Patents Issued in August 18, 2020
  • Patent number: 10743970
    Abstract: A processing machine for the production of a dental workpiece from a blank, includes a housing in which a first chamber and a second chamber are arranged, in which the second chamber is separate from the first chamber. A first holding device for holding a blank is provided, and the first holding device is arranged in the first chamber and is movable relative to the housing. A second holding device for holding a blank is provided, and the second holding device is arranged in the second chamber and is movable relative to the housing. A processing device is movable relative to the housing, and a blank held in the first holding device and a blank held in the second holding device can be processed by the processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Heinrich Steger
  • Patent number: 10743971
    Abstract: A dental implement for cleaning interproximal spaces and a method of use. The implement includes a sleeve with first and second ends and a bore defined therebetween. A stack of cartridges is insertable into the bore. Each cartridge includes a cleaning tip such as an interproximal brush. A cap may be engaged with the sleeve to protect the tip and keep it hygienic. The cartridges are progressively advanced along the bore to present their cleaning tip for use. A locking member secures the uppermost cartridge in place. Once used, a cartridge is removed from the sleeve and may be discarded or inserted into an opening to the bore in the sleeve's second end. The tip may be snapped off prior to insertion. The cartridge stack is drawn along the bore as the uppermost cartridge is removed or insertion of the spent cartridge will advance the cartridge stack along the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Zee Zee Corporation
    Inventors: Zenovia Zmiyiwsky, Vera Zmiyiwsky
  • Patent number: 10743972
    Abstract: An oral cleaning device comprising a handle portion (12) with a plurality of indicia (15) and a plurality of illuminating elements (31); and a user interface assembly (24), the user interface assembly including an interface panel (26) and a baffle assembly (30), the baffle assembly including a plurality of baffle sections (49) each corresponding with a respective one of the plurality of illuminating elements and a respective one of the plurality of indicia, and further where each of the plurality of baffle sections including a cover portion (49a) covering the baffle section and positioned between the respective one of the plurality of illuminating elements and the respective one of the plurality of indicia. The user interface assembly is structured to be blank when the device is powered off, and to illuminate one of the indicia when the device is powered on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Lester Ronald Greer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10743973
    Abstract: Approaches presented herein enable performing an oral health diagnosis of a user using an oral monitoring device fixed in the oral cavity. Specifically, an oral monitoring device collects jaw movement data as a user goes about daily living. An oral healthcare analysis is performed comparing current measurement data against abnormality classifications to identify abnormal jaw movement. If an abnormality is identified, an oral healthcare professional can be notified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ebony C. Adams, Ching-Yun Chao, Christian Compton, Jeremy R. Fox, Manjunath Ravi
  • Patent number: 10743974
    Abstract: The invention refers to a needle for follicular aspiration, having a base with a through-hole, inside of which a needle cannula is coupled, the needle cannula having a front aspiration end which protrudes from a front end of the base, and a rear end which freely protrudes from the rear end of the base, the through-hole of the base having a frustro- conical segment tapering from the rear end towards the front end of the base, forming a gap between the inner surface of the base and the outer surface of the needle cannula for coupling a biological sample collecting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Osnir Yoshime Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10743975
    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 prosthesis which can include a retaining portion to prevent migration 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: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Spinal Singularity, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Herrera, Zach McKinney, Linh Dinh, Prescott Traversi
  • Patent number: 10743976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a synthetic prosthesis for tissue reinforcement comprising: a porous knit made from a monofilament of a synthetic biocompatible material, said knit defining two opposite faces, a first face and a second face, a synthetic non porous biodegradable film comprising at least a copolymer of at least ?-caprolactone, said film covering at least part of said first face, a synthetic biodegradable binder bonding said film to said first face, said binder comprising at least a polymer of ?-caprolactone, wherein said second face of said porous knit is left open to cell colonization. The invention also relates to a method for forming such a prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Sofradim Production, Covidien LP
    Inventors: Julie Lecuivre, Nicolas Prost, Nicholas Maiorino, Matthew Prescott, Thomas Corso
