Patents Issued in May 27, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210153865
    Abstract: The present invention is, in general, directed to a device for dispensing longer and shorter staples so that a user can close a wound or an incision with staples that close deeper tissue in the wound or incision and staples that close the superficial layers of skin in a cosmetically appealing manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Muhammad Anwar
  • Publication number: 20210153866
    Abstract: A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly including a jaw assembly and an impedance assembly. The jaw assembly includes an anvil assembly and a cartridge assembly. The tool assembly supports an impedance assembly for measuring the impedance of tissue grasped within the jaw assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Knapp, Matthew Eschbach, Johana Marinelli
  • Publication number: 20210153867
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly of a surgical stapling instrument includes a housing having an arcuate configuration, a knife disposed within the housing, and a staple actuator configured to eject staples. A longitudinally-extending cutting edge of the knife is configured to advance through tissue after the staple actuator ejects all of the staples from the cartridge assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Roanit A. FERNANDES, Mohan T. CHIRUVOLU, Jitendra Bhargava SRINIVAS
  • Publication number: 20210153868
    Abstract: A system for forming an anastomosis between first and second sections of a digestive tract includes Optical Scope Device (“OSD”) having a lumen extending therethrough and positioned at a first target site within the first section, OSD including an imaging component at a distal end thereof for viewing the first target site; First Endoscope (“FE”) including a working channel extending therethrough and positioned at a second target site within the second section; Capture Device (“CD”) extending from a proximal end to a distal end including a loop, CD extends through the lumen; First Flexible Element (“FFE”) extends through FE, FFE including a coupling element which passes through the loop to couple FFE to CD, connecting the first and second sections, the coupling element moving between insertion and locking configurations; and Stent having a lumen extending therethrough which provides fluid communication between the first and second sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Todd Baron, Peter L. Dayton, Bryan Bannon, Barry Weitzner, Thomas Desimio
  • Publication number: 20210153869
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to medical devices. More particularly, the present disclosure pertains to devices, systems, and methods for securing tissue, such as a tissue defect or wound resulting from an endoscopic procedure, e.g., an endoscopic mucosal resection or submucosal dissection procedure. In one example, a device for securing tissue may include a loop portion configured to be disposed about a distal end of a delivery device in a delivery configuration and configured to be secured about the tissue in a deployed configuration. A locking member may be disposed on the loop portion. A tether portion having a proximal end extendable proximally within the delivery device and a distal portion extending from the loop portion slidably through the locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew Pic, John T. Favreau
  • Publication number: 20210153870
    Abstract: System and methods of delivering adhesive material are described for occluding target locations within a patient. The systems include a catheter configured to deliver adhesive to a target location and one or more of a light source to harden the adhesive, a retention structure to contain the adhesive prior to curing, a balloon to occupy a target location, and an open cell foam plug to occupy a target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Terumo Corporation
    Inventors: Anup Dasnurkar, Shawn O'Leary, Maricela D. Walker, Brian Gray, Michael Martel
  • Publication number: 20210153871
    Abstract: Provided herein is an occlusion device comprising: (a) continuous mesh structure comprising a medial pinch point; (b) a resilient mesh disc-shaped body extending distally and outward from the medial pinch point; and (c) a compressible mesh carriage extending distally from the medial pinch point on an opposing side of the resilient mesh body of (b), wherein the compressible mesh carriage comprises a pinch point on each end of the carriage, wherein one of the pinch points is the medial pinch point of (a); wherein the continuous mesh structure has a first delivery shape and a second expandable deployed shape, and wherein the length (x) of the resilient mesh body is greater than the length (y) of the compressible mesh carriage in free air and in the deployed shape. Also provided herein is a kit comprising the occlusion device disclosed herein and a means for delivery thereof. Methods of manufacture and use of the occlusion device disclosed herein are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Stephen Griffin
  • Publication number: 20210153872
