Patents Issued in May 12, 2020
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Patent number: 10646263Abstract: A minimally invasive method of correcting a bunion includes performing an osteotomy to divide the metatarsal into first and second portions, implanting a nail in the first portion, securing a suture to the joint capsule, tensioning the suture to align the great toe with the metatarsal, attaching the suture to the nail, and fastening the nail to the second portion. A first guide block includes a plurality of coplanar passages to guide an instrument to create one or more holes in the metatarsal in advance of the osteotomy, and a second guide block includes a guide slot for another instrument to complete the osteotomy. The method can be performed through an incision of 0.5 inches or less. The nail includes an anchor portion for anchoring in the first portion, a head for attachment to a second portion, and can include a passage for attachment of the suture.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: CROSSROADS EXTREMITY SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Bradley Lamm, Michael Chad Hollis, Daniel Sayger
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Patent number: 10646264Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a bone stabilization device (also referred to as a bone tape), which includes a composite flexible construct including a rigidifiable biocompatible sheet structure having first and second opposed surfaces. A biocompatible cement is located on the first surface. In use the composite flexible construct is applied to a bone with the cement contacted directly to the bone. The cement is made of a material that, once adhered to the bone, is curable to mechanically and/or ionically bond to the sheet structure and to chemically bond to the bone to achieve a permanent bond. The bone tape allows simultaneous alignment and stabilization of multiple articulated fragments for successful 3D reconstruction of shattered bones. Initial flexibility and translucency provided by the bone tape can facilitate the temporary stabilization and alignment adjustment of multiple fragments, prior to permanent rigid bonding.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignees: THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, SUNNYBROK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTREInventors: Cari Marisa Whyne, Robert M. Pilliar, Jeffrey Allan Fialkov, Paul Santerre, Eran Regev
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Patent number: 10646265Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for cooling a sterile liquid for use in cryotherapy, the apparatus comprising: a first chamber (202) adapted to receive a removable container (201) of sterile liquid and a fluid port for receiving a fluid for applying, in use, pressure to a received removable container (201); and a second chamber (203) comprising a cooler; wherein the first chamber (202) is arranged to be in thermal conductivity with the second chamber (203) such that, in use, the contents of the first chamber (202) are cooled by the cooler of the second chamber (203). Advantageously, embodiments provide a system, heat exchanger unit within the system and method for supplying a sterilised working fluid to a catheter system for cryotherapy, the working fluid being supplied at a desired and easily controllable temperature and flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Cryotherapeutics GmbHInventors: Stuart Robert Abercrombie, Duncan Aleck Bishop, Symon Cotton, Richard Day, Sylvain Bruno Jamais, Simon Karger, Andrew Lintott, Nathan Wrench
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Patent number: 10646266Abstract: A system and method for return electrode monitoring are provided. The system includes an isolation circuit, a first controller, a second controller, and a detection circuit. The isolation circuit includes a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding. The first controller is coupled to the primary winding. The second controller and the detection circuit are coupled to the secondary winding. The detection circuit includes an interrogation signal circuit, a resonant tank filter, and a current-to-voltage converter. The interrogation signal circuit provides an interrogation signal to at least one electrode pad. The resonant tank filter filters a response signal received from the electrode pad. The current-to-voltage converter generates a voltage signal based on a current value of the response signal. The second controller generates a digital impedance value based on the voltage signal, and provides the digital impedance value to the first controller by way of the isolation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Robert B. Smith, Steven C. Rupp, Daniel A. Friedrichs
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Patent number: 10646267Abstract: An end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members pivotable between spaced-apart and approximated positions. The first and second jaw members include first and second proximal flanges, respectively. A pivot pin couples the proximal flanges of the jaw members to one another. The pivot pin includes a body and a head. The body is coupled to the first proximal flange. The head defines a first ramped surface configured to slidably contact a second ramped surface of the second proximal flange. In the spaced-apart position of the jaw members, the first and second ramped surfaces are oppositely disposed such that a maximum clearance is defined between the first and second proximal flanges. In the approximated position of the jaw members, the first and second ramped surfaces are similarly disposed such that a minimum clearance is defined between the first and second proximal flanges.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Covidien LLPInventor: Weijiang Ding
