Patents Issued in May 17, 2022
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Patent number: 11331169Abstract: A medical adaptor generally featuring an adaptor body extending from a fitment end towards a perch. The adaptor further includes a fitment extending away from the fitment end, and a mortar extending away and integral with the fitment, to terminate at the perch. The adaptor also features a shrinkable collet including a collet face and a collet hole extended from a collet hole towards a collet tail. A collet bolt is threaded into the collet hole such that collet is avoided from getting shrunk and is locked at a desired angular position.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Hagay Jacobsen
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Patent number: 11331170Abstract: The invention relates to an abutment (100), in particular for dental interventions in assisted surgery, comprising: —a first element (1), comprising a lower cylindrical element (2) and a semi-spherical element (3) integral above with said cylindrical element (2), divided into a plurality of segments, held together by an outer element (4), in the transition zone between said lower cylindrical element (2) and said semi-spherical element (3) there being provided, internally, a shoulder (7), said semi-spherical element comprising a thread (5), ending at said shoulder (7), in which a centrally perforated screw (6) is coupled, a plurality of steps or protrusions (8) being provided on said lower cylindrical element (2); —a second element (10), comprising a first upper cylindrical element (11), which inserts inside said cylindrical element (2) of said first element (1) and equipped externally with a plurality of steps or protrusions (12), which are able to move vertically with respect to staid plurality of steps or pType: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Francesco Rueca, Giuseppe Luongo
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Patent number: 11331171Abstract: A dental implant system including a dental implant (1) and an associated implant analog (50), the implant extending along a longitudinal axis (L1) from an apical end (101) to a coronal end (102) and having an external surface for anchoring and osseointegrating in bone, a coronal end portion (105) having abutment connection geometry for cooperating with an abutment which can be seated in one or more defined positions on the implant, the abutment connection geometry having a coronally facing abutment contact surface (128) which extends around the full circumference of the implant, and in use directly contacts the abutment and provides a stop defining the axial location of the abutment relative to the implant, the coronal end portion further having a coronally facing prosthesis contact surface (129) located radially beyond the abutment contact surface, the prosthesis contact surface being a continuous surface extending around the full circumference of the implant.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Straumann Holding AGInventors: Philippe Kern, Boris Martin, Bruno Zberg, Andreas Gfeller
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Patent number: 11331172Abstract: A system is disclosed for processing a plurality of customized dental restorations from individual millable material blocks in an automated process. The system comprises processing units that may comprise one or more of a milling center comprising one or more milling units, a plurality of material blocks a separating unit, a scrap disposal unit, a heating unit and a cooling unit. A carrier for holding a plurality of individual workpieces in spaced arrangement is also disclosed for use in the system.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.Inventors: David Christopher Leeson, James Fidel Zamora, Dong Hee Phee, Nicolas Ziegler
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Patent number: 11331173Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a method of manufacturing dentures by using a jig, the method including: planting false teeth in a soft jig to expose roots of the false teeth to outside of the soft jig; inserting the soft jig into a hole provided in a hard jig; cutting exposed portions of the false teeth to a depth set by a controller of a milling machine; and inserting the cut false teeth into a false teeth groove of a gum structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Yunsoon Kim
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Patent number: 11331174Abstract: Apparatus is provided for overdenture with horizontal implant. The apparatus presented comprises an overdenture and a horizontal implant. The horizontal implant is surgically implanted onto the patient's maxilla or mandible, typically on the outside of the bone. The overdenture and the horizontal implant have attachment components which couple together to attach the overdenture to the horizontal implant. The attachment components may comprise ball-and-socket attachments, with the ball components affixed to the overdenture and the socket components affixed to the horizontal implants. The present invention solves problems with currently available dental implants and overdentures.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Rusul Abdulrazzaq
