Patents Issued in December 15, 2020
  • Patent number: 10863959
    Abstract: An X-ray CT apparatus includes: a gantry having an opening provided to be interposed between an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector; a couch including driving circuitry for inserting a couchtop on which a subject is placed, into the opening; storage circuitry storing therein pieces of information that are related to puncture positions of the couchtop and correspond to pieces of unique information of practitioners who each apply a manipulation to the subject; and processing circuitry configured, when a first practitioner is to apply the manipulation, to control the driving circuitry so as to move the couchtop to a puncture position indicated by a piece of information related to a puncture position corresponding to a piece of unique information pertaining to the first practitioner, the piece of information being among the pieces of information that are related to the puncture positions and stored in the storage circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Masaharu Tsuyuki
  • Patent number: 10863960
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, apparatus includes imaging unit, generator, position specifier, direction specifier and angle setter. Imaging unit images object into which a device is inserted, from first and second direction. Generator generates first image data and second image data each corresponding to first and second direction. Position specifier specifies position of the device based on first and second image data. Direction specifier specifies moving direction of the device based on positions of the device specified by position specifier. Angle setter sets first angle corresponding to first direction and second angle corresponding to second direction in accordance with moving direction of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Satoru Ohishi
  • Patent number: 10863961
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured: to sequentially acquire X-ray images; to set a unit number of frames used as a unit during image processing; and to sequentially generate images in each of which a pixel value of each pixel expresses either the largest pixel value or the smallest pixel value among corresponding pixels in X-ray images corresponding to the unit number of frames, on the basis of the X-ray images corresponding to the unit number of frames including each of new X-ray image that is sequentially acquired and at least one X-ray image acquired before the new X-ray image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shumpei Ohashi
  • Patent number: 10863962
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes reconstruction circuitry and control circuitry. The reconstruction circuitry is configured to, at the time of the monitoring scan, based on an output of an X-ray detector for detecting X-rays having passed through the object, reconstruct a first image concerning the object at the time of administration of the contrast medium and a second image concerning the object after a predetermined period elapses since administration of the contrast medium. The control circuitry is configured to shift from the monitoring scan to the actual scan based on a change amount of a CT value obtained when the entire reconstructed first image is compared with the entire reconstructed second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Gatayama, Tatsuya Watanabe, Katsuhiko Ishida, Shinya Kawanabe
  • Patent number: 10863963
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus that transfers captured images to an external apparatus without lowering operability includes an acquisition unit that acquires a radiation image, and a transfer control unit that transfers the radiation image to a first external apparatus in the case where an elapsed time from a point in time when the radiation image is acquired exceeds a first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10863964
    Abstract: The infrared alignment guide for an x-ray machine is used to align a target tooth and an x-ray sensor with transmitted x-rays, as well as aligning the transmitted x-rays with a most effective orientation for imaging the target tooth. The guide includes a body having an attached x-ray sensor holder. The x-ray sensor holder may be adjusted in relation to the body for imaging different teeth. The x-ray sensor holder emits infrared light towards the body, which is detected by an infrared camera on the front of the body. The image produced by the infrared camera, which shows the crowns of the teeth, is used to align the transmitted x-rays with the tooth and the x-ray sensor holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani, Asma'a Abdurrahman Al-Ekrish, Tariq Alshawi
  • Patent number: 10863965
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for capturing and outputting data regarding a bodily characteristic. In one embodiment, a hardware device can operate as a stethoscope with sensors to detect bodily characteristics such as heart sounds, lung sounds, abdominal sounds, and other bodily sounds and other characteristics such as temperature and ultrasound. The stethoscope can be configured to work independently with built solid state memory or SIM card. The stethoscope can be configured to pair via a wireless communication protocol with one or more electronic devices, and upon pairing with the electronic device(s), can be registered in a network resident in the cloud and can thereby create a network of users of like stethoscopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: M3DICINE IP PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Arsil Nayyar Hussain, Dang Khoa Tran
