancock, Keleigh Jo Strudthoff