Patents Issued in October 15, 2019
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Patent number: 10441317Abstract: System and method for fixing bone. An exemplary system may comprise a clamping instrument, a first fastener, and a second fastener. The clamping instrument may include a first tube and a second tube. The tubes may have an adjustable separation from one another while remaining coaxially aligned with one another on an axis, and may be configured to apply pressure to opposite sides of a bone to compress the bone. The first fastener may be configured to pass through the first tube on the axis. The second fastener may be configured to attach to the first fastener and to pass through the second tube on the axis. In some embodiments, the system also may comprise an insertion tool configured to carry the second fastener into the second tube and prevent the second fastener from turning.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: SIGN Fracture Care InternationalInventor: Paul DeVasConCellos
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Patent number: 10441318Abstract: An orthopedic anchoring system for attaching a spinal stabilization system and concomitantly fusing a sacroiliac joint is disclosed that includes a delivery tool and an implant assembly for insertion into a joint space of a sacroiliac joint. The implant assembly may be secured using anchors inserted through bores within the implant body and into the underlying sacrum and/or ilium. The implant body may also include an attachment fitting reversibly attached to a guide to provide attachment fittings for elements of the spinal stabilization system. The implant assembly may be releasably coupled to an implant arm of the delivery tool such that the implant arm is substantially aligned with the insertion element of the implant assembly. An anchor arm used to insert the anchor may be coupled to the implant arm in a fixed and nonadjustable arrangement such that the anchor is generally aligned with a bore within the implant assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: JCBD, LLCInventors: Edward Jeffrey Donner, Christopher Thomas Donner
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Patent number: 10441319Abstract: A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a threaded shank body having an integral upper portion receivable in a receiver, the receiver having an upper channel for receiving a longitudinal connecting member and a lower cavity cooperating with a lower opening. The upper portion expands a retaining member in the receiver cavity to capture the shank upper portion in the receiver. In some embodiment either the retaining member or an insert provide for a friction fit of the shank upper portion in the receiver resulting in non-floppy placement of the shank with respect to the receiver. Some retainers and inserts have a lock-and-release feature. Final locking of the polyaxial mechanism is provided by frictional engagement between the shank upper portion and the retaining member. A pre-assembled receiver, retaining member and optional insert may be popped-on or snapped-on to the shank upper portion prior to or after implantation of the shank into a vertebra.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Inventor: Roger P. Jackson
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Patent number: 10441320Abstract: A spine correction apparatus is disclosed, comprising: a first rod member having a first zone; a second rod member having a second zone; a first ring member having a first through-hole; and a second ring member having a second through-hole; wherein the first zone contacts the second zone, the first rod member and the second rod member are inserted into the first through-hole and the second through-hole, the first through-hole is fixed to the first rod member, and the second through-hole is fixed to the second rod member. The spine correction apparatus lowers the requirement for repeated surgeries and achieves the purpose of self-correction.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, LINKOUInventors: Po-Liang Lai, Jaw-Lin Wang, Zong-Xing Chen
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Patent number: 10441321Abstract: Rib hook devices, systems, and methods of assembling and using the devices and systems are disclosed. The rib hook device includes a body with a first end and a second end and a rod attachment member coupled to and extending away from the second end of the body. The rib hook system includes at least one rib hook device, a first rod for engaging the at least one rib hook device, and at least one fastener for securing the first rod to the at least one rib hook device. Methods for assembling and using the rib hook devices and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignees: CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTInventors: Gregory J. Wright, Hai Yao, Richard H. Gross
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Patent number: 10441322Abstract: Anterior spinal implant devices for reducing spinal malalignment and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A spinal implant system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a first vertebral support implanted at an anterior region of a first vertebra of a patient, a second vertebral support implanted at an anterior region of a second vertebra inferior to the first vertebra, and an alignment system configured to be releasably coupled to the first and second vertebral supports. The first and second vertebral supports can extend into and interlock with each other within an interbody space between the first and second vertebrae when the first and second vertebral supports are aligned. The alignment system is configured to reduce angular, vertical, and linear malalignment of the first and second vertebrae relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTInventors: Barton L. Sachs, Trevor James Langley, Fabiano Pace, Alexandra Kathryn Wells, Carolyn Chlebek, Christine Marie Perrone, Cara Elizabeth Yocum, Joshua Murphy Peterson
