Patents Issued in April 18, 2023
  • Patent number: 11627979
    Abstract: A method of performing surgery on a bone includes providing a robotically controlled bone preparation system and creating at least one hole in the bone with the robotically controlled bone preparation system prior to machining the bone. The bone hole aligns with a hole or a post in a guide for a manual cutting tool. If the robot fails during surgery, or if the surgeon does not wish to complete the procedure with the robot, the guide is attached to the bone after aligning the guide hole with the bone hole. The surgery is completed manually after the guide is attached to the bone, and the robot is not used after the guide is attached to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Lou Keppler, Sathiya Prabaharan, Emily Hampp, Stuart L. Axelson, Jr., John R. Fossez
  • Patent number: 11627980
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic scalpel bit, comprising a bit tip (1), a bit bar (2) and a bit body (3), one end of the bit bar (2) being connected to the bit tip (1), and the other end of the bit bar (2) being connected to the bit body (3), wherein a main body of the bit tip (1) is of a flat sheet structure, an upper and a lower face of which respectively form an upper bit ridge (11) and a lower bit ridge (12) of the bit tip (1); a protrusion (14) is formed at a front end of the upper bit ridge (11); the upper bit ridge (11) has a thickness greater than that of the flat sheet structure and that of the lower bit ridge (12); and the protrusion (14) is smooth and free of edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Jiangsu SMTP Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qun Cao, Songtao Zhan
  • Patent number: 11627981
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer assembly of an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a piezoelectric stack, an ultrasonic horn secured to and extending distally from the piezoelectric stack and including a body and a nose extending distally from the body, an overmold seal formed about the body of the ultrasonic horn, and a casing disposed about the piezoelectric stack, the body of the ultrasonic horn, and the overmold seal. The casing defines a distal opening through which the nose of the ultrasonic horn extends. The overmold seal establishes a hermetic seal with the casing to define a hermetically sealed interior enclosing the piezoelectric stack and the body of the ultrasonic horn therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Matthew S. Cowley
  • Patent number: 11627982
    Abstract: A method and device handle having a slide assembly for controlling rotational speed of a catheter assembly under various rotational loads. The method includes setting a first current limit in a processor, activating the catheter assembly to rotate, calculating a current value in rotational period of a first current limit, updating a second current limit from the first current limit, and wherein the second current limit is lower than the first current limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Masubuchi, Steve Woodard, Mansour Saleki
  • Patent number: 11627983
    Abstract: Rotational atherectomy devices and systems can remove or reduce stenotic lesions in blood vessels by rotating an abrasive element within the vessel. The abrasive element can be attached to a distal portion of an elongate flexible drive shaft that extends from a handle assembly. In particular embodiments, the handle assembly includes a compressed gas driven turbine member that drives rotation of the drive shaft. The turbine member can be rotatably attached to a carriage that is longitudinally translatable in relation to a housing of the handle assembly. The handle assembly can include a latch mechanism that when actuated allows the carriage to translate to a proximal-most position. While the carriage is in the proximal-most position, an open pathway is created so that a guidewire can be slidably passed through the handle assembly and a lumen of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cardio Flow, Inc.
