Patents Issued in August 12, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210244382
    Abstract: Imaging medical device systems and methods for making and using imaging medical device systems are disclosed. An example imaging medical device system may include an elongate shaft having a distal end region. An imaging assembly may be disposed within the elongate shaft. The imaging assembly may include a drive cable, a housing coupled to the drive cable, and a transducer coupled to the housing. A bubble-reducing member may be disposed adjacent to the drive cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: BRYAN JOSEPH PLUNGER, HARUKA IMURA, SEAN P. FLEURY, JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, MONICA ORTIZ SERRANO, JAN SEPPALA, JEFFREY ADAM HAMMERSTROM, VICTORIA SZLAG
  • Publication number: 20210244383
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquisition of volumetric breast images for screening and/or diagnosing breast cancers using a rotary scanning template and transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Shih-Ping WANG
  • Publication number: 20210244384
    Abstract: A method and system for optimizing RF energy delivery to a tissue ROI with a thermoacoustic system includes directing with a RF applicator, RF energy pulses into the tissue ROI having an object of interest and a reference separated by a boundary; detecting with a thermoacoustic transducer, a multi-polar thermoacoustic signal generated at the boundary in response to the RF energy pulses and processing the multi-polar acoustic signal to determine a peak-to-peak amplitude; detecting with the thermoacoustic transducer, an artifact multi-polar thermoacoustic signal generated at a location other than the boundary and processing it to determine a peak-to-peak amplitude; utilizing an electromagnetic model coupled with a model of patient anatomy to place dielectric or conducting materials near the thermoacoustic transducer or the RF applicator to optimize a signal-to-noise ratio of the multi-polar thermoacoustic signal generated at the boundary or minimize the artifact multi-polar thermoacoustic signal generated at a
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: ENDRA Life Sciences Inc.
    Inventors: Amanda Margaret Barnes, Christopher Nelson Davis, Michael M. Thornton
  • Publication number: 20210244385
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to which a plurality of ultrasound probes are connected and which transmits and receives ultrasound using one of the plurality of ultrasound probes to generate ultrasound image data, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes the following, a detector which optically detects the ultrasound probe which is used among the plurality of ultrasound probes; and a hardware processor which switches and sets the detected ultrasound probe to be the ultrasound probe which is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Takashi SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210244386
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to detection of one or more taps by an ultrasound device. An ultrasound device may comprise tap detection circuitry and be configured to detect, with the tap detection circuitry, one or more taps on an exterior of the ultrasound device during ultrasound imaging, and transmit an indication of the detection of the one or more taps to a processing device in operative communication with the ultrasound device during the ultrasound imaging. A processing device in operative communication with the ultrasound device may be configured to receive, from the ultrasound device, an indication of detection of one or more taps on an exterior of the ultrasound device during ultrasound imaging, and perform an action controlling an aspect of the ultrasound imaging based on receiving the indication of the detection of the one or more taps from the ultrasound device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirthi Bellamkonda, Krishna Ersson, Matthew de Jonge, Amy Wilkinson, Landry Collet, John E. Peabody, JR.