  • Patent number: 10863966
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus for monitoring a blood pressure information of a subject is disclosed. The monitoring apparatus comprises an ultrasound transducer for emitting ultrasound waves to a volume of the subject that includes a blood vessel and for receiving ultrasound waves from said volume of the subject, and for providing a first signal on the basis of ultrasound waves received from the volume of the subject. A light source is included for emitting light to the subject and a light sensor is included for detecting light received from the subject and for providing a second signal on the basis of the light received from a skin of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Rick Bezemer, Denny Mathew, Bart Kroon
  • Patent number: 10863967
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a photoacoustic tomography (PAT) probe to direct light to various regions within the tissue of interest to improve image quality and remove cumbersome artifacts at their source. Particularly, a rotating PAT probe and method of using thereof to improve the photoacoustic penetration depth and signal to noise ratio in biological samples. Signal intensity at region of interest is increased by fine-tuning the fiber orientation with respect to the ultrasound transducer. Additional PA filter is used to prevent in vivo probe-skin artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Craig Jonathan Goergen, Gurneet Sangha, Evan Phillips, Nicholas James Hale
  • Patent number: 10863968
    Abstract: An ultrasound machine for generating push-pulses to excite shear wave stimulation employs separated angled beams that converge at the target region to generate the push-pulses. In one embodiment, the beams are modulated by a set of apodization functions to reduce side lobes caused by the narrowing of the apertures of the beam as well as transducer heating by reducing the average energy deposited in each transducer element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ivan Miguel Rosado-Mendez, Timothy Jon Hall
  • Patent number: 10863969
    Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, a system for visualizing a target area may include an elongate shaft. The elongate shaft may include a distal portion, a lumen that extends longitudinally through the distal portion, and an opening at the distal end of the distal portion. The opening may be in communication with the lumen. The system also may include a visualization assembly housed within the distal portion of the elongate shaft. The visualization assembly may include a transducer array having a field of view in which the transducer array transceives sound waves. The field of view of the transducer array may cover at least part of the distal portion of the elongate shaft and the target area to facilitate visualization of the part of the distal portion of the elongate shaft and the target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Wood, Paul D. Aquilino, Ryan Hartman
  • Patent number: 10863970
    Abstract: Needle guide systems for a sonography device are disclosed. The needle guide systems include both fixed and adjustable needle guides. In one embodiment, the needle guide includes a needle guide body that is rotatably mounted to a probe of a sonography device. A plurality of needle channels is disposed on a surface of the needle guide body. Each needle channel can be selectively rotated into position to guide a needle into a body of a patient at a predetermined needle insertion angle. If another needle insertion angle is desired, the needle guide is rotated to place a new needle channel defining the desired needle insertion angle into position. In another embodiment, a needle guide is disclosed and includes an extended guide feature, such as a guide cone, to assist in inserting a needle into the needle channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Oberg, Jason R. Stats, Amir Orome, Jon B. Newman, Jonathan C. Gorzitze
  • Patent number: 10863971
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for controlling an ultrasound machine using one or more touchless inputs. In one embodiment, the method for controlling operation of the ultrasound machine comprises obtaining one or more touchless inputs; determining one or more operations to control the ultrasound machine based on the one or more touchless inputs and machine state of the ultrasound machine; and controlling the ultrasound machine using the one or more operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
    Inventor: Davinder S. Dhatt
  • Patent number: 10863972