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Patent number: 11331175Abstract: A dental floss insertion device for inserting an end of a length of dental floss into an enclosed oral space. The device may include a body and a tip attached to the body and cooperating with the body to define a floss guide path. A first roller may be positioned on a first side of the guide path and a second roller may be positioned on a second side of the guide path. The second roller may be moveable toward and away from the first roller to open and close a nip that receives the length of floss, thereby allowing a user to apply a compressive force on a piece of floss located between the first and second rollers while simultaneously rolling the second roller to advancing the end of the length of floss along the guide path, through the distal orifice, and into an enclosed oral space.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Thomas F. Jackson
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Patent number: 11331176Abstract: An extraoral suction device for managing aerosol emissions during dental procedures includes: a conduit; an adapter in fluid communication with the conduit; and a mount for mounting the extraoral suction device to a dental chair. The adapter is configured to be placed in fluid communication with a vacuum source to provide suction to the extraoral suction device. The conduit can be selectively manipulated to assume and maintain a position without support from an individual or designated support structure. A dental professional can thus manipulate the conduit to maintain a position in front of the oral cavity of a patient seated in the dental chair to direct aerosols emitted from the oral cavity of the patient into the extraoral suction device instead of the surrounding environment. The extraoral suction device can thus be combined with a dental chair and vacuum source to provide an improved dental chair system for dental procedures.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Ronald Hoffman
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Patent number: 11331177Abstract: An equine respiratory prosthetic device comprising a nostril prosthesis, including a prosthesis body having a passageway therethrough and an adjacent protrusion for engagement with the nostril cavity and extending into the false nostril of an equine to secure the nostril prosthesis to the nostril.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Vet Tech Innovations LtdInventor: Renaud Leguillette
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Patent number: 11331178Abstract: A stent-graft comprises: a graft defining an elongate lumen having a longitudinal axis; an external stent having a plurality of struts and apices between the struts, the apices including proximal apices and distal apices; a set of proximal sutured knots, the proximal sutured knots securing the proximal apices of the stent to the graft; a set of distal sutured knots, the distal sutured knots securing the distal apices of the stent to the graft; and a plurality of intermediate sutured knots, formed along a continuous suture, the continuous suture including a plurality of bridging portions, the bridging portions bridging between neighbouring struts of the stent, the intermediate sutured knots securing struts of the stent to the graft.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Chantelle King, Ryan Bradway, Jarin Kratzberg, Kevin Wilger
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Patent number: 11331179Abstract: Endovascular stent grafts in accordance with various embodiments include one or more channels on a main body graft, the one or more channels defining a passageway for receiving one or more branch portions for treating branch vessels. In various embodiments, the one or more channels on the main body graft may be abluminal, adluminal, or weaved, with respect to a stent structure of the main body graft.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Endologix LLCInventor: Dale Ehnes
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Patent number: 11331180Abstract: An implant assembly for introducing and positioning implants within patients may comprise an implant device, an implant, and a sheath. The implant device may include a head, an upper beam, a lower beam, and an implant positioning component. The implant may be disposed between the upper beam and the lower beam and may include a first face engaged with the upper beam and a second face engaged with the lower beam. Additionally, the implant may be at least partially disposed around the implant positioning component. The sheath may be disposed around the implant positioning device and the implant.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Rotation Medical, Inc.Inventor: Nathaniel Zenz-Olson
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Patent number: 11331181Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improving overall vision in patients suffering from a loss of vision in a portion of the retina (e.g., loss of central vision) by providing a piggyback lens which in combination with the cornea and an existing lens in the patient's eye redirects and/or focuses light incident on the eye at oblique angles onto a peripheral retinal location. The piggyback lens can include a redirection element (e.g., a prism, a diffractive element, or an optical component with a decentered GRIN profile) configured to direct incident light along a deflected optical axis and to focus an image at a location on the peripheral retina. Optical properties of the piggyback lens can be configured to improve or reduce optical errors at the location on the peripheral retina.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: AMO Groningen B.V.Inventors: Robert Rosen, Hendrik A. Weeber, Carmen Canovas Vidal, Marrie Van Der Mooren, Dora Sellitri, Patricia Ann Piers