  • Publication number: 20210244387
    Abstract: A system and method for enhancing ultrasound images acquired at a low acoustic power to simulate an acquisition at a high acoustic power is provided. The method may include acquiring, by an ultrasound system, a first ultrasound image at a first acoustic power. The method may include processing, by at least one processor, the first ultrasound image to generate a second ultrasound image simulating a second acoustic power that is greater than the first acoustic power. The method may include presenting the second ultrasound image simulating the second acoustic power at a display system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Michael J. Washburn, Yelena V. Tsymbalenko, Heng Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210244388
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to collecting and preparing samples. For example, the technology relates particularly, but not exclusively, to devices, systems, and kits that allow a subject to collect and prepare a sample for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Graham P. Lidgard, Michael J. Domanico, Keith Fourrier, James P. Light, II, Scott Castanon, Keith Kopitzke
  • Publication number: 20210244389
    Abstract: A telescoping assembly such as an endobronchial ultrasound needle (EBUS) assembly includes a motor coupled to a biopsy needle within a telescoping housing to rotate (such as to oscillate) the needle during tissue harvest to improve harvesting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: John Steele Fisher, Wayne A. Noda, Nathaniel H. Pariseau, Andrew D. Palmer, Victor M. De Marco, Elizabeth A. Fisher, Christopher M. Drake
  • Publication number: 20210244390
    Abstract: A gynecological cervical or vaginal sample removal instrument has, at the cranial end, a plurality of brushes that are fixed to a wire assembly extending in the axial direction. The brushes are made of at least 600 plastic filaments with a diameter between 350 ?m and 900 ?m and an axial line density of at least 600 filaments over a maximum axial extension of 3 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Bernhard Rinderknecht
  • Publication number: 20210244391
    Abstract: A device for collecting samples of biological tissue, comprising a needle and a cannula, positioned at a distal end of the device and coaxially arranged along an axis and slidable with respect to each other along the axis; a covering sheath, surrounding the needle and the cannula; and an actuating mechanism, positioned at a proximal end of the device and connected to the needle and the cannula for moving the needle and the cannula in the sheath; wherein the actuating mechanism is connected to the needle and the cannula by respective flexible operation cables, capable of transmitting axial forces in both directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: GIORGIO RAMORINO, ILARIO BONERA
  • Publication number: 20210244392
    Abstract: A tissue specimen retrieval device includes a first shaft having a first end of a bag brim for supporting a tissue specimen bag attached thereto and a second shaft including a second end of the bag brim attached thereto. The second shaft is telescopically movable within the first shaft between a retracted position, wherein the bag brim is disposed within the first shaft, a first deployed position, wherein a portion of the second end of the bag brim deploys distally from the first shaft forming a substantially circular enclosure having a first diameter for supporting the tissue specimen bag thereon, and one or more further deployed positions wherein the portion of the second end of the bag brim deploys further distally from the first shaft increasing the diameter of the substantially circular enclosure for supporting the tissue specimen bag thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jacob C. Baril, Justin Thomas, Saumya Banerjee, Roy Pilletere, Matthew Dinino
  • Publication number: 20210244393
    Abstract: A conduit for creating a passage from a right atrium to a left atrium, through a mitral valve into the left ventricle, and to provide a passage from the left ventricle into the aortic valve. The conduit includes an elongate tubular member having a shaft with a proximal section and a distal loop section at a distal end of the proximal section. The distal loop section includes a passive proximal curve, a steerable distal curve, a generally straight segment extending between the curves, and a distal tip. The shaft in the distal loop section is steerable to cause it to curve back on itself so that proximal curve is formed by a part of the shaft that is closer along the length of the shaft to the distal tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Richard S. Stack, Kevin W. Johnson, William L. Athas, Emer M. FEERICK
  • Publication number: 20210244394
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly, a power source coupled with the handle assembly, and a control circuit coupled with the handle assembly and the power source. The handle assembly, the power source, and the control circuit are configured to drive an end effector of a shaft assembly coupled with the handle assembly to perform an operation on tissue. The control circuit is configured to receive life deduction event data. The control circuit is configured to determine an end of life for the power source based on the life deduction event data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Vendely
  • Publication number: 20210244395
    Abstract: A laparoscopic surgical apparatus for performing a surgical procedure through a single incision in a patient's body includes a gross positioning arm supported on a moveable platform, the gross positioner including a head; at least one articulated tool positioning apparatus coupled via a tool controller to an underside of the head, the articulated tool positioning apparatus being configured to receive a tool for performing surgical operations, the tool controller being actuated by the head to cause movements of the articulated tool positioning apparatus for performing surgical operations; and wherein the gross positioner is configured to permit the head to be positioned to facilitate insertion of the articulated tool positioning apparatus through the incision into the patient's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Rene Robert, David Allen Zitnick, Peter John Kenneth Cameron, Leonard M. Faria, Andrea Bajo