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory device with computer readable instructions and a processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions encoded on the memory device. The processor, in response to executing the computer readable instructions, obtains an ensemble of ultrasound images with diversity in an ensemble dimension, extracts a sub-set of data from each of the images, constructs a data matrix with the extracted data, wherein the data matrix has a dimension of space versus the ensemble dimension, identifies a largest eigenvalue(s) and a corresponding eigenvector(s) in the data matrix, computes a coherent signal projection matrix with the identified corresponding eigenvector(s), filters the data matrix with the coherent signal projection, and generates an ultrasound image with the filtered data matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: B-K Medical ApS
    Inventor: Drake A. Guenther
  • Patent number: 10863973
    Abstract: A portable medical device, such as an ultrasound imaging system, is configured to connect to a stand, and transfer heat from the device to the stand. The device includes a heat-generating source, a hot plate that is thermally coupled to the heat-generating source, and a barrier plate that is biased away from the hot plate and moveable between a first position, wherein the device is not docked to the stand, and a second position, wherein the device is docked to the stand. In the first position, the barrier plate is not in thermally conductive contact with the hot plate, and in the second position, the barrier plate is in thermally conductive contact with the hot plate. When moved from the first position to the second position, a cold plate on the stand pushes the barrier plate into the second position such that heat generated by the imaging system is transferred through the barrier plate to the hot plate and into a cold plate of the stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Pinch
  • Patent number: 10863974
    Abstract: A tissue acquisition and handling system includes a biopsy device, a tray, and a container. The biopsy device includes a needle and a tissue sample holder assembly. The needle is configured to acquire tissue samples and communicate tissue samples to the tissue sample holder assembly. The tray includes a plurality of strips. The tray is configured to be receiving within the tissue sample holder assembly of the biopsy device. The container includes a plurality of tray receiving portions. Each tray receiving portion includes a distal end, a proximal end, and a tray chamber, the tray chamber extends between the proximal end and the distal end. The tray chamber is configured to receive at least a portion of the tray through a tray opening of the proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Devicor Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan R. Keller
  • Patent number: 10863975
    Abstract: An adjustable retractor blade and retractor system are disclosed. The retractor blade includes a fixed portion, extendible portion, and means for adjusting the length of the retractor blade. The means for adjusting may include a threaded rod engaging the fixed portion with the extendible portion. In one aspect, the extendible portion includes a plurality of stackable members, with the length of the adjustable blade adjusted by attaching stackable members. In one aspect, the fixed portion includes a plurality of holes, and the extendible portion includes at least one post, the plurality of holes configured to receive the at least one post, with the length of the adjustable blade adjusted by slidably displacing the extendible portion until the at least one post engages with at least one of the plurality of holes. Methods are provided for adjusting the length of a retractor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: CareFusion 2200, Inc.
    Inventors: Joanna Rosenbaum, Sara Tillman, Andrew VanDeWeghe, Timothy Hussey, Brandon Toth, Bradley Williams, Jessica McQuaide, Jason Cartwright, Adam Fedenia, Thomas Wilschke
  • Patent number: 10863976
    Abstract: A spinal implant comprises an implant body extending between an anterior surface and a posterior surface, and including a first vertebral engaging surface and a second vertebral engaging surface. The implant body includes an inner surface that defines at least a first cavity and a second cavity. The cavities are oriented to implant fasteners in alignment with an oblique surgical pathway relative to a bilateral axis of a subject body and adjacent an anterior portion of an intervertebral space of the subject body. Systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Lindsey G. Waugh, Anthony J. Melkent, Jonathan E. Blackwell, Thomas E. Drochner, Carrie L. Gowan, Bret Matthew Wilfong, Thomas A. Carls, Richard A. Hynes, D. Hal Silcox, III, John A. Cowan, Jr., Jean-Pierre Mobasser
  • Patent number: 10863977
    Abstract: A method for retracting body tissue providing a retractor system that includes a rail having two opposed widened rail portions separated by a narrowed portion, each widened portion engageable by a separate clamp. The clamps are configured to support the rail to a fixed surface, or to support a surgical device. Each clamp may independently be positioned or slid along the rail to a desired location without interference with a clamp on an opposing widened rail portion. A device clamp is formed of spherical mating portions which enable alignment of a surgical device along six degrees of freedom, and tightenable by securing a single fastener. A retractor blade mount enables an angular and tilting disposition of a retractor blade, as well as remote manipulation of the retractor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Friedrich, Jason Cianfrani, Matthew Bechtel