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Patent number: 10646268Abstract: An actuator assembly for selectively transmitting a heating current from a bipolar electrical generator to a surgical tool includes an actuating component with a connector for mounting the actuator assembly to the tool in a predetermined orientation. A lever arm mounted for rotation to the actuating component controls a switch that introduces current to tool electrodes when the switch is closed. A user holds the tool and the mounted actuator assembly in one hand and operates the switch with an ergonomic lever arm rotatably mounted to the actuating component. Different left- and right-hand versions of the lever arm can be used with the same actuator assembly, or the actuator assembly can accept a different lever arm configuration for use with either hand. In another version, the actuator assembly can include a guard for preventing inadvertent actuation of the switch during one-handed manipulation of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: BIPAD, INC.Inventor: Louis Cornacchia
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Patent number: 10646269Abstract: An end effector for an electrosurgical instrument is disclosed which comprises a first jaw comprising a first energy delivery surface, a first distal end, and a first proximal end; and a second jaw comprising a second energy delivery surface, a second distal end, and a second proximal end, wherein the first energy delivery surface comprises a first curved portion that is outwardly curved, and the second energy delivery surface comprises a second curved portion that is inwardly curved. The first jaw or the second jaw is configured for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the first and second distal ends are separated apart. In the closed position, the first and second distal ends are in proximity. The end effector also comprises an electrically conductive member which protrudes from either the first or second jaw.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Barry C. Worrell, Ellen M. Nienhaus, Gregory D. Bishop
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Patent number: 10646270Abstract: Surgical instruments having articulating portions or joints are described herein. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument can include a distal end effector, a proximal actuating portion, and an articulating portion disposed between the end effector and the actuating portion. The articulating portion can include an inner component formed of a first material and an outer component formed of a second material, wherein a modulus of elasticity of the first material is higher than a modulus of elasticity of the second material. Such an instrument can be less complex and less expensive than known articulation mechanisms while providing similar capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Barry Worrell, Gregory A. Trees, William Douglas Shaw, Jr., Kevin M. Montgomery
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Patent number: 10646271Abstract: Methods and devices for controlling motorized surgical devices are provided. In general, the methods and devices can allow a surgical device to grasp and cut tissue. In some embodiments, the device's motor can begin providing power for grasping and/or cutting tissue in response to an output from the device's sensor, the device can adjust power provided by the motor based on whether the device is clamping tissue or is being fired, the device can adjust an amount of power provided by the motor based on an amount of user-applied force to the device's actuator and/or can control drive direction of the motor based on the amount of the force, the device can maintain a force applied to the device, the device can self-shift the motor, and/or the device can adjust an amount of power provided to the device's end effector based on a degree of the end effector's closure.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Gregory A. Trees, Eric N. Johnson, Chad P. Boudreaux, Robert Laird, Rudolph H. Nobis, Geoffrey S. Strobl, Jason R. Lesko, John A. Hibner, David C. Yates, David M. Locke, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Phillip Clauda
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Patent number: 10646272Abstract: Disclosed are a radio-frequency ablation catheter having a spiral structure and device thereof. The radio-frequency ablation catheter has an elongated catheter body. A spiral electrode support is arranged at the front end of the catheter body. Multiple electrodes are arranged on the electrode support. A control handle is arranged at the rear end of the catheter body. Wall-attachment adjusting wires having various structures can be arranged in the radio-frequency ablation catheter, so that the radio-frequency ablation catheter having a spiral structure can be adapted to target vessels of different diameters, and so that the electrodes on the electrode support have a good wall-attachment state.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SHANGHAI GOLDEN LEAF MED TEC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yonghua Dong, Meijun Shen, Liang Ji, Jun Jiang
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Patent number: 10646273Abstract: The apparatus for irradiating a laser in accordance with an exemplary embodiment includes: a main body; a laser resonator located within the main body and configured to generate a laser beam and output the laser beam forwards; a beam barrel in which a focusing lens is fixed; a beam barrel guiding unit located in front of the main body and configured to guide forward and backward movement of the beam barrel; and a forward and backward moving means connected to an outer periphery of the beam barrel and configured to move the beam barrel forwards and backwards relative to an irradiation target portion in front of the beam barrel. A screw thread is formed on the outer periphery of the beam barrel and a screw thread is formed on an inner surface of the forward and backward moving means.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Lameditech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jong Seok Choi
