Patents Issued in June 9, 2020
  • Patent number: 10675131
    Abstract: The present application describes an implant-supported denture device and a method for designing and manufacturing an implant-supported denture device for a patient. A method is described for designing a virtual denture and manufacturing an implant-supported functional fitting replica denture from the virtual denture. An apparatus comprising a functional fitting replica denture is prepared having denture teeth having a fit substantially similar to the final denture. The methods and apparatus described herein reduce the number of visits required to manufacture the final denture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: David Morales, Gilbert A. Rivera, Nhung Tieu Truong Campbell
  • Patent number: 10675132
    Abstract: An oral hygiene implement has a neck section extending along a longitudinal direction and a head section having a through hole therein extending through the head section along a through hole direction having an angle with respect to the longitudinal direction and having a head section housing surrounding the through hole. The neck section has a neck section housing surrounding a neck section cavity. The through hole defines a first and a second opening in the head section housing. A cap element, separately made from the head section housing, is connected with the head section housing to essentially cover the first opening. A carrier element, separately made from the head section housing, is arranged to cover the second opening. Between an edge of the first opening and an edge of the cap there is a circumferential gap that allows water, saliva, or toothpaste to escape an interior of the head section during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BRAUN GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Schaefer, Thomas Fritsch, Joern Utsch, Wolfgang Stegmann
  • Patent number: 10675133
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for the atraumatic transfer of a material or substance with a reproductive, therapeutic or diagnostic purpose into a female mammal, comprising a body assembly, an outer sheath suitable for being inserted as far as the start of one of the uterine horns, an inner sheath inside the outer sheath and capable of being extended into the uterine horn, and a piston inserted into the inner sheath order to push the material or substance up to the distal end of the inner sheath. The body assembly comprises a rod extending away from the outer sheath, and on which a shuttle assembly is slidingly mounted, comprising a primary shuttle, mounted sliding on said rod and to which the piston is attached, and a secondary shuttle, mounted sliding on said primary shuttle and to which the inner sheath is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ELEXINN
    Inventors: Agathe Decherf, Pierrick Drevillon
  • Patent number: 10675134
    Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to an extended use systems and devices for management of bladder function for people with urinary dysfunction. The system includes a catheter which can include a sensor that can determine bladder condition and a valve that can control fluid flow. The catheter can be placed inside the bladder using devices that facilitate insertion and extraction. The placement of the catheter can be done by a trained individual such as a patient, as well as a clinician, a nurse, or a caretaker. Once placed inside the bladder, the catheter can be fully-internal, meaning no portion of the catheter is visible from outside of the patient's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Spinal Singularity, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Herrera, Alex Shen
  • Patent number: 10675135
    Abstract: A deployment device for positioning a soft tissue repair prosthesis includes a self-expanding support body releasably attachable to the prosthesis. The support body may be removably insertable into a pocket of the prosthesis. A handle coupled to the support body facilitates positioning the patch and/or removal of the support body from the pocket. The support body may substantially occupy the pocket in an expanded configuration. The handle may be arranged to direct a pulling force to the outer peripheral edge of the support body and/or cause a portion thereof to be pulled downward and below the body during withdrawal of the deployment device from the prosthesis. The support body may include support segments pivotally coupled together and foldable to collapse the support body for insertion into and removal from the pocket. One or more resilient support members may be provided for collapsing and expanding the support body and the prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Augustus Felix, Jeremy Griffin, John Conidi, Chris Bowley, Marcus Stephen Papadopoulos, Daniel Joseph Greene
  • Patent number: 10675136
    Abstract: A deployment device for positioning a soft tissue repair prosthesis includes a self-expanding support body releasably attachable to the prosthesis. The support body may be removably insertable into a pocket of the prosthesis. A handle coupled to the support body facilitates positioning the patch and/or removal of the support body from the pocket. The support body may substantially occupy the pocket in an expanded configuration. The handle may be arranged to direct a pulling force to the outer peripheral edge of the support body and/or cause a portion thereof to be pulled downward and below the body during withdrawal of the deployment device from the prosthesis. The support body may include support segments pivotally coupled together and foldable to collapse the support body for insertion into and removal from the pocket. One or more resilient support members may be provided for collapsing and expanding the support body and the prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Augustus Felix, Daniel Rathbone, Alan Bachman