    Inventors: Cassandra Ann Piippo Svendsen, Charles Anthony Plowe, Albert Selden Benjamin, Paul Joseph Robinson, Evan Leingang
  • Patent number: 11627984
    Abstract: A surgical instrument access port assembly and method of use, the surgical instrument access port a surgical instrument has a needle lumen and a surgical access port. The needle lumen extends in a longitudinal direction and includes a needle tip at a distal end, and a body portion at a proximal end, the body portion having at least one recess or finger. The surgical access port has a cannula defining a hollow cannula shaft, and a tapered hub attached to a proximal end of the cannula. The tapered hub includes at least one inner ring configured to abut against the at least one recess or finger while the surgical instrument is inserted into the cannula of the surgical access port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sundaram Ravikumar, Harry Allan Alward, Guy Osborne
  • Patent number: 11627985
    Abstract: Surgical devices having a plurality of outwardly-biased flexible fins capable of both inward convergence and outward flexion, provide for fluid retention and soft tissue retraction during surgical procedures. The outwardly-biased flexible fins also provide for soft tissue compression, decreasing the length of the lumen or passageway through which instruments pass, allowing for a wider range of movement of instruments and better access to the surgical site, especially in patients with greater amounts of fat tissue that would otherwise require longer lumen lengths in prior art endoscopic cannulas. An obturator assembly including a cannulated handle member with a cannulated shaft attached to said handle member, said shaft extending distally and terminating at a cannulated obturator tip. A hood structure found on such obturator tip may be used to secure one or more flexible fins prior to deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SUREMKA, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel A. Worrel
  • Patent number: 11627986
    Abstract: Various trocars and trocar supports are provided for allowing an insufflation port on the trocar to be coupled through the trocar support to an insufflation fluid. In one embodiment, the trocar includes a housing, a cannula extending through the housing, and an insufflation port projecting from the housing. A trocar support is provided having an opening that receives the insufflation port on the housing such that the insufflation port is unobtrusive during use and can be connected and disconnected rapidly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventor: Andrew Beckman
  • Patent number: 11627987
    Abstract: A tissue guard for use with a surgical access device includes a body having a proximal end, a distal end and lumen defined therebetween. A proximal lip extends radially from the proximal end and is configured to mount atop a rim of an access device. The proximal lip includes an annular channel defined therein disposed in fluid communication with the lumen, the annular channel configured to direct surgical gases from the lumen to a smoke evacuation system. The annular channel includes a neck defined therein disposed between the lumen and the annular channel, the neck having geometry configured to induce the evacuation of surgical gases or smoke therethrough. One or more fingers extend from the proximal lip and are configured to engage an access device to secure the tissue guard thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jacob C. Baril, Saumya Banerjee, Matthew A. Dinino
  • Patent number: 11627988
    Abstract: A tissue guard includes a body defining an open proximal end, an open distal end, and a lumen extending through the body between the open proximal end and the open distal end. A lip extends radially outwardly from the open proximal end of the body, the lip including a finger extending from an exterior peripheral surface thereof. The finger includes a flange at a distal end thereof adapted to operably engage an underside of a proximal ring of an access device to secure the tissue guard therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jacob C. Baril, Scott J. Prior, Saumya Banerjee, Matthew A. Dinino, Justin J. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11627989
    Abstract: A surgical kit includes a cannula assembly and a sheath. The cannula assembly includes a housing, an elongate shaft defining a lumen and extending from the housing, a fluid port adapted to be coupled to a fluid source, and an expandable body in fluid communication with the fluid port. The sheath is configured to be disposed over the expandable body of the cannula assembly to apply a compressive force to the expandable body. The sheath is transitionable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Douglas M. Pattison, Oksana Buyda, Amanda M. Adinolfi
  • Patent number: 11627990
    Abstract: A medical device for performing a surgical procedure may include an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The medical device may also include a handle connected to the proximal end of the elongate member, an end effector assembly connected to the distal end of the elongate member, and a cutting device configured to extend from the end effector assembly, wherein the cutting device has a retracted configuration in which the cutting device is withdrawn into the end effector assembly and a deployed configuration in which the cutting device extends from the end effector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger M. Brecheen, John H. Koehler
  • Patent number: 11627991
    Abstract: A bone fixation clamp includes a first clamp assembly, a second clamp assembly, an inner locking member, and an outer locking assembly. The first and second clamp assemblies are transitionable between open and closed configurations. The inner locking member is transitionable between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position the inner locking member engages the first clamp assembly substantially preventing the first clamp assembly from transitioning from the closed configuration to the open configuration. The outer locking assembly is transitionable between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position the outer locking assembly engages the first clamp assembly and the second clamp assembly substantially preventing both the first clamp assembly from transitioning from the closed configuration to the open configuration and the second clamp assembly from transitioning from the closed configuration to the open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Todd J. Kent