  • Patent number: 10863978
    Abstract: A suture tape construct having a first section formed from a fibrous filament that extends from a first end to a second end and has a pair of a one-way protrusions extending therefrom. An anchor is positioned along the suture construct and, when the construct is deployed, is captured between the protrusions. The anchor may be a second section formed from braided suture material that is woven about the first section. The braided suture material can be deployed to form an all suture anchor while protrusions extending from the suture anchor proximately to the location of the deployed suture anchor prevent movement of the second section relative to the first section, thus forming a non-sliding suture tape anchored by the deployed braided material. The anchor may be a threaded anchor having an eyelet that is captured between the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ConMed Corporation
    Inventor: Grady Breslich
  • Patent number: 10863979
    Abstract: Apparatus for attaching a first object to a second object, the apparatus comprising a distal anchor comprising a generally cylindrical body and a vertical bore extending through the generally cylindrical body; a proximal anchor comprising a generally cylindrical body, a first vertical bore extending through the generally cylindrical body, a second vertical bore spaced distally from the first vertical bore parallel to the first vertical bore, a third vertical bore spaced distally from the second vertical bore parallel to the first vertical bore, and a fourth vertical bore spaced distally from the third vertical bore parallel to the first vertical bore; and a suture having a proximal end and a distal end, with an enlargement formed at the distal end, wherein the suture extends through the vertical bore, through the fourth vertical bore, through the third vertical bore, through the second vertical bore and through the first vertical bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Anchor Innovation Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Sorensen, Daniel Morgan, Bret A. Ferree, Christopher Runnells
  • Patent number: 10863980
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a multi-layer suture fastener that includes a generally disc-shaped body defining a plurality of axially spaced-apart layers. Each layer can include an inner axial surface and an outer axial surface. A suture opening can extend from the inner axial surface to the outer axial surface of each layer. The suture openings can have an open configuration and a closed configuration. One or more lines of suture can be passed through the suture openings when in the open configuration. The suture openings can be placed in the closed configuration. In the closed configuration, the one or more lines of suture can be restricted by radial surfaces of the suture opening from sliding through the suture openings in at least one longitudinal direction of the one or more lines of suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventor: Manouchehr A. Miraki
  • Patent number: 10863981
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for use by an operator in a surgical procedure includes an elongate shaft, an end effector extending from the elongate shaft, and a control system. The end effector is articulatable relative to the elongate shaft between a home state position and an articulated position. The control system includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor to store program instructions. The processor can alert the operator when the end effector reaches the home state position from the articulated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Overmyer, Brett E. Swensgard, Shane R. Adams, Thomas W. Lytle, IV, Richard L. Leimbach, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Kevin L. Houser
  • Patent number: 10863982
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a surgical bending instrument for bending surgical implants. The surgical bending instrument comprises a body including a longitudinally extending threaded hole. A shaft comprising a threaded portion is rotatably engaged within the threaded hole. A handle is coupled to a proximal end of the shaft, and a distal extension of the shaft comprises a driver. A distal force applicator comprises the driver centered between a first grip and a second grip. In some embodiments, the distal force applicator is configured to retain a surgical staple, such that the surgical staple may be changed to a distracted configuration suitable for implantation at a bone fixation or fusion site of a patient. In some embodiments, the distal force applicator is configured to bend a bone fusion plate so as to tailor the plate to specific anatomy of the patient's bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: In2Bones USA, LLC
    Inventor: Rebecca Hawkins Wahl
  • Patent number: 10863983