  • Patent number: 10675137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a prosthesis for repairing a inguinal hernia defect. The prosthesis includes a piece of biocompatible material having a preformed three-dimensional shape including: a first portion forming a partial spherical cap surface, shaped and dimensioned so as to substantially conform to the shape of the anterior abdominal wall; a second portion extending from an inferior edge of the first portion and forming a wavy-shaped wall, shaped and dimensioned so as to substantially conform to the shape of the psoas muscle; and a third portion forming an arched part extending longitudinally in the inferior direction from a medial inferior corner of the first portion, the arched part extending radially substantially in the front direction, the third portion being intended to face the medial inferior area of the inguinal anatomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Sofradim Production
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Mylene Desorme, Suzelei Montanari
  • Patent number: 10675138
    Abstract: The present invention provides tissue scaffolds, methods of generating such scaffolds, and methods of use of such scaffolds to generate aligned and functional tissues for use in methods including regenerative medicine, wound repair and transplantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Casey M. Jones, Patrick E. Donnelly, Stephen B. Bandini, Shivani Singh
  • Patent number: 10675139
    Abstract: Medical device for embolic protection in an aortic arch, comprising a catheter having a shaft and a distal end portion of the shaft, an expandable embolic protection device having a filter membrane and a frame. The frame comprises a frame loop and an elongated frame shaft having a distal end portion connected to the frame loop in a connection point, in its expanded state the frame loop spans said filter membrane and bending means to bend the distal end portion of the catheter and/or the distal end portion of the frame shaft. The medical device comprises a protective state in which the distal end portion of the catheter is bent, the embolic protection device is expanded, the frame shaft extends in a longitudinal direction of the bent distal end portion and the expanded frame loop being completely positioned distally of the connection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PROTEMBIS GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Von Mangoldt, Conrad Rasmus, Victor Alfonso Jiménez Diaz, Carlos Maria Diaz Lopez
  • Patent number: 10675140
    Abstract: A stent graft for deployment in a curved lumen such as the aortic or thoracic arch comprises a constraining mechanism at its proximal end. A stent provided at the proximal end of the stent graft includes loops of material that co-operate with restraining wires that extend between a central guide wire carrier and a restraining wire cannula. The constraining mechanism maintains the proximal stent constrained at both of its proximal and distal ends. The proximal stent can then expand after expansion of the remainder of the stent graft during deployment. In an embodiment, the constraining mechanism acts to constrain two adjacent struts of the proximal stent at three points radially therearound, at the proximal end of the stent and at the distal end of the stent. The proximal stent may then overlap with the interior of an adjacent stent at an inner part of a curved vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Tilo Kölbel, Erik E. Rasmussen, Bent Oehlenschlaeger, Kim Moegelvang Jensen
  • Patent number: 10675141
    Abstract: Implantable tensile load-bearing grafts having synthetic components stitched through biological components are disclosed. The synthetic components can be biodegradable and/or non-biodegradable and of differing tensile strengths from each other and the biological component. Methods of making the grafts are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Tela Bio, Inc
    Inventors: E. Skott Greenhalgh, Antony Koblish
  • Patent number: 10675142
    Abstract: A tissue fixation device for securing soft tissue to bone includes an expandable outer sheath, and an inner screw in threaded cooperation with the sheath. The expandable sheath comprises opposing walls in hinged engagement. When the screw is inserted into in the sheath, the walls pivot outwardly about a distal hinge to compress a tissue graft against the bone hole, and to lock the device therein. An optional cortical button is secured across the bone hole entrance, and tethered to the fixation device to bolster fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MV N8TIVE, LLC
    Inventors: David Gregoire, George White, Christopher Rodriguez, Mark Harrold
  • Patent number: 10675143
    Abstract: A suspensory fixation device has an elongated anchor member adapted to be transversely situated at the exit of a bone tunnel. A graft supporting loop member formed of a pair of parallel suture limbs extending from a bight portion is suspended transversely from the anchor member and has a loop length which is adjustable so the graft ligament can be supported in the bone tunnel at varying distances from the anchor member. When a graft ligament is attached to the saddle end of the loop member, the length may be shortened by pulling distally on the pair of limbs to pull the graft ligament into the bone tunnel. When tension is applied to the loop member by the graft pulling the loop proximally, the bight portion of the suture automatically locks the graft supporting loop member in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Linvatec Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew S. Kam, Giuseppe Lombardo, Peter C. Miller, Steven E. Fitts
  • Patent number: 10675144
    Abstract: A soft prosthetic implant shell, such as a silicone breast implant shell, that has discrete fixation surfaces thereon for tissue adhesion. The fixation surfaces may be provided on the posterior face of the shell, as well as either on the periphery or at discrete areas on the anterior face. Band-shaped fixation surfaces may be provided on the anterior face of the shell to generally match the angle of pectoralis major or pectoralis minor muscle groups. The fixation surfaces may be roughened areas of the shell, or may be separate elements adhered to the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis Van Epps, Thomas E. Powell
  • Patent number: 10675145
    Abstract: Reversibly deformable corneal implants for replacing excised corneal tissue, the implants including an optical portion and an anchoring portion having different mechanical properties from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Keramed, Inc.