  • Patent number: 11627992
    Abstract: A locking-cap module may include a locking-cap having a first connecting flange and a second connecting flange opposite the first connecting flange extending from a side surface of the locking-cap. The locking-cap may further include a first retaining rail and a second retaining rail opposite the first retaining rail. The locking-cap module may further include a set screw configured to engage with corresponding threads of the locking-cap. In some embodiments, the first connecting flange and second connecting flange are configured to engage with a connector such that the top surface of the locking-cap is flush with a top surface of the connector in an engaged position. In some embodiments, the set screw is initially coupled to the locking-cap by a pre-loaded connection. In some embodiments, a surgical tool is provided for rotating the locking-cap module into the engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventor: William A. Rezach
  • Patent number: 11627993
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a spinal fixation system comprising a telescoping spinal rod, as well as methods of its use and a guide tower for use therewith. The telescoping rod can be extended after it has been inserted into the patient below the fascia, which permits it to be extended in the sub-fascial space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad Tyler Hammann, Derek Matteo, Matthew Tobias Jacobs
  • Patent number: 11627994
    Abstract: An implantable growing rod assembly adapted to be secured along a length of a spine for treating deformities of the spine. The assembly includes a housing, a fixed rod extending along a longitudinal axis away from the housing, and an expansion rod extendible from the housing along the longitudinal axis. A driver assembly is fixed to the housing and adapted to translate the expansion rod along the longitudinal axis. Examples of the implantable growing rod assembly include a smart growing system, and an autonomous growing rod system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew McClelland, Jeff Nichols
  • Patent number: 11627995
    Abstract: A locking-cap module may include a locking-cap having a first connecting flange and a second connecting flange opposite the first connecting flange extending from a side surface of the locking-cap. The locking-cap may further include a first retaining rail and a second retaining rail opposite the first retaining rail. The locking-cap module may further include a set screw configured to engage with corresponding threads of the locking-cap. In some embodiments, the first connecting flange and second connecting flange are configured to engage with a connector such that the top surface of the locking-cap is generally flush with a top surface of the connector when the locking-cap is in a locked position relative to the connector. In some embodiments, the set screw is initially coupled to the locking-cap by a pre-loaded connection. In some embodiments, an end user may visually verify that the locking-cap module is in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventor: William A. Rezach
  • Patent number: 11627996
    Abstract: A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a receiver, a shank, an articulation structure for retaining the shank in the receiver and a compression insert for engagement with a longitudinal connecting member such as a rod. The articulation structure includes substantially spherical convex and concave surfaces that slidably engage both shank and receiver surfaces to provide compound articulation between the receiver and the shank. The receiver includes inwardly directed spring tabs engaging the insert and prohibiting rotation of the insert within the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Roger P. Jackson
  • Patent number: 11627997
    Abstract: A lumbar process static and dynamic stabilization device includes: an upper arm configured to receive and be affixed to a first spinous process of one vertebrae; and a lower arm configured to receive and be affixed to a second spinous process of another vertebrae. The upper arm and the lower arm are pivotally connected, such that the upper arm and the lower arm can pivot relative to each other to transition the device to a desired orientation. At the same time, the device can be selectively locked into either a static configuration by a locking mechanism or allowed to move dynamically, such that the upper arm and the lower arm of the device are allowed to move relative to each other in response to manipulation of the portion of the lumbar spine on which the device is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Jason Zook
  • Patent number: 11627998
    Abstract: Systems, instruments, and methods for performing a medical procedure. The methods comprise: obtaining a surgical instrument that combines a head positioner and a driver into a single integrated part (the driver being at least partially inserted through an elongate aperture formed in the head positioner so as to extend from a proximal end of the head positioner to a distal end of the head positioner); using an actuable structure of the head positioner to limit an amount that the driver can linearly travel in a first direction within the elongate aperture formed in the head positioner; causing a screw to threadingly engage an object via rotation of the driver in at least a first direction around a central axis of the surgical instrument; and changing an orientation of a receiver via rotation of the head positioner about a portion of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: William A. Rezach, Brian A. Butler
  • Patent number: 11627999