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Patent number: 11331182Abstract: Disclosed is an accommodating intraocular lens device for treatment of an eye including a stabilization haptic (120) configured to be positioned within a region of an eye and a lens body having a sealed chamber containing a fixed volume of optical fluid. The lens body includes a shape changing membrane (145) configured to outwardly bow in a region surrounding the optical axis of the eye; a shape deformation membrane configured to undergo displacement relative to the first shape changing membrane; and a static element (150). An inner surface of the shape changing membrane, an inner surface of the shape deformation membrane and an inner surface of the static element collectively form the sealed chamber. The lens device also includes a force translation arm (115) having a first end configured to contact an outer surface of the shape deformation membrane of the lens body and a second end configured to engage a ciliary structure of the eye.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: ForSight Vision6, Inc.Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Cary J. Reich, Hanson S. Gifford, III, Guy Oren, Matthew Clarke, Jose D. Alejandro
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Patent number: 11331183Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) can be implanted either alone or as part of a two-part lens assembly. The IOL comprises an optic, a flexible membrane and a peripheral edge coupling the optic and the flexible membrane. The peripheral edge comprises an external circumferential surface having a height and a force transmitting area defined along a portion of the height of the external circumferential surface. A closed volume spaces apart the optic and the flexible membrane. The optic is axially displaced and the flexible membrane changes in curvature about a central axis when a radial compressive force is applied to the force transmitting area. A volume defined by the closed volume remains fixed when the optic is axially displaced and the flexible membrane changes in curvature and/or when the radial compressive force is applied to the force transmitting area.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: LensGen, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Brady, Thomas Silvestrini, Ramgopal Rao
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Patent number: 11331184Abstract: Methods of assembling and delivering a valve prosthesis and delivery system are disclosed herein. A method can include housing a valve prosthesis in a compacted state within a sheath of a delivery system. The valve prosthesis can include a valve anchor and a support frame coupled to the valve anchor, and the valve anchor can include a plurality of anchoring legs having a plurality of connection apertures. The method can further include slidably coupling a pin assembly around a core member so that the pin assembly is slidable longitudinally along the core member, and inserting a plurality of pins of the pin assembly through the plurality of connection apertures of the valve anchor and a plurality of lock apertures of the delivery system to engage the plurality of anchoring legs of the valve anchor.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: JC Medical, Inc.Inventors: Ji Zhang, Brandon G. Walsh, Cheng Yong Yang
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Patent number: 11331185Abstract: A delivery system facilitating retrieval of interventional device includes a sheath, an operation handle for driving the sheath to move, and a tube axially slidably engaging with the pusher section. The sheath includes a carrier section at a proximal end for surrounding the interventional device and a pusher section connected with the carrier section. Depending on different axial positions, the tube assumes an initial configuration in which a proximal end portion thereof is at a periphery of the pusher section, and an operation configuration in which the proximal end portion is held tightly around the carrier section and limits further expansion of the carrier section. The delivery system functions to hold the support frame tightly by surrounding the sheath with the axially movable tube, retrieving the support frame and preventing the support frame from falling off from a core shaft, thereby reducing risks in surgery and the mortality rate.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Venus Medtech (Hongzhou) IncInventors: Min Frank Zeng, Zhenjun Zi
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Patent number: 11331186Abstract: A side-deliverable prosthetic heart valve includes an outer frame and a flow control component. The outer frame has a supra-annular region, a subannular region, and a transannular region therebetween. The flow control component is mounted to the outer frame such that at least a portion of the flow control component is disposed in the transannular region. The prosthetic valve has a delivery configuration for side-delivery via a delivery catheter and is expandable when the prosthetic valve is released from the delivery catheter. The subannular region of the outer frame is disposable in a first configuration as the prosthetic valve is seated in an annulus of a native heart valve and is transitionable to a second configuration after the prosthetic valve is seated in the annulus of the native heart valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: VDyne, Inc.Inventors: Mark Christianson, Robert Vidlund, Neelakantan Saikrishnan, Scott Kramer, Chad Perrin, Lucas Harder
