Jacob A Jolly

US Patent:

8083803, Dec 27, 2011

Filed:

May 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/149614

Inventors:

Ricardo Albertorio - Naples FL, US
Ronald C. Iannarone - Aiken SC, US
Jacob A. Jolly - Naples FL, US
David Koogle - Naples FL, US
Jerry Sterrett - Naples FL, US
Reinhold Schmieding - Naples FL, US
Scott Sherman - Naples FL, US

Assignee:

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

International Classification:

A61F 2/38
A61B 17/58

US Classification:

623 203, 623 2021, 606 88, 606 96

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for arthroscopic unicompartmental knee surgery which include a femoral component and a tibial component. The femoral component is installed in a trough in the femoral condyle formed by using a template, a plurality of drill pins and a plurality of corresponding cutters. The template is aligned with the curvature of the femoral condyle, the two drill pins are passed through the template and drilled into the femur, cutters are advanced over the corresponding drill pins to make holes in the femur, and the remaining hourglass shaped bone is removed with osteotomy pliers to form the trough. A tibial socket for the tibial component is formed in a retrograde manner.

US Patent:

8231674, Jul 31, 2012

Filed:

Jun 10, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/813380

Inventors:

Ricardo Albertorio - Naples FL, US
Jacob A. Jolly - Naples FL, US

Assignee:

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

International Classification:

A61F 2/08
A61B 17/04

US Classification:

623 1314, 606232

Abstract:

A continuous loop and button construct and technique for ligament repair and fixation, including bone to bone, or soft tissue to bone. The continuous loop, which is attached to the button, is formed of a flexible material and is provided with at least one joined region (a bridged, stitched, bonded or knotted region) to form a closed loop figure-8 construct with proximal and distal openings with respect to the fixation device. The figure-8 construct (either bridged, stitched, bonded or knotted) is adapted for attachment to a bone block of a BTB graft, for example, and used for ligament reconstruction.

US Patent:

8298247, Oct 30, 2012

Filed:

May 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/149510

Inventors:

Jerry Sterrett - Naples FL, US
Ricardo Albertorio - Naples FL, US
Jacob Jolly - Naples FL, US

Assignee:

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

International Classification:

A61B 17/04

US Classification:

606144, 606103, 606148

Abstract:

A device for tensioning suture which includes a cannulated tube that allows a suture to be fed through at least a portion of the tube. An adjustment device (for example, a wheel or a knob) is actuated to turn a threaded post on the end of the tube. A length of suture passes through at least a portion of the cannulated tube and is secured into a forked pin attached to the adjustment device. Turning the adjustment device draws against the suture, increasing therefore the tension on the suture. The suture tensioning device may be employed in conjunction with a tensiometer.

US Patent:

8439976, May 14, 2013

Filed:

Mar 31, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/751897

Inventors:

Ricardo Albertorio - Naples FL, US
Craig D. Morgan - Greenville DE, US
Jacob A. Jolly - Naples FL, US
Eric S. Zajac - Naples FL, US

Assignee:

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

International Classification:

A61F 2/08

US Classification:

623 1314

Abstract:

An adjustable button/loop device for securing biologic material in bone, such as for ACL reconstruction. The device has a pair of button/loop constructs, each including a flexible, adjustable loop integrated with a fixation device (for example, a wedge). Biologic material (for example, soft tissue, graft, ligament or tendon) is secured to the two fixation devices, and the construct is inserted into a pair of bone sockets/tunnels, such as into a tunnel in the tibia and a socket in the femur. The biologic material is secured within the bone by passing the buttons though respective bone sockets/tunnels, flipping and seating the buttons outside the bone, and then adjusting the lengths of the flexible adjustable loops passing through the buttons and the respective fixation devices, with the graft extending between the fixation devices thereby appropriately secured in the bone.

US Patent:

8460350, Jun 11, 2013

Filed:

Jun 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/815200

Inventors:

Ricardo Albertorio - Naples FL, US
Jacob A. Jolly - Naples FL, US

Assignee:

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

International Classification:

A61B 17/68

US Classification:

606322

Abstract:

A three-dimensional mesh or screen in the shape of a simple flat piece of material that can be provided adjacent the graft (i. e. , in between graft bundles, or around the graft, or between the graft and the fixation device) for improved strength and structural support for graft fixation. The mesh provides improved methods for installing and securing ligament grafts (such as double-bundle cruciate ligament grafts) with enhanced reconstruction results.

US Patent:

8460379, Jun 11, 2013

Filed:

Mar 31, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/751835

Inventors:

Ricardo Albertorio - Naples FL, US
Eric S. Zajac - Naples FL, US
Jacob A. Jolly - Naples FL, US

Assignee:

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

International Classification:

A61F 2/08
A61B 17/04

US Classification:

623 1314, 623 1313, 606232

Abstract:

An adjustable construct for fixation of a tendon or ligament graft in a tunnel. The construct comprises a flexible, adjustable loop connected to tissue (for example, graft, ligament or tendon). The adjustable loop may be integrated with an additional tissue supporting device (for example, a wedge or a plug). The tissue is secured within a bone socket/tunnel by adjusting the length of the flexible adjustable loop.

US Patent:

8591544, Nov 26, 2013

Filed:

Jul 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/882306

Inventors:

Jacob Jolly - Naples FL, US
Matthew C. Summitt - Oviedo FL, US

Assignee:

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

International Classification:

A61B 17/06
A61F 2/08

US Classification:

606224, 600 36, 623 132

Abstract:

A system and method for tissue repair employing a continuous loop of suture attached to a free floating needle. The free floating needle is not swaged on the suture so that, after passing the suture loop construct through the tissue to be treated, the needle may be recentered if the suture strands are uneven.

US Patent:

8591578, Nov 26, 2013

Filed:

Nov 17, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/298939

Inventors:

Ricardo Albertorio - Naples FL, US
Jacob A. Jolly - Naples FL, US
Eric S. Zajac - Naples FL, US

Assignee:

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

International Classification:

A61F 2/08
A61B 17/04

US Classification:

623 1313, 623 1314, 606232

Abstract:

An adjustable suture-button construct for ligament reconstruction. The construct is a knotless, adjustable, flexible suture loop, a first fixation device (a free or removable slotted button) and optionally a second fixation device (a fixed, non-removable button). Suture ends of the knotless suture loop provide a variable-length graft support that can be adjusted prior to, during, or after deployment of the constructs. The removable, detachable fixation device is provided with attachment feature(s) to permit assembly onto the adjustable loop. The removable, detachable fixation device is attached to the tibia end of the loop construct after the loop construct is passed through the tibial tunnel (i. e. , once the loop exits the anterior tibia cortex). If a fixed, non-removable button is employed, the fixed, non-removable button is securely attached (by stitching, for example) to the graft.