Patents Issued in September 2, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210267609
    Abstract: A reamer attachment system for attaching a reamer to a robotic arm comprises a reaming guide comprising a guide shaft and a collar attached to the guide shaft, a reamer shaft extending through the collar to articulate against the collar, and a reamer lock couplable to the reamer shaft to engage the collar and prevent axial displacement of the reamer shaft relative to the collar while permitting the reamer shaft to articulate against the collar. A method for collaborative reaming of a bone between a surgical robot and a surgeon comprises positioning a reamer guide at a location in a coordinate system for the surgical robot system using a robotic arm of the surgical robot, coupling a reamer to the reamer guide such that a reamer axis passes through the location, constraining movement of the reamer along the reamer axis, and pivoting the reamer at the location to remove bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Trong-Tin Nguyen, Karine Dupuis, Jeremie Menard, Chloe Landry
  • Publication number: 20210267610
    Abstract: An instrument for drilling a hole for a bone screw comprises a shaft having a primary drill fluted portion, a shank, and a middle portion there between. Part of an outer surface of the shaft's middle portion is non-curved. A sleeve surrounds the shaft. The sleeve has an inner surface that is complementary to the outer surface of the shaft's middle portion such that the sleeve slides with respect to the shaft. The sleeve's inner surface contacts the outer surface of the shaft's middle portion at the non-curved part such that the shaft can transmit torque to the sleeve. A countersink drill bit is provided at an end of the sleeve proximate the shaft's primary drill fluted portion. A locking mechanism selectively holds the sleeve in a fixed position with respect to the shaft, locating the countersink drill bit at a selected position with respect to the shaft's drilling end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Aristotech Industries GmbH
    Inventors: Douglas Pacaccio, Jeremy Blair, Emmanuel Anapliotis
  • Publication number: 20210267611
    Abstract: Instrument systems for performing total ankle arthroplasties comprise an instrument adapter, a talus reaming guide and a talar trial system. The instrument adapter comprises a coupler for attaching to a robotic surgical arm, an extension arm extending from the coupler, a talus resection block attached to the extension arm, including a talus cutting guide surface, and an interface for receiving another instrument. The talus reaming guide comprises a second attachment member for coupling to the interface, and a reaming hoop for confining movement of a reamer. The talar trial system comprises a talar adapter for connecting to the interface, and a talar trial couplable to the talar adapter, the talar trial including a talar bearing surface. The talus resection block can serve as a universal instrument adapter for mounting the talus reaming guide, the talar trial system and a tibia resection block for performing a total ankle arthroplasty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Cornelius Hart, Jean-Francois Girouard, Bahareh Khatibi, Jeremie Menard, Antony Bou-Francis
  • Publication number: 20210267612
    Abstract: Retrieval of material from vessel lumens can be improved by electrically enhancing attachment of the material to the thrombectomy system. The system can include a catheter having a distal portion configured to be positioned adjacent to a thrombus in a blood vessel, an electrode disposed at the distal portion of the catheter, and an interventional element configured to be delivered through a lumen of the catheter. The electrode and the interventional element are each configured to be electrically coupled to an extracorporeal power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Gaurav Girdhar, Hoai (Kevin) Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20210267613
    Abstract: An obstruction removal device is configured to be inserted through a catheter and at least partially extended into a vasculature from a distal end of the catheter. The obstruction removal device includes: a base member configured to engage one or more guide stops at the distal end of the catheter; a tubular member coupled to the base member and configured to apply a suction force from the catheter to an obstruction to remove the obstruction from the vasculature; and an expandable member surrounding the tubular member. The expandable member is configured to transition from a contracted state to an expanded state after the expandable member is at least partially extended into the vasculature from the distal end of the catheter. The expandable member is further configured to at least partially surround the obstruction as the obstruction is being removed from the vasculature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Brett Allen Follmer, Arturo S. Rosqueta, Tiffany Tran Ngo, Kirk Zeller
  • Publication number: 20210267614
    Abstract: A multi-pillar piezoelectric stack (MPPS) ultrasound transducer includes N pillars, each formed of a stack of M piezoelectric elements, N and M being integers of at least two. The ultrasound transducer further includes a bonding layer between each pair of the M piezoelectric elements. The pillars are laterally spaced from each other to form an inter-pillar gap. The transducer further includes at least one electrical interconnect for connecting the ultrasound transducer to a signal source. Through the MPPS design, the therapeutic range and the transducer sensitivity are increased over the conventional single pillar piezoelectric stack (SPPS) transducer design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaoning Jiang, Howuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20210267615
    Abstract: A catheter includes multiple shock wave points of origin for intracorporeal treatment of blood vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: SANUWAVE, INC.