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Patent number: 11331187Abstract: A delivery device includes a central elongate structure, a sheath, a plurality of tethers extending through the central elongate structure configured to hold a cardiac valve, a cutting mechanism, a handle, and a control. The sheath is configured to slide over the central elongate structure. The cutting mechanism is configured to cut the tethers upon activation to release the cardiac valve. The handle is connected to the central elongate structure. The control on the handle is configured to activate the cutting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dan Wallace, Peter Gregg, Evelyn Haynes, Aaron Grogan, Crissly Crisostomo
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Patent number: 11331188Abstract: An adjustable artificial chordae tendineae fixing assembly includes an occlusion device and an adjusting rod which are both a hollow structure allowing the artificial chordae tendineae to pass through. The occlusion device is configured to be clamped on the interventricular septum. The occlusion device is provided with a switch adjusting device which controls the artificial chordae tendineae to move and to be fixed. The adjusting rod is connected to the occlusion device, and is capable of repeatedly adjusting the switch adjusting device on the occlusion device. The artificial chordae tendineae fixing assembly can fix the artificial chordae tendineae on the interventricular septum, and can also overcome the problem of unsuitable length of the artificial chordae tendineae in most of patients after the procedure due to cardiac changes. The artificial chordae tendineae is retained at the skin puncture point for a short time.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Xiongjin Tan
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Patent number: 11331189Abstract: An anchoring system and related methods are provided for treatment of dilated hearts and of functional valve regurgitation, the system comprising one or more self-expandable or manually expandable anchors and associated devices for fixating a valve splint within the heart. For example, a spade-shaped assembly may be configured to be deployed in a right ventricle of the heart and to stabilize a puncturing instrument to puncture the septum. Various puncturing instruments may also be part of the anchoring system, including one or more of a flexible needle having a multiplicity of slits disposed along the length of the needle, a trocar catheter with a retractable head, and a catheter needle having a blunt introducer to protect nearby tissue within the heart during advancing a guidewire. A cutter catheter and puncture location catheter may also be part of the system and be used during treatment.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Arie Tylis, Nikolay Gurovich, Eran Goldberg, Boaz Manash, Dan Rottenberg, Hagar Adika, Tal Regev, Dikla Kersh, Danny M. Garmahi, Hernan Altman, Amir Blumenfeld
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Patent number: 11331190Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for treating a heart of a patient may make use of one or more implant structures which limit a size of a chamber of the heart, such as by deploying a tensile member to bring a wall of the heart toward (optionally into contact with) a septum of the heart.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: BioVentrix, Inc.Inventors: Lon S. Annest, Arthur A. Bertolero, Sing-Fatt Chin, David K. Swanson
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Patent number: 11331191Abstract: A bioactive filamentary structure includes a sheath coated with a mixture of synthetic bone graft particles and a polymer solution forming a scaffold structure. In forming such a structure, synthetic bone graft particles and a polymer solution are applied around a filamentary structure. A polymer is precipitated from the polymer solution such that the synthetic bone graft particles and the polymer coat the filamentary structure and the polymer is adhered to the synthetic bone graft particles to retain the graft particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Sonny Sheth, David Arazawa, J. Brook Burley, Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Matthew B. Havener, James San Antonio
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Patent number: 11331192Abstract: An orthopedic prosthesis includes a head which internally accommodates the major motion of a patient, e.g., during walking, thereby reducing wear against a cup or liner. A neck may be utilized which rotates within the distal member about an axis aligned with the major motion of the patient. The orthopedic prosthesis may also include a sacrificial anode, a seal made of natural fibers, and utilize lubricant made of honey.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: NOEL RAELS ORTHO DEVICES INCORPORATEDInventor: Hector Noel