    Inventor: Yichieh Shiuey
  • Patent number: 10675146
    Abstract: A method and system provide an ophthalmic device. The ophthalmic device includes an ophthalmic lens having an anterior surface, a posterior surface, at least one diffractive structure and at least one base curvature. The at least one diffractive structure for provides a first spherical aberration for a first focus corresponding to at least a first focal length. The at least one base curvature provides a second spherical aberration for at least a second focus corresponding to at least a second focal length. The first spherical aberration and the second spherical aberration are provided such that the first focus has a first focus spherical aberration and the second focus has a second focus spherical aberration. The first focus spherical aberration is opposite in sign to the second focus spherical aberration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Myoung-Taek Choi, Xin Hong, Yueai Liu
  • Patent number: 10675147
    Abstract: Additive manufacturing techniques are used to form an artificial intra-ocular lens (IOL) directly inside the human eye. Small openings are formed in the cornea and lens capsule of the eye, and the crystalline lens is broken up and removed through the openings; then, a material is injected into the lens capsule through the openings, and the focal spot of a pulse laser beam is scanned in a defined pattern in the lens capsule, to transform the material in the vicinity of the laser focal spot to form the IOL in a layer-by-layer manner. In one embodiment, stereolithography techniques are used where a pulse UV laser source is used to photosolidify a photopolymer resin. The liquefied resin is injected into the eye through the openings, after which only part of the resin, having the shape of the desired IOL, is selectively cured with the UV laser beam, via progressive layer formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventor: Javier G. Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10675148
    Abstract: A cartridge accommodates an intraocular lens and includes first and second cartridge parts pivotally moveable relative to each other to define an open state and a closed state. The first cartridge part has a first base element and a first plate-like wing extending from the first base element. The second cartridge part has a second base element and a second plate-like wing extending from the second base element. The first and second base elements conjointly define a receiving chamber for the lens when the first and second cartridge parts are in the closed state. A lubricant feed arrangement supplies a lubricant for the lens into the receiving chamber from outside of the cartridge when the cartridge is in the closed state. The lubricant feed arrangement includes a feed channel which is formed in one of the cartridge parts and opens into the receiving chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventor: Marco Mueller
  • Patent number: 10675149
    Abstract: A heart valve assembly includes a base including a multi-lobular annular shape within a plane, a valve member or other annular body including a multi-lobular shape complementary to the shape of the base, and cooperating connectors on the base and the annular body for connecting the annular body to the base. The base includes an anchoring ring, and a flexible cuff for attaching the base to a biological annulus. The base and the annular body include guides for aligning their multi-lobular shapes, e.g., visual, tactile, or other markers, or tethers that extend from the base that are slidable through the annular body. During use, the base is attached to a biological annulus, the annular body is directed adjacent the annulus, oriented such that the multi-lobular shape of the annular body valve member is aligned with the base, and the annular body is attached to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Drews, Donnell W. Gurskis, Stephen R. Bacich
  • Patent number: 10675150
    Abstract: Methods and devices for transvascular prosthetic chordae tendinea implantation are disclosed. A catheter is advanced into the left atrium, through the mitral valve, and into the left ventricle. A ventricular anchor is deployed from the catheter and into a wall of the left ventricle, leaving a ventricular suture attached to the ventricular anchor and extending proximally through the catheter. A leaflet anchor is deployed to secure a mitral valve leaflet to a leaflet suture, with the leaflet suture extending proximally through the catheter. The leaflet suture is secured to the ventricular suture to limit a range of travel of the leaflet in the direction of the left atrium. Also disclosed is an assembled in situ mitral valve leaflet restraint, having a neo papillary muscle and a neo chordae tendinea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Pipeline Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon B. Bishop, Randall T. Lashinski