    Abstract: Described herein is an intramedullary femoral nail implant. The implant can be more easily converted to a load bearing hip replacement. Fixation of the intramedullary nail may be enhanced by injection of cement. Disclosed devices may be preferable to other types of intramedullary nails at the time of the first procedure given their characteristics of improved fixation, stability, and flexibility for potential conversion via a less complex operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventor: Nicola Fabbri
  • Patent number: 11628000
    Abstract: A bone fixation plate comprises a main body formed of a first material and a support member formed of a second, different material and attached to the main body. The main body defines a first set of openings and the support member defines a second set of openings aligned with the first set of openings. For each opening of the first set of openings, a main body circumferential surface is disposed adjacent and continuous with a support member circumferential surface of the second set of openings to define an opening circumferential surface that bounds an opening of the first set of openings and an opening of the second set of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: GLW, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Hoon Lee, Axel Cremer, Richard Garret Mauldin, Arley Perez, Jan Heinsohn
  • Patent number: 11628001
    Abstract: A device used in conjunction with fixation hardware to provide a two-stage process to address the competing needs of immobilization and re-establishment of normal stress-strain trajectories in grafted bone. A method of determining a patient-specific stress/strain pattern that utilizes a model based on 3D CT data of the relevant structures and cross-sectional data of the three major chewing muscles. The forces on each of the chewing muscles are determined based on the model using predetermined bite forces such that a stiffness of cortical bone in the patient's mandible is determined. Based on the stiffness data, suitable implantation hardware can be designed for the patient by adjusting external topological and internal porous geometries that reduce the stiffness of biocompatible metals to thereby restore normal bite forces of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
    Inventors: Howard David Dean, Mohammad H. Elahinia, Christoph Haberland, Michael J. Miller, Alok Sutradhar, Narges Shayesteh Moghaddam, Jason M. Walker, Roman Skoracki
  • Patent number: 11628002
    Abstract: A measuring instrument configured to measure a bone and a plate to determine the size of an attachment clamp, including: a medial clamp configured to engage a medial portion of the bone; a medial gauge connected to the medial clamp, the medial gauge including: a key along a portion of the medial gauge adjacent the medial clamp; a gauge indicator configured to indicate the size of attachment clamp; and a threaded portion; a lateral clamp configured to engage a plate on the bone, where the lateral clamp has a hollow portion with a channel, wherein the gauge indicator is positioned in the hollow portion and wherein the channel is configured to engage the key of the gauge indicator to prevent the lateral clamp from rotating about the gauge indicator; and a tightening knob threaded onto the thread portion of the of the medial gauge, wherein one end of the tightening knob indicates on the gauge indicator the size of the attachment clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Danielle Rossi, Diana Castillo Sanchez, Kenny Koay
  • Patent number: 11628003
    Abstract: A system includes a first spacer sized and configured to be received within a resected bone space of a first bone and a second spacer sized and configured to be coupled to a second bone. The first spacer and the second spacer each include a body extending between a bone contacting surface and a coupling surface. At least one shim is positioned between the first and second spacers. The shim includes a body extending between a first coupling surface and a second coupling surface. The first spacer, the second spacer, and the at least one shim position the first and second bones in a predetermined alignment. An adjustable guide including a guide adapter and a guide body is configured to couple to the first spacer and is adjustable on a first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Dean J. Nachtrab, David G. Reynolds, Paul M. Stemniski, Julia C. Alspaugh
  • Patent number: 11628004
    Abstract: A surgical fastener manipulation tool in accordance with embodiment of the present invention is useful by a surgeon to place fasteners such as threaded screws. The surgical fastener manipulation tool selectively engages a mating structure of fastener for securing the fastener thereto. Thus, advantageously, the surgical fastener manipulation tool can be used for placing such fasteners and/or can be used for extracting (i.e., removing) such fasteners. The ability to extract a fastener (e.g., a threaded bone screw) with the same tool used for placing it is highly beneficial due to time savings during a surgical procedure and is advantageous with respect to prior art fastener manipulation tool configurations that require placement and extraction tools to be differently configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Stuart Loftus
  • Patent number: 11628005
    Abstract: A tool for a bone implant includes a rod and an adaptor. The rod includes a coupling portion having a through-hole. The rod further includes a measuring arm connected to the coupling portion and a force applying arm connected to the coupling portion. The measuring arm includes a first extension section having a first indicator portion, and the force applying arm includes a second extension section having a second indicator portion. The force applying arm is elastically deformable away from the measuring arm to displace the second extension section relative to the first extension section. The adaptor is coupled in the through-hole and includes an outer ring and an inner ring. The outer ring is rotatable relative to the inner ring in a single direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
    Inventors: Tung-Lin Tsai, Chun-Chieh Tseng, Chun-Ming Chen, Yue-Jun Wang, Hsin-Fei Wang, Pei-Hua Wang
  • Patent number: 11628006