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Patent number: 10441323Abstract: Technologies are generally provided for devices, systems, and methods to provide spinal fixation, spinal stabilization, and/or spinal fusion. Example devices may include a first end and a second end with a middle portion extending between the first and second end. The first end may be configured to be in contact with a portion of a first or upper vertebra and the second end may be configured to be in contact with a portion of a second or lower vertebra in an adjacent vertebral pair. Portions of the vertebra which may be in contact with the device may include lamina, processes, vertebral bodies, and facet joints. The example devices may include bone engagement features, such as screws or similar fasteners, to enhance stabilization and fixation when in contact with the vertebrae. Additionally, the devices may include a bone integration feature to promote bone growth and to facilitate fusion between the vertebrae.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: New South Innovations Pty LimitedInventors: William Robert Walsh, Matthew Henry Pelletier
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Patent number: 10441324Abstract: A spinal construct comprises a fastener having a head. A member includes an inner surface defining a cavity configured for disposal of the head and a groove configured for disposal of a band. The band is engageable with the head to connect the fastener and the member. A longitudinal element is connectable to the member. A body is disposable with the longitudinal element and defines an implant cavity. A coupling member is engageable with the body. Implants, systems, instruments and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventor: William Alan Rezach
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Patent number: 10441325Abstract: A minimally invasive fixation system and method for providing access to a surgical site. The fixation system may include a holding assembly, the holding assembling preferably including a lateral implant holder which may be attached to a pedicle screw and a sleeve positioned in connection with the lateral implant holder to prevent the lateral implant holder from separating from the pedicle screw. The sleeve may further include a tissue protection portion to keep the tissue out of the surgical site. A holding sleeve may be operably connected to the holding assembly and pedicle screw and may be used to insert the pedicle screw into the body. Multiple constructs may be inserted into the body so that a portion of the holding assembly extends from the body and provides access to and visualization of the surgical site. A rod holder may also be used to insert a rod into the head of the screw. The rod may be held by the rod holder so that the rod may be angulated as the rod is inserted into the screw heads.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.Inventors: Brian R. Bankoski, Shaun Hanson, Ralph C. Solitario, Jr., Caryn E. Bundra, William N. Woodburn, Sr., Mark Rossney, Eric McDivitt, David S. Rathbun
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Patent number: 10441326Abstract: Driver instruments and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for applying a fastener to a bone anchor. Various features are disclosed for retaining the fastener to the driver instrument, such as tapered drive tips, as are various features for impacting the driver instrument into the fastener, such as slidable slap-hammer type handles. Driver instruments with interchangeable handles or handle geometries that can be changed without separating the instrument from an attached fastener are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Medos International SérlInventors: John Divincenzo, Thomas Martin, Nicholas Pavento, James Murray
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Patent number: 10441327Abstract: The instruments and methods of the present disclosure include an outer shaft, an inner shaft, a roller, and an actuator. In some examples, the outer shaft includes a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The inner shaft is disposed within the lumen. The roller rotatably is coupled with the distal end at an axis and configured to engage the fixation rod. The actuator operably couples with the inner shaft to translate the inner shaft within the lumen and cause rotation of the roller to impart linear movement on the fixation rod.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Alphatec Spine, Inc.Inventors: Nathan Meyer, Martin Bouliane, Wally Gillespie, Anand Parikh, Jens Peter Timm
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Patent number: 10441328Abstract: A bone anchoring kit for fixing vertebrae via a posterior or postero-lateral approach, the bone anchoring kit comprising a bone anchoring element comprising a threaded portion intended to be inserted into a vertebra and a head portion coupled to the threaded portion and provided with a channel to receive a rod-type connecting element, a tube comprising a distal end, a proximal end and two opposite longitudinal slots opening to the proximal end of the tube, the tube and the bone anchoring element being placed into a sterile sealed packaging in a configuration in which the tube and the bone anchoring element are detachably coupled together with the slots of the tube faced to the channel of the head portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: SAFE ORTHOPAEDICSInventor: Dominique Petit