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Patent number: 10646274Abstract: Apparatus and methods for determining a type of a material in a region within a vascular system of a patient are provided. The determination is made after light has been reflected from the region after being supplied to the region from a light source by at least one optical fiber. The determination is made based on an analysis of the light reflected from the region and of a received at least one indication of a force applied to the material in the region by one or more of the at least one optical fiber. The indication of the force applied by the one or more of the at least one optical fiber is provided by at least one force sensor coupled to the at least one optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAInventors: Timothy M. Kowalewski, Darrin D. Beekman, Sachin Bijadi
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Patent number: 10646275Abstract: Apparatus and methods for ablating material in a region within a vascular system of a patient are provided. A determination of at least one of a type of material in the region and an indication of a distance to the material in the region is made based on at least one property of the region determined from light reflected from the region. Light from a light source is transmitted in at least one of a plurality of optical fibers based on the determination, and at least some of the transmitted light is received at a first emitter disposed along a length of a laser catheter proximate a distal end thereof. The first emitter radially transmits the at least some of the light from the length of the laser catheter so that the light impinges upon and ablates the material through an opening in the length of the laser catheter.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAInventors: Timothy M. Kowalewski, Darrin D. Beekman, Jack B. Stubbs, Gregory K. Peterson, Sachin Bijadi, Arthur G. Erdman
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Patent number: 10646276Abstract: An apparatus for fragmenting a stone includes an endoscope, a laser fiber, a sheath and a detection feedback system. The endoscope includes a working channel. The working channel is configured to have a retrieval basket inserted therethrough. The sheath may include a first lumen and a second lumen. A first one of the lumen is connected to the endoscope with a shaft of the endoscope extending through the first lumen. A second one of the lumen is spaced from the shaft of the endoscope providing a channel proximate an exterior side of the shaft. The second lumen has the laser fiber inserted therethrough. The detection feedback system is configured to deliver a low energy check pulse from the laser fiber and detect a response, and configured to at least partially control delivery of a high energy laser pulse from the laser fiber to cause the stone to fragment.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.Inventors: Tailin Fan, Kurt G. Shelton
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Patent number: 10646277Abstract: A method for implementing a dynamic three-dimensional lung map view for navigating a probe inside a patient's lungs includes loading a navigation plan into a navigation system, the navigation plan including a planned pathway shown in a 3D model generated from a plurality of CT images, inserting the probe into a patient's airways, registering a sensed location of the probe with the planned pathway, selecting a target in the navigation plan, presenting a view of the 3D model showing the planned pathway and indicating the sensed location of the probe, navigating the probe through the airways of the patient's lungs toward the target, iteratively adjusting the presented view of the 3D model showing the planned pathway based on the sensed location of the probe, and updating the presented view by removing at least a part of an object forming part of the 3D model.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Oren P. Weingarten, Ron Barak
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Patent number: 10646278Abstract: A computer-implemented method determines an orientation parameter value of a prosthetic component. The method includes receiving a first desired separation distance between a first prosthetic component and a second prosthetic component at a first flexion position of a flexion joint and estimating a first estimated separation distance between the first prosthetic component and the second prosthetic component at the first flexion position of the joint for at least one potential orientation of the first prosthetic component. The method also includes determining a first orientation parameter value of the first prosthetic component by comparing the first estimated separation distance to the first desired separation distance and outputting the first orientation parameter value via a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Milan Ikits, Jason Karl Otto, Carinne Cecile Granchi, Ali Zafar Abbasi
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Patent number: 10646279Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging apparatus (24) for imaging an introduction element (17) like a needle or a catheter for performing a brachytherapy or a biopsy. A tracking unit (3, 4) tracks the location of the introduction element within a living being (2), an imaging unit (6) like an ultrasound imaging unit generates an image showing an inner part of the living being, which includes the tracked location of the introduction element, based on the tracked location, and a display (7) displays the image. During the brachytherapy or biopsy the display can always show the introduction element, without requiring a manual control. For instance, it is not necessary that a physician manually controls the position and image plane of the imaging unit. This allows for an accurate and fast insertion of the introduction element into the living being such that a target region is reliably reached.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Amir Mohammad Tahmasebi Maraghoosh, Shyam Bharat, Ehsan Dehghan Marvast, Vijay Parthasarathy
