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Surgical instrument comprising a rotation-driven and translation-driven tissue cutting knife
2 Jan 24
A surgical instrument comprising a rotatable and translatable firing member is disclosed.
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Taylor W. Aronhalt
Filed: 30 Apr 21
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Tissue thickness compensator comprising controlled release and expansion
2 Jan 24
A tissue thickness compensator may generally comprise a first layer comprising a first biocompatible material sealingly enclosed in a water impermeable material and a second layer comprising a second biocompatible material comprising at least one encapsulation, wherein the first biocompatible material expands when contacted with a fluid.
Chester O. Baxter, III, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Charles J. Scheib, Christopher W. Widenhouse, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Samuel P. Tidwell, Stephanie A. Mutchler, Gary W. Knight
Filed: 10 Mar 21
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Surgical instrument including first and second articulation joints
2 Jan 24
Surgical end effectors and fastener cartridges having firing lockout arrangements for preventing or limit a firing stroke when a cartridge has not been operably installed in the end effector or a spent cartridge has not been replaced.
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Jerome R. Morgan
Filed: 31 Mar 22
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Surgical stapler buttress with variable length feature
2 Jan 24
An assembly includes an applicator, which includes a housing defining a gap configured to receive an end effector jaw of a surgical stapler.
Heather Strang, Jordan B. Wong, Michael J. Vendely, Christopher J. Hess
Filed: 31 Aug 21
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Surgical instrument
2 Jan 24
A surgical instrument (25), in particular a surgical cutting or drilling instrument, the surgical instrument (25) comprising: a drive unit; a cutting tool or drill bit (5) engageable with the drive unit; a measuring device (1) which is configured to measure the distance [x(t)] covered by the cutting tool or drill bit (5) along a cutting or drilling path with respect to time and relative to a reference position; a processing un and a digital data storage, wherein in the digital data storage reference data are stored which include at least N one data set specifying a reference graph GRef within a time window (11) in the range of a transition and defining a reference point of a transition (21′), wherein the time window (11) includes a first time period before the reference point of a transition (21′) and a second time period after the reference point of a transition (21′) and wherein the processing unit (14) suitably programmed to compare the recorded graph G with the at least one reference graph GRef and to find 1 lion of a transition (21) in the recorded graph G.
Markus Windolf, Viktor Varjas, Peter Varga
Filed: 22 Jul 19
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Clot retrieval device for removing clot from a blood vessel
2 Jan 24
A clot removal device for removing clot from a body vessel includes an expandable structure having a constrained delivery configuration, an expanded clot engaging deployed configuration, and an at least partially constrained clot pinching configuration, the expandable structure including a proximal section comprising a plurality of struts with opening angles; a mid-section distal of the proximal section and comprising a plurality of struts with opening angles and cells larger than cells of the proximal section, the mid-section being configured to expand a larger radial extent in the deployed configuration than the proximal section to provide clot grip and retention during retraction of the clot; wherein the proximal section is configured to pinch the clot from the body vessel when partially resheathed by a microcatheter.
David Vale, Brendan Casey, Michael Gilvarry, Jacqueline O'Gorman, Daniel King, Kevin McArdle, Brian Fahy
Filed: 1 Nov 19
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Multiple set screw insertion instrument and methods
2 Jan 24
This disclosure relates generally to surgical instruments used to deliver locking or set screws to secure a rod or spinal fixation element relative to an implanted bone anchor or other spinal fixation construct during spine surgery.
Alec Manson, Richard Fournier, Cory Emil, Eric Biester, William Miller
Filed: 9 Nov 21
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Multi-channel RF ablation
2 Jan 24
A plurality of control-signal generators are configured to generate respective control signals having respective control-signal amplitudes and different respective control-signal frequencies, and a plurality of signal adders are configured to produce respective composite signals for application to a subject, by adding the control signals to respective ablation signals having respective ablation-signal amplitudes.
Michael Levin, Boris Ashkinezer, Eyal Rotman, Shlomo Fried Zichron
Filed: 10 Sep 21
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Jaw for surgical instrument end effector
2 Jan 24
An apparatus including a body, a shaft assembly extending distally from the body, and an end effector configured to grasp and transmit RF energy to the tissue.