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Patent number: 10441329Abstract: An implantable fixation device for rejoining opposed portions of a separated bone. The device including two corresponding plates that are configured to be aligned and coupled to a bone, such as a sternum, pre-resection of the bone or prior to cutting/separating the bone. The placement of the corresponding plates provides a gap between the edges of the plates that face one another allowing for and guiding a cutting tool for separating the bone. After the bone has been cut and the desired surgical procedure performed, the plates also assist in realigning and fixation of the bone portions. At least one plate includes a ratchet mechanism that is configured to tighten a locking element and draw the two plates together and into alignment with one another.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Jace Medical, LLCInventors: Justin James May, Scott Steffensmeier, Jason F. Detweiler
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Patent number: 10441330Abstract: A distal radius plate according to the invention is ergonomically formed to be more easily centered on the radius bone. The distal radius plate has two main portions: an elongated portion that attaches to the body of the radius and a distal radius portion that attaches to the lower most, wider portion of the radius bone. Because of its ergonomic shape the distal radius plate is fast and easy to center on the radius and install. In another embodiment, the distal radius plate may include a metal support that is partially or entirely covered with a plastic to eliminate or reduce detailed machining of the metal, which reduces part cost and manufacturing time.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: EXSOMED HOLDING COMPANY, LLCInventors: Lloyd P. Champagne, Jozef Zoldos
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Patent number: 10441331Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixing tool for an open-wedge high tibial osteotomy, and the fixing tool for an open-wedge high tibial osteotomy, which is installed on a tibia cut open due to an open-wedge tibial osteotomy, includes: a fixing plate which includes a head portion that has a plurality of head nut holes, and an elongated plate that has an upper nut hole, a lower nut hole, and a long hole formed between the upper nut hole and the lower nut hole, and protrudes from one side of the head portion; screws which are coupled to the head nut holes, the upper nut hole, and the lower nut hole so as to fix the fixing plate to the tibia; and a support screw which is installed by being moved along the long hole formed to be spaced apart at a predetermined interval from the upper nut hole formed at a side adjacent to the head portion. Therefore, the fixing tool is closely fixed to a tibia, which has been cut open due to a procedure of a high tibial osteotomy, thereby enabling solid union of the tibia.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Inventor: Hae Sun Paik
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Patent number: 10441332Abstract: The current invention comprises a bone plate and method of use contoured to fit above the medial epicondyle that provides numerous apertures for fixation to the distal femur as desired with an offset screw design in shaft to allow location of screws around a nail or other feature and may also allow for attachment in conjunction with a lateral distal plate and or an extension plate that may cover the medial condyle.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLCInventor: Steven S. Sands
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Patent number: 10441333Abstract: A method for reinforcing a sternum after a sternotomy or a sternal fracture. The method includes i) applying a plurality of elongated members along at least one longitudinal lateral edge of the sternum, wherein the elongated members are each provided with a first connection part and a second connection part; ii) slidably joining a first connection part of a first elongated member with a second connection part of an adjacent preceding elongated member along the longitudinal lateral edge of the sternum; iii) slidably joining a second connection part of the first elongated member with a first connection part of an adjacent following elongated member along the same longitudinal lateral edge of the sternum; iv) fitting a projecting portion of one or more of said elongated members in an intercostal space adjacent to the longitudinal lateral edge of the sternum; and v) fixing the elongated members to the sternum.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Inventor: Jacob Zeitani
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Patent number: 10441334Abstract: A surgical bone screw (1) and driver (31), and a method for using them for repairing an osteotomy or fracture. The screw has a shaft having a head (5) at its proximal end, screw threads (3) at its distal end and a compression member (7) between the head and the screw threads. In an embodiment, the threads are self-tapping and self-drilling, the head is polygonal, and the sides of the polygon are convex. The driver turns the screw until the threads cross a fracture site and the compression member contacts the proximal bone fragment. The threads and compression member draw the fragments together and leaves the head entirely clear of the bone surface. The screw is removed through a small incision. Tilting the driver to allow the socket to engage an inwardly extending lower portion of the head permits the driver to lift the screw out of the bone.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Inventor: Michael H. Horwitz