  • Publication number: 20210244396
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for dissecting a mucosa and a submucosa from a muscularis propria from a region of an organ of a subject, wherein the organ is not the esophagus. In some embodiments, the organ is in the gastrointestinal tract. These methods include injecting submucosally into the organ of the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an extracellular matrix (ECM) hydrogel to form a cushion between the submucosa and the underlying muscularis propria at the region of the organ, wherein the ECM hydrogel has the following characteristics: a) a time to 50% gelation of less than 30 minutes at a temperature of about 37° C.; b) a flow viscosity suitable for infusion into the organ; and c) a stiffness of about 10 to about 400 Pascal (Pa).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Stephen Francis Badylak, Lindsey Tamiko Saldin, Juan Diego Naranjo Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20210244397
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, a motor-driven orthopedic impacting tool for orthopedic impacting in the hips, knees, shoulders and the like may be capable of holding a surgical implement such as a broach, chisel, or other end effector, which when gently tapped in a cavity with controlled percussive impacts, can expand the size or volume of an opening of the cavity or facilitate removal of the surgical implement from the opening. A stored-energy drive mechanism may store potential energy and then release it to launch a launched mass or striker to communicate a striking force to an adapter in either a forward or reverse direction. The tool may further include a combination anvil and adapter and an energy adjustment mechanism to adjust the striking force the launched mass delivers to the adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Christopher Pedicini
  • Publication number: 20210244398
    Abstract: A retractor for use in surgical operations comprises a pair of blade assemblies. In operation, the blade assemblies are initially in a closed position to assume a low profile, inserted into a relatively small incision, and stretched apart from each other, thereby stretching the skin about the incision to form an aperture longer than the incision. The retractor is adapted to rotate a first blade about a first axis and a second blade about a second axis. The retractor is adapted to move the pair of blade assemblies apart along a third axis. The retractor is adapted to pivot the first blade about a fourth axis and the second blade about a fifth axis. In some embodiments, a method of performing an operation, e.g. a spinal operation, on a patient using the disclosed retractor is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: David Ortiz, Kyle Elsabee, Jason Blain, Tyson Vogel
  • Publication number: 20210244399
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for dilating tissue for placement of a pedicle screw without the use of guide wires. The tissue dilation system includes, generally, a stylet and trocar which are used for the initial placement of the tissue dilation system. A second dilator is passed over the first. A second dilator is passed over the first dilator, and further includes a serrated edge for engaging with a target surface. The second dilator may be secured to the target surface by the serrated edge alone, or may additional be secured using one or more temporary fixation pins, which operably couple to the second dilator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Faheem Sandhu, Amjad Anaizi, Scott Koysh
  • Publication number: 20210244400
    Abstract: A device for mechanically assisting with scleral depression is disclosed. A top ring and a bottom ring are rotationally engaged where the bottom ring is capable of attachment to an eyelid speculum, and is thus fixed while in use. A variable vertical displacement apparatus is attached to the top ring. A rod and depressing member are engaged with the variable vertical displacement apparatus such that the depressing member is capable of both vertical and horizontal travel around the periphery of a patient's eye, allowing a surgeon to depress the sclera of a patient's eye while at the same time performing a surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: 11789473 CANADA INC. (KVW SURGICAL)
    Inventors: Michael Alton Kapusta, Natàlia Vilà Grané, Jean-Laurent Wilson
  • Publication number: 20210244401
    Abstract: Suture constructs and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs. The suture construct is a soft, suture-based anchor which is self-cinching and has a specific, accordian-type configuration (i.e., with the ability to fold from a first, extended position to a second, folded or compressed position). The suture-based anchor may be formed essentially of a flexible material such as a high strength surgical suture, suture chain, or suture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen S. Burkhart, Peter J. Dreyfuss, Paul C. Brady
  • Publication number: 20210244402
    Abstract: An all-suture anchor including an anchor suture having a closed loop at one end thereof; and a sheath positioned around at least a portion of the closed loop such that closed loop holds the sheath in a pre-defined location on the all-suture anchor. In this manner, the need for a knot at one end of the suture to hold the sheath in place is eliminated and the all-suture anchor is easier for surgeons to use as the knot is not interfering with the passage of repair sutures through the bone hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Dean Leffler
  • Publication number: 20210244403