  • Patent number: 10743977
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel filter and delivery means. The device described within will not interfere with standard practice and tools used during standard surgical procedures and tools such as cannulas, clamps or dissection instruments including valve replacement sizing gages or other surgical procedures where the patient must be put on a heart-lung machine cross-clamping the aorta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Randall T. Lashinski
  • Patent number: 10743978
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for measuring the diameter of an airway in a human or animal subject are disclosed. The device comprises a flexible catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end. Flexible sizing elements are disposed along and extend approximately orthogonally from the catheter body. The sizing elements have different heights from one another and are configured to fit through the working channel of a bronchoscope. Devices, systems, and methods for redirecting airflow through a lung airway are also disclosed. The method comprises introducing into the airway a catheter comprising a distal end, a proximal end and an elongated portion therebetween, wherein the distal end comprises an airway closing mechanism, and wherein the proximal end comprises an actuator to actuate the airway closing mechanism; and actuating the airway closing mechanism to at least partially close the airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Pulmonx Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Olivera, Srikanth Radhakrishnan
  • Patent number: 10743979
    Abstract: A device (100) for repairing an aneurysm by deployment within the aneurism comprises a graft tube, at least part thereof having an inflatable wall (102, 104) whereby the tube can be deployed in an artery and be inflated to grip at least part of the arterial wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Endologix, Inc.
    Inventor: Marie Therese Robin
  • Patent number: 10743980
    Abstract: A lumen woven support (100), comprising a netted tube body (10) woven by weaving filaments (1), wherein the netted tube body (10) comprises a first portion (110) and a second portion (120) along an axial direction; the netted tube body (10) further comprises a plurality of first hooked and wound knots (140), at least two weaving filaments (1) from one end of the second portion (120) are hooked and wound to each other in the axial direction of the netted tube body (10) to form a first hooked and wound knot (140) and are then separated, and all the weaving filaments (1) constituting the first hooked and wound knots (140) are woven to form the first portion (110); and the mesh density of the first portion (110) is smaller than that of the second portion (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Benhao Xiao, Qin Wang
  • Patent number: 10743981
    Abstract: Some embodiments described herein provide an improved tendon anchoring device and method for securing a muscle tendon to a bone. In particular, implementations described herein, the devices and methods are useful for anchoring a tendon to a bone in a patient's arm, including for example, anchoring a bicep tendon to bore formed in the targeted bone of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: L. Pearce McCarty, III
  • Patent number: 10743982
    Abstract: An implantable biodegradable medical device arranged for breast reconstruction and/or augmentation, made of an interconnected porous structured polymeric matrix and belonging to the family of poly(urea urethane)s. The porous structured polymeric matrix of the medical device comprises a plurality of three dimensional channels, drilled by means of heated tools, three-dimensionally propagating through the polymeric matrix ad interconnected with the porous structure of the polymeric matrix. The polymeric matrix comprises high to-medium molecular weight hydrophobic biodegradable amorphous soft segments polyols, having average molecular weight comprised between 20?000 and 60?000 Da,—hydrophilic polyalkoxide polyols, of average molecular weight comprised between 2?000 and 15?000 Da, and low molecular weight polyisocyanates and polyols, whose average molecular weights range between 15 and 200 Da.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TENSIVE SRL
    Inventors: Irini Gerges, Federico Martello, Margherita Tamplenizza, Alessandro Tocchio
  • Patent number: 10743983
    Abstract: A prosthetic capsular device configured to be inserted in an eye includes a housing structure and a ring structure. The housing structure includes a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, a fourth side opposite the third side, a posterior side including a refractive surface, an anterior side opposite the posterior side, and a longitudinal axis. The first side, the second side, the third side, the fourth side, the posterior side, and the anterior side at least partially define a cavity configured to contain an intraocular device (e.g., an IOL). The anterior side includes an opening. The ring structure includes a ring structure portion extending radially outward from proximate one of an end of the first side and an end of the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Omega Ophthalmics LLC
    Inventors: Gary N. Wortz, Rick William Ifland
  • Patent number: 10743984