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Patent number: 10441335Abstract: The application relates to a bone screw assembly for fixation into a bone, comprising a first screw element with a body including a threaded first end with a first external screw thread having a first handedness and a first lead length. The first screw element comprises an internal thread feature with a second handedness and a second lead length located within a bore within said body. The screw assembly includes a second screw element comprising a second external screw thread with the second handedness and the second lead length. Said second screw element is arranged within said bore and said second external screw thread is engaged with said internal thread feature. The second screw element is movable from a first implantation configuration where the second screw element is arranged completely within said bore and a second implantation configuration where the second screw element protrudes from said bore.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: IGNITE-CONCEPTS GMBHInventor: Tom Overes
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Patent number: 10441336Abstract: A medical implant comprises a slurry of bone particles that are injected into a vertebral body under pressure. The liquid component of the slurry may be aspirated while the slurry is being injected so that the bone particles of the slurry pack into the central area of the vertebral body to provide structural support. The injected slurry may be agitated during the procedure to maximize the structural strength of the implant after the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Osteoagra LLCInventor: Neville Alleyne
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Patent number: 10441337Abstract: Surgical tools and methods of their use are provided. A surgical tool includes first and second working members, first and second handle arms, a handle post having first and second ends, the second end confronting the second handle arm, and a ratchet coupled to one of the first and second handle arms and engageable with the other of the first and second handle arms. Movement of the first handle arm with respect to the second handle arm causes movement of the first working member with respect to the second working member. A force applied to the handle post causes the first working member to move in a first direction with respect to the second working member. The ratchet is configured to temporarily prevent the first and second working members from moving with respect to one another.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLCInventors: Matthias Paulisch, Nicholas Morfing, Jakob Kemper, Julien Borgnard, Benoit Landais, Franck Day
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Patent number: 10441338Abstract: A system and method for creating radial-linear lesions in tissue. The system includes a cryoablation device having a first balloon, a second balloon disposed about the first balloon, and one or more splines disposed between the first balloon and second balloon, each spline defining a plurality of ports. The splines may be in communication with a coolant supply, and the first balloon may be in communication with a coolant supply or non-coolant inflation fluid supply. When the first balloon is in the uninflated configuration, the splines may have a substantially linear configuration. Each of the splines may be radially oriented about an elongate shaft and transitionable between the substantially linear configuration and an arcuate configuration when the first balloon is in the inflated configuration. Coolant expelled from the splines between the first and second balloons creates an ablation pattern on the outer surface of the second balloon.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Medtronic CryoCath LPInventors: George D. Mallin, Claudia Lueckge
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Patent number: 10441339Abstract: Flexible apparatus for ablating unhealthy spinal tissue. A housing includes a distal end and a proximal end. Multiple thermocouples mounted on the housing measure spinal tissue temperatures at locations between the proximal end and the distal end. A sensor measures spinal tissue impedance. The measured spinal tissue impedance corresponds to various physical state data of the spinal tissue. The spinal tissue impedance and the spinal tissue temperatures are displayed to the surgeon, enabling the surgeon to determine with certainty the location of the unhealthy spinal tissue, and to exercise control over the ablation apparatus. Nerve stimulation by IMP/STM switch system to detect nerve responses before and after treatment.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Medtronic Holding Company SárlInventors: Stephen W. Lee, Michael A. Smith, Dawud F. Dueiri
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Patent number: 10441340Abstract: A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members each defining a proximal portion, a distal portion, and an intermediate portion. The distal portions define tissue-treating surfaces and the intermediate portions are disposed in overlapping relation relative to one another. A shaft is configured to receive the proximal portions and includes a retention feature for operably retaining the first and second jaw members at the distal end of the shaft. A drive bar is disposed within the shaft and operably associated with the proximal portions such that translation of the drive bar through the shaft and relative to the end effector assembly moves the first and second jaw members between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue between the tissue-treating surfaces thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Jason G. Weihe, William E. Robinson