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating an aneurysm in accordance with embodiments of the present technology include intravascularly delivering an occlusive member to an aneurysm cavity and deforming a shape of the occlusive member via introduction of an embolic element to a space between the occlusive member and an inner surface of the aneurysm wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Hoai Nguyen, Junwei Li, Andyanhdzung Huynh
  • Publication number: 20210153873
    Abstract: A compression assembly for a medical tourniquet comprises a strap, a windlass and a buckle assembly and employs a retainer which retains the windlass upon rotation to apply pressure to a limb. The retainer has a pair of C-shaped portions which retain the windlass and a cross piece which is captured by a mounting strip. The buckle assembly preferably comprises a pair of parallel bars, one of which mounts a clasp which engageably retains a D-shaped ring. The strap is pulled through the D-shaped ring and secured in a taut engagement about a limb. The tourniquet is cooperatively configured so that only a relatively small additional rotation of the windlass is typically required to apply the final occluding pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Peterson, David Budd
  • Publication number: 20210153874
    Abstract: A blade assembly including a guide bar having a proximal end and a distal end, the guide bar including a bottom bar, an inner bar and an outer bar that are stacked together, the inner bar holding the bottom bar and outer bar in a spaced relation from each other. The blade including a blade base at least partially disposed inside the guide bar and a blade head having a thickness at least equal to a thickness of a distal end of the guide bar, the blade head having teeth. A connecting member that extends internally through the guide bar, the connecting member being connected to, and extending proximally away from, the blade base. The connecting member and the blade are a monolithic, one-piece component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: Steven J. Carusillo
  • Publication number: 20210153875
    Abstract: A surgical sagittal saw blade cartridge that includes a guide bar formed from an inner layer and opposed outer plates. The inner layer comprising an outer tine extending distally from the proximal end of the guide bar. An outer surface of the outer tine forms a section of a side surface of the guide bar. A side weld may be formed along the side surface of the guide bar. The cartridge may include a blade coupled to the guide bar, the blade comprising a web disposed between the two outer plates. The blade may include a blade head integral with and located distal to the web, the head formed with teeth located distal to the guide bar, the teeth having a sufficient thickness to form a kerf able to receive the guide bar. A method of forming the cartridge is also contemplated, including welding the inner layer to the outer plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Conor Mac An Tuile, James G. Walen
  • Publication number: 20210153876
    Abstract: A surgical system for penetrating and determining a characteristic of tissue. An instrument generates rotational torque, and a drill bit tool body extends along an axis between a distal end to engage tissue and a proximal end to couple to the instrument. An emitter operatively coupled to the instrument emits light. A detector operatively coupled to the instrument detects light. An emission lightguide within the tool body transmits light emitted by the emitter toward the tissue as the instrument rotates the tool body. A detection lightguide within the tool body is spaced from the emission lightguide and transmit light reflected by the tissue toward the detector as the instrument rotates the tool body. The emitter emits light into the emission lightguide along the axis, and the detector detects light reflected from the tissue exiting the detection lightguide transverse to the axis when the tool body is coupled to the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: University College Cork - National University of Ireland Cork
    Inventors: Peter Andrew O'Brien, Matthieu Francois Gabriel Duperron, Ray Burke, Cormac James Eason, Kevin Manley, Gerard Nunan
  • Publication number: 20210153877
    Abstract: A device for collecting a bone graft material comprises a canister extending defining a filter-receiving space therein, the canister including a connection for connecting to a vacuum source, a proximal end of the canister including a first locking feature and a filter element sized and shaped to be received within the filter-receiving space of the canister, the filter element including a channel extending therethrough, the channel defined via a mesh material and a proximal end of the filter element including a second locking feature releasably engageable with the first locking feature of the canister via a rotation of the filter element about a longitudinal axis thereof relative to the canister in combination with an extractor sized and shaped to be received within the channel of the filter element, the extractor defining a graft material receiving space therein and being releasably engageable with the extractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Jeff KIERSH, Michael LEHMICKE, Christopher SHANE, Ross HAMEL, Dominic D'ANDREA