    Inventors: Iulian Cioanta, Christopher Cashman
  • Publication number: 20210267616
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nose clamp, method of mounting the nose clamp and kit of parts to form the nose clamp. The nose clamp comprises a resilient clamping body and a temperature altering body to provide a compressing and temperature altering effect on a user's nose. The clamping body comprises a bridge to extend over a dorsum of the user's nose, and a first jaw and a second jaw to extend from the bridge along respective nasal sidewalls of the user's nose so as to apply a compressing force to compress the nasal sidewalls of the user's nose and urge the temperature altering body into contact with the nasal sidewalls. Each jaw comprises an outer wall, an inner wall, and a folding joint between the outer wall and the inner wall to fold the inner wall inwardly from the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Wendy Minks
  • Publication number: 20210267617
    Abstract: Surgical tools and related methods articulate an actuation rod via a flexible tension member. A surgical tool includes a proximal actuation assembly, an end effector, an instrument shaft assembly, and a flexible tension member. The instrument shaft assembly includes an instrument shaft that defines a lumen and an actuation rod assembly comprising an actuation rod that extends within the lumen. The instrument shaft supports the end effector. The actuation rod is drivingly coupled with the end effector. The flexible tension member drivingly couples the actuation rod to the proximal actuation assembly. The proximal actuation assembly is operable to increase tension in the flexible tension member to move the actuation rod toward the end effector to actuate the end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Nicholas Ragosta
  • Publication number: 20210267618
    Abstract: A medical treatment tool includes: a forceps; an operating section; a sheath; first and second sections bending the sheath; and at least two wires passing through the first and second sections and transmitting, to the forceps, a force applied to the operating section. The sheath includes lumens allowing the wires to pass therethrough. With respect to a position of lumens at which the first and second sections are bent in opposite directions in the same plane, the lumens are twisted between the first and second sections in the same direction by the same angle that operating direction of the operating section is twisted relative to the opposite direction mentioned above. The first and second sections are bent in directions in which changes in path lengths of the wires by bending of the first bending section are offset by changes in the path lengths by bending of the second bending section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210267619
    Abstract: A device to be used by an operator which may grasp objects in a sterile or non-sterile field, and may facilitate the precise placement and passage of a needle or pin into tissues while using X-ray guidance. The device provides a secure hold while keeping the hands remote from the radiation field, and by permitting non-obstructed viewing of the held instrument and tissues. A radiolucent hammer may be used to help drive a needle into firm tissues without obscuring visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Haithcock, Chet R. Rees
  • Publication number: 20210267620
    Abstract: Systems and methods for removing a material from a lumen or duct include a guide wire to navigate to the material and a cutting assembly that can then be guided along the guide wire to reach the material. A proximal wire end can be connected to a pump device configured to provide an irrigation substance along a delivery channel of the guide wire and release the irrigation substance at a distal wire end. A power source can apply a current to the guide wire to magnetize a coupling assembly disposed on the guide wire. The cutting assembly can couple to the guide wire by engaging a locking mechanism of the cutting assembly with a coupling assembly of the guide wire. The locking mechanism can receive torque provided by a motor coupled to the proximal wire end of the guide wire to rotate the cutting tool of the cutting assembly to remove the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffery B. Ryan,, JR., Sean Buxton, Corey Libby, Anthony DiBella, Nathan Casey
  • Publication number: 20210267621
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for identifying elastic lamina during interventional procedures, such as atherectomy. Such identification can be used to avoid trauma to the external elastic lamina during the procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: John B. SIMPSON, Xuanmin HE, Ryan RADJABI, Richard R. NEWHAUSER
  • Publication number: 20210267622
    Abstract: A discectomy method entails removing at least a portion of a spinal lamina to form an access path in a patient. A surgical instrument is inserted along the path and a distal end of the instrument is placed in operative contact with herniated or bulging disc material of a spinal disc. The instrument is operated to remove the herniated or bulging disc material, to thereby space a remaining portion of the spinal disc from spinal nerves. A tip of an ultrasonic surgical probe is then placed into contact with an outer surface of the remaining portion of the spinal disc, and an ultrasonic mechanical standing wave generated in the probe while maintaining the operative tip in contact with the outer surface to harden the wall surface and thereby reduce chances of disc herniation at the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: DILANTHA B. ELLEGALA
  • Publication number: 20210267623