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Patent number: 10646280Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting unexpected movement of a surgical instrument during a robot-assisted surgical procedure are provided. The surgical robot system may be configured to measure forces and torques experienced by the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure and determine if the forces and torques are within an acceptable range. The robot system is further configured to notify the user of the presence of the unexpected movement.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Neil Crawford, Norbert Johnson
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Patent number: 10646281Abstract: It is disclosed a device for determining an axis joining origins of two reference systems of a rigid body. The device comprises first and a second inertial sensors constrained to the rigid body and for defining the first and second reference systems. The device comprises a processing unit comprising an acquiring module of first data of angular velocities and second data of linear accelerations of the rigid body, a first module for calculating third data of angular accelerations of the rigid body as a function of the first acquired data, a second module for calculating a relative orientation between the first and the second reference system as a function of the first data, a third module for calculating a vector joining origins of the first and second reference system, wherein the primary direction of the primary vector is representative of the axis joining the origins of the two reference systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: ORTHOKEY ITALIA S.R.L.Inventors: Gildo Andreoni, Simone Bignozzi
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Patent number: 10646282Abstract: A variable geometry contact lens structure having a thickness t sufficient to carry an active payload is constructed using layers of materials with high oxygen transmissibility and low oxygen transmissibility. The low transmissibility layer provide mechanical support for the active payload, and the high transmissibility layers provide adequate oxygen transmission to the cornea of the user's eye. The ratio of the thicknesses of the two layers changes abruptly at the boundaries between the payload and non-payload regions of the structure. For example, at a boundary of the payload region, a ratio of thicknesses of the high transmissibility layer t1 to thickness of the low transmissibility layer t2, R=t1/t2, changes by at least 2:1 over a lateral distance of not more than t.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Tectus CorporationInventor: Eric Anthony Perozziello
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Patent number: 10646283Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to augmented reality navigation systems and methods of their use that, inter alia, address the need for systems and methods of robotic surgical system navigation with reduced distraction to surgeons. Augmented reality navigation systems disclosed herein enable a surgeon to maintain focus on a surgical site and/or surgical tool being used in a surgical procedure while obtaining a wide range of navigational information relevant to the procedure. Navigational information can appear in the augmented reality navigation system as being presented on virtual displays that sit in a natural field of view of a surgeon during a procedure. Navigational information can also appear to be overlaid over a patient's anatomy. Augmented reality navigation systems comprise a head mounted display comprising an at least partially transparent display screen, at least one detector connected to the head mounted display for identifying real-world features, and a computer subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth, Neil Crawford, Sanjay Joshi, Bessam Al Jewad, Weston Healy, Christine Russ, Ken Jones
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Patent number: 10646284Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and computer-readable media for registering an electromagnetic registration of a luminal network to a 3D model of the luminal network include accessing a 3D model of a luminal network based on computed tomographic (CT) images of the luminal network, selecting a plurality of reference points within the 3D model of the luminal network, obtaining a plurality of survey points within the luminal network, dividing the 3D model of the luminal network and the luminal network into a plurality of regions, assigning a plurality of weights to the plurality of regions, determining an alignment of the plurality of reference points with the plurality of survey points based on the plurality of weights, and generating a registration based on the alignment, the registration enabling conversion of the plurality of survey points within the luminal network to points within the 3D model of the luminal network.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Oren P. Weingarten, Alexander Nepomniashchy
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Patent number: 10646285Abstract: Surgical navigation system: 3D display system with see-through visor; a tracking system for real-time tracking of: surgeon's head, see-through visor, patient anatomy and surgical instrument to provide current position and orientation data; a source of an operative plan, a patient anatomy data and a virtual surgical instrument model; a surgical navigation image generator to generate a surgical navigation image with a three-dimensional image representing simultaneously a virtual image of the surgical instrument corresponding to the current position and orientation of the surgical instrument and a virtual image of the surgical instrument, the see-through visor, the patient anatomy and the surgical instrument; the 3D display system configured to show the surgical navigation image at the see-through visor, such that an augmented reality image collocated with the patient anatomy in the surgical field underneath the see-through visor is visible to a viewer looking from above the see-through visor towards the surgicaType: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: HOLO SURGICAL INC.Inventors: Kris B. Siemionow, Cristian J. Luciano