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Patent number: 11331193Abstract: A hip prosthesis head includes: an external element with a convex external surface, and an internal element having a truncated-conical seat; wherein the external element and the internal element are made of different materials; the internal element is coupled in a blind hole of the external element in fit-in coupling mode; the external element has an annular base around the blind hole, and the internal element has a truncated-conical body that is open on the bottom, and an annular base that protrudes radially outwards from a lower edge of the body in order to be in contact with the base of the external element.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Alessandro Melozzi
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Patent number: 11331194Abstract: A femoral component (2) for mounting onto a femur and being adapted to articulate with a tibial bearing component in a knee prosthesis comprises proximal end portions (7, 10) adapted to be oriented towards the femur when the femoral component (2) is mounted thereon, and distal end portions adapted to be oriented towards the tibial bearing component when the knee prosthesis is fully extended. The proximal end portions (7) comprise posterior proximal end portions which are located on an posterior side of the femoral component and an anterior proximal end portion (10) which is located on an anterior side of the femoral component (2). The femoral component (2) further comprises a medial condyle (13) and a lateral condyle (14) which each extend from one of the posterior proximal end portions beyond the distal portions and towards the anterior proximal end portion (10) of the femoral component (2).Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: implantcast GmbHInventors: Patryk Rolbiecki, Jens Saß
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Patent number: 11331195Abstract: The disclosure provides an articular gasket prosthesis and an articular prosthesis with the articular gasket prosthesis. The articular gasket prosthesis includes an elastic gasket disposed between a first skeleton and second skeleton forming a joint, the elastic gasket including: an elastic matrix, having a first contact surface facing the first skeleton and a second contact surface facing the second skeleton; and multiple synovial fluid passages, distributed in the elastic matrix and communicating the first contact surface and the second contact surface, the multiple synovial fluid passages being disposed according to a predetermined manner to gradually increase hardness of the elastic matrix from a center to an edge and gradually decrease elasticity of the elastic matrix from the center to the edge.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Beijing AK Medical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Weiping Zhang
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Patent number: 11331196Abstract: An expandable intervertebral implant, including a support component, an inferior component, including a first proximate end connected to the support component, a first distal end, a first top surface, and a first bottom surface, a superior component, including a second proximate end connected to the support component, a second distal end, a second top surface, and a second bottom surface, and a balloon connected to the first top surface and the second bottom surface and operatively arranged to expand the expandable intervertebral implant.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Loubert S. Suddaby
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Patent number: 11331197Abstract: The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. The fusion device described herein is capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space at a minimum to no distraction height and for a fusion device capable of maintaining a normal distance between adjacent vertebral bodies when implanted.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: INTEGRITY IMPLANTS INC.Inventor: Eugene Shoshtaev
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Patent number: 11331198Abstract: An implantable prosthesis that includes a biased coiling member and a conforming coiling member. The biased coiling member may be biased to curve from a substantially linear configuration to a nonlinear configuration. The conforming coiling member may be engaged with and curved by the biased coiling member from the substantially linear configuration to the nonlinear configuration. The biased coiling member may define a longitudinal axis when in the substantially linear configuration. The biased coiling member and the conforming coiling member may move relative to each other along the longitudinal axis. The prosthesis may be implanted in a surgical procedure that minimizes incision sizes and may be considered less invasive than typical implant procedures, especially spinal implant procedures.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: JMEA CorporationInventors: James A. Sack, Jack Y. Yeh
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Patent number: 11331199Abstract: An interspinous posterior device (IPD) is described. The IPD has a body and bone fixation elements on either side of the body, each of said bone fixation elements having a ratchet locking mechanism for fixing the body to successive spinous processes of a mammalian vertebra. Each of the bone fixation elements is independently adjustable by ratcheting it separately and independently of the other bone fixation elements. The body of the IPD has a dynamic configuration and a non-dynamic configuration, wherein the dynamic configuration allows for both extension and flexion of the successive spinous processes and the non-dynamic configuration prohibits extension of the successive spinous processes. The IPD also includes a removable extension restriction block, wherein the extension restriction block can optionally be inserted in the body to prohibit extension or can be removed from the body to allow extension.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Aurora Spine, Inc.Inventors: Trent James Northcutt, Laszlo Garamszegi