  • Patent number: 10675151
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an implant with a suture passage and a method of attaching sutures to the same. The implant may include a suture pocket having a first pocket, a second pocket, and a suture hole disposed therebetween. The first pocket may have a first wall segment, the second pocket may have a second wall segment, and the suture hole may have a first sidewall segment extending from a first opening to a second opening. The first wall segment, the second wall segment, and the first sidewall segment may form a contiguous wall. A method of attaching a suture to the implant may include placing a tip of a suture needle on the first wall segment, sliding the suture needle into the first opening and pushing the suture needle through the suture hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Rajan Yadav, David Viscardi, Koustubh Rao, Nicholas Olson, Roy Philip Splieth
  • Patent number: 10675152
    Abstract: Methods of reducing loading across a cartilaginous joint, or of reducing pain in a cartilaginous joint caused by cartilage damage in the joint. The methods involve implanting one or more magnetic devices in the bones, or affixing one or more magnetic devices onto the surface of the bones, that form the joint. For example, to reduce loading or reduce pain in a knee joint, one or more magnetic devices maybe implanted in the femur and in the tibia. The magnetic devices are oriented to generate a repulsive magnetic force between the one or more magnetic devices of each of the bones forming the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Fellowship of Orthopaedic Researchers, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Cook, Samantha L. Salkeld, Laura P. Patron, Liam P. Nolan, Michael C. Harrison
  • Patent number: 10675153
    Abstract: According to one example, a tibial prosthesis that can include a tibial bearing component, tibial baseplate, an insert and a fastener. The tibial bearing component can have medial and lateral proximal articular surfaces and an opposing distal surface. The tibial bearing component can define at least one recess therein with the recess having an opening at a periphery of the tibial bearing component. The tibial baseplate can be coupled to the tibial bearing component on the proximal surface thereof and having a distal surface configured to be disposed on a resected proximal surface of a tibia. The insert can be configured to be disposed within the recess and can engage the tibial baseplate and the tibial bearing component. The fastener can be insertable into the tibial bearing component and can be configured to retain the insert to the tibial baseplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Byrd, Kathleen Macke, Dwight T Todd, James D. Wernle, Vanessa Croll, Jeff Blaylock, Abraham P. Habegger
  • Patent number: 10675154
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an osteochondral local prosthetic insert for partial humeral joint reconstitution by reconstitution of the bone anatomical sphericity to treat bone lesions, in particular Hill-Sachs lesions. The local osteochondral prosthetic insert is a rigid monolithic body having a truncated-cone shape, the proximal diameter greater than the distal diameter, the proximal end of convex shape and rounded at the corners, and a tapered distal end. The lateral surface of the insert shows in the middle-distal part a non-return shaping that allows the maintenance of the position defined in the surgical operation. The proximal end is convex in order to better adapt to the local bone sphericity and has recesses for the manipulation and positioning through dedicated tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BONE AND JOINT SOLUTIONS SA
    Inventors: Matteo Petraglio, Ettore Taverna
  • Patent number: 10675155
    Abstract: A spinal implant includes a first member having a wall that defines an axial cavity. A second member extends between a first end and a second end and defines a longitudinal axis. The second member is configured for disposal with the axial cavity and translation relative to the first member. A third member has an outer surface engageable with tissue and an inner surface disposed to dynamically engage the first end in response to the engagement of the outer surface with the tissue. Systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Julien Prevost, Robert Loke
  • Patent number: 10675156
    Abstract: Devices for fixing interbody fusion devices to bone by helically or corkscrew-shaped elements are provided. Methods for surgically implanting an interbody fusion device using helically-shaped fixation wire are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Spinal Elements, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Blain, Dean Johnson
  • Patent number: 10675157