    Abstract: Ophthalmic implants and methods of use that provide structural support to the optic nerve are disclosed herein. An adhesive and/or ophthalmic implant may be delivered to an optic nerve of an eye to relieve pressure on the optic nerve. The ophthalmic implant may include a base portion that includes a first surface and a second surface opposing the second surface and a protrusion from the second surface for extending into a cup of an optic nerve in an eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Max Gunn, Andrew David Johnson
  • Patent number: 10743985
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of ophthalmic systems and procedures. In particular, the invention relates to the determination of the post-operative position of an intraocular lens (termed “IOL”) in an eye of a patient undergoing lens replacement surgery, which involves determining the position of the existing crystalline lens in the pre-operative eye of the patient and using that information and a single numerical constant to predict the post-operative intraocular lens position. Related methods, and computer programs for performing the methods of the invention, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: IOL INNOVATIONS APS
    Inventor: Thomas Olsen
  • Patent number: 10743986
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method that includes inserting an implant proximate a mitral valve, the implant comprising a tubular body and a plurality of piercing members, the tubular body comprising an upper diameter and a lower diameter. The method also includes engaging tissue proximate the mitral valve by the plurality of piercing members and transitioning the tubular body from a first structural configuration to a second structural configuration by application of an expansive force to the tubular body proximate the upper diameter, the first structural configuration having the upper diameter smaller than the lower diameter and the second structural configuration having the upper diameter larger than the lower diameter. The present disclosure also includes associated systems and implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.
    Inventor: Randall Lashinski
  • Patent number: 10743987
    Abstract: Methods for delivering a pulmonary or mitral valve prosthesis using a transcatheter approach are provided. The implantation devices can utilize movable claspers for both positioning and anchoring the valve prostheses within the native cardiac valve, minimizing the extent of imaging necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: JC Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Ji Zhang
  • Patent number: 10743988
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mitral valve repair having a docking station and a valve implant. The docking station is an anchoring device having a helix structure. The valve implant is made of an expandable frame and a valve, and is radially expandable to a diameter that is at least the same as an expanded diameter of the anchoring device. The method of delivering the docking station and valve implant is performed by inserting the components through device delivery catheters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BMEYE B.V.
    Inventor: Jacques Seguin
  • Patent number: 10743989
    Abstract: A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a valve prosthesis. The system includes a catheter assembly including a delivery sheath capsule and a handle having an oscillating device. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the valve prosthesis during implantation. After the valve prosthesis is partially exposed during implantation, the oscillating device can create a vibratory motion to reduce the friction between the valve prosthesis and the delivery sheath capsule in order to recapture the valve prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Quill, Paul Rothstein, Thomas Secord, Byron Johnson
  • Patent number: 10743990
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to transcatheter stented prosthesis delivery devices including transition elements that route, constrain, support and reduce damage to tension member wear as tension in the tension members is varied to adjust the compression of a stented prosthesis loaded onto the delivery device. Various disclosed tension elements include inserts, edge treatments and guides proximate a distal portion of the delivery device upon which the stented prosthesis is loaded. In some embodiments, the transition feature is positioned proximate a location where at least one tension member transitions from a first orientation that is not parallel to the distal portion to a second orientation that is generally parallel to the distal portion. Further embodiments disclose configurations and methods of selectively locking and unlocking a longitudinal and/or rotational position of the stent frame with respect to the distal portion of the delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gloss, Patrick Griffin, Paul Rothstein, Jeffrey Sandstrom, Brendan Vaughan, Stephen Montgomery, Alan McGuinn
  • Patent number: 10743991