    Abstract: A medical stapler according to the present invention is provided with: a staple housing provided with a gripping surface from which a staple for suturing tissue is ejected, and a cutter that cuts the tissue by being made to protrude from the gripping surface; an anvil that is disposed facing a direction in which the staple is ejected, and that is configured so that the tissue can be gripped between the gripping surface and the anvil; and a receiving member that is provided in the anvil, and that has a receiving surface that receives a cutting edge of the cutter, wherein the receiving surface of the receiving member has a shape in which only a portion thereof comes into contact with the cutting edge of the cutter at individual time points during a cutting step over the entire length of a cut length of the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Kobayashi, Kayuri Kimura, Yoshiyuki Kumada
  • Patent number: 10863984
    Abstract: A surgical stapler end effector comprises a staple cartridge, an anvil, and a buttress assembly. The staple cartridge comprises a plurality of staples and a deck. The staple cartridge is operable to drive the staples through the deck. The anvil is movable from an open position toward the staple cartridge to reach a closed position. The anvil includes an underside having staple forming surface configured to receive staples driven through the deck. The buttress assembly comprises a buttress body and an adhesive material. The adhesive material comprises a polymer. The polymer is bioabsorbable. The polymer has an inherent viscosity at or below 3.0 dL/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Rao S. Bezwada, Christopher W. Widenhouse
  • Patent number: 10863985
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for surgically joining tissue is disclosed. The instrument comprises a handle assembly, an elongated portion, an end effector, and an articulation mechanism. The elongated portion extends distally from the handle assembly. The end effector is disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated portion. The articulation mechanism is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the end effector for articulating the end effector. The articulation mechanism comprises a lever, a knob, a plate and a lower clutch. The plate is disposed at least partially within a portion of the knob. The lower clutch is disposed in mechanical engagement with the plate. The plate is disposed at least partially between the lower clutch and the knob. The lower clutch is keyed to the plate to limit rotation therebetween. The lower clutch is keyed to the knob to limit rotation therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Cappola, Frank Marini, Kenneth M. Horn
  • Patent number: 10863986
    Abstract: A surgical stapler. The surgical stapler includes a firing system, an electric motor and a control circuit. Then electric motor is mechanically coupled to the firing system. The control circuit is electrically connected to the electric motor and includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes an H-bridge circuit which includes a high side and a low side. The second portion is electrically connected in parallel with the electric motor. The control circuit is configured to control a rotation of the electric motor based on a parameter sensed within the second portion of the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: David C. Yates, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Patent number: 10863987
    Abstract: A loading unit configured for engagement with a surgical instrument, and including a proximal body portion, an end effector, and an imaging device. The end effector is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the proximal body portion, and includes a first jaw member and a second jaw member. At least one of the first jaw member and the second jaw member is movable with respect to the other of the first jaw member and the second jaw member between an open position and an approximated position. The first jaw member includes a first tissue contacting surface, and the second jaw member includes a second tissue contacting surface. A distal portion of the first jaw member is disposed at a first angle with respect to the first tissue contacting surface. The imaging device is disposed on the distal portion of the first jaw member, and is configured to capture visual data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Peter T. Collings, Japhet Colon-Rosario, Michael S. Gallie, Jean Camille Lu Ersando
  • Patent number: 10863988
    Abstract: Drive assemblies for surgical clamping and cutting instruments, as well as surgical clamping and cutting instruments using these drive assemblies, are disclosed. The drive assemblies may include a drive member, a locking member mounted to the drive member, and a spring. The drive member may be configured to releasably engage at least one of a knife or a shuttle of a surgical clamping and cutting instrument for translating the knife and/or shuttle in a distal direction through a firing stroke. The locking member may be movable from a first position permitting distal translation of the drive member through the firing stroke, and a second position inhibiting distal translation of the drive member through the firing stroke. The spring may be configured to bias the locking member toward the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Atal C Patel, Charles Godin, Matthew Aaron Wixey