  • Publication number: 20210153878
    Abstract: An irrigation sleeve, for use with a surgical system that comprises an irrigation source and a surgical tool having a tube to support a cutting accessory having a head, in turn comprises a body extending between proximal and distal ends. A first lumen formed in the body receives the tube. The head is adjacent the distal end. A second lumen formed in the body is spaced from the first lumen and comprises proximal and distal regions thereof. The proximal region of the second lumen extends from an inlet for fluid communication with the source, to a transition. The distal region of the second lumen is spaced out of fluid communication with the first lumen and extends from the transition to an outlet to direct fluid adjacent to the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Cushen, Fintan Tynan, James G. Walen
  • Publication number: 20210153879
    Abstract: An insertion assembly may include a DTS guide and an inserter tool configured to couple an intervertebral spacer having a fastener channel configured to receive a fastener and a locking member channel with a first engagement feature. The inserter tool may include a second engagement feature configured to engage the first engagement feature and removably couple the inserter tool with the intervertebral spacer. The DTS guide may include a shaft lumen configured to receive the inserter tool and slidably couple with the inserter tool. The DTS guide may also include a DTS guide channel configured to receive the fastener and a DTS guide wing. The DTS guide wing may abut against a surface of the intervertebral spacer to align the DTS guide channel with the fastener channel and guide the fastener through the DTS guide channel and into the fastener channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: GetSet Surgical SA
    Inventors: David WALSH, Ole STOKLUND, John KAPITAN
  • Publication number: 20210153880
    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: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Nielsen, Matthew Yacono
  • Publication number: 20210153881
    Abstract: A drill guide assembly having an elongated body is configured with a first and second arm members extending from the elongated body. The second arm member is configured and adapted to be longitudinally movable along the elongated body towards and away from the first arm member for reducing fractured bones for repair. A guide housing provided on the second arm member is fitted with a removable sleeve. The removable sleeve is provided with a longitudinal bore for guiding a guide wire or a drill bit for drilling into the bones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kian-Ming (Kevin) WONG, Vernon R. HARTDEGEN
  • Publication number: 20210153882
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion with a concave side, inserting the first device into the vascular lumen, positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, and orienting the concave side of the distal portion toward the vascular lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHAD J. KUGLER, MATTHEW J. OLSON, ROBERT E. ATKINSON
  • Publication number: 20210153883
    Abstract: A catheter including a distal tip section disposed on or adjacent the distal end of the catheter, the distal tip section being invertible about a transition between a catheter body and the distal tip section between a first configuration and a second configuration. Retracting the distal tip section causes the distal tip section to invert about the transition from the first to the second configuration, the second configuration comprising an expansile tip with an open funnel-like distal mouth comprising a larger diameter than a diameter of the transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: NEURAVI LIMITED
    Inventors: Brendan CASEY, Karl KEATING, Ronald KELLY, David VALE
  • Publication number: 20210153884
    Abstract: A clot retrieval catheter can have an expansile distal tip for flow restriction/arrest and improved aspiration efficiency and a large, distal facing mouth into which clots or other obstructions can be retrieved. The tip can be formed from a distal ring of leaflets or hoops. One or more pull cables can be retracted to actuate and radially expand the expansile distal tip. The clot retrieval catheter can have a catheter shaft with flexibility-adding features proximal of the tip. The catheter shaft can be a multi-lumen configuration with a large catheter lumen for passing auxiliary devices and directing aspiration and one or more guide lumens which can route the pull cables to the leaflets or hoops of the expansile tip. A flexible, low-modulus membrane can be disposed around at least a portion of the expansile tip and catheter shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: NEURAVI LIMITED
    Inventors: Brendan CASEY, Karl KEATING, Ronald KELLY, David VALE