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Patent number: 11331200Abstract: A spinal implant has a proximal region and a distal region, and includes an upper body and a lower body each having inner surfaces disposed in opposed relation relative to each other. A proximal adjustment assembly is disposed between the upper and lower bodies at the proximal region of the spinal implant and is adjustably coupled to the upper and lower bodies, and a distal adjustment assembly is disposed between the upper and lower bodies at the distal region of the spinal implant and is adjustably coupled to the upper and lower bodies. The proximal and distal adjustment assemblies are independently movable with respect to each other to change a vertical height of at least one of the proximal region or the distal region of the spinal implant.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: K2M, Inc.Inventors: Larry E. McClintock, Steven Ludwig, Scott Dhupar, Sabatino Bianco
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Patent number: 11331201Abstract: Stand-alone interbody fusion devices for engagement between adjacent vertebrae. The stand-alone interbody fusion devices may include frames and one or more endplates coupled to the frame. The frame may be configured and designed to provide the apertures which are designed to retain bone fasteners, such as screws or anchors, and secure the implant to the adjacent vertebrae.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Veronika Martynova, Jason Zappacosta, Michael Hunt, Jason Gray, Jennifer Klimek, Noah Hansell, David Paul, Nick Padovani
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Patent number: 11331202Abstract: A modular jaw for attachment to an orthopedic implant extraction tool that includes an elongated body, a claw about a distal end of the elongated body for engaging an object, and a locking mechanism about a posterior end of the elongated body for engaging the orthopedic implant extraction tool. The locking mechanism includes a dovetail lock, a detent mounted to the dovetail lock, and a distally facing surface about a proximal end of the elongated body.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Shukla MedicalInventors: Zachary Robert Sweitzer, Nicholas Christopher Keach
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Patent number: 11331203Abstract: A multi-component implant insertion system for insertion of an intervertebral implant cage and methods of use thereof are described herein. Preferably, the proximal end of a hollow jaw is inserted into the distal end of an inserter. Once inside the inserter, a thread on the jaw engages a corresponding thread inside the inserter, allowing axial advancement of the jaw along the inserter. A ram is inserted through the proximal end of the jaw until the distal end of the ram protrudes at the distal end of the inserter assembly. Optionally, an adjustable stop introduced onto the superior portion of the inserter allows for control over the depth of insertion of the implant. An implant of appropriate size is introduced to the jaw of the inserter assembly and the implant/inserter assembly can be impacted into the vertebral body until the adjustable stop contacts the anterior edge of the vertebral body.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Institute For Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.Inventors: William Duffield, James A. Sack
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Methods and tools for hip replacement with superscapsular percutaneously assisted total hip approach
Patent number: 11331204Abstract: A minimally invasive surgical procedure for replacing a hip joint is provided. A main incision is initiated at a point being a projection of a tip of a greater trochanter and extends proximally about a distance in the range of from 1 cm to 8 cm in line with the femoral axis. An inline capsulotomy is performed, while keeping muscles and posterior capsule intact, to expose the hip joint capsule for accessing the hip joint. The femoral canal is prepared for receipt of a femoral implant. The femoral head is resected and removed out of the acetabulum. A step of acetabular preparation is performed using a retractor comprising two tip rails, each tip rail having a plurality of tines. Related tools, devices, systems and methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: MicroPort Orthopedics Holdings Inc.Inventor: James Chow -
Patent number: 11331205Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and system for producing a digital model of a customised device, comprising the steps of: importing a first digital file of a base part; importing a second digital file of a target shape; determining a warping interpolation function based on source point positions associated with the base part and target point positions associated with the target shape; and applying the warping interpolation function to the points of said base part to generate a model of said customised device.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: 3DMorphic Pty LtdInventor: William C. H. Parr
