Ryan E Yearsley

US Patent:

7988697, Aug 2, 2011

Filed:

Aug 23, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/466689

Inventors:

M. Todd Miller - Saratoga CA, US
Ryan E. Yearsley - Palo Alto CA, US
Lonnie E. Paulos - Salt Lake City UT, US

Assignee:

Stryker Endoscopy - San Jose CA

International Classification:

A61B 17/58
A61B 17/60
A61F 2/00

US Classification:

606 98

Abstract:

A system for securing a graft within a bone includes a tubular cross pin having an interior surface bounding a passageway extending between a proximal end and an opposing distal end, the distal end terminating at a distal end face. A guide pin has an exterior surface extending between a proximal end and an opposing distal end, the exterior surface including an outwardly projecting shoulder. The guide pin is removably received within the passageway of the cross pin such that the distal end face of the cross pin biases against the shoulder and a proximal portion of the guide pin freely projects beyond the proximal end of the cross pin.

US Patent:

20040092936, May 13, 2004

Filed:

Oct 29, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/283010

Inventors:

M. Miller - Saratoga CA, US
Ryan Yearsley - Palo Alto CA, US
Lonnie Paulos - Salt Lake City UT, US

Assignee:

Stryker Endoscopy

International Classification:

A61B017/56

US Classification:

606/072000

Abstract:

A system for securing a graft within a bone includes a tubular cross pin having an interior surface bounding a passageway extending between a proximal end and an opposing distal end, the distal end terminating at a distal end face. A guide pin has an exterior surface extending between a proximal end and an opposing distal end, the exterior surface including an outwardly projecting shoulder. The guide pin is removably received within the passageway of the cross pin such that the distal end face of the cross pin biases against the shoulder and a proximal portion of the guide pin freely projects beyond the proximal end of the cross pin.

US Patent:

20200029954, Jan 30, 2020

Filed:

Oct 4, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/593378

Inventors:

- Mahwah NJ, US
Ryan E. Yearsley - Denver CO, US
Kyle Craig Pilgeram - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/04

Abstract:

In one embodiment of the present invention, a fixation device including a sleeve member including an interior and an exterior surface along a length defined between a first end and a second end, and at least two openings positioned along the length and extending from the interior and through the exterior surface; and a filament including a first free end and a second free end and a length therebetween, the filament positioned relative to the sleeve member such that the free ends extend from the sleeve member at the first and second ends of the sleeve member, the filament being disposed inside the interior from the first end to a first opening, outside the sleeve member from the first opening to a second opening, and inside the interior from the second opening to the second end of the sleeve member.

US Patent:

20170086814, Mar 30, 2017

Filed:

Dec 7, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/371914

Inventors:

- Mahwah NJ, US
Ryan E. Yearsley - Denver CO, US
M. Todd Miller - Shrewsbury MA, US
Chad Lewis - Layton UT, US
Daniel F. Justin - Orlando FL, US
Margaret Mary Sinnott - Logan UT, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/04
A61B 17/16

Abstract:

A system for implanting an anchor into bone, the system comprising a curved cannulated guide for percutaneous insertion, having a proximal end and a distal end; a flexible drill insertable through the curved guide from the proximal end to the distal end, the flexible drill having a shaft having a flexible portion; and a flexible inserter for inserting a suture anchor into a bore at the anatomical site formed by the flexible drill, the flexible inserter having a shaft having a flexible portion, wherein the flexible portions of both the flexible drill and flexible inserter include a series of discrete, interlocking segments.

US Patent:

20160354079, Dec 8, 2016

Filed:

Aug 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/243183

Inventors:

- Mahwah NJ, US
Ryan E. Yearsley - Denver CO, US
Kyle Craig Pilgeram - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/04

Abstract:

One embodiment of the present invention includes a filamentary fixation system including a sleeve formed of filamentary material including an interior and an exterior surface along a length defined between a first end and a second end, the sleeve having a coating adapted to allow for tissue ingrowth, and a filament formed of filamentary material including a first free end and a second free end, and a length therebetween, at least a portion of the filament positioned within the interior of the sleeve.

US Patent:

20160144066, May 26, 2016

Filed:

Nov 25, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/553474

Inventors:

- Kalamazoo MI, US
José Raúl Marchand - San Juan PR, US
Ryan E. Yearsley - Denver CO, US
Kyle Craig Pilgeram - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

A61L 17/00
A61L 17/14
A61L 17/06
A61B 17/04

Abstract:

In one embodiment, the present invention is a method of preparing a bioactive filamentary fixation device in situ, including (a) providing a filamentary fixation device including a sleeve member and a filament; (b) providing a physiological solution; (c) providing bioactive material; (d) wetting the sleeve of the fixation device with the physiological solution to produce a wetted sleeve; and (e) applying the bioactive material to the wetted sleeve to coat the sleeve, thus producing a bioactive filamentary fixation device at the time of surgery in situ.