  • Patent number: 10863989
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for installing a cuff around a target biological structure. The method may include inserting a guidewire through an incision in a patient underneath an exterior surface of a target biological structure, guiding a ramp device over the guidewire to a position underneath the target biological structure such that the target biological structure is partly supported by the ramp device, guiding a cuff deployment tool over the guidewire to the ramp device, the cuff deployment tool comprising an interior volume and a cuff positioned within the interior volume, and causing the cuff from the cuff deployment tool to deploy such that the cuff moves from within the interior volume to an extended position. At least part of the cuff is positioned between the ramp device and the target biological structure in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin K. Yaffe, Cindy Au, Eric Irwin
  • Patent number: 10863990
    Abstract: An integral surgical clip includes two clamping arms and a non-spring-elastic connection portion that interconnects the two clamping arms in an integral manner. The two clamping arms on account of a plastic deformation of the clip are pivotable towards one another from an opened initial position up to a closed end position. The two clamping arms engage on the connection portion so as to be mutually spaced apart and are in each case extended beyond the connection portion by one lever arm molded thereon, and wherein, by squeezing the two lever arms, the two clamping arms, on account of a plastic deformation of the connection portion, are pivotable from the closed end position to an opened position. The two lever arms, in particular at the external ends thereof, are interconnected by an external connection arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: LAZIC BESITZ GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Daniel Lazic
  • Patent number: 10863991
    Abstract: An aneurysm surgical clip includes two rotatably interconnected clip parts and a leg spring. The leg spring has two spring legs of which are in each case supported on the two clip parts so as to mutually pretension the two clip parts. The leg spring is formed from a plastics material, in particular PEEK, that is reinforced with continuous carbon fibers. The continuous carbon fibers are aligned along the spring coilings of the leg spring. The two clip parts have in each case one axially projecting protrusion on which the respective spring leg of the leg spring is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: LAZIC BESITZ GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Daniel Lazic
  • Patent number: 10863992
    Abstract: A shaft assembly of an apparatus for applying surgical clips to body tissue includes an elongated spindle, a trip block reciprocally supported on a proximal portion of the spindle, a biasing member extending between the proximal portion of the spindle and the trip block, and a pusher bar having a proximal portion fixedly coupled to the trip block. The pusher bar has a distal portion configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into a pair of jaws during distal movement of the trip block, via distal movement of the spindle, and remain in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the pair of jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Roman Czernik, Brian J. Creston, Jacob C. Baril, Thomas A. Zammataro
  • Patent number: 10863993
    Abstract: A system is provided for preparing prosthetic hip implantation. The system includes a first broach, a second broach, and a trial neck having a body portion and a neck portion. A proximal end of the first broach comprises a first base having a first maximum area. The body portion can be releasably coupled to the proximal end of the first broach so as to define a first offset between a medial end of the neck portion and a longitudinal axis of the first broach, or releasably coupled to the proximal end of the second broach so as to define a second offset between the medial end of the neck portion and a longitudinal axis of the second broach. The first offset is smaller than the second offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher G. Sidebotham, Leon Roitburg, Randall J. Lewis
  • Patent number: 10863994
    Abstract: A flexible auger design for low-torque transmitting drive shafts, which allows effective tissue material transport through curved, flexible tubes and channels. A hollow auger has a hollow center, so that the helical member hugs the inner wall of the tube and material is transported along the center axis and the inner wall of the tube. The hollow flexible auger allows for transportation of material from an operative location in the patient (material removal) as well as to operative location in the patient (material delivery).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Medos International Sàrl
    Inventors: Daniel Thommen, Joern Richter, Salman Chegini, Joseph Peterson, Michael J. O'Neil, Gabriel Emmett Greeley, Matthew Brian De Nardo, Serge Cyril Roux, Ashley Lauren Whitney, John DiVincenzo, Thomas Martin
  • Patent number: 10863995