    Abstract: A system and method of repairing an ACL using a fixation device and a pre-sutured tendon. The fixation device includes a button having first and second inner apertures extending therethrough and a length of suture having a first limb connected to a second limb. The first and second limbs both extend through the first inner aperture, forming an adjustable loop in the length of suture extending from the button. A mass of suture material or a protuberance is formed in a first terminal end of the first limb extending proximally from the button. The mass of suture material and the protuberance have a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the first inner aperture. Pulling the second limb proximally from the button decreases the size of the adjustable loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Conmed Corporation
    Inventor: Giuseppe Lombardo
  • Publication number: 20210244404
    Abstract: A method for syndesmotic repair includes forming a bone tunnel through a first bone and a second bone. A partial anchoring construct is inserted through the bone tunnel. The partial anchoring construct includes a first flexible strand defining a first adjustable loop and a first anchor coupled to a first end of the first adjustable loop. A second end of the first adjustable loop is coupled to a first pull-through strand. A second anchor is coupled to the second end of the first adjustable loop after the first adjustable loop is inserted through the bone tunnel by the first pull-through strand. The length of the first adjustable loop is adjusted to position the first bone and the second bone in a predetermined spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Jesse G. MOORE
  • Publication number: 20210244405
    Abstract: A device for fixating a suture anchor beyond a hard tissue opening with the aid of a material having thermoplastic properties and energy transmitted to the suture anchor for in situ liquefaction of at least part of the material having thermoplastic properties. The device includes a tool and a suture anchor. The tool has a proximal end suitable for being coupled to an energy source and a distal end suitable for arrangement of the suture anchor including the suture. The distal end includes a distal tool face and an axial channel with a distal mouth located in the distal tool face. The suture anchor has an anchor foot and a thermoplastic sleeve including the material having thermoplastic properties. The anchor foot holds a loop of a suture such that end sections of the suture reach through the thermoplastic sleeve and a portion of the distal tool face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jörg Mayer, Mario Lehmann, Stephanie Goebel-Mehl, Andreas Wenger
  • Publication number: 20210244406
    Abstract: A surgical instrument can comprise a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and an end effector rotatably coupled to the shaft by an articulation joint. The surgical instrument can further include a staple cartridge positioned within the end effector and a firing drive operably coupled with a trigger wherein the operation of the trigger can advance and/or retract a firing member of the firing drive relative to the end effector. The surgical instrument can further comprise an articulation drive which is selectively engageable with the firing drive. When the articulation drive is engaged with the firing drive, the operation of the firing drive can operate the articulation drive and articulate the end effector. When the articulation drive is not engaged with the firing drive, the firing drive can be operated independently of the articulation drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Wendy A. Kerr, Thomas W. Lytle, IV, Mark D. Overmyer, Brett E. Swensgard, Richard L. Leimbach, Kevin D. Sackett
  • Publication number: 20210244407
    Abstract: Methods of controlling velocity of a firing member in a robotic surgical system are disclosed. One method detects an end effector condition during closure, sets a command velocity of a displacement member based on the closure condition, fires the displacement member at the set command velocity, detects an end effector condition during a firing phase, and sets a command velocity based on the firing condition. Another method receives closure force of a closure member, compares the actual closure force to a threshold, determines a set point velocity based on the comparison, and controls the actual velocity of the closure member based on the set point velocity. Another method receives actual closure force of a closure member, receives actual position of a firing member, and sets a new closure force based on the actual closure force applied to the closure member and the actual position of the firing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, David C. Yates, Gregory J. Bakos, Sarah A. Worthington, Chester O. Baxter, III
  • Publication number: 20210244408
    Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus includes an end effector and an electronics assembly, the end effector having an anvil assembly and a cartridge assembly. The anvil and cartridge assemblies are positionable between an open position and a closed position to selectively grasp tissue therebetween. The electronics assembly is supported in the end effector and configured to determine a condition of the grasped tissue based on an amount of current in an electrical circuit defined by the anvil and cartridge assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Joseph Eisinger
  • Publication number: 20210244409
    Abstract: A suture material to be placed in blood vessels which is developed for end-to-end anastomosis of blood vessels with a lumen in microsurgery in a way to enable end-to-end suturing of blood vessels while at the same time increasing the success of vessel sutures and contributing to keeping the lumen open, wherein the straight wires form the body structure such that a rhombic lattice structure will be obtained, and then the oval wires are passed through the circles positioned at the end portions and knitted by the practitioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Ali Engin ULUSAL
  • Publication number: 20210244410