    Abstract: A method for improving leaflet prolapse and/or valve regurgitation associated with a heart valve involves introducing a chordae tendineae capturing device into a ventricle of a heart, the chordae tendineae capturing device comprising a central hub component and a plurality of spokes, extending the plurality of spokes outward from the central hub component, rotating the chordae tendineae capturing device in a first direction to bring at least one of the plurality of spokes into physical contact with one or more cords of chordae tendineae disposed in the ventricle, further rotating the chordae tendineae capturing device in the first direction to bring the one or more cords inward towards the central hub component, and closing the plurality of spokes at least partially over the one or more cords to secure the one or more cords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventor: Oliver Brown
  • Patent number: 10743992
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a stent having a collapsed condition, an expanded condition, and a plurality of cells arranged in circumferential rows. The stent may include one or more securement features. One securement feature may be an anchor arm having a body portion and a free end extending from the body portion, the body portion being coupled to a perimeter of one of the plurality of cells, with the free end extending toward the inflow end in an expanded condition of the anchor arm. Another securement feature may include a flange formed of a braided mesh and having a body portion coupled to the stent and a flared portion adjacent the inflow end of the prosthetic heart valve. A valve assembly is disposed within the stent and has a plurality of leaflets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Krans, Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para, Mathias Charles Glimsdale, Thomas M. Benson, Peter N. Braido
  • Patent number: 10743993
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a prosthetic valve sizer and a method that utilizes such valve sizer are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the prosthetic valve sizer can include a sizer body including an annular base and a post extending from the annular base. The prosthetic valve sizer can also include a resilient tip extending from the post of the sizer body. The resilient tip can include a material different from and more flexible than a material of the sizer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Ryan
  • Patent number: 10743994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fenestrated bone graft and a method of preparing cortical bone in thin strips then fully demineralizing it to give it formed flexibility and then creating fenestrations in the cortical bone in a fashion similar to but not identical to skin grafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Vivex Biologics Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Thomas Temple, Tracy Scott Anderson, Edgar S. Maldonado, Sonya A. Cooper
  • Patent number: 10743995
    Abstract: Examples of the invention relate to methods, implants, and instruments for compressing first and second bone portions or a bone portion and an implant together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: First Ray, LLC
    Inventors: T. Wade Fallin, Daniel J. Triplett
  • Patent number: 10743996
    Abstract: There are disclosed compositions for achieving reverse phase characteristics, methods of preparation thereof, and the use of amniotic tissue for cartilage repair. In an embodiment, a biocompatible articular tissue repair composition may have a therapeutic material and a carrier configured for achieving reverse phase characteristics, and methods for using the composition. In various embodiments, the therapeutic material may be amniotic tissue. In various embodiments, the carrier may be a poloxamer such as poloxamer 407. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Robert L. Bundy
  • Patent number: 10743997
    Abstract: An implantable compensating sleeve is for application between a longitudinal implant section of a first implant, and a second implant that encompasses the longitudinal implant section of the first implant. The compensating sleeve has a sheath with a sheath body and a passage, running from the proximal to the distal end of the sheath body, for receiving the longitudinal implant section of the first implant. The sheath body is formed from separate planar and/or rod-shaped compensating elements which are arranged in a ring and aligned in the longitudinal direction of the sheath body. A gap runs from the proximal to the distal end between two adjacent compensating elements. Adjacent compensating elements are interconnected by at least one foldable wire such that they can move relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Merete Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Emmanuel Anapliotis
  • Patent number: 10743998
    Abstract: An implant device used to replace and restore the function of the knee meniscus in a human. The compliant, yet resilient device is comprised of a biocompatible, non-degradable three-dimensional body comprised of at least a central body, a second structure, a third structure, and a coating. The device is concentrically aligned wherein the second structure is adjoined to the central body wherein the third structure is adjoined on the central body opposite of the second structure. The third structure further features a first and a second pulling element which is coupled to the central body and forms the outer periphery and major circumference of the device. The device is comprised of multiple components which provide tensile strength, compressive resilience, and attachment mechanisms for replacing the meniscus. Each structure is comprised of multiple surfaces which are further reinforced, separated, and connected by an individual plurality of vertical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventors: Seth McCullen, Mario Alberto Accardi