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Patent number: 10646287Abstract: A method for automatically predetermining an intended movement of a manipulator arrangement of a medical system having a medical instrument and a recording means for generating images, wherein the recording means and/or the instrument is guided by the manipulator arrangement. The method includes establishing an intended transformation between a reference stationary in relation to the recording means and a reference stationary in relation to the instrument; monitoring a deviation between the intended transformation and a current transformation between the reference stationary in relation to the recording means and the reference stationary in relation to the instrument; and determining a reset movement of the manipulator arrangement for returning the current transformation to the intended transformation when the deviation satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbHInventor: Yevgen Kogan
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Patent number: 10646288Abstract: Systems and methods for automated steering control of a robotic endoscope, e.g., a colonoscope, are provided. The control system may comprise: a) a first image sensor configured to capture a first input data stream comprising a series of two or more images of a lumen; and b) one or more processors that are individually or collectively configured to generate a steering control output signal based on an analysis of data derived from the first input data stream using a machine learning architecture, wherein the steering control output signal adapts to changes in the data of the first input data stream in real time.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: BIO-MEDICAL ENGINEERING (HK) LIMITEDInventors: Chung-Kwong Yeung, Steven Chu, Wenling Chan, Tin Chak Johnson Pang, Hon Chung Chung
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Patent number: 10646289Abstract: A control unit is provided for a surgical robot system, including a robot configured to operate an end-effector in a surgical site of a patient. The control unit includes a processor configured to transmit acquired live images of a patient, received from an image acquisition device, to a virtual reality (VR) device for display; to receive input data from the VR device, including tracking data from a VR tracking system of the VR device based on a user's response to the live images displayed on a viewer of the display unit of the VR device; to process the input data received from the VR device to determine a target in the patient; to determine a path for the end-effector to reach the target based upon the live images and the processed input data; and to transmit control signals to cause the robot to guide the end-effector to the target via the determined path.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Aleksandra Popovic, David Paul Noonan
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Patent number: 10646290Abstract: A medical navigation system is provided including a surgical positioning system for positioning a payload during a medical procedure. The medical navigation system has a robotic arm having a plurality of joints, the robotic arm forming part of the surgical positioning system and having an end effector for holding the payload, an input device for providing input, and a controller electrically coupled to the robotic arm and the input device.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) INC.Inventors: Trevor James Dell, Adam Keith White, David Bruce McFadzean, Monroe Milas Thomas, Oleg Valerievitch Rakitine, Mark Leon Unger, Bradley Allan Fernald, William Dennis Babby, Kirusha Srimohanarajah, Gal Sela, Kamyar Abhari
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Patent number: 10646291Abstract: A teleoperated surgical system includes a component such as a master control or a multi-jointed mechanical system that is configured for manual manipulation and a detection module configured to analyze movement of the component and detect uncontrolled movement of the component. Uncontrolled movement may be identified by detecting movement only on joints that gravity can move, but no movement on joints that are not subject to movement caused by gravity. In response to detection of uncontrolled movement of the component, the detection module can cause the system to switch to a safe mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventor: Michael Turner
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Patent number: 10646292Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a strap drive-train for use in a robotic arm to enable movement of a linkage assembly of the robotic arm is provided. The linkage assembly includes a plurality of links pivotally coupled in series together at a plurality of joints, respectively, for movement of the robotic arm about a pitch axis. The strap drive-train includes a first driver pulley rigidly coupled to a link of the plurality of links and a second driver pulley rigidly coupled to another link of the plurality of links. The electro-mechanical strap stack includes at least one of a ground strap and an electrical cable strap in a stacked configuration with a drive strap, wherein the electro-mechanical strap stack is connected between the first driver pulley and the second driver pulley through a middle link.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Todd R. Solomon, Thomas G. Cooper
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Patent number: 10646293Abstract: A LUS robotic surgical system is trainable by a surgeon to automatically move a LUS probe in a desired fashion upon command so that the surgeon does not have to do so manually during a minimally invasive surgical procedure. A sequence of 2D ultrasound image slices captured by the LUS probe according to stored instructions are processable into a 3D ultrasound computer model of an anatomic structure, which may be displayed as a 3D or 2D overlay to a camera view or in a PIP as selected by the surgeon or programmed to assist the surgeon in inspecting an anatomic structure for abnormalities. Virtual fixtures are definable so as to assist the surgeon in accurately guiding a tool to a target on the displayed ultrasound image.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Hasser, Russell H. Taylor, Joshua Leven, Michael Choti