  • Publication number: 20210153885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treatment of the human or animal body with noninvasive low energy extracorporeal shockwaves and in particular, to such a method that is utilized for controlling a cascade of biomolecular activity involving a plurality of biomolecular factors, provided to improve function of the treatment portion of the human or animal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Avner SPECTOR, Tamar Shultz MORE
  • Publication number: 20210153886
    Abstract: Forceps 2 include an insertion tube 6 having a tubular shape, and an operation wire 8 inserted in the insertion tube 6 so as to be movable forward and backward. The operation wire 8 includes a wire body 18, and a plurality of grasping members 20 extending from a leading end of the wire body 18. The grasping members 20 include grasping bodies 26. In an inserted attitude in which the grasping members 20 are inserted in the insertion tube 6, the grasping bodies 26 are arranged in a circumferential direction and a space 24 is formed so as to be surrounded by the grasping bodies 26 arranged in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOKUSEN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20210153887
    Abstract: A probe for electrosurgical treatment of tissue. An electrode is movably arranged in an extension direction of an electrode channel inside a probe body. The probe body is connected with an operating device at the proximal end. The operating device comprises an electrode operating element to shift the electrode along the electrode channel. The movement coupling between the electrode operating element and the electrode is established via a reduction gear, for example a lever gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
    Inventors: Charlotte Artes, Waldemar Wandel
  • Publication number: 20210153888
    Abstract: A method for sealing a vessel includes supplying electrical energy to an ultrasonic surgical instrument having an end effector and a transducer coupled to the end effector, when the end effector is grasping a vessel, sensing parameters of the vessel when the end effector achieves a predetermined velocity, estimating a size of the vessel based on the sensed parameters, controlling the electrical energy based on maintaining a predetermined initial heating rate of heating the vessel until a predetermined amount of energy corresponding to the estimated size of the vessel has been delivered, and controlling the electrical energy based on a predetermined heating rate curve of heating the vessel after the predetermined amount of energy corresponding to the estimated size of the vessel has been delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: David J. Van Tol, Kelly E. Goodman, Keith W. Malang, Christopher T. Tschudy
  • Publication number: 20210153889
    Abstract: An ultrasonic electromechanical system for an ultrasonic surgical instrument may include an ultrasonic blade, a clamp arm disposed opposite the ultrasonic blade, an ultrasonic transducer configured to oscillate the ultrasonic blade in response to a drive signal, and a control circuit coupled to the ultrasonic transducer. The control circuit can be configured to determine a temperature of the ultrasonic blade, increase an amount of power of the drive signal when the temperature of the ultrasonic blade is less than a first predetermined value, and decrease the amount of power of the drive signal when the temperature of the ultrasonic blade is greater than a second predetermined value. The second predetermined value may be greater than the first predetermined value. An ultrasonic generator connectable to the ultrasonic electromechanical system may include the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Cameron R. Nott, Fergus P. Quigley, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Kevin L. Houser, David C. Yates, Patrick J. Scoggins, Craig N. Faller, Madeleine C. Jayme
  • Publication number: 20210153890
    Abstract: Surgical devices and systems having rotating end effector assemblies for treating tissue are provided. Methods for using the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Alex Cuti, Demetrius Harris
  • Publication number: 20210153891
    Abstract: An example cutting balloon is disclosed. The example cutting balloon includes an expandable member having an outer surface and longitudinal axis, a first cutting member disposed along the outer surface of the expandable member and a covering encapsulating the expandable member and the first cutting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Alyssa Madej, Amelia Ann Sandberg
  • Publication number: 20210153892
    Abstract: A device for safe epidural drug delivery configured to be used with standard epidural stylet and needle. The correct placement of an epidural needle and stylet within the epidural space is provided with the device comprising at least one position sensor for determining the relative position of both an epidural needle and stylet and relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Matan SHABAT
  • Publication number: 20210153893