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Patent number: 11331206Abstract: A suspended sleeve assembly includes a suspension stand and a compression sleeve. An upper portion of the compression sleeve is attached onto the suspension stand, but a lower portion of the compression sleeve is unattached from the suspension stand. The suspended sleeve assembly can also include a support stand. The suspended sleeve assembly can be used to shape a prosthetic socket. The compression sleeve applies a circumferential pressure onto the prosthetic socket as the prosthetic socket is being inserted into the compression sleeve as a patient steps into the compression sleeve and applies at least a portion of body weight to the compression sleeve. The prosthetic socket can be heated and shaped by hand, so that it fits the residual limb of the patient. The suspended sleeve assembly can also be used to shape other prosthetic components, such as a negative plaster cast.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Medical Creations, Inc.Inventor: Mark Joseph
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Patent number: 11331207Abstract: A stent according to the invention includes: a strut extending in a predetermined direction; a first protrusion provided on the strut, the first protrusion being substantially L-shaped and extending in a direction away from the strut and in a direction toward a distal side in the predetermined direction; a second protrusion that is provided on the strut and located distal to the first protrusion, the second protrusion being substantially L-shaped, extending in a direction away from the strut and in a direction toward a proximal side in the predetermined direction, and having a tip spaced apart from a tip of the first protrusion; and an opaque member being substantially tubular and highly opaque to radiation, the opaque member having two end portions in which the first and second protrusions are inserted, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: BIOMEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Hiroki Ishida
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Patent number: 11331208Abstract: An inner catheter for deployment of a medical device can include a pusher band having a passage that includes a first portion extending from a first end to a position and a second portion extending from a second end to the position. A cross-sectional area of the second portion can be less than a cross-sectional area of the first portion to form a step. A second end of the first tubular member having first and second ends can be within the first portion of the pusher band, abut the step and be unable to pass through the second portion. A portion of a second tubular member having first and second ends can be within the pusher band, and the second end of the second tubular member can extend away from the second end of the pusher band and be configured to extend through a medical device.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Tiffani Cannon, Brent A Mayle, James C Merk
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Patent number: 11331209Abstract: In one embodiment, a torque-compensating assistive wrist brace includes a hand member adapted to be provided on a user's hand, a forearm member adapted to be provided on the user's forearm, and an assistive linkage that connects the hand and forearm members together, the assistive linkage being configured to apply a balancing torque to a wrist of the user that counteracts intrinsic stiffness within the wrist and assists the user in rotating the wrist in both the flexion and extension directions.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Mark Plecnik, Derek Bissell, David Reinkensmeyer, J. Michael McCarthy
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Patent number: 11331210Abstract: An Apparatus for realigning and improving the posture of the user. The Apparatus targets specific areas of the body, lifts up those areas, and then cause other specific areas of the body with the help of gravity, to adjust and modify, and facilitate the loosening and releasing of targeted fascia tissue, connective tissue, muscles, without the use or creation of force or tension, facilitating realignment, resulting in improving posture. The Apparatus is comprised of Holding Areas (e.g. pockets, grooves, etc.) configured to run up and down the apparatus the length of the spine of the human body. The Holding Areas (e.g. pockets, grooves, etc.) are an integral part of the apparatus and/or a separate attachable unit to the apparatus. The Apparatus's Holding Areas (e.g. pockets, grooves, etc.) are of adjustable materials, and are filled, empty, or selectively filled with a choice of different types of fillers, inserts.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Marlen Hecht
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Patent number: 11331211Abstract: A mouthpiece including a constituent portion (X) that includes an olefin-based polymer (A) having a repeating unit having 2 or 3 carbon atoms and that satisfies a bending elastic modulus (?) at 23° C. of 80 MPa???1000 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takashi Yukita, Maki Yamamoto, Hideyuki Nagai, Yasufumi Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 11331212Abstract: A condom product includes a condom. The condom includes a body having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a distal end, and a proximal end having a peripheral edge. The condom is sized such that the interior surface is configured to extend along at least a portion of a head of a penis, but not along a shaft of the penis.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Duplicent, LLCInventor: Curren Emmett Krasnoff