    Abstract: A surgical stapling device that comprises an end effector. According to various embodiments, the end effector comprises a circular anvil having a staple forming surface and a plurality of staples facing the staple forming surface of the anvil. The end effector also comprises a staple driver assembly comprising a plurality of staple drivers. Each staple driver supports one of the plurality of staples and is configured such that, when the staple driver assembly is actuated, each staple driver drives the staple into the staple forming surface of the anvil. A first quantity of the plurality of staple drivers has a first height and a second quantity of the plurality of staple drivers has a second height, wherein the first height is less than the second height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Swayze, Joseph C. Hueil, Jerome R. Morgan, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Publication number: 20210244411
    Abstract: In one general aspect, various embodiments of the present invention can include a motorized surgical cutting and fastening instrument having a drive shaft, a motor selectively engageable with the drive shaft, and a manual return mechanism configured to operably disengage the motor from the drive shaft and retract the drive shaft. In at least one embodiment, a surgeon, or other operator of the surgical instrument, can utilize the manual return mechanism to retract the drive shaft after it has been advanced, especially when the motor, or a power source supplying the motor, has failed or is otherwise unable to provide a force sufficient to retract the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Bret W. Smith, Daniel J. Abbott, Richard F. Schwemberger, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chad P. Boudreaux, Brett E. Swensgard, Ryan J. Laurent
  • Publication number: 20210244412
    Abstract: A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapling instrument includes a staple cartridge including a plurality of staples and a cartridge deck. The staple cartridge assembly also includes a compressible adjunct positionable against the cartridge deck, wherein the staples are deployable into tissue captured against the compressible adjunct, and wherein the compressible adjunct comprises a first biocompatible layer comprising a first portion, a second biocompatible layer comprising a second portion, and crossed spacer fibers extending between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Michael J. Vendely, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Charles J. Scheib, Howell T. Goldrein, Robert S. Moir, Sofia Maria Consonni, Ismail Akram, Ashley D. Easter, Helen S. Latham
  • Publication number: 20210244413
    Abstract: A surgical stapler is provided. The stapler employs circumferential channels through which staples are deployed along an arc pathway against an anvil surface. The curved channels allow staples with relatively longer legs to be used in the stapler having a smaller diameter at the jaws. Also, by utilizing a curved path, a much larger staple can be placed in the same diameter device. Specialized curved staples for use with the stapler of the present invention are also provided. To further enable the benefits of the stapler with circumferential channels and method of staple deployment, novel jaw reinforcement structures are provided in the present invention. The jaw reinforcement structures are located towards the center or bladeline of the device instead of around the circumference as in conventional staplers, thereby clearing the outer area near the circumference of the device to provide room for longer staples and staple firing components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy M. Hopkins, Atal C. Patel, Donald L. Gadberry, Matthew M. Becerra
  • Publication number: 20210244414
    Abstract: The invention concerns delivering paired magnetic anastomosis devices to either side of tissues to be joined. The magnetic anastomosis devices are coupled to a guide element that facilitates delivery and manipulation of the devices when using minimally-invasive techniques such as endoscopy and laparoscopy. Elongated manipulators and guide tubes are also disclosed that improve a user's dexterity with the devices during placement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Lukin, Robert F. Beisel, Christopher Thompson, Marvin Ryou, James Wright
  • Publication number: 20210244415
    Abstract: Devices and methods are used to modify a metabolic pathway of a digestive system by creating a pathway within the intestinal tract through an anastomosis between a proximal location within the intestinal tract and a distal location within the intestinal tract. In some examples, the small intestine has a first initial length and the created pathway defines a second length of the intestinal tract that is approximately ten to seventy percent of the first initial length of the small intestine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Elliott J. Fegelman, Randy J. Seeley, Gregory J. Bakos, Jason L. Harris
  • Publication number: 20210244416
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a flow of urine in a urethra of a patient is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an implantable constriction device for constricting the urethra to influence the flow in the urinary tract, comprising a plurality of clamping elements configured to be arranged in a common plane intersecting the urethra and to be radially movable towards and away from a central axis of the urethra. The apparatus further comprises an operation device configured to operate the clamping elements, and an implantable motor configured to operate the operation device. The operation device is configured to operate the movement of the clamping elements such that the movement is predominantly inelastic, and such that a clamping force, acting on the urethra, is distributed between the clamping elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Publication number: 20210244417