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Patent number: 10441341Abstract: A treatment system includes a power source for heat generation which outputs power for heat generation, a grasping member having a heating element which applies the power for heat generation as thermal energy to a grasped living tissue and is disposed at a grasping surface, and a control section which repeats a first control mode of performing control such that the heating element reaches a first temperature and a second control mode of performing control such that the heating element becomes lower than the first temperature, and controls the power source for heat generation according to a temperature change parameter based on change in temperature of the heating element in the first control mode or the second control mode so as to end application of the thermal energy.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Honda, Kazue Tanaka, Takashi Irisawa, Sadayoshi Takami
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Patent number: 10441342Abstract: Thermal, electrosurgical and mechanical modalities may be combined in a surgical tool. Potentially damaging effects in a first modality may be minimized by using a secondary modality. In one example, thermal hemostasis may thus help electrosurgical applications avoid the adverse tissue effects associated with hemostatic monopolar electrosurgical waveforms while retaining the benefits of using monopolar incising waveforms.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Domain Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Kim Manwaring, David McNally
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Patent number: 10441343Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cutting and/or coagulating device that includes a cutting and/or coagulating member and a radio frequency generator such that an output of the radio frequency generator is connected to the cutting and/or coagulating member. The cutting and/or coagulating member is electrically resonant at the frequency of the radio frequency generator. Further, the cutting and/or coagulating member may include a resistance wire which is configured to directly contact a target cutting material. The cutting and/or coagulating member may be further heated to a visible glow. Furthermore, a method of cutting and/or coagulating is also contemplated.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Inventor: Donald J. Geisel
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Patent number: 10441344Abstract: A surgical apparatus for facilitating testing nerves during HF surgery. The surgical apparatus comprises a converter for converting a high-frequency treatment current into a nerve stimulating current. A controllable selector switch optionally feeds either the treatment current or the nerve stimulating current to the electrosurgical instrument.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBHInventors: Juergen Notz, Juergen Beller
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Patent number: 10441345Abstract: A generator is disclosed to generate a drive signal to a surgical device. The generator includes an ultrasonic generator module to generate a first drive signal to drive an ultrasonic device, an electrosurgery/radio frequency (RF) generator module to generate a second drive signal to drive an electrosurgical device, and a foot switch coupled to each of the ultrasonic generator module and the electrosurgery/RF generator module. The foot switch is configured to operate in a first mode when the ultrasonic device is coupled to the ultrasonic generator module and the foot switch is configured to operate in a second mode when the electrosurgical device is coupled to the electrosurgery/RF generator module. The generator further includes a user interface to provide feedback in accordance with the operation of any one of the ultrasonic device and the electrosurgical device in accordance with a predetermined algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Robert A. Kemerling, Mark E. Tebbe, Christopher A. Papa, Daniel W. Price, Eitan T. Wiener, Jeffrey D. Messerly, David C. Yates, Mark A. Davison, Scott B. Killinger, Gavin M. Monson, Robert J. Laird, Matthew C. Miller
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Patent number: 10441346Abstract: Provided herein are methods and devices for inductively heating a tissue to effect a biological response in the tissue or in a biomolecule comprising the same. The methods and devices comprise means for applying a high frequency alternating magnetic field via an inductive coil comprising an applicator to the tissue and means for monitoring feedback from the alternating magnetic field to control and/or adjust heat, for example, in the tissue, which further includes a means for cooling the tissue. Particularly, the device may be a hand held piece that incorporates or has at least an applicator, including a radiofrequency energy generator and output, an inductive coil, an impedance matching system, a cooling system, including a thermally conductive surface and a coolant housing containing a coolant that circulates through the thermally conductive surface, and a feedback monitor. Optionally, the device may comprise a tissue-shaper.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOSYSTEMS, INCInventors: Kevin S. Marchitto, Stephen T. Flock