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Patent number: 11331213Abstract: A device sized and shaped for alleviating organ prolapse when inserted into a vagina, comprising: (a) an adjustably flexible, substantially planar ring provided with at least one opposing snapping element; (b) a central rod extending at least partially through the ring transverse to the snapping elements, where the central rod is provided with counterpart slots configured for insertion of the snapping elements therein; and, (c) a connection block, co-axial with the central rod and slidable thereover to transition the device from an expanded state to a collapsed state, configured with slots which align with the counterpart slots of the central rod for passage of at least one snapping element therethrough when the device is in the collapsed state.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: ConTIPI Medical Ltd.Inventors: Elan Ziv, Zohar Tyroler, Elisheva Fabrikant, Tal Caspi
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Patent number: 11331214Abstract: A device and method for treatment of hot flashes in perimenopausal and menopausal women. The device includes a cooling agent distributed over at least a portion of an area of the device, at least one liner positioned against and attached to at least one side of the cooling agent over at least the portion of the area of the device, and an adhesive. The adhesive is arranged on at least one side of the device so as to permit the device to be secured with respect to the anatomy of a user.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Miriam Baker, Alyssa Dweck, Nyiri Grigorian
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Patent number: 11331215Abstract: Implantable thermal therapy devices, systems, and methods are provided for the treatment of pathological conditions including arrhythmias and trauma. The implantable thermal therapy devices and systems are specifically structured to deliver transient cooling to a target tissue, and to gradually dissipate the heat energy transferred from the target tissue to other body masses in a controlled and delicate manner. In some examples, a phase change material can be used to accomplish such a gradual dissipation of the heat.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Medicool Technologies Inc.Inventors: Charles Ritrivi, Richard Scott Sanders, Gregory J. Seifert
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Patent number: 11331216Abstract: The invention is directed to a mouth piece for cooling of oral tissue of a patient during chemotherapy treatment. The mouth piece includes a cooling medium contained within the top element and the bottom element and able to retain a cooling environment within the mouth sufficient to reduce capillary blood flow to the patient's mouth.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: CHEMOMOUTHPIECE, LLCInventor: David Yoskowitz
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Patent number: 11331217Abstract: Described herein are devices and methods for creating a capsulorhexis. In some embodiments, the device includes a template with a tearing profile, which, when placed against the capsular bag, defines a perimeter of a capsulorhexis. In some embodiments, the device further includes rigid sections and bendable sections which are configured to transition the template between a first bent configuration for insertion through a corneal incision and a second unbent configuration for creation of the capsulorhexis. In some embodiments, the device further includes connecting elements which enter through the corneal incision and, when manipulated, transition the device between the first bent configuration and the second unbent configuration. In some embodiments, the connectors are configured to impart a downward force on the template and thus the capsular bag during the capsulorhexis creation.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Michael Schaller
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Patent number: 11331218Abstract: An ophthalmological device for treating eye tissue with laser pulses comprises a projection optical unit for focused projection of the laser pulses, a scanner system for dynamically deflecting the laser pulses and a zoom system, which is arranged between the projection optical unit and the scanner system and which is configured to adjust the focused projection of the laser pulses in the projection direction in different zoom settings. The ophthalmological device moreover comprises a displacement device, which is configured to displace the scanner system depending on the zoom setting of the zoom system. What the displacement of the scanner system coupled to the zoom setting of the zoom system renders possible is the adaptation of the position of the scanner system in a dynamic and synchronized fashion to the setting of the zoom system and hence to the current position of the virtual entry pupil of the zoom system.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AGInventor: Christian Rathjen