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Patent number: 10646294Abstract: Disclosed is a reusable surgical instrument (1) with an articulated end-effector (3), such as a dissector, scissor or grasper, to enhance a surgeon's performance during various surgical procedures. The longitudinal axis of the instrument is defined by a shaft (2), comprising an internal structural element (2?) covered by an external tube (2?), which may be inserted through a surgical incision into the body of a patient, optionally through a trocar. The articulated end-effector (3) is mounted on the distal extremity of the shaft's internal structural element and comprises a plurality of links interconnected by a plurality of joints, whose movements are remotely actuated by the surgeon's hands. This remote actuation is accomplished via mechanical transmission (5, 6, 7), mainly composed of flexible elements, which are able to deliver motion from a set of actuation elements, placed at a proximal extremity of the shaft (2), to the instrument's articulated end-effector (3).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Distalmotion SAInventor: Ricardo Daniel Rita Beira
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Patent number: 10646295Abstract: Featured is a medical instrument driver, a robotic apparatus embodying such a medical instrument driver and methods related thereto for inserting a medical instrument into tissue of a mammal (e.g., human). Such medical instruments include medical needles, biopsy needles, trocars, cutters and introducers. Such a medical instrument driver according to the present invention is configured and arranged so that medical instrument is rotated as it is being moved longitudinally for insertion into the tissue such that the medical instrument is spiraling as it pierces and traverses the tissue to the target area.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Dan Stoianovici, Doru Petrisor, Dumitru Mazilu, Alexandru Patriciu, Lucian Gruionu
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Patent number: 10646296Abstract: A medical manipulator system having: an end effector configured to be controlled to perform a treatment; an arm to which the end effector is attached, wherein the arm has a plurality of movable parts, wherein the plurality of movable parts are configured to be moved under one of a plurality of modes, wherein each of the plurality of modes comprises a combination of: movement by one or more actuators; and movement by an external force; and a controller configured to: control the end effector to perform the treatment; and select the one of the plurality of modes; and effect movement of the plurality of movable parts by controlling the one or more actuators and by permitting movement by the external force in accordance with the one of the plurality of modes selected.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuaki Hasegawa, Takumi Isoda
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Patent number: 10646297Abstract: Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include a manipulator configured to be mounted to a cannula and a processor. The processor is configured to detect a mounting state of the cannula, detect an input indicating the system is to be in a set-up mode, and inhibit transition of the system to the set-up mode in response to the detected mounting state. In some embodiments, detecting the input indicating the system is to be in the set-up mode includes detecting an activation of a dedicated input button. In some embodiments, detecting the input indicating the system is to be in the set-up mode comprises detecting a joint operation of a first kinematic structure coupling the manipulator with a platform that is supported by a second kinematic structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Paul Griffiths, Paul Mohr, Nitish Swarup, Michael Costa, David Larkin, Thomas Cooper, Michael Hanuschik
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Patent number: 10646298Abstract: A robot arm and method for using the robot arm. Embodiments may be directed to an apparatus comprising: a robot arm; an end effector coupled at a distal end of the robot arm and configured to hold a surgical tool; a plurality of motors operable to move the robot arm; and an activation assembly operable to send a move signal allowing an operator to move the robot arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventor: Norbert Johnson
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Patent number: 10646299Abstract: A system for containment and organization of medical wire features a U-shaped clamp. A first ridged and grooved clamping block is located on a clamp first side posterior end and a second ridged and grooved clamping block is located on a clamp second side posterior end. A first side compression member is located on an inside surface of a clamp first side and a second side compression member is located on an inside surface of the clamp second side. An adjustable ratcheting lock attaches the clamp first side and the clamp second side. A first finger grip is located on an outside surface of the clamp first side and a second finger grip is located on an outside surface of the clamp second side. Medical wire is placed between the first side compression member and the second side compression member then the clamp is compressed against the medical wire.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventor: Brian O. Mohika
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Patent number: 10646300Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a body, an ultrasonic transducer assembly, and a transducer lock having a lock member configured to move between unlocked and locked positions. The transducer assembly is rotatably mounted along a longitudinal axis within the body such that the transducer assembly is configured to selectively rotate about the longitudinal axis. With the lock member in the unlocked position, the transducer assembly is configured to be selectively rotated about the longitudinal axis relative to the body. With the lock member in the locked position, the transducer lock is configured to seize the transducer assembly and inhibit rotation relative to the housing for coupling with an acoustic waveguide. The surgical instrument may also include an integral torque wrench for coupling the acoustic waveguide with a predetermined torque and an integral torque indictor for signaling to a user that the acoustic waveguide is coupled with the predetermined torque.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Eric Roberson, William D. Dannaher, Stephen M. Leuck, Fajian Zhang, Cody Jackson