    Abstract: Systems and methods for joint replacement are provided. The systems and methods can include a surgical orientation device and/or a reference sensor device. The surgical orientation device and orthopedic fixtures can be used to locate the orientation of an axis in the body, to adjust an orientation of a cutting plane or planes along a bony surface, to distract a joint, to measure an angle, to orient a cutting guide, to orient a resection guide, to resect the femur, or to otherwise assist in an orthopedic procedure or procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: OrthAlign, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Nielsen, Matthew Yacono
  • Patent number: 10863996
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument for use in resecting a patient's bone is disclosed. In some embodiments, the instrument may be for single patient use and may be disposed of at the end of each surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Robert Freeman, Kevin D. Booth, Mark Reason, Duncan J. Beedall, Michael J. Rees, Alberto P. Verteramo
  • Patent number: 10863997
    Abstract: A medical device includes a mesh member capable of radially expanding and contracting, and a cylindrical member located at one end of the mesh member. The mesh member is woven from a first wire and a second wire. The cylindrical member includes a wrapping portion and a lining portion that are fixed to each other at fixation portions positioned within spaces defined by the first wire and the second wire. Neither the wrapping portion nor the lining portion is fixed to either of the first wire or the second wire. Upon expansion or radial contraction of the mesh member, movement of the first wire or the second wire is not interfered with by the cylindrical member. This reduces the concentration of stress at the end of the mesh member and thus the likelihood that either the first wire or the second wire will break.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukiko Enami
  • Patent number: 10863998
    Abstract: A medical grasping device is disclosed. The medical grasping device may be configured to retrieve an object from within a body lumen. A medical grasping device assembly, wherein a portion of the medical grasping device is disposed within a lumen of a delivery sheath, and methods of using the medical grasping device assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Mottola, Peter Sutcliff, F. Mark Ferguson, Ken Sykes, Gregory R. McArthur, Nate Shirley, Richard P. Jenkins, Christopher Cindrich, Denise Hallisey
  • Patent number: 10863999
    Abstract: Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses, and particularly knitted rolling tube mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses configured to have improved tracking for delivery through tortious vessels are described herein. Also described herein are methods of removing clots using a mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses in which the clot is larger than the tractor portion of the mechanical thrombectomy apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Wallace, Robert Garabedian, Roy Leguidleguid, E. Skott Greenhalgh
  • Patent number: 10864000
    Abstract: A memory elastic wire sleeve for peeling maxillary sinus mucous membrane is adapted for implant surgeries and/or bone grafting in the regions close to the maxillary sinus floor. The memory elastic wire sleeve includes a primary peeling structure and a secondary peeling structure, wherein the primary peeling structure comprises a hollow sleeve and a peeling edge located on the top of the hollow sleeve, and can peel the maxillary sinus mucous membrane preliminarily, and the second peeling structure is a memory elastic wire which can further peel the maxillary sinus mucous membrane. The memory elastic wire sleeve is simple and dainty, and can safely and effectively peel away the maxillary sinus mucous membrane within a large range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Yanfeng Li
  • Patent number: 10864001
    Abstract: Membrane forceps for performing an ILM or ERM peel procedure include a handle, a tube extending from the handle, and forceps jaws extending from the tube. The forceps jaws may be configured to grasp an ILM or ERM, and may include an outer surface having a roughened surface. The roughened surface may be structurally configured to aid in gaining an edge of the ILM or ERM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventor: Guido Vezzu
  • Patent number: 10864002
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for minimally invasive surgical procedures having a handle portion, an elongated body portion extending distally from the handle portion, an end effector movable between a first position and a second position, and an elongated tissue probe movably positioned within the elongated portion. The probe is movable between a retracted position and an advanced position, wherein movement of the probe moves the end effector from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Joshua Benjamin Stopek, Garrett Ebersole, Amin Elachchabi
  • Patent number: 10864003