    Abstract: A lumbar spine implant has a body with bone screw bores that angle from a metal faceplate situated at an end of the body, the bone screw bores sized such that the bone screw bores become threaded during introduction of a bone screw thereby providing a locking mechanism to prevent the bone screw from backing out. The faceplate also provides a pocket for each bone screw that prevents the bone screw head from advancing through the implant body. The lumbar spine implant has four bone screw bores, two of which extend from the faceplate to the upper side of the body, and two of which extend from the faceplate to the lower side of the body. More or less bone screw bores may be provided. Preferably, but not necessarily, the direction of the bone screw bores are staggered from one lateral side to another lateral side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Life Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul C. Zakelj, Adam Goon, Gregory Palagi
  • Patent number: 10675158
    Abstract: The present disclosure in one aspect provides a surgical implant comprising an upper bone contacting surface comprising a plurality of irregularly shaped pores having an average pore size, where the pores are formed by a plurality of struts, a lower bone contacting surface comprising a plurality of irregularly shaped pores having an average pore size, wherein the pores are formed by a plurality of struts; and a central body comprising a plurality of irregularly shaped pores having an average pore size, wherein the pores are formed by a plurality of struts, wherein the average pore size on the upper and lower bone contacting surfaces is different than the average pore size on the central body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Unger, Jeremy Malik, Ryan Donahoe
  • Patent number: 10675159
    Abstract: Embodiments of a composite interbody system 10 for treating mammalian bony segments including various materials to encourage bony fusion while enabling radiographic visualization where the composite interbody system 10 may be employed between two, adjacent mammalian bony segments to stabilize, maintain spacing between, or couple the bony segments. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Chase D. Tipping
  • Patent number: 10675160
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a prosthetic thumb. The prosthetic thumb employs a specialized thumb rotating rack for matched mounting of the prosthetic thumb; the thumb rotating rack is connected between the thumb front support and the thumb back support through the coaxially arranged thumb front supporting shaft and thumb back supporting shaft; and the lead connected with the motor in the prosthetic thumb passes through the lead through hole through the thumb rotating rack open slot and no longer passes through a side face as in the prior art, so that when the thumb rotating rack is rotated due to opposite palm and side palm operation of the prosthetic thumb, the lead is not pulled and bent due to the rotation of the thumb rotating rack, and the service life of the lead is prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Jinshi Bai
  • Patent number: 10675161
    Abstract: A joint assembly including a plurality of frames, each including contactors provided in opposite directions to each other and a middle portion configured to connect the contactors, and a connecting member configured to maintain a state in which contactors of two neighboring frames among the plurality of frames are in contact with each other is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea University of Technology and Education Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Jeonghun Kim, Yong-Jae Kim, Hyeong Seok Jeon
  • Patent number: 10675162
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the controlled over-expansion of a body conduit and controlled constriction or expansion of a vessel in a patient are described. In various embodiments, a device includes a bio-corrodible expandable support structure and an implant coaxially adjacent the support structure. Contraction of the implant can occur when the support structure is bioabsorbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward H. Cully
  • Patent number: 10675163
    Abstract: An endoluminal prosthesis system for a branched body lumen comprises a branch vessel prosthesis. The branch vessel prosthesis is deployable within a branch vessel body lumen and comprises a stent having a generally tubular body portion, a flareable proximal end portion, and a coupling portion disposed intermediate the body portion and the flareable portion. The coupling portion is more crush-resistant than the body portion. The flareable proximal end may be disposed within a fenestrated stent graft wit with coupling portion disposed in the fenestration of the fenestrated stent graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Darin G. Schaeffer, Scott E. Boatman, Jay A. Dittman, David Ernest Hartley
  • Patent number: 10675164