    Abstract: A method of operating a modular surgical system including a control module, a first surgical module, and a second surgical module is disclosed. The method includes detachably connecting the first surgical module to the control module by stacking the first surgical module with the control module in a stack configuration, detachably connecting the second surgical module to the first surgical module by stacking the second surgical module with the control module and the first surgical module in the stack configuration, powering up the modular surgical system, and monitoring distribution of power from a power supply of the control module to the first surgical module and the second surgical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Joshua Henderson, Joshua P. Morgan, Andrew W. Carroll, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Eitan T. Wiener, Ryan M. Asher, John B. Schulte, Gregory J. Bakos
  • Patent number: 11628007
    Abstract: Cryosurgical devices, such as cryosurgical probes (cryoprobes) are disclosed. Some example embodiments may include an elongated shaft at least partially housing or delineating a fluid supply conduit and a fluid exhaust conduit, the elongated shaft including a distal ablation section terminating at a closed distal end, a housing at least partially circumscribing at least a portion of a proximal end of the elongated shaft and receiving or delineating at least a portion of the fluid supply conduit and a portion of the fluid exhaust conduit; and/or a flow restricting element in fluid communication with the fluid exhaust conduit, the flow restricting element regulating the flow of fluid through at least a portion of the fluid exhaust conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Skorich, David Wilson, Todd Frangolis, Christopher Widenhouse, Frank Fago
  • Patent number: 11628008
    Abstract: A forceps includes shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof and configured move the jaw members between open and closed position. A knife deployment mechanism includes a trigger moveable along a longitudinal axis to deploy a knife between retracted and extended positions between the jaw members, the knife deployment mechanism including links that cooperate to actuate the knife. A knife kickout mechanism is pivotably coupled to one link and is configured to engage a ramp disposed in a shaft member upon approximation of the shaft members, the knife kickout is configured to cooperate with the links to urge the knife back to an at rest position upon the opening of the shaft members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Rich, Craig V. Krastins, Daniel W. Mercier, Kelley D. Goodman, Grant T. Sims
  • Patent number: 11628009
    Abstract: A catheter adapted for deflection in a narrow tubular region and/or sharp turn, has an elongated body, a deflection section having a support member adapted for heat activation to assume a trained configuration, and a lead wire configured to deliver a current to the support member for heat activation. The support member is constructed of a shaped memory alloy, for example, nitinol, and the lead wire is adapted to directly heat the support member. Moreover, the catheter may include a thermally insulating layer covering at least a portion of the support member. The trained configuration of the support member extends in a single dimension, in two dimensions or in three dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventor: Vishav Manak Singh Aujla
  • Patent number: 11628010
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for minimally-invasive selective fat removal from a target area by injecting the area with a solution of photo-absorbing nanoparticles and irradiating the injected area with a beam of near infrared (NIR) light. The NIR emission wavelength excites the nanoparticles to melt fat within the target area so that the liquefied fat can be aspirated from the target area. The nanoparticles may be gold nanorods having aspect ratios selected to produce surface plasmon resonance when irradiated with NIR light around 800 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, ELUX MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Adah Almutairi, Khalid Almutairi
  • Patent number: 11628011
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing treatment planning information for a neurology procedure, including neurosurgical procedures. A database containing historical data about historical procedures is accessed. Historical data relevant to a neurology procedure is determined, based on a determination of similarity to a set of data characterizing the neurology procedure. Historical instances of procedure parameters relevant to the neurology procedure are determined and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Wesley Bryan Hodges, Norman Pyo, Cameron Anthony Piron, Kelly Noel Dyer
  • Patent number: 11628012
    Abstract: First and second skeleton model data is determined based on first and second surface data of a patient. Each of the skeleton model data describes geometries of rigid anatomic structures of a patient at a different point in time. Skeleton difference data is determined describing differences between the geometries of the rigid anatomic structures. In a next step, movement instruction data is determined which describes movement to be performed by the rigid anatomic structures to minimize the differences, i.e. to correct the posture of the patient. The movement instruction data is for example determined based on anatomy constraint data which describes anatomical movement constraints for the rigid anatomic structures (e.g. range of motion of a joint). An instruction is displayed (e.g. using augmented reality), guiding the user how to move the rigid anatomic structures so as to correct the patients posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Jochen Veigel, Ivana Ivanovska, Hagen Kaiser, Pablo Aponte
  • Patent number: 11628013