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Patent number: 10646301Abstract: A medical observation apparatus includes: a microscope; a support that movably supports the microscope, and includes plural arm portions and plural joint portions each of which connects two of the arm portions and rotatably holds one of the arm portions around a predetermined shaft portion with respect to the other of the arm portions; and one or plural cables inserted into an interior of the support. The shaft portion has a cylindrical shape into which the one or the plural cables can be inserted. A joint portion, of the plural joint portions, that connects two arm portions in which extending directions are orthogonal to each other includes a rotating portion rotatable according to rotational power of the shaft portion, and a restraining portion positioned where a central axis thereof is offset from a central axis and that is capable of restraining rotation of the rotating portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Shigeru Tamura, Kenji Hirose
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Patent number: 10646302Abstract: A medical observation device includes: an imaging device; a support unit that supports the image-capturing unit and includes arms and joints rotatably connecting the arms; a motor that applies power to at least one of the joints, and rotates two of the arms connected at the joint relative to each other; a gear mechanism that includes two intermeshing gears and is disposed in a power transmission path from the motor to the at least one joint; an operation receiver that receives a user operation; and a controller that performs first control for causing the motor to rotate in accordance with the user operation received by the operation receiver and performs second control after the first control is completed and rotation of the motor is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Shigeru Tamura, Hiroki Saijo
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Patent number: 10646303Abstract: The invention describes the structure and use of passive Markers to indicate the position of suspicious lesions in tissue and a method to mark the lesions and margins of said suspicious lesions that facilitates the communication between the pathologist and the surgeon in order to excise the minimal amount of tissue from the diseased organ.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Inventors: Shalom David Strano, Avraham Suhami
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Patent number: 10646304Abstract: An implant containing a structurally encoded region, the implant comprising an implant body defining adjacent first and second encoded regions, the first encoded region comprising a first series of shaped inclusions in a first pattern of relatively differing opacity figures, and the second encoded region comprising a second series of shaped inclusions in a second pattern of relatively differing opacity figures, the first and second encoded regions being disposed such that, when the first encoded region and second encoded regions are viewed by reading illumination from a position wherein the first pattern and second pattern overlap, a third pattern is revealed by the reading illumination, the third pattern being different than the first and second patterns, and comprising shape or surface characteristics representing structurally encoded data. The invention further comprises systems and methods of manufacturing, using and reading the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Inventors: Brian Kieser, Thomas Zink, Nicholas M. Cordaro, Christopher Elkins
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Patent number: 10646305Abstract: A dental treatment instrument includes a bridge unit, and a first tip and a second tip unit each configured to be replaceable with respect to the bridge unit, where the bridge unit includes a first lengthwise groove formed in a lengthwise direction at one end of the bridge unit, a first circumferential groove extending from the first lengthwise groove in a first circumferential direction, a second lengthwise groove formed in the lengthwise direction at the other end of the bridge unit, and a second circumferential groove extending from the second lengthwise groove in a second circumferential direction different from the first circumferential direction, and the first tip unit includes a first coupling protrusion extending in a direction vertical to the lengthwise direction of the bridge unit, and the second tip unit includes a second coupling protrusion extending in a direction vertical to the lengthwise direction of the bridge unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: B&L BIOTECH, INC.Inventors: In Whan Lee, Dong Yoon Lee, Seung Ki Baek, Gil Hwan Sung, Myun Hwan Ahn, In Jeong Choi
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Patent number: 10646306Abstract: A capsule for mixing and dispensing a dental material which has a capsule body and a cavity extending into the capsule body. The cavity is closed by a liquid container. The liquid container has a cartridge forming a channel that extends between a front opening and a rear opening of the cartridge. Further the cartridge has a front foil closing the front opening and a rear foil closing the rear opening. The front foil is attached at the cartridge along a closed path circumferentially around the front opening. The front foil and the cartridge in at least a partial area of the circumferential path are separably sealed with each other, thus defining an openable valve through that path. The capsule has further a piston received in the channel of the cartridge and arranged such that the liquid is enclosed in the cartridge between the front foil and the piston. The capsule facilitates the preparation of a two-component dental material.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Andreas J. Boehm, Marc Peuker, Peter Braun, Dieter Poschmann, Juergen Hella