    Abstract: A ultrasonic transducer assembly of an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a horn, a piezoelectric stack positioned proximally of the horn, a proximal end mass positioned proximally of the piezoelectric stack, and a rod extending through the piezoelectric stack. The rod includes a proximal end portion directly secured to the proximal end mass and a distal end portion directly secured to the horn to thereby maintain the piezoelectric stack in compression against the horn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew S. Cowley, Titus Horton, David J. Van Tol, James Ryan Fagan, Weng-Kai Lee, Christopher T. Tschudy
  • Publication number: 20210267624
    Abstract: It is disclosed an actuation mechanism and ultrasonic surgical instrument. The ultrasonic surgical instrument includes an elongated body, a clamping assembly and an actuation mechanism configured to actuate the clamping assembly. The actuation mechanism includes: a handle portion; a first trigger and a second trigger pivotally arranged on the handle portion, respectively; and a driving member configured to actuate the clamping assembly, where the clamping assembly is arranged on a distal portion of the elongated body. The first trigger is engaged with the driving member through a first link, and the second trigger is engaged with the driving member through the first link and a second link. The first trigger is movable independently with respect to the second trigger during a portion of movement of the first trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Jean BEAUPRÉ
  • Publication number: 20210267625
    Abstract: A skin growth excision apparatus, and methods of making and using such a skin growth excision apparatus, whereby the skin growth excision apparatus can include a base having opposing base upper and lower surfaces, an aperture element communicating between the base upper and lower surfaces, and a blade overlaying the base upper surface. The blade can be slidably engaged with the base to facilitate travel of the blade along a travel path over the aperture element, whereby the blade can excise a skin growth extending therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Tag Off LLC
    Inventor: Alan R. Carver
  • Publication number: 20210267626
    Abstract: A catheter used for percutaneous endovascular procedures is described. The catheter is configured to be used for engagement and treatment of obstructive lesions in a patient's vasculature. The catheter includes a tube having a leading edge that is configured to score or cut a lesion in a vasculature. The tube may be an expandable outer tube, and placed around an inflatable inner tube, such that inflation of the inner tube expands the outer tube. Expansion of the inner tube may connect or laterally lock the inner tube to the outer tube, allowing both tubes to move in unison through the vasculature. The leading edge can score or cut lesions as it moves in the vasculature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Claudio SILVESTRO
  • Publication number: 20210267627
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for transeptal punctures provide audible feedback to an operator or clinician with information to identify an intended needle or instrument pathway. Despite improved safety and simplification of the TSP itself, the apparatus enables the operator to optimize a crossing angle for various procedures, including PV isolation, valve repair, and appendage closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Reinhard J. Warnking
  • Publication number: 20210267628
    Abstract: An adapter assembly for connecting a loading unit to a handle assembly includes a sleeve, a trocar assembly releasably securable with the sleeve, a drive assembly including at least one flexible band, and a trocar retaining mechanism configured to releasably secure the trocar assembly within the sleeve. The trocar retaining mechanism includes a band support configured to prevent buckling of at least one flexible band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ramiro Cabrera, David E. Valentine
  • Publication number: 20210267629
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to laparoscopic surgery, and in particular to laparoscopic ports for facilitating the implant of medical systems such as a neuromodulation system into the body of a patient. Particularly, aspects are directed to a cannula assembly having a cannula housing and a cannula sleeve comprising a sleeve body extending from a distal end of the cannula housing. The cannula sleeve has a semi-rectangular cross section including: (i) a rounded rectangular portion configured to accommodate feeding the neuromodulation system through the cannula assembly, and (ii) a circular portion configured to accommodate insertion of the one or more surgical instruments through the cannula assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin K. Yaffe, Shivkumar Sabesan, Eric Irwin
  • Publication number: 20210267630
    Abstract: A retention mechanism for a surgical access assembly includes a first member having a first semi-circular body with first and second ends and a second member having a second semi-circular body with first and second ends. The first end of the first member defines a first recess and the second end of the first member includes a first male connector. The first end of the second member includes a second male connector configured to be received within the first recess and the second end of the second member defines a second recess configured to receive the first male connector. When the first male connector is received within the second recess and the second male connector is received within the first recess, the first and second members are configured to frictionally engage a cannula of the surgical access assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher A. Tokarz, Oksana Buyda, Douglas M. Pattison, Astley C. Lobo, Amanda M. Adinolfi, Kevin Desjardin, Jason Mickus
  • Publication number: 20210267631