    Abstract: An articulation assembly (200) for use with a surgical instrument (100) is provided. The articulation assembly (200) includes a plurality of joints (260), a plurality of cables (240), and a first drive member (220). Each joint (260) defines a plurality of openings (262) extending longitudinally therethrough, a central opening (263) extending longitudinally therethrough, a pair of projections (268) extending from a first surface, and a pair of grooves (266) extending at least partially through a second surface. Each groove (266) of at least one joint (260) is configured to engage one projection (268) of the pair of projections (268) from an adjacent joint (260). Each cable (240) extends through one opening (262) of the plurality of openings (262) of each joint (260). The first drive member (220) extends through the central opening (263) of each joint (260).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Weijiang Ding, Mingfeng Xu
  • Patent number: 10864004
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible-manipulator sheath including: a flexible inner tube having a lumen along a longitudinal direction thereof, the lumen configured to insert a wire; a flexible outer tube disposed to cover an outer circumferential surface of the inner tube, the outer tube having a higher compression stiffness than the inner tube; and a cushioning disposed at a space between an inner surface of the outer tube and an outer surface of the inner tube, wherein the cushioning is formed by at least one of filling the space with a viscous material and disposing an elastic sheet at the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Fujii, Toshihiro Yoshii
  • Patent number: 10864005
    Abstract: A surgical device comprising: (a) a stylet comprising: one or more support rods; (b) a hand piece comprising: one or more housing structures defining a cavity; and one or more actuating mechanisms comprising: one or more levers attached to one or more pivot axes in the hand piece and configured to form one or more slidable joints in communication with the one or more support rods; wherein the one or more levers are configured to be assembled by: being placed into the hand piece along the assembly direction before the stylet so the stylet may be placed into the hand piece over the one or more levers; or being placed into the hand piece along the assembly direction after the stylet so the one or more levers is placed into the hand piece over the stylet and in communication with the stylet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Gyrus Acmi, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Windgassen, Jeffrey Nelson, Dennis G. Lamser, John R. Mensch, Zane R. Ward, Timothy Ozell
  • Patent number: 10864006
    Abstract: An adjustable length laparoscopic instrument is provided. The instrument includes a shaft with a shaft distal end and a shaft proximal end. The instrument further includes an actuation rod with an actuation rode distal end and an actuation rod proximal end. The actuation rod is receivable by the shaft such that the actuation rod can translate longitudinally relative to the shaft to actuate an end effector. The instrument further includes a handle configured to hold the shaft and the actuation rod. The handle is configured to cause the actuation rod to translate longitudinally relative to the shaft to actuate the end effector. The instrument further includes a length adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a shaft length. The shaft length is defined between the handle and the shaft distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: CareFusion 2200, Inc.
    Inventors: Sara Tillman, Andrew VanDeWeghe, Bradley Thomas Williams, Joanna Rosenbaum, Timothy Hussey, Jessica McQuaide, Thomas Wilschke, Jason Cartwright
  • Patent number: 10864007
    Abstract: An abrading device and method for irritating and blotting a membrane, particularly the pleural membrane. The method uses a device which is small enough to be inserted and withdrawn through a thoracoport. The device includes a proximal end configured to be gripped by a surgeon and a distal end configured to be inserted into the patient. A stainless steel shaft connects the distal and proximal ends of the abrading device. The distal end includes a series of nylon bristles. The bristles are attached to the device wire wrapped around the distal end of the device. The connecting shaft and wrapped wire are malleable. Once the device is inserted, the surgeon grips the proximal end and manipulates the device so that the series of nylon bristles abrades the walls of the pleural space. Once the abrading process is complete, the surgeon can easily withdraw the device back through the thoracoport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Keith Butterfield
  • Patent number: 10864008
    Abstract: A resectoscope having a curved sheath that can be made with different lengths, diameters and radii of curvature to better reach the areas of the bladder that are not accessible with a conventional resectoscope. The device is equipped with a fiber optic scope that follows the curved electrode tube and can transmit images for observing the interior of bladder where the surgical procedure is performed. The device of the present invention further comprises a modified obturator to facilitate the movement of the sheath inside the body, and interior guides on the sheath help move the cutting tool and obturator through the curved portions of the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Parviz Yavari, Morteza Yavari