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Patent number: 10441347Abstract: Cardiac ablation is carried out by placing two ablation electrodes on opposite sides of a wall of the heart to generally oppose one another. The effective current transmission area of one of the electrodes is then varied according to the distance between the two electrodes or the thickness of the wall. Sufficient electrical current is transmitted between the two electrodes to achieve transmural ablation.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Meir Bar-Tal, Yigal Ultchin
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Patent number: 10441349Abstract: An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The electrosurgical instrument includes a handle having a shaft that extends therefrom, an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, at least one electrode operably coupled to the end effector and adapted to couple to a source of electrosurgical energy, a titanium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode, a chromium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode and/or titanium nitride coating, and a hexamethyldisiloxane plasma coating covering at least a portion of the chromium nitride coating.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Joe D. Sartor, William E. Robinson, Todd W. Boucher
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Patent number: 10441350Abstract: An endoscopic forceps includes a housing, a monopolar element, and first and second actuators. The housing has a shaft that is affixed to the housing and includes first and second jaw members at a distal end. The first actuator is operably associated with the housing and is configured to move the first and second jaw members relative to one another between a first position and a second position. The monopolar element is housed within the first jaw member and is selectively moveable from a first position within the first jaw member to a second position extending from a distal end of the first jaw member. The monopolar element can be selectively activated independent of the first and second jaw members. The second actuator is operatively associated with the housing and is configured to extend the monopolar element from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: COVIDIEN AGInventors: Kate Lawes, Sean T. Dycus, Ned Cosgriff
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Patent number: 10441351Abstract: An end effector assembly suitable for use with a forceps includes opposing first and second jaw members pivotably mounted with respect to one another. The first jaw member includes one or more pivot holes defined therein configured to receive a portion of a pivot pin therein. The end effector assembly also includes an electrically-insulative hinge configured to electrically isolate the first and second jaw members from one another including one or more pivot-hole locators having an aperture defined therein. The electrically-insulative hinge is attached to the first jaw member such that the one or more pivot-hole locators align with the one or more pivot holes of the second jaw member.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventor: David M. Garrison
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Patent number: 10441352Abstract: A method includes providing a bipolar energy source, a monopolar energy source, a bipolar assembly, and a monopolar assembly. The method further includes moving the monopolar assembly to a retracted position. Moving the monopolar assembly to the retracted position couples the bipolar energy source to the bipolar assembly and decouples the monopolar energy source from the monopolar assembly. The method further includes moving the monopolar assembly to a deployed position. Moving the monopolar assembly to the deployed position decouples the bipolar energy source from the bipolar assembly and couples the monopolar energy source to the monopolar assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: David M. Garrison, Dylan R. Kingsley, Tony Moua
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Patent number: 10441353Abstract: The tissue cutting device comprises an elongated assembly including both an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The outer sleeve has a tissue-receiving window, and the inner sleeve has a distal end which cuts tissue as the inner sleeve is advanced past the window. The tissue is received into a lumen of the inner sleeve, and the inner sleeve lumen is typically enlarged in a proximal direction to reduce the tendency of resected tissue to lodge therein. The tissue displacement member is optionally provided at a distal end of the outer sleeve to further aid in dislodging tissue which becomes captured in a distal end of the inner sleeve of the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Aaron Germain, Kyle Klein, Benedek Orczy-Timko, John H. Shadduck, Michael D. Walker, Csaba Truckai, Balazs Lesko
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Patent number: 10441354Abstract: A method, including selecting a first maximum radiofrequency (RF) power to be delivered by an electrode within a range of 70 W-100 W, and selecting a second maximum RF power to be delivered by the electrode within a range of 20 W-60 W. The method also includes selecting an allowable force on the electrode within a range of 5 g-50 g, selecting a maximum allowable temperature, of tissue to be ablated, within a range of 55° C.-65° C., and selecting an irrigation rate for providing irrigation fluid to the electrode within a range of 8-45 ml/min. The method further includes performing an ablation of tissue using the selected values by initially using the first power, switching to the second power after a predefined time between 3 s and 6 s, and terminating the ablation after a total time for the ablation between 10 s and 20 s.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Yaron Ephrath, Andres Claudio Altmann, Israel Zilberman