    Abstract: A pressure relief device for controlling the outflow of fluid from a surgical site. The pressure relief device includes a cannula body having a proximal end and a distal end with a thread extending along the entire cannula body from the distal end. The device also has a proximal end cap connected to the proximal end of the cannula body, a spacer connected between the cannula body and the proximal end cap, and a proximal seal enclosed between the proximal end cap and the spacer. One or more distal seals can be enclosed between the spacer and the proximal end of the cannula body. The device additionally includes a channel between the spacer and an inner wall of the proximal end cap. Fluid flows out of the device through the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: Isshiki Ryo, Alan Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20210267632
    Abstract: Described herein are various implementations of systems and methods for accessing and modulating tissue (for example, systems and methods for accessing and ablating nerves or other tissue within or surrounding a vertebral body to treat chronic lower back pain). Assessment of vertebral endplate degeneration or defects (e.g., pre-Modic changes) to facilitate identification of treatment sites and protocols are also provided in several embodiments. Several embodiments comprise the use of biomarkers to confirm or otherwise assess ablation, pain relief, efficacy of treatment, etc. Some embodiments include robotic elements for, as an example, facilitating robotically controlled access, navigation, imaging, and/or treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Brian W. Donovan, Alexander Pruitt, Michael Willink
  • Publication number: 20210267633
    Abstract: A system for performing an endoscopic surgical procedure in a surgical cavity of a patient that includes a multi-lumen tube set including a dual lumen portion having a pressurized gas line and a return gas line for facilitating gas recirculation relative to the surgical cavity of the patient, and a single lumen portion having a gas supply and sensing line for delivering insufflation gas to the surgical cavity of the patient and for periodically sensing pressure within the surgical cavity of the patient, a first gas sealed single lumen access port communicating with the dual lumen portion of the tube set and a second valve sealed single lumen access port communicating with the single lumen portion of the tube set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Conmed Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Augelli, Mikiya Silver, Michael J. Kane
  • Publication number: 20210267634
    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: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20210267635
    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: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20210267636
    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: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20210267637
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for a flexible obturator for use with an access assembly of an intraosseous device are disclosed. The flexible obturator can include elastic properties and relatively low columnar strength, relatively low shear strength, and/or relatively high compressive strength. When the obturator is supported in the needle, the obturator can prevent bone fragments and tissue from blocking the needle lumen. When removed from the needle, the obturator can deform under a force to prevent accidental needle stick injuries. The flexible obturator can define a radially symmetrical profile and can conform to the inner profile of the needle lumen. The flexible obturator can extend beyond a distal tip of the needle and be trimmed flush to a beveled surface of the needle. This simplifies the manufacturing process, allowing a single size obturator to be fitted to multiple sizes of needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Eric W. Lindekugel
  • Publication number: 20210267638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an insufflator with integrated smoke evacuation. By virtue of a novel control method of the evacuation volumetric flow rate, the following advantages are achieved. First, a reduction of the pressure in the cavity due to the evacuation is prevented. An empirically determined safety factor is determined, which results in the evacuation volumetric flow rate not exceeding the maximum possible insufflation volumetric flow rate. Second, the exchange volumetric flow rate is limited. It is limited such that the sum of the currently calculated leakage and the evacuation volumetric flow rate does not exceed a defined value. Thus, stress on the patient due to unnecessarily high exchange volumetric flow rates and the associated cooling and drying processes is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Jan BISCHOF
  • Publication number: 20210267639
    Abstract: A surgical cannula for providing insufflation gases to a surgical cavity of a patient (such as the pneumoperitoneum), allowing insertion of medical instruments into the surgical cavity through the cannula, and venting gases from the surgical cavity to the outside environment can include venting features including filters to more safely reduce the amount of undesirable materials such as smoke from reaching the outside environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Christian Francis Fischer, Richard John Boyes, Abigail Sharmini Rajen Arulandu, Benjamin Elliot Hardinge Pegman, Zane Paul Gell, Katie-Ann Jane Buckels, Zach Jonathan Warner, Charlotte Grace Laus, Vincent Verdoold
  • Publication number: 20210267640
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an intravaginal conception assistance device for collecting and presenting ejaculate relatively close to a cervix. The device comprises a cup part for collecting the ejaculate present in a vaginal canal and presenting it relatively close to the cervix upon moving through the vaginal canal towards the cervix. Said cup part is substantially invertible. The cup part can be brought from a first, substantially non-inverted state into a second, substantially inverted state in which the cup part has been folded substantially inside out. As a result, insertion of the cup part into the vaginal canal can be facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Robert Sebastian STAL