    Abstract: There is provided an embolization device for promoting clot formation in a bodily lumen and having a contracted delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration, the embolisation device comprising: a stem comprising a tube having a tube wall; and a plurality of flexible bristles extending radially outwardly from the tube, wherein at least one of the plurality of flexible bristles penetrates through the tube wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Seán Wall, Allan Ronan
  • Publication number: 20210244418
    Abstract: A system for treating tissue including a clip assembly including a pair of clip arms, a proximal end of each of the clip arms slidably received within a channel of a capsule and moveable between a tissue receiving configuration and a tissue clipping configuration. The system also including an applicator releasably coupleable to the clip assembly, the applicator including a control member connectable to the proximal end of each of the clip arms and a locking sleeve coupleable to a proximal end of the capsule via a deflectable tab including an engaging structure configured to engage a corresponding engaging structure at the proximal end of the capsule and a releasing structure proximal of the engaging structure, the releasing structure engagable with a portion of the control member to deflect the deflectable member and disengage the engaging structure of the locking sleeve from the corresponding engaging structure of the capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Nishant RANDHAWA, Sukhvinder SINGH, Subodh MOREY, Federico RIVERA
  • Publication number: 20210244419
    Abstract: An aneurysm implant support device for treating an aneurysm at a bifurcation can include a body having a tubular lattice extending from an upper body section, through a mid body section, and to a lower body section. The upper body section can be sized, shaped, and otherwise configured for implantation in an aneurysm sac. The upper body section can include support elements positioned at the aneurysm neck which inhibit the embolic implants from exiting the aneurysm. The mid body section can have two large cell openings substantially larger than the cell openings over a majority of the tubular lattice. The two large cell openings can be placed across passageways from a stem blood vessel to branch blood vessels of the bifurcation. The lower body section can be sized, shaped, and otherwise configured to anchor within the stem blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Juan LORENZO
  • Publication number: 20210244420
    Abstract: Devices and methods for treating vascular defects, such as, for example, balloon-type aneurysms, are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an insertion portion and an expandable implant. The expandable implant is configured to be deployed in an aneurysm and is coupled to the insertion portion. The expandable implant has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The expandable implant is movable between a first configuration in which the first portion and the second portion are substantially linearly aligned and a second configuration in which the second portion at least partially overlaps the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Maria Aboytes, Arturo S. Rosqueta
  • Publication number: 20210244421
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a guide device for tibial resection comprising a guide jig having a slot for a surgical saw, a first feeler provided for coming into contact with a point of a tibial plateau and a second feeler provided for coming into contact with a point of a tibial plateau. The first feeler and the second feeler can be rotated with respect to one another and to the guide jig around the same rotation axis and the first feeler can be translated with respect to the second feeler and to the guide jig along a first sliding direction contained within a first sliding plane. The second feeler can be translated with respect to the first feeler and with respect to the guide jig along a second sliding direction contained in a second sliding plane parallel to the first sliding plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Francesco Siccardi, Massimiliano Bernardoni, Alessio Beccari, Fabio Burgassi, Stephen Howell
  • Publication number: 20210244422
    Abstract: A combination suction and irrigation device for a medical procedure. The device includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end and defines an open channel that extends from the proximal end to the distal end. The open channel is open at both the proximal end and the distal end. A suction port is in communication with the open channel and is connectable to a source of suction. An irrigation port is in communication with the open channel and is connectable to a source of irrigation fluid. A valve selectively opens and closes the open channel to flow relative to the suction port and to the open proximal end, and to flow relative to the irrigation port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Agnovos Healthcare, LLC
    Inventors: Olaf Schulz, James G. Howe, Rick Swaim, Bryan Huber, Joel Batts, David Harness, Ryan Belaney
  • Publication number: 20210244423
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus having a locking mechanism that receives a cutting burr and that may include a loading and running position. The locking mechanism may include a motor driven spindle that carries a locking pawl and a detent pawl that lock the cutting burr in place an prevent the cutting burr from inadvertently falling out of the surgical drill instrument when in its load position. A diamond-shaped portion of the cutting burr may be formed in a six-sided diamond configuration and a perpendicular back end surface. The end of the cutting burr may include another diamond-shaped portion formed in a six-sided diamond shape surface that mates with a complementary surface formed in the receiving end of the spindle of the motor/locking mechanism. In an aspect, the attachment of the cutting burr is such that the cutting burr has substantially zero axial movement and runs true in the running condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Eddy H. del Rio, Duane Jeffrey Enck