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Patent number: 10441355Abstract: A method for the treatment of a patient for the purpose of lowering blood pressure and/or treating other medical conditions such as cardiac arrhythmias. A catheter having an ablation element is placed inside the body of a patient and is directed to a targeted location either on in the abdominal aorta where the right or left renal arteries branch from the aorta at or near the superior junction or ostia or on the inside of the inferior vena cava near the junction with the right renal vein or in the left renal vein at a position spatially near where the left renal artery branches from the abdominal aorta. Catheters designed for use in the method where these targeted locations are also disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.Inventors: Debby Grunewald, Kristine B. Fuimaono, Tina Chan, Tom A. Ditter
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Patent number: 10441356Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation. Thermally-induced renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal energy to heat or cool neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. In some embodiments, parameters of the neural fibers, of non-target tissue, or of the thermal energy delivery element, may be monitored via one or more sensors for controlling the thermally-induced neuromodulation. In some embodiments, protective elements may be provided to reduce a degree of thermal damage induced in the non-target tissues. In some embodiments, thermally-induced renal neuromodulation is achieved via delivery of a pulsed thermal therapy.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.Inventors: Denise Zarins, Andrew Wu, Hanson Gifford, III, Mark Deem, Mark Gelfand, Howard R. Levin
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Patent number: 10441357Abstract: A cutting head for a device for cutting hair is disclosed. The cutting head has an optical system configured to direct a laser beam along an optical axis across a cutting zone within the cutting head. The optical system has a variable focus lens configured to control the position of the focal point of the laser beam along the optical axis within the cutting zone.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Bastiaan Wilhelmus Maria Moeskops, Mark Thomas Johnson, Rieko Verhagen
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Patent number: 10441358Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laser irradiating apparatus including a laser resonator configured to generate a laser beam and output the laser beam forwards, a first passage part located in front of the laser resonator and configured to allow the laser beam generated from the laser resonator to pass through, and a second passage part located as being spaced from the first passage part and configured to allow the laser beam passing through the first passage part to pass through.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Lameditech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jong Seok Choi
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Patent number: 10441359Abstract: A surgical laser system includes a laser generator, a laser probe, a stone analyzer, and a controller. The laser generator is configured to generate laser energy based on laser energy settings. The laser probe is configured to discharge the laser energy. The stone analyzer has an output relating to a characteristic of a targeted stone. The controller comprises at least one processor configured to determine the laser energy settings based on the output.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Wen-Jui Ray Chia, Rongwei Jason Xuan, Thomas C Hasenberg, Jian James Zhang, Steven Yihlih Peng, Danop Rajabhandharaks
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Patent number: 10441360Abstract: A system for precision guidance of surgical procedures on a patient is disclosed. Aspects of the system may include: a three-dimensional digital representation of a pre-procedural geometry of a relevant part of the patient, a three-dimensional digital representation of an intended post-procedural geometry of the relevant part of the patient including any implant or other structures intended to be attached to the patient, and a movable electro-optical (EO) camera mounted in a known position and orientation relative to a surgeon, such as a head mount.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Metronor ASInventor: Oyvind Rotvold
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Patent number: 10441361Abstract: Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.Inventor: Charles A. Taylor
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Patent number: 10441362Abstract: A method of creating a mass-customized femoral bone base plate comprising: (i) establishing anatomical landmarks across a plurality of bone models of a statistical atlas; (ii) establishing instrument landmarks across the plurality of bone models of the statistical atlas; (iii) establishing definitions for a reference plane calculation across the plurality of bone models of the statistical atlas, where the reference plane represents a boundary of a prosthetic implant; (iv) establishing an attachment site for a mass-customized femoral bone base plate using the anatomical landmarks, the instrument landmarks, and the reference plane; and, (v) fabricating the mass-customized femoral bone base plate configured to be attached to a femur, where the attachment sites of the mass-customized femoral bone base plate are predetermined to avoid impingement with the prosthetic implant when implanted.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: TechMah Medical, LLCInventor: Mohamed R. Mahfouz