  • Publication number: 20210267641
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present technology pertain to a system for hyper-localized immobilization of a bone structures. In various embodiments the system includes a power supply, the power supply being internal or external to a patient and allowing for variable control of electric current from the power supply. Embodiments further include a first micro-electromagnet being internal to the patient and being placed in a first bracket that is secured to a first side of the bone structure generating half of an electromagnetic attractive force that will immobilize the other bone structure when a second micro-electromagnet being internal to the patient is placed in a second bracket that is secured to a second side of the bone structure generating the electromagnetic attractive force that immobilizes the bone structure. This method could be applied to stabilize or fixate bone fracture sites when electromagnets leverage attractive forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Joseph Harrington Matanane Brown
  • Publication number: 20210267642
    Abstract: An implant assembly includes a screw body, including anchor portion and proximal head portion, and a cradle movably mounted in the screw body to allow for controlled angulation between a spinal connection element disposed in the cradle and the screw body. The cradle is pivotable in one or more selected directions about one or more axes relative to the screw body. The cradle may be generally, substantially spherical in shape and allow for unrestricted movement in one or more directions around one or more axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Gamache, Michael Varieur, Kenneth Connell
  • Publication number: 20210267643
    Abstract: A method for treating a spinal disorder includes the steps of: disposing an expandable spinal construct in a selected configuration; fixing the spinal construct in the selected configuration with a member; attaching a first end of the spinal construct with tissue; attaching a second end of the spinal construct with tissue; and disengaging the member from the spinal construct to release the spinal construct from the selected configuration. Implants, surgical instruments, systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.
    Inventors: Joshua W. Simpson, William Alan Rezach, Richard Quinn Brown, Rodney R. Ballard
  • Publication number: 20210267644
    Abstract: A metal plate contains a shape memory alloy (e.g., a nitinol alloy) capable of exhibiting the one-way memory effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Cleveland State University
    Inventors: Josiah S. Owusu-Danquah, Brian L. Davis, Tanetta L. Curenton
  • Publication number: 20210267645
    Abstract: Implants, instruments, and methods for performing surgical procedures on the spine, including one or more of creating an operative corridor to the spine, delivering implants to the spine, fusing one or more segments of the spine, and fixing one or more segments of the spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Troy B. WOOLLEY, Nathan LOVELL, Michael SERRA, Mark PETERSON
  • Publication number: 20210267646
    Abstract: A tool set for implanting a rod in a human spine in conjunction with bone screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Roger P. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20210267647
    Abstract: A two-part implant insertable in two bone segments that are intended to be fused together, wherein the implant provides built-in axial compressive forces that aid in maintaining the two bone segments in compression against each other so as to facilitate fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Konstantin A. Caploon
  • Publication number: 20210267648
    Abstract: An intramedullary assembly for intraosseous bone fusion includes a lag screw member and a tapered screw member. The lag screw member includes a first elongated body, where the first elongated body includes a first threaded portion at a first end and a bulbous portion at a second end. The tapered screw member is coupled to the lag screw member, and the tapered screw member includes a second elongated body, where the second elongated body includes a second threaded portion at a third end, and an opening at a fourth end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Extremity Medical LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Tyber, Jamy Gannoe, Lawrence Kiefer
  • Publication number: 20210267649
    Abstract: A metatarsal fixation device is provided for fixation of osteotomy or fracture of a distal metatarsal metaphysis bone of the human foot and for fixation of an associated capsule to the metatarsal head. The device includes a metallic bone plate with a series of screw holes along an elongated portion of the plate and a combination of a singular screw hole and a resilient clamp on an end of the elongated portion. The resilient clamp has two arched resilient arms extending laterally outward from an end of the elongated portion. Each arm has a plurality of spikes on an inner surface thereof providing points of contact that compress and attach a metatarsal phalangeal joint capsule portion to the medial and/or lateral aspect of the metatarsal head, thereby facilitating realignment of the metatarsophalangeal joint and respective digit. The resilient arms are biased to grasp lateral sides of a metatarsal head and any associated capsule portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas K. Blacklidge
  • Publication number: 20210267650