James M. Wilson, Randolph C. Stewart, Jason R. Lesko, Gregory A. Trees, Kristen L. D'Uva
Filed: 17 Jul 20
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Flexible circuit for use with a catheter and related manufacturing method
2 Jan 24
A flexible circuit including a first segment including a base section of the flexible circuit; a second segment including a lateral wall section; a transition section between the base and lateral wall sections, the transition section being at least partially positioned adjacent a shared region of the base and lateral wall sections; and one or more electrode regions including a respective electrode, the one or more electrode regions being positioned at least partially in the transition section and the second segment.
Matthew Hitzeroth, Daniele Ghidoli, Steven Daniel, Corey Rousu
Filed: 11 Nov 20
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Bezel with light blocking features for modular energy system
2 Jan 24
A port module removably coupleable to an energy module of a module energy system is disclosed.
Stephen D. Geresy, Stephen M. Leuck, Madeleine C. Jayme, Ryan M. Asher, John A. Weed, III, Kristen G. Denzinger
Filed: 30 Mar 21
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Articulation joint with helical lumen
2 Jan 24
A surgical instrument and method of operating same includes an end effector and a shaft assembly.
Mark A. Davison, Jason A. Hill, William G. Saulenas, Christopher W. Birri, Thomas J. Erb
Filed: 23 Sep 20
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Finding the origin of an arrythmia
2 Jan 24
A probe generates location signals, and has an electrode at a distal end that acquires from heart chamber surface positions electrical signals due to a conduction wave traversing the surface.
Gal Hayam, Michael Timofeyev, Tal Haim Bar-On, Amardeep Saluja
Filed: 8 Aug 22
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Implant and filament management device
2 Jan 24
A variety of configurations of implant management devices are provided.
Jacob A. Marks, Meghan A. Pasquali, Danielle Dufour
Filed: 31 Aug 22
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Modular humeral prosthesis for an inverted shoulder prosthesis
2 Jan 24
The invention relates to a modular humeral prosthesis for an inverse shoulder prosthesis, comprising an anatomical shaft (1) and a separable epiphyseal head (2) which may be angularly orientated by rotation about the longitudinal axis (XX) of the anatomical shaft.
Cecile Nerot, Didier Capon, Ludwig Seebauer, Anders Ekelund, Lieven De Wilde, Michael Wirth, David Collins, Laurent Lafosse, Didier Poncet
Filed: 2 Jun 21
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Laser eye surgery system
2 Jan 24
An imaging system includes an eye interface device, a scanning assembly, a beam source, a free-floating mechanism, and a detection assembly.
Georg Schuele, Phillip Gooding
Filed: 10 Oct 22
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Intervertebral cage apparatus and system and methods of using the same
2 Jan 24
An intervertebral cage and intervertebral cage apparatus and a method for using the intervertebral cage and/or the intervertebral cage apparatus.
Morgan Packard Lorio
Filed: 2 Jan 20
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Hemostatic composition comprising an anion exchanger and a calcium salt
2 Jan 24
Provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising an anion exchanger and a calcium salt; methods for inducing hemostasis at a site of bleeding by applying to the site of bleeding an effective amount of the compositions; and methods of preparation of the compositions.
Tamar Auerbach-Nevo, Tali Negreanu-Gilboa, Hadas Alperin, Israel Nur
Filed: 13 Dec 17
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Multimodal chromatography method for the purification of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein
2 Jan 24
Described herein is a process for protein purification, particularly a process for the purification of a glycoprotein, such as an HIV envelope protein, useful for vaccines or biotherapeutics.
Christopher Rode, Brian Polilli, John Schreffler
Filed: 6 Nov 20
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Method of providing an oral care benefit using a poorly-soluble calcium compound and fluoride
2 Jan 24
Provided are methods of providing a benefit to the oral cavity by administering to the oral cavity a poorly-soluble calcium compound and subsequently introducing fluoride to the oral cavity.
Daniel Queiroz, Chantel Tester
Filed: 17 Dec 18