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Patent number: 10441363Abstract: According to the invention, the process includes the steps of: a) taking a sagittal preoperative x-ray of the vertebral column of the patient to be treated, extending from the cervical vertebrae to the femoral heads; b) on that x-ray, identifying points on S1, S2, T12 et C7; c) depicting, on the said x-ray, curved segments beginning at the center of the plate of S1 et going to the center of the plate of C7; e) identifying, on that x-ray, the correction(s) to be made to the vertebral column, including the identification of posterior osteotomies to make; f) pivoting portions of said x-ray relative to other portions of that x-ray, according to osteotomies to be made; g) performing, on said x-ray, a displacement of the sagittal curvature segment extending over the vertebral segment to be corrected; h) from a straight vertebral rod (TV), producing the curvature of that rod according to the shape of said sagittal curvature segment in said displacement position.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Medicrea InternationalInventors: Thomas Mosnier, David Ryan
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Patent number: 10441364Abstract: A computer-implemented method for guiding an instrument, comprises determining, by a processor associated with a computer, a current orientation angle of an instrument axis relative to a target axis. The method also comprises establishing, by the processor, a haptic boundary associated with the instrument based on the determined orientation angle of the instrument axis relative to the target axis. The haptic boundary is configured to constrain the instrument axis from being moved to an angle substantially greater than the current orientation angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Radu Iorgulescu, Dennis Moses
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Patent number: 10441365Abstract: Methods and devices to track patient anatomy during a surgical operation. A patient reference device is attached to an anatomical feature of a patient and it includes an attachment base and an optically-trackable array detectable by an optical navigation system and having a longitudinally-extending arm to space apart the fixed geometric pattern from the anatomical feature. The arm includes a connector to be detachably secured to the attachment base. An inertial measurement unit within the attachment base enables determining, based on comparing a threshold level to a motion signal, that the attachment base has changed position, wherein the motion signal represents the change in position and its magnitude. Based on determining that the attachment base has changed position an alarm signal is generated an and an output device in the attachment base outputs an alarm in response to the alarm signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.Inventors: Stewart David McLachlin, Gal Sela, Kamyar Abhari, Kai Michael Hynna, Jared Rowland Shoup, Aidan Alan Thompson
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Patent number: 10441366Abstract: Systems and processes are provided that utilize the accuracy and adaptability of an optical tracking system to track an object by maintaining a line of sight (LOS) between the optical signals from the tracked object and the optical receivers regardless of the position and orientation of the object being tracked. LOS is maintained without having to manually adjust a tracked device or the optical receivers, or be limited to a specified working volume. Instead, whenever the tracked device moves, an active controller device calculates new values for the degrees of freedom of a series of joints holding a tracking array to the tracked object to position and orient the tracking array to maintain visibility to the optical receivers. A computer-assisted or robotic device that decreases operating times, and improves surgical accuracy, without additional user requirements or adjustments to maintain the LOS of the optical tracking system is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Think Surgical, Inc.Inventors: Saleh Tabandeh, Joel Zuhars, Daniel Patrick Bonny
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Patent number: 10441367Abstract: A computer-assisted imaging and localization system assists the physician in positioning implants and instruments into a patient's body. The system displays overlapping images—one image of the surgical site with the patient's anatomy and another image showing the implant(s) or instrument(s). The overlapping image of the implant/instrument is moved over the static image of the anatomy as the implant/instrument is moved. These moving image of the implant/instrument can be an unaltered image or an image altered to intensify or mitigate the anatomical or non-anatomical aspects of the moving image. Sliding these images over one another helps the surgeon in positioning devices or instruments with a high degree of accuracy and with a limited number of additional x-rays.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: TrackX Technology, LLCInventors: Robert E. Isaacs, Samuel Morris Johnston, David Alexander Skwerer