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a medical instrument during a medical procedure includes: receiving state information from a control system in communication with the medical instrument; detecting, by the control system, motion of at least a portion of the medical instrument; comparing the detected motion of the at least the portion of the medical instrument with a threshold motion value based on the state information received from the control system; determining, based on the detected motion exceeding the threshold motion value, significant movement of a patient has occurred; providing a system response based on determining significant movement of the patient has occurred; comparing the detected motion with a threshold control value, wherein the threshold control value is higher than the threshold motion value; and disregarding, when the detected motion is higher than the threshold control value, motion commands received from a master assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Teresa G. Gadda, Troy K. Adebar, Cristian Bianchi, Vincent Duindam, Timothy D. Soper
  • Patent number: 11628014
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for assisting in navigating a medical device (1) in a region of a patient body, such as a cardiac chamber. The system comprises a unit (5) for providing a three-dimensional model of the region and an ultrasound probe (2) for acquiring image signals of the region of the patient body. At least one an ultrasound sensor (6) is attached to the medical device (1) for sensing ultrasound signals emitted by the 5 ultrasound probe (2) and a tracking unit (7) determines a relative position of the at last one ultrasound sensor (6) with respect to the live images and/or the ultrasound probe (2) on the basis of the sensed ultrasound signals. Further, a mapping unit (8) maps the determined relative position of the at least one ultrasound sensor (6) onto the model to generate a visualization of region of the patient body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Godefridus Antonius Harks, Frans Venker, Harm Jan Willem Belt, Reinardus Gerhardus Aarnink
  • Patent number: 11628015
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods to perform a surgical procedure. The systems and methods utilize MRI-compatible fiducial markers including a body having at least one feature configured to receive an MRI-compatible and MRI-visible material and to allow registration of a navigational tool. The MRI-compatible fiducial markers can be affixed to a bone of a patient. The registered navigational tool can be used to advance a surgical tool along a navigational path to perform a surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: James Edmund Baumgartner, Kevin Ruda, Benjamin Osa
  • Patent number: 11628016
    Abstract: Certain embodiments may relate to apparatuses and methods for performing surgical procedures. For example, a method may comprise initiating detection and tracking of at least one surgical instrument (including associated surgical material) within a surgical area. The method may further comprise performing a surgical procedure with the at least one surgical instrument and material and ending detection and tracking of the at least one surgical instrument and material within the surgical area. The method may further comprise displaying at least one indication of location status of the at least one surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: OperVu, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald K. Woods, Kamiar Fariba, Kasra Khazeni, Farook Afsari
  • Patent number: 11628017
    Abstract: A surgical instrument having a position sensor that may be detachable, disposable, partially isolated from movement of the main body of the surgical instrument, and/or configured to display feedback lighting. The orientation of the surgical instrument may be mimicked either virtually or by a mechanical device with a second surgical instrument. The instruments of the present disclosure may be used in any procedure or treatment that would benefit from position feedback for the instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Prichard Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Prichard Drain
  • Patent number: 11628018
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating spatial annotations within guidance images that are displayed during a guided medical procedure, where the spatial annotations provide spatial graduations indicating known length measures. The spatial measures may be employed to visually assess the sizes of anatomical and/or functional features displayed in the guidance images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: 7D SURGICAL ULC
    Inventors: Andrew Kula, Elena Berman, Adrian Mariampillai, Peter Siegler, Michael Leung, Beau Anthony Standish, Victor X. D. Yang
  • Patent number: 11628019
    Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure relates to a method for generating a reference information item of an eye, wherein at least one characterization information item that characterizes a rhexis size and/or a rhexis position of a potential actual rhexis on an anterior capsular bag wall of the eye is input into an input unit of an ophthalmic surgical apparatus and, depending on the characterization information item, a reference rhexis is determined as at least a constituent part of the reference information item of the eye by an evaluation unit of the ophthalmic surgical apparatus, wherein the determined reference rhexis is optically displayed by an optical display unit of the ophthalmic surgical apparatus. The disclosure further relates to an ophthalmic surgical apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventor: Piotr Marczuk
  • Patent number: 11628020
    Abstract: An insertable robot for minimally invasive surgery includes a tube array having a guide tube housed within a straightening tube. The guide tube includes a curved working end. The guide tube may be axially translated and rotated relative to the straightening tube such that the curved working end is constrained inside the straightening tube, causing the curved working end to achieve a smaller dimension. The tube array is inserted into a working channel on an endoscope, resectoscope or trocar. Once the tube array is inserted, the curved working end of the guide tube is translated forward beyond the distal end of the working channel, allowing the curved working end to return to its pre-formed shape. A surgical tool is inserted through the guide tube for an operation. The straightening tube allows the guide tube curved working end to be temporarily straightened during insertion and removal of the tube array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Virtuoso Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Hendrick, Neal Dillon, Evan Blum