  • Patent number: 10743999
    Abstract: An ankle implant for use in ankle arthroplasty in total ankle replacement is provided. The implant includes an upper prosthesis anchored to the tibia and a lower prosthesis anchored to the talus. The lower prosthesis is operable associated with the upper prosthesis. The implant also includes a stem which is rigidly removably connected to the second member. The stem includes a portion for attachment to the calcaneous. The stem is be adapted to be in a first position in the calcaneous when the stem is in a first relative position with respect to the lower prosthesis, and to provide for a second position in the calcaneous when the stem is in a second relative position with respect to the lower prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: INBONE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Mark A. Reiley
  • Patent number: 10744000
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing correction of one or more maladies or conditions of the spinal column of a living being. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an implantable device configured to be selectively adjustable in one or more portions thereof so as to permit correction of asymmetries or irregularities of the spinal column via insertion into one or more affected intervertebral disc spaces. In one variant, the implantable device includes upper and lower host elements which are hinged or can pivot relative to one another, and an insertable distraction mechanism which is adjustable to enable one side or the other of the implantable device to alter height. In another variant, both sides of the implantable device can be adjusted for height via the host elements and one or more pivots or hinges. In one implementation, the distraction mechanism is adjustable from multiple approaches into the disc space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Samy Abdou
  • Patent number: 10744001
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant includes a body formed as an open lattice structure by a plurality of struts. Some of the struts of the plurality of struts intersect at nodes. The nodes can include an enlarged contact member that extends over the node and at least a portion of the width of some of the struts. Enlarged contact members may have an asymmetrical shape with respect to the intersection of struts. The enlarged contact members can provide improved bone contact for the implant. The plurality of struts can have a cross-sectional shape that includes a flattened portion. The flattened portion of the plurality of struts can provide improved bone contact for the implant. An additive manufacturing process can be used to build the implant in a substantially vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.
    Inventor: James A. Sack
  • Patent number: 10744002
    Abstract: The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Glerum, Mark Weiman, Andrew Iott, Mark Adams
  • Patent number: 10744003
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant for implantation in an intervertebral space between vertebrae. The implant includes a body extending from an upper surface to a lower surface. The body has a front end, a rear end and a pair of spaced apart first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls such that an internal chamber is defined within the front and rear ends and the first and second walls. The body defines an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter extending about the internal chamber. At least one of the side walls is defined by an integral porous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Ryan, Brian Flint, Mark Miccio, Samuel Petersheim, Tracy Brennan
  • Patent number: 10744004
    Abstract: A dilation introducer for orthopedic surgery is provided for minimally invasive access for insertion of an intervertebral implant. The dilation introducer may be used to provide an access position through Kambin's triangle from a posterolateral approach. A first dilator tube with a first longitudinal axis is provided. A second dilator tube may be introduced over the first, advanced along a second longitudinal axis parallel to but offset from the first. A third dilator tube may be introduced over the second, advanced along a third longitudinal axis parallel to but offset from both the first and the second. An access cannula may be introduced over the third dilator tube. With the first, second, and third dilator tubes removed, surgical instruments may pass through the access cannula to operate on an intervertebral disc and/or insert an intervertebral implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolf Morgenstern Lopez, Robert Flower, Christopher Warren
  • Patent number: 10744005
    Abstract: A method for preparing a femur for receiving a prosthesis. The method includes the following: fixing a femoral trial component to the femur; coupling a reamer bushing relative to the femoral trial component; reaming a cavity into the femur using the reamer bushing as a guide; coupling at least one of a modular femoral box trial and a stem adapter relative to the femoral trial component; trialing the femoral trial component with the articulating surface of the femoral trial component; and performing the coupling of the reamer bushing, the reaming of the cavity, the coupling of the at least one of the modular femoral box trial and stem adapter, and the trialing of the femoral trial component all while the femoral trial component remains fixed to the distal femur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Emick Belcher, Bradley T. Durcholz