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Patent number: 10646307Abstract: Method and system for managing multiple impressions of a patient's jaw for an orthodontic treatment is provided. The method includes scanning at least a first impression and a second impression of same jaw for the orthodontic treatment; determining if the first jaw impression and the second jaw impression have distortion in different areas; selecting the first jaw impression or the second jaw impression as a base impression; and replacing a distorted tooth data from the base impression with data for the same tooth from a non-base impression. The method also includes scanning at least a first jaw impression for the orthodontic treatment; scanning a bite impression for the orthodontic treatment; matching the scanned first jaw impression with the scanned bite impression; comparing bite information with a tooth occlusal surface; and determining if reconstruction is to be performed on the tooth occlusal surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Srinivas Kaza, Bob Grove
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Patent number: 10646308Abstract: An orthodontic distractor includes two rods connected so as to be spread apart are brought together at either end. Also, a first coupling assembly is configured to couple the first rod to a bicuspid and a molar tooth of a patient and a second coupling assembly is configured to couple the second rod to a bicuspid and a molar tooth of a patient. Also, the first coupling assembly includes first extension arms attached to the first rod so as to permit adjustment of a vertical angle between said first rod and said first extension arms, and the second coupling assembly comprises second extension arms coupled to the second rod, so as to permit adjustment of a vertical angle between said first rod and said first extension arms.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Inventor: Joseph Yousefian
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Patent number: 10646309Abstract: The invention discloses a process for producing dental shaped parts which consists entirely of porous glass without crystalline portions. The density of the blank is between 50% and 95% of its theoretical density. It has a discoidal shape with a diameter of at least 20 mm. The blank is produced by a process in which glass powder is first pressed at a pressure of between 10 MPa and 300 MPa and this green body is (pre-)sintered at a temperature of between 580° C. and 750° C. to form a blank of porous glass without crystalline portions. From the obtained blank, monolithic dental shaped parts can be obtained by mechanical processing followed by sintering, wherein a process according to the invention for stabilizing the shape of the shaped parts is used.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Jörg Reinshagen, Sascha Cramer Von Clausbruch, Michael Winterling
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Patent number: 10646310Abstract: A dental prosthesis is disclosed includes a prosthetic tooth element comprising ceramic and a veneer located on a surface of the prosthetic tooth element, the veneer comprising cured dental composite. The prosthetic tooth element can be fixed to a mount in a patient's mouth using the same dental composite used for the veneer. A method of forming a prosthetic tooth element is disclosed including filling a mould that is formed at least partially from flexible polymeric material with a dental mixture comprising ceramic, and applying pressure to the filled mould to form a prosthetic tooth element comprising ceramic with a roughened surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Inventor: John Fung
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Patent number: 10646311Abstract: The invention relates to a dental prosthesis, produced from a one-piece or two-piece prosthesis blank which is constructed from a gum-colored material and a tooth-colored material (32), in particular in each case on a plastic base. It is characterized by the tooth-colored material (32) of the blank (10) which, in the blank state, has a size larger than a human dental arch. It is in particular at least 8 cm wide. The invention is further characterized in that the gum-colored and the tooth-colored material (10 and 32) are intensively connected to each other, whether by one-piece production, by adhesive bonding or by polymerization, in particular by polymerization. Viewed along the course of the dental arch, the interface between the materials has an undulating shape and, viewed in the vestibular direction, has a radial shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AGInventors: Ronny Watzke, Christian Frei
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Patent number: 10646312Abstract: An oral cleaning device according to the disclosure includes a body unit including a pump configured to discharge washing liquid, a tube connected to the body unit to allow the discharged washing liquid to flow through the tube, a washing unit connected to the tube to discharge the washing liquid, a first operation part provided at the washing unit, a controller configured to control the pump in accordance with operation of the first operation part, and a communication unit configured to establish a communication connection between the first operation part and the controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi Hoshino, Tadanobu Kitagawa
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Patent number: 10646313Abstract: The present invention provides dental amalgam recycling systems, useful for recycling particles from a dental liquid effluent drawn, for example, from a suctioning device.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Solmetex, L.L.C.Inventors: Nicholas Mozzicato, Richard Goulston, Robin Schofield, Michael Toole