    Abstract: A handle device is provided comprising a first wing and a second wing. The first wing and the second wing are configured to pivot about a common axis to one another. The first wing has one or more first ridge, and a first one or more clearance spaces. The second wing has one or more second ridges and a second one or more clearance spaces. The one or more first ridges is configured to be received within the second one or more clearance spaces and the one or more second ridges is configured to be received within the first one or more clearance spaces when the first wing is pivoted about the common axis to the second wing in a folded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: KIERAN MURPHY
  • Publication number: 20210153894
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes delivery cables for delivering a medical device. In one embodiment, a delivery cable includes a flexible inner core, a proximal outer coil, and a distal outer coil. The proximal outer coil has a first rigidity. The distal outer coil surrounds at least a portion of a distal section of the flexible inner core and has a second rigidity less than the first rigidity thereby, thereby reducing bias placed on the medical device by the delivery cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Perszyk, Caytlin Gale
  • Publication number: 20210153895
    Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20210153896
    Abstract: The present invention concerns, but is not limited to, a new medical device suitable for the removal of an intraosseous needle implanted in a bone of a patient. The device comprises a traction handle (3) formed by a gripping part (4) coupled to a shank (5), which are disposed in a substantially T-shaped arrangement. In addition, a distal end of the shank (5) comprises a connector (6) complementary to a connector disposed on the needle (1). In this way, an ergonomic device is obtained for generating the traction and rotation forces necessary to remove the intraosseous needle (1) from the patient's bone. The device also contains biosafety elements for carrying out this removal technique, such as a protective sleeve (54) for protecting against accidental punctures and a protector (55) that protects the patient's skin surface during the removal process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Julio Cesar DE LA TORRE MONTERO
  • Publication number: 20210153897
    Abstract: A cannula and instrument guide assembly includes a cannula with a proximal portion and a tube, An instrument guide is removably inserted into the proximal portion of the cannula and extends through the cannula to a distal end of the tube. The proximal portion of the cannula has an insufflation port. The instrument guide provides at least one interior passageway to support a shaft of a surgical instrument that passes through the instrument guide. One or more channels on an outer surface of the instrument guide provide a passage for insufflation gas received from the insufflation port to the distal end of the tube, The one or more channels have a first cross-sectional area at a proximal end and a second, larger cross-sectional area at a distal end. The one or more channels may have the first cross-sectional area along a majority of the length of the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Tyler J. Morrissette, Michael Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20210153898
    Abstract: A fluid management system for use with a fluid reservoir includes an inflow pump and an outflow pump. The inflow pump is connectable to a probe for delivering a distention fluid to a body cavity. The outflow pump removes the distention fluid through the same probe, thus establishing a re-circulating volume of distention fluid within the body cavity. The removed fluid is filtered and returned to a fluid reservoir for eventual recycling to the body cavity. A controller adjusts the flow rates of the inflow pump and the outflow pump to maintain a pre-selected fluid pressure or volume within the body cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Csaba Truckai, Aaron Germain, Kyle Klein, John H. Shadduck, Michael D. Walker, Benedek Orczy-Timko, Balazs Lesko
  • Publication number: 20210153899
    Abstract: Surgical instruments and methods are disclosed including a tissue removal tool for treatment of endometrial tissue on a background tissue of a patient. The tissue removal tool can optionally comprise a graspable portion, a shaft and an end effector. The shaft can be coupled to the graspable portion. The shaft can have a proximal portion and a distal portion and can be configured to access an anatomic location of the endometrial tissue. The end effector can be coupled to the distal portion of the shaft. The end effector can be configured to lift the endometrial tissue relative to the background tissue to a lifted position. The end effector can be configured to cut the endometrial tissue from the background tissue with the endometrial tissue in the lifted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas J. Holman, Nikhil M. Murdeshwar
  • Publication number: 20210153900
    Abstract: A uterine manipulator includes a cervical cup assembly having a cervical cup with an adjustable diameter to facilitate use of the uterine manipulator with patients having a wide range of cervical sizes. In embodiments, the cervical cup is formed from a plurality of slats that are connected to a base member by a living hinge. An actuator is positioned in relation to the cervical cup to move the slats towards or away from adjacent slats to vary the diameter of the cervical cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Scott J. Prior, Danial P. Ferreira, Paul C. DiCesare