  • Patent number: 10744006
    Abstract: A pet prosthetic for a stump of an animal including: a clamp portion configured to clamp to an upper portion of the stump above an elbow joint of the animal or a knee joint of the animal; a stump holder configured to receive the lower portion of the stump below the elbow joint of the animal or the knee joint of the animal; a stump holder cradle configured to receive and support the stump holder; a left rear support operably connecting the clamp portion to the stump holder cradle; a right rear support operably connecting the clamp portion to the stump holder cradle; an ankle joint operably connected to the stump holder cradle; a left forward support operably connecting the clamp portion to the ankle joint; a right forward support operably connecting the clamp portion to the ankle joint; and an artificial paw operably connected to the ankle joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Sai Vipparla
  • Patent number: 10744007
    Abstract: A nonmodular endograft system for treating aortic aneurysms involving bilateral renal arteries can include a main fabric cover that is sealed, coupled, or integral, with first and second branch fabric covers. The system can be configured so that after the main cover is expanded in the aorta, and after the two branch covers are respectively expanded in the renal arteries such that (i) the first cover ostium is substantially aligned with the first renal ostium, and (ii) the second cover ostium is not substantially aligned with the second renal ostium, then aortic blood flows from the main cover into each of the branch covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Red Vascular Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Myles Douglas
  • Patent number: 10744008
    Abstract: A tip end portion of a strand forming a stent is rounded off. In a stent 10 formed by helicoidally braiding a plurality of strands 20, the tip end portion of each of the strands 20 is rounded off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: PENTAS Inc.
    Inventor: Makoto Nishigishi
  • Patent number: 10744009
    Abstract: Transluminal stents are disclosed herein. In some embodiments stents within the scope of this disclosure may comprise a first flared end and second flared end. In some embodiments, a profile of each of the first flared end and the second flared end may circumscribe a portion of separate elliptical arcs. In some embodiments, the stents are formed from braided or woven wires having a constant pitch along a middle region and continuously varying pitches along the first flared end and the second flared end. Methods of manufacturing stents are disclosed herein. Methods of using stents are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Zeke Eller, Thomas Patrick Robinson, Bryan K. Elwood
  • Patent number: 10744010
    Abstract: Provided is a synthetic resin stent with which it is possible to improve the resistance to pressure applied radially from the outside in a state of expanded diameter even when the fibers are thinned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: JMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuji Fukutaki
  • Patent number: 10744011
    Abstract: A monolithic device comprising an ultra-dense stent cell pattern including a plurality of structural members that diverts the majority of blood flow without restricting blood flow completely. The method of making medical devices comprises vapor depositing an initial film onto a substrate, laser cutting a device pattern through the initial film, electropolishing the patterned device while disposed on the substrate, and releasing the patterned device from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Vactronix Scientific, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Carpenter, Michael Poor
  • Patent number: 10744012
    Abstract: A stent includes a first section and a second section. The second section is aligned with the first section along a longitudinal axis of the stent. Each section includes a plurality of expandable modules and a plurality of bridging modules. Each expandable module includes a plurality of strut elements that join together at a plurality of apices. Each bridging module includes bridging elements that connect an apex of a first module with an apex of a second module. The plurality of expandable modules or the plurality of bridging modules in the first section are more radially stiff than the plurality of expandable modules or the plurality of bridging modules in the second section such that at least a portion of the first section is configured to be placed in a region of a vein subjected to physiologic compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Craig L. Bonsignore, Stephen J. Kleshinski, Andrea Seba Les
  • Patent number: 10744013