    Abstract: Catheter comprising an inner tubular member defining a fluid lumen and inflation lumen therein. An exterior surface of the inner tubular member defines a fluid flow port in fluid communication with the fluid lumen and located along a region of the inner tubular member. Catheter further includes an outer member having a distal section movable relative to the inner tubular member and having an interior surface. A piston balloon is coupled to the inner tubular member distal to the fluid flow port and is in fluid communication with the inflation lumen. A pressure chamber is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port. Fluid introduced through the inflation lumen inflates the piston balloon to seal against the interior surface and fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force to urge at least the distal section of the outer member in a proximal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Michael L. Green, Michael R. Bialas
  • Patent number: 10675165
    Abstract: Intragastric volume-occupying devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. The devices, which are inflated by carbon dioxide, include an aluminum or silicon oxide barrier layer providing carbon dioxide retention and an alkylene vinyl alcohol polymer layer providing structural integrity in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Obalon Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Brister, Kaushik A. Patel, Andrew P. Rasdal, Nelson Quintana, Neil R. Drake, Antonio C. Llevares, Dubravka Markovic, Amy D. L. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: 10675166
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the brace assembly utilize an elastic cross strap attached to mounting facilities about a joint to provide progressive resistance to the extension, flexion or other movement of body parts about the joint. In some embodiments for a knee joint, the brace assembly provides a progressive resisting force to resist hyperextension of the knee. Some embodiments of the brace assembly further comprise adjusting facilities to accommodate different joints, different size wearers of the assembly and different tension settings such as for athletes during competition. Some embodiments of the brace assembly may be used bilaterally and can be made without metal bracing to comply with the requirements of some sports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: THE LONNIE AND SHANNON PAULOS TRUST
    Inventors: Lonnie E. Paulos, Kim A. Nelson, Jordan Terry
  • Patent number: 10675167
    Abstract: A knee orthosis is provided. In described embodiments, the knee orthosis is designed to follow a natural movement of a wearer's knee along an asymmetric helicoidal axis of rotation. In some embodiments, the knee orthosis has hinges with shells having displacing geometric centers which do not coincide. In some embodiments, the knee orthosis is made of femoral and tibial hinges manufactured as single integral pieces. In some embodiments, the orthosis is configured to realign the wearer's knee in a frontal plane. Corresponding methods for designing and manufacturing a custom knee orthosis are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: 2330-2029 QUÉBEC INC
    Inventors: Jacinte Bleau, Sébastien Hinse, Maxime Labelle
  • Patent number: 10675168
    Abstract: An ankle foot orthosis to be worn inside a common shoe that corrects ankle pronation by gently axially rotating and rolling the foot in the corrective direction by pulling from the shin assembly while further enhancing the corrective rolling with strategically placed posts on the medial edge of the sole. Rigidity of the foot assembly is paired with the flexibility of the shin assembly for donning a foot into the device when combined with a wide variety of common shoes. Features are also provided to A) support the longitudinal, transverse, metatarsal, and peroneal arches, thus enhancing the stability of the foot; and B) to support the plantar vault, thus enhancing the stability of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Eugenio R Silva
  • Patent number: 10675169
    Abstract: The ankle foot orthosis solves a problem of a poor adaptation to a user's foot (3) and the related discomfort. It provides for simultaneous correction of several symptoms in the foot and ankle areas. It is completely produced from a uniform material, the thickness and shape of which change depending on user's specific needs. It is designed in such a way that it does not intervene with other functions of a user's foot. It is manufactured by preparing a 3D model of a user's foot when placed in a physiologically correct static position, by modelling the ankle foot orthosis directly to a 3D model of the foot (3), by 3D printing from preferably a photopolymer, and by adequate post-processing. Due to its minimalistic design, the user can wear the orthosis in a shoe of his appropriate foot size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: aNImaKe d.o.o.