  • Publication number: 20210153901
    Abstract: A medical device and method for artificial insemination are provided. The medical device has a shield and an arm secured to the shield at one end and extending outwardly from the shield. The arm is inserted into the cervical canal of a patient and the shield covers the external os of the patient. By inserting the medical device into a patient's cervical canal after insemination, a physical barrier that holds a semen sample within the cervical canal and prevents leakage from the cervical canal back into the vaginal cavity is established. The device may have a bore extending through the device for a catheter to pass through. The bore has a valve to allow passage of the catheter and prevent backflow of semen. The arm may have a circumferential bulge to help keep the device in place during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: InnoMed One, LLC
    Inventors: KIRBY J. PLESSALA, PETER T FALKNER
  • Publication number: 20210153902
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for percutaneous retrieval of objects, such as endovascular devices, from an internal body space. The present inventions have vascular, non-vascular (gastrointestinal), and surgical (laproscopic) applications. The inventions include a retrieval end having one or more compressed states and an expanded state, the retrieval end adopting the expanded state when the retrieval end is deployed into a subject's internal body space, the retrieval end having a mouth through which an object can be passed into an interior space within the retrieval end when the retrieval end is in the expanded state, the mouth being adjustable between an opened state and a closed state; wherein when at least a portion of the retrieval end of the inner sheath is transitioned to a compressed state following capture of the object, the retrieval end exerts an inward force that at least partially collapses or compresses the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew J Gillespie, Joseph H Gorman, III, Robert C Gorman, Mark Piper
  • Publication number: 20210153903
    Abstract: A device includes a plurality of rings. Each ring has a first face, a second face, and at least one slot defined by first and second interior edges of the ring on opposing sides of the slot. The at least one slot penetrates from the first face to the second face. The first face of each ring has a first recess adjacent the slot on the first edge and a second recess adjacent the slot on the second edge. A plurality of posts join each one of the plurality of rings to an adjacent one of the plurality of rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris ROBINSON, Kian-Ming WONG
  • Publication number: 20210153904
    Abstract: A spinal construct includes a coupling member including a first mating surface engageable with an existing fastener implant. The existing fastener implant defines a cavity configured for disposal of an existing spinal rod implant. A connector is engageable with the existing fastener implant and has a rod extending therefrom. A locking member is engageable with a second mating surface of the coupling member. Systems, surgical instruments, implants and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.
    Inventors: Rex W. Armstrong, David A. Mire
  • Publication number: 20210153905
    Abstract: A spinal construct includes a coupling member including a first mating surface engageable with an existing fastener implant. The existing fastener implant defines a cavity configured for disposal of an existing spinal rod implant. A connector is engageable with the existing fastener implant and has a rod extending therefrom. A locking member is engageable with a second mating surface of the coupling member. Systems, surgical instruments, implants and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.
    Inventors: Rex W. Armstrong, David A. Mire
  • Publication number: 20210153906
    Abstract: A spinal construct includes a coupling member including a first mating surface engageable with an existing fastener implant. The existing fastener implant defines a cavity configured for disposal of an existing spinal rod implant. A connector is engageable with the existing fastener implant and has a rod extending therefrom. A locking member is engageable with a second mating surface of the coupling member. Systems, surgical instruments, implants and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.
    Inventors: Rex W. Armstrong, David A. Mire
  • Publication number: 20210153907
    Abstract: A spinal construct includes a coupling member including a first mating surface engageable with an existing fastener implant. The existing fastener implant defines a cavity configured for disposal of an existing spinal rod implant. A connector is engageable with the existing fastener implant and has a rod extending therefrom. A locking member is engageable with a second mating surface of the coupling member. Systems, surgical instruments, implants and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.
