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Fastener cartridge assembly comprising an anvil and different staple heights
12 Dec 23
An end effector for a surgical fastening instrument is disclosed.
Jeffrey S. Swayze, Joseph C. Hueil, Jerome R. Morgan, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
Filed: 17 Sep 21
Utility
Knife drive assembly for electrosurgical shears
12 Dec 23
A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a handle assembly, and a knife drive assembly.
Chad P. Boudreaux
Filed: 26 Apr 21
Utility
Method for patterned plasma-mediated modification of the crystalline lens
12 Dec 23
A method of treating a cataractous lens of a patient's eye includes generating a light beam, deflecting the light beam using a scanner to form a treatment pattern, delivering the treatment pattern to the lens of the patient's eye to create a plurality of cuts in the form two or more different incisions patterns within the lens to segment the lens tissue into a plurality of patterned pieces, and mechanically breaking the lens into a plurality of pieces along the cuts.
William Culbertson, Barry Siebel, Neil Friedman, Georg Schuele, Phillip Gooding
Filed: 4 May 20
Utility
Medicant eluting adjuncts and methods of using medicant eluting adjuncts
12 Dec 23
Various exemplary devices and methods are provided for performing surgical procedures.
Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Michael J. Vendely, Tamara S. Widenhouse
Filed: 24 Feb 21
Utility
Surgical instrument mounted display system
12 Dec 23
A surgical instrument assembly may include a processor, a surgical instrument configured to operate on an anatomical structure, and a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument.
Mario Mata, André Furrer, Glen Pierson
Filed: 19 Dec 22
Utility
Clot retrieval device with outer sheath and inner catheter
12 Dec 23
A device for retrieving an obstruction in a blood vessel can have an outer sheath with a distal end, a proximal end, a proximal luer encompassing the proximal end, and an internal lumen extending proximal of the distal end and terminating within the proximal luer; and an inner funnel catheter within the outer sheath comprising an expanding distal tip, a proximal end, a distal end located at the distal tip, a proximal luer encompassing the proximal end, and an internal lumen extending proximal of the distal end and terminating at the luer.
Brendan Casey, Karl Keating, Ronald Kelly, David Vale
Filed: 24 Nov 20
Utility
Compressible adjuncts with drug release features
12 Dec 23
Compressible adjuncts for use with a surgical cartridge are provided.
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Vendely
Filed: 30 Mar 21
Utility
Clot retrieval device for removing clot from a blood vessel
12 Dec 23
A clot retrieval device for removing clot from a blood vessel, including a shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end; a first expandable body coupled to the distal end of the shaft, the first expandable body comprising a plurality of scaffolding segments forming closed cells, wherein at least one of the clot scaffolding segments terminates in a distal apex free from connection to an adjacent closed cell; a second expandable body distal of the first expandable body and comprising a plurality of scaffolding segments forming closed cells; and at least one clot inlet mouth between the first and second expandable bodies and the distal apex through which clot may pass and enter the device.
Eamon Brady, Brendan Casey, Michael Gilvarry, David Hardiman, Kevin McArdle, Mahmood Razavi, David Vale
Filed: 22 Oct 19
Utility
Bone anchor assemblies and related instrumentation
12 Dec 23
Bone anchor assemblies and related instrumentation are disclosed herein.
Eric Biester, Michael Sorrenti, Ellen Wasserbauer
Filed: 8 Dec 20
Utility
Stapling assembly comprising a firing member push tube
12 Dec 23
A surgical end effector may comprise first and second jaw members.
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan, Chester O. Baxter, III, David C. Yates
Filed: 29 Mar 22
Utility
Electrosurgical instrument with fluid diverter
12 Dec 23
An end effector of an electrosurgical device may include a discharge port in communication with a first fluid path, an aspiration port in communication with a second fluid path, a first and second electrode, and a diverter in mechanical communication with the two electrodes.
David A. Witt, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, David C. Yates, Chad P. Boudreaux, Eric M. Roberson, Kevin L. Houser, Geoffrey S. Strobl
Filed: 19 Aug 20
Utility
Instrument calibration
12 Dec 23
Surgical instrument calibration methods, systems, and devices are provided that allow a virtual representation of a surgical instrument to be modified to adjust for any variations in a distal tip of a surgical instrument.
Steffen Schumann, Marc Puls
Filed: 26 Jun 19
Utility
Device and method to detect and remove blood clots for treatment of ischemic stroke using force and electromagnetic sensing
12 Dec 23
A device can detect and retrieve a blood clot by advancing a catheter with a clot sensing element through a patient's vascular system.
Jetmir Palushi, Fatemeh Akbarian
Filed: 6 Jun 18
Utility
Mechanical fuse for surgical implants and related methods
12 Dec 23
Devices and methods for tissue and graft procedures are provided that are designed to fail under a certain amount of force, providing sensory feedback that a particular activity may be providing too much stress on a surgical implant.
David B. Spenciner
Filed: 15 Sep 21
Utility
Two-step batch process for coating surgical needles
12 Dec 23
A novel two-step process for batch coating surgical needles with cross-linked silicone coatings is disclosed.
Duan Li Ou
Filed: 24 Nov 20
Utility
Asymmetric gear drive for robotic surgical tools
5 Dec 23
A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft extended through a handle and having an end effector arranged at a distal end thereof, a rack extending along a portion of the shaft and operatively coupled to a knife located at the end effector, a first actuation system housed within the handle and operable to drive the rack and thereby advance or retract the knife at the end effector, the first actuation system including a sector gear engageable with the rack and including a tooth-free zone, and a second actuation system housed within the handle and operable to cause z-axis translation of the shaft through the handle.
Charles J. Scheib, Eric N. Johnson
Filed: 21 Jan 21
Utility
Orthopaedic prosthetic system for a hinged-knee prosthesis
5 Dec 23
An orthopaedic prosthetic includes a femoral component including a pair of condyles spaced apart to define an intercondylar notch.
Nathan C. Reeder, Tyler S. Hathaway
Filed: 11 Aug 20
Utility
Cleansing compositions
5 Dec 23
A cleansing composition and method of using a cleansing composition, the cleansing composition including a blend of three different emollients, the emollients including a first stearic ester, a second stearic ester, and a branched hydrocarbon, where the first stearic ester and second stearic ester are different from each other.
Jasmin Figueroa, Diana Johnson, Marcee Martinez, Abhijit Bidaye, Farahdia Edouard
Filed: 19 Oct 22
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Serum albumin-binding fibronectin type III domains
5 Dec 23
Fibronectin type III domains (FN3) that specifically bind to serum albumin, related polynucleotides capable of encoding serum albumin-specific FN3 domains, cells expressing the FN3 domains, as well as associated vectors, detectably labeled FN3 domains and FN3 domains fused to a heterologous moiety are useful in extending the half-life of molecules in diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
Michael Diem, Steven Jacobs, Karyn O'Neil, Thomas Rutkoski
Filed: 20 Jan 21
Utility
Surgical stapling assembly comprising nonplanar staples and planar staples
5 Dec 23
A surgical stapling assembly is disclosed.
Gregory J. Bakos, Devanathan Raghavan, Geoffrey C. Hueil, Anil K. Nalagatla, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris
Filed: 24 Mar 21