    Abstract: Provided is a treatment device for aneurysms. The device may include an endoprosthesis including a main channel and secondary openings and configured to be inserted in a main blood vessel (V1) at the point of an aneurysm and of a second blood vessel (V2), a first guide wire configured to be inserted in the endoprosthesis when inside the blood vessel (V1), through the main channel and a secondary opening, a second guide wire configured to be inserted inside the main blood vessel (V1) and the secondary blood vessel (V2), first magnetic means placed at the first guide wire, second magnetic means placed at the second guide wire, the magnetic means being mutually attracted and at least one of the magnetic means being mobile along its guide wire; means of moving the mobile magnetic means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KARDIA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Roberto Ferraresi
  • Patent number: 10744014
    Abstract: A stent delivery device includes a shaft with an internal lumen and a balloon connected to the shaft. The stent delivery device includes a cover configured to advance or retract in the axial direction of the shaft between a covering position where the cover covers the deflated balloon and a retracted position where the cover is spaced apart from the balloon. The stent delivery device includes a drive unit configured to apply a driving force for advancing or retracting the cover. The lumen of the shaft is configured to allow a working fluid to flow through the lumen to inflate the balloon. The balloon and drive unit are operated by the injecting and discharging of the working fluid. The inflation and deflation of the balloon and the advancing and retracting of the cover are performed in conjunction with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Kumazawa, Kazuyoshi Tani
  • Patent number: 10744015
    Abstract: An endoprosthesis constraining sleeve includes a single sheet of material forming at least two folds, and a common bond line constraining the single sheet of material to maintain the at least two folds and to form at least two discrete lumens. A first lumen of the at least two lumens is configured to receive a constrained endoprosthesis therein. A second lumen of the at least two lumens is configured to receive a control feature therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl R. Chung, Susan J. Rudes
  • Patent number: 10744016
    Abstract: An stent delivery system may include a delivery device and a tubular body having a lumen sized to slidably fit about an outer diameter of the delivery device and a drainage stent having an anchoring mechanism, wherein the delivery device includes a constraining member configured to engage an external portion of the tubular body at the proximal end of the delivery device. A method of delivering a stent may include inserting a tubular body into the port of an endoscope, inserting a stent delivery device and a stent having an anchoring mechanism into the tubular body, wherein the delivery device includes a constraining member configured to engage and retain the tubular body at the proximal end of the delivery device, advancing the drainage stent distally through the tubular body, sliding the tubular body proximally, and engaging an external portion of the tubular body with the constraining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Windheuser, Scott A. Davis
  • Patent number: 10744017
    Abstract: An implant delivery system includes a delivery catheter and a delivery mechanism slidably disposed in a lumen of the delivery catheter. The delivery mechanism includes an annular channel and a compressible annular bushing disposed within the annular channel. The annular bushing is configured for being placed between a compressive profile and an expanded profile. The implant delivery system further includes an implant coaxially disposed between the delivery catheter and the delivery mechanism. The delivery catheter lumen is sized to maintain an engagement element of the implant within the annular channel and to urge the annular bushing into the compressive profile. The implant constrains a distal tip of the delivery mechanism to assume a straight geometry. The distal tip is configured for assuming a curved geometry when the implant is deployed from the delivery catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: STRYKER CORPORATION, STRYKER EUROPEAN HOLDINGS I, LLC
    Inventors: Mehran Bashiri, Elena Oo, Henry Luk
  • Patent number: 10744018
    Abstract: The invention relates surgical abdominal methods of treating obesity in a patient by implanting a volume filling device that, when implanted in a patient, reduces the food cavity in size by a volume substantially exceeding the volume of the volume filling device. Also disclosed is a laparoscopic instrument for providing a volume filling device to be invaginated in the stomach wall of a human patient to treat obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Forsell Peter
  • Patent number: 10744019
    Abstract: An orthopedic device is arranged as a lightweight ankle-foot orthosis providing dynamic support for drop foot or related disorders requiring dorsiflexion. The orthopedic device includes a main support adapted to secure about a lower leg, a strap assembly having a first portion coupling to the main support, and a second portion arranged to be drawn therefrom, and an anchor for receiving and attaching to the second portion of the strap assembly. The location of the anchor along a foot component enables increased medial-lateral control, and the arrangement of the strap assembly permits dorsiflexion during swing phase of a user's gait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: OSSUR ICELAND EHF
    Inventors: Bjorn Omarsson, Hronn Kristinsdottir, Liza Boon, Marcel Jansen