    Inventors: Rex W. Armstrong, David A. Mire
  • Publication number: 20210153908
    Abstract: Systems and methods for joint replacement are provided. The systems and methods include a surgical orientation device and at least one orthopedic fixture. 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, or to otherwise assist in an orthopedic procedure or procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas van der Walt, Santiago P. Borja
  • Publication number: 20210153909
    Abstract: A load sensing assembly for a spinal implant is disclosed. The load sensing assembly may include: a set screw having a drive interface, a lower cavity for receiving a cover, the cover including a protrusion that may engage with an anchoring member. The load sensing assembly may further include an antenna, and at least one sensor having an integrated circuit in communication with the antenna. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit is positioned within a sealed cavity of the set screw. In some embodiments, a connecting wire extends through a through hole of the set screw and into the sealed cavity to connect the antenna with the at least one sensor. In some embodiments, the cap is welded to the set screw, the through hole is filled with an insulative material, and the sealed cavity of the set screw is hermitically sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: ARJUN SIBY-KURIAN, Chris E. Johnson, Richard L. Brown, Richard W. Franks, Newton Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20210153910
    Abstract: A spinal fixation device includes an inner housing, an outer housing, a screw, and a pivot inhibitor. The outer housing is circumferentially disposed around at least a portion of the inner housing, wherein the outer and inner housings are translatable relative to one another to cause transitioning of the spinal fixation device between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. The screw including a screw head pivotably coupled to a lower portion of the inner housing and a shaft extending from the screw head. The pivot inhibitor is coupled to one of the inner housing or screw, such that pivoting of the inner housing about the screw head is inhibited in a direction of the pivot inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Shyam Kishan, Michael Barrus
  • Publication number: 20210153911
    Abstract: Threaded sacro-iliac joint stabilization (e.g., fusion, fixation) implants and methods of implantation and manufacture. Some implants include a threaded distal region, an optionally threaded central region, and an optionally threaded proximal region. The distal, central, and proximal regions have lengths such that when the implant is laterally implanted across a SI joint, the distal region can be positioned in a sacrum, the central region can be positioned across an SI-joint, and the proximal region can be positioned in an ilium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Mary E. STUART, Bret W. SCHNEIDER, Francois FOLLINI, Craig S. BARTLETT, Bharat M. DESAI, Michael J. GARDNER, GianLuigi MORO, Sven H. VAN HELDEN, Kyle L. NISHKIAN, David W. POLLY, Jed S. VANICHKACHORN, Andy J. KRANENBURG, Sharad S. RAJPAL, Nikolai G. RAINOV, Erol GERCEK
  • Publication number: 20210153912
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for performing medial-to-lateral sacroiliac fusion. An aiming guide is used to place a guide wire into a sacroiliac joint to facilitate driving a fusion implant into the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Liana Mari, Ryan Kretzer
  • Publication number: 20210153913
    Abstract: An insertion assembly may include a flexible tool and a DTS guide configured to engage an intervertebral spacer having a fastener channel oriented at a first angle. The DTS guide may include a DTS guide channel oriented at the first angle which may be aligned with the fastener channel. The flexible tool may include a flexible shaft and a working member disposed at a distal end of the flexible shaft. The working member may be received through the DTS guide channel at the first angle. At least a portion of the flexible shaft adjacent the DTS guide member may flex while the working member is received through the DTS guide channel, such that a distal portion of the flexible shaft may be at a greater absolute angle relative to a DTS guide shaft than a proximal portion of the flexible shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: GetSet Surgical SA
    Inventors: David WALSH, Ole STOKLUND, John KAPITAN
  • Publication number: 20210153914
    Abstract: A control member for mounting to an end of an access tube includes a body that defines a proximal end and a distal end spaced from each other along a central axis. The control member defines a bore extending between the proximal and distal ends along the central axis, a handle portion that extends to the proximal end, and a mounting formation that extends to the distal end. The mounting formation includes an insertion portion that is insertable within the access tube and a lip that is opposed to the insertion portion so as to define a receptacle configured to receive an end portion of the access tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Roman Lomeli, John C. Voellmicke, Paul S. Maguire, Clara Cheung