  • Publication number: 20210244424
    Abstract: A universal drill guide system includes a universal drill guide, interchangeable drill tubes, and interchangeable drill bits. Each interchangeable drill tube corresponds to one of the interchangeable drill bits, and can be detachably coupled to the universal drill guide. A cannulated drill with K-wire retention features a drill bit with a retention mechanism that prevents axial advancement of a K-wire during drilling. A drill removal tool includes a drill remover that can be placed around a drill bit to remove it from bone after a hole is drilled, while leaving a K-wire in place in the bone. A bone screw driver with K-wire retention includes a shaft that can be passed over a K-wire, a distal end for attachment to a cannulated bone screw, and a K-wire retention module for preventing advancement of the K-wire as the screw driver drives the cannulated bone screw into bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicants: Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC, Aesculap AG
    Inventors: PETR SUCHOMEL, RALPH KOTHE, TAMARA LEDER, ERNIE CORRAO, SCOTT LARSEN, KEHUI CHEN, CHRISTOPHER SCHWARTZ, NICOLE SROKA, RON LITKE
  • Publication number: 20210244425
    Abstract: A surgical drill alignment guide is disclosed that can provide an accurate trajectory for placement of a bone screw along a longitudinal axis of a bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vinay D. PATEL, Shannon D. CUMMINGS
  • Publication number: 20210244426
    Abstract: An insertion tool facilitating assembly of a surgical instrument includes a housing defining a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and a central lumen. The central lumen extends therethrough the housing between a distal opening and a proximal opening, and defines a proximal portion and a distal portion. The central lumen is configured to receive a portion of a pin within the distal portion thereof. The insertion tool further includes retention channel defined about the housing at the distal end portion thereof. The retention channel is in communication with the central lumen. A D-ring is at least partially seated within the retention channel and extends into the distal portion of the central lumen to retain the pin therein by applying a compressive force to the pin. A plunger is configured to slide through the central lumen to deploy the pin distally from the distal opening of the central lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Amir Roomi
  • Publication number: 20210244427
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, provided is a surgical instrument in which an actual motion of bending an end tool or performing a surgical treatment intuitively matches a motion of a manipulation portion corresponding thereto. In detail, to this end, provided are an end tool having various degrees of freedom, a manipulation portion having a structure to enable intuitive manipulation of a motion of the end tool, and a driving force transmission portion for transmitting a driving force of the manipulation portion to the end tool so that the end tool operates as manipulated by the manipulation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jung Joo LEE, Hee Jin KIM, Dong Kyu JANG
  • Publication number: 20210244428
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for use with a robotic surgical system includes a knife blade configured to cut tissue and a knife tube coupled to the knife blade and configured to translate to move the knife blade for cutting tissue. The surgical instrument also includes a gearbox assembly coupleable to a robotic surgical system and configured to translate the knife tube to move the knife blade for cutting tissue and a knife blade lock operably coupled to the gearbox assembly. The knife blade lock is movable from a locked position wherein the knife blade lock prevents translation of the knife tube to an unlocked position in response to coupling of the gearbox assembly to the robotic surgical system wherein the knife tube is permitted to translate to move the knife blade for cutting tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Zachary S. Heiliger
  • Publication number: 20210244429
    Abstract: Provided is a surgical instrument including an end tool, a connection portion, a frame portion, a bridge portion, a manipulation portion, and a driving force transmission portion. The surgical instrument further includes a guide portion having one end portion provided on the bridge portion and the other end portion provided on the frame portion, surrounding a wire portion in a preset section, and guiding a movement path of the wire portion. The surgical instrument is manually operated for use in laparoscopic surgery or various surgical procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jung Joo LEE, Hee Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20210244430
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an instrument for surgery and, more specifically, to an instrument for surgery which can be manually operated in order to be used for laparoscopic surgery or various types of surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jung Joo LEE, Hee Jin KIM, Dong Hwan BAE, Dong Kyu JANG, Jin Ho KWON
  • Publication number: 20210244431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wound cleansing device comprising a number of strand-shaped cleansing elements, characterized in that the cleansing quotient R=(E*F)/l of at least some cleansing elements is 0.05 N/mm or larger, particularly 0.1 N/mm or larger, preferably 1 N/mm or larger, particularly preferably 10 N/mm or larger and smaller than 1000 N/mm, preferably less than 500 N/mm, in particular 100 N/mm or smaller, wherein E denotes the modulus of elasticity of the material of which the cleansing elements are made, F denotes the average cross-sectional area of the cleansing elements in a direction perpendicular to the strand axis, and l denotes the effective length of the cleansing elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Axel HENTRICH, Carina SCHMALENBACH