  • Patent number: 11628021
    Abstract: A robotic surgical instrument, comprising: a shaft; an end effector element; an articulation at a distal end of the shaft for articulating the end effector element, the articulation comprising a first joint permitting the end effector to adopt a range of configurations relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, the first joint being driveable by a first pair of driving elements; and an instrument interface at a proximal end of the shaft, comprising: a chassis formed from the securement of a first chassis portion to a second chassis portion, wherein the first pair of driving elements are secured relative to the chassis, the chassis portions being configured to be secured together by sliding the chassis portions relative to each other in a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CMR Surgical Limited
    Inventors: Ben Robert Chaplin, Brendan Haig Baylis
  • Patent number: 11628022
    Abstract: Methods of collision handling for robotic surgical systems include slipping an input handle of a user interface of the robotic surgical system relative to a pose of a tool of a surgical robot of the robotic surgical system when a portion of the surgical robot collides with an obstruction and an input handle is moved in a direction that corresponds to moving the tool towards the obstruction. The input handle having an offset relative to a desired pose of the tool after the input handle is slipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: William Peine
  • Patent number: 11628023
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a robot-assisted surgery. Navigable instrumentation, which are capable of being navigated by a surgeon using the surgical robot system, and navigation software allow for the navigated placement of interbody fusion devices or other surgical devices. The interbody implant navigation may involve navigation of access instruments (e.g., dilators, retractors, ports), disc preparation instruments, trials, and inserters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Paden Troxell, Kyle Van Leer, Stephen Cicchini, Neil R. Crawford, Andrew Berkowitz, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth, Ryan Decker, Eric Studley, James Cascarano, Dana Wisniewski, Hayden Cameron, Mir Hussain, Sanjay M. Joshi
  • Patent number: 11628024
    Abstract: A surgical robotic system includes a robotic arm, an elongated slide coupled to the robotic arm, and an instrument drive unit coupled to a track defined by the slide. The instrument drive unit is configured to move along the track and includes a motor configured to interface with an electromechanical instrument to actuate functions of the electromechanical instrument. The slide is configured to rotate relative to the robotic arm about a longitudinal axis defined by the instrument drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Jaimeen Kapadia
  • Patent number: 11628025
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining acceptable ranges of pressures for use by a robotic arm on a surgical instrument, robotic systems and methods that are limited to using the acceptable ranges of pressures, and the medical devices for use in the robotic surgery. Learning software is included in the methods and systems for correlating manually-performed procedures with pressure sensors as a tactile gauge for qualifying the acceptable ranges of pressures for use by a robotic system. Robotic systems and methods are provided for (i) locating tissue borders of a surgical site, (ii) identifying a preferred pressure, and (iii) transmitting the data to the computer to avoid violating the integrity of tissue surrounding the surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: INTEGRITY IMPLANTS, INC.
    Inventor: Christopher Walsh
  • Patent number: 11628026
    Abstract: A joint ring includes a main body part and a pair of protrusion parts protruding from a first surface of the main body part in a direction of a central axis thereof and having spherical surfaces on protruding portions. The main body part includes a pair of engagement holes and a pair of receiving holes. The protrusion parts include engagement parts which are configured to be capable of being inserted into the engagement holes. When the joint rings are arranged in the direction of the central axis and the protrusion parts of a first joint ring enter the receiving holes of a second joint ring, the spherical surfaces come into contact with receiving surfaces inside the receiving holes, and the first joint ring and the second joint ring become rotatable relative to each other with a line segment connecting centers of the respective spherical surfaces as a rotational center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafumi Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11628027
    Abstract: Provided are surgical instruments, and more particularly, surgical instruments that may be manually operated to perform laparoscopic operations or various surgical operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LIVSMED INC.
    Inventor: Jung Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 11628028
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for use with a robotic manipulator includes an end effector assembly having one or two end effector members, each having a distal treatment end, a proximal end, and a tendon pass-through. Each end effector member is sandwiched between a corresponding pair of pulley members that, when assembled define an annular tendon pathway that is between the pulley members and that is aligned with the pass-through. For each end effector member, a tendon having a distal loop portion ends through the tendon pass-through, with its legs passing proximally from the pass-through, extending in opposite directions around the tendon pathway and proximally through the instrument's shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Asensus Surgical US, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Penny, Nicholas J Jardine, Paul Wilhelm Schnur, Curtis P. Hanson, Robert Henson