    Abstract: A fastener caddy for use with a bone plate. The fastener caddy includes preloaded fasteners that are positioned above the fastener apertures in the bone plate once the caddy is coupled to the bone plate. The caddy permits the driving of fasteners with the fastener already in proper alignment and without the need to retrieve each individual fastener. Once the fasteners are installed into the bone plate, the caddy is removed using an insertion tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: J.M. Longyear Manufacturing, LLC dba Able Medical Devices
    Inventors: Peter J. Didyk, Joseph Mohar
  • Publication number: 20210267651
    Abstract: A fastener caddy for use with a bone plate. The fastener caddy includes preloaded fasteners that are positioned above the fastener apertures in the bone plate once the caddy is coupled to the bone plate. The caddy permits the driving of fasteners with the fastener already in proper alignment and without the need to retrieve each individual fastener. Once the fasteners are installed into the bone plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: J.M. Longyear Manufacturing, LLC dba Able Medical Devices
    Inventors: PETER J. DIDYK, Joseph Mohar, Tyler Losinski, Craig Wiseman, Erik Alanko
  • Publication number: 20210267652
    Abstract: A surgical screw according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a shaft portion that extends between a proximal end and a distal end, the shaft portion including a first thread having a variable pitch and a head portion extending from the proximal end of the shaft portion. The head portion includes a second thread having a pitch that is equal to a pitch of at least a portion of the variable pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Stephanie Anne Bare, Christopher Kreulen
  • Publication number: 20210267653
    Abstract: The invention relates to a module for a modular bone plate, to a modular bone plate of this construction, and to system comprising said plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Arnaud DESTAINVILLE, Olivier RICHART
  • Publication number: 20210267654
    Abstract: The invention relates to a module (100) for a modular bone plate, comprising a male coupling portion (102), a female coupling portion (104) and an intermediate body (106) that extends between said male and female coupling portions, the male coupling portion, or female coupling portion respectively, being arranged to cooperate with a female portion, or male portion respectively, of a second module of a modular bone plate, the male coupling portion and the female coupling portion having recesses (1024, 1026) to form a hole, referred to as an assembly hole, which passes from an upper surface to a lower surface of the module and is arranged to cooperate with a bone anchoring device that has two threads spaced apart by a non-threaded zone, wherein one of the two threads is intended to anchor the bone device in a bone and the assembly hole is partially threaded so as to cooperate with the other of the two threads of said anchoring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Arnaud DESTAINVILLE, Olivier RICHART
  • Publication number: 20210267655
    Abstract: A bone fixation clamp includes first and second clamp members, a stud, and a locking nut. The first member extends along a curve corresponding to an outer surface of a first portion of bone and includes an opening extending therethrough along an axis extending adjacent to the bone. The second member extends along a curve corresponding to an outer surface of a second portion of bone. The stud is receivable within the opening of the first member. The nut includes a threaded channel threadedly engaging a portion of the stud so that, when the first and second members are in the operative configuration, the nut is threadable over the stud to fix the first and second members over bone. The nut includes an anti-loosening feature which, when the nut is threaded over the stud, results in an interference with threading along the stud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kenny Koay, Peter Fatone, Timothy Reppert
  • Publication number: 20210267656
    Abstract: A device for dispensing biomaterial includes a handle configured to receive a syringe, the syringe including a biomaterial and a threaded plunger, and an engagement pin retained within the handle and slidable between a first position and a second position. The engagement pin is configured to engage the threaded plunger in the first position, the engagement pin is further configured to disengage from the threaded plunger in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Agard, Sean Suh, Damien O'Halloran, Michael Moretti, Mark Weiman, Chad Glerum
  • Publication number: 20210267657
    Abstract: An inflatable bone tamp including a first balloon portion and a second balloon portion is provided. Each of the first balloon portion and the second balloon portion include interior cavities that can be filled with liquid, and these interior cavities communicate with one another via a valve. The valve can limit or restrict flow of the liquid between the cavities. As such, the first balloon portion and the second balloon portion can be sequentially inflated with the liquid through use of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Calin Druma, Asha Sharma
  • Publication number: 20210267658
    Abstract: A cryotreatment catheter for treating tissue. The catheter may include an outer elongate body, a balloon treatment element coupled to the distal portion of the elongate body with a plurality of balloon lobes radially arranged around the outer elongate body, an inner elongate body rotatably movable within the lumen of the outer elongate body, and a fluid delivery lumen located within the lumen of the outer elongate body and at least partially within the lumen of the inner elongate body. The fluid delivery lumen may be branched at a distal portion into a plurality of linear segments, each linear segment being in fluid communication with one of the plurality of balloon lobes. Each of the balloon lobes may be inflated independently of each other by the linear segments of the fluid delivery lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Rahmani SARA, Lies SAFAR REMALI