    Inventor: Matej Vlasic
  • Patent number: 10675170
    Abstract: A system for connecting parts of a device used to treat club foot. An elongated member is attachable one or more mounting plates. The angle between the elongated member and the mounting plates can be varied by changing a channel of the mounting plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: John R. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 10675171
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pannus support device that includes a pannus pouch configured to receive an abdominal panniculus of a wearer that is extending to cover at least a portion of the thigh, a shoulder support structure, and at least one strap connecting the pannus pouch to the shoulder support structure. The shoulder support structure, the at least one strap and the pannus pouch are configured to distribute the weight of the abdominal panniculus to the shoulders of the wearer and off at least the portion of the thigh of the wearer. Further disclosed is a system including a removable pannus pouch liner, and a method of distributing the weight of the abdominal panniculus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Angela Jennings
  • Patent number: 10675172
    Abstract: The inventive solution is directed to a device, system and method of use for spinal therapy by way of a bracket and strap system that allows a user to self-administer spinal decompression exercises. The bracket and strap elements of the inventive device and system are collapsible, portable. The inventive device in assembled form and in use is hooked over top a vertical door or wall panel and leveraged against the user's head where the user is in seated position below. By method of using this invention, the user's upper spinal column is extended and decompressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Krsto Kovacevic
  • Patent number: 10675173
    Abstract: A cervical collar has a chin support slidably connected to an inside surface of an anterior component adapted to secure against an anterior chin and neck of a user. A posterior component connects to the anterior component to circumferentially surround the user's neck. A height adjustment mechanism has spring locks securing the height adjustment mechanism against the anterior component. The cervical collar includes a footplate continuously extending from the height adjustment mechanism generally without a variation in thickness. The posterior component has side portions with a plurality of living hinges located proximate to elongate slots for straps connecting to the anterior component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: OSSUR HF
    Inventors: Hildur Inga Thorsteinsdottir, Arni Thor Ingimundarson
  • Patent number: 10675174
    Abstract: A breathing system is provided which enhances the ability of a user to breathe through the user's nasal passageways. The breathing system generally includes a bridge member and a pair of nasal appliques which are attachable to the lateral portions of the user's nose. The bridge member is positionable adjacent the appliques to activate the system and impart a dilating force onto the user's nose. The system may be deactivated by removing the bridge member from the appliques, and thereby removing the dilating force from the user's nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: James D. Castillo
  • Patent number: 10675175
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for a male catheter. An assembly includes a proximal region including a sheath portion, the sheath portion including a braided section terminating in a proximal region opening adapted to encompass a male penis, a distal region including a connection portion, the connection portion terminating in a distal region opening to enable linking to one or more external devices, and a tube portion linking the proximal region to the distal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Katelyn Patricia Holt
  • Patent number: 10675176
    Abstract: Treatment systems include conformable applicators for performing cryotherapy are described. Aspects of the technology are further directed to methods and conformable applicators capable of affecting target regions. The conformable applicators can be applied a wide range of treatment sites. A strap assembly can hold applicator against the treatment site, and a holder assembly can be adhered to the subject's skin to inhibit, limit, or substantially prevent movement of the applicator along the subject's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Coakley, William P. Pennybacker, Bryan J. Weber
  • Patent number: 10675177
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for cooling a body or body part for medical or performance-enhancing purposes, said device consisting of one or more cooling elements (11), said cooling element (11) being provided with a cover (1) that is filled with meltable cooling solid (2). The disclosed device is characterized in that an additional apparatus for displacing the already melted portion (8) of the cooling solid (2) from the contact surface (7) to the body is provided inside the cover (1), the expandable member (4, 6) being preferably designed in the form of a filled member (4) of a spring element (6) or of a foamed article. Also disclosed is an additional device which is characterized in that a layer (16) of thermochromic material indicates when a threshold temperature is exceeded, said layer (16) being applied to the bottom side of the expandable member and thus being pressed against the remaining solid portion of the cooling solid, the cover (1) being transparent in this case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventors: Friedrich Vogel, Jakob Vogel, Rudolf Faworka
  • Patent number: 10675178
    Abstract: A system and method of monitoring, controlling and/or detecting events during the removal of heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich tissue is described. In some examples, the system detects an increase in temperature at a treatment device in contact with the skin of a subject, determines that the increase in temperature is related to a treatment event, and performs an action based on the determination. In some examples, the system shuts off the treatment device, alerts an operator, or reduces the cooling in response to a determined treatment event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell E. Levinson, Jesse Nicasio Rosen, Corydon A. Hinton, Kevin S. Springer
  • Patent number: 10675179
    Abstract: An ophthalmic tool and methods are shown. Examples of ophthalmic tools include cannula removal portions that include one or more grippers. In use the grippers, a mandrel, and a tool base provide a surgeon with a level of control that facilitates removal of a cannula. Other examples include a wound visualization tool that may be in combination with a cannula remover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Edwin Ryan
  • Patent number: 10675180
    Abstract: Various membrane delamination devices for removing proliferative membranes from underling tissues are disclosed herein. In some implementations, the delamination device may include a first shearing part and a second shearing part. One of the first shearing part and the second shearing part may be moveable relative to the other of the first shearing part and the second shearing part. One or more of the shearing parts may include a plurality of teeth formed at a leading edge thereof. A shearing action produced by operation of the shearing parts may be used to sever fibers joining proliferative membranes from an underlying tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Reto Grueebler, Thomas Linsi, Rodolfo Wolfer, Bogdan Vigaru, Steven T. Charles