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7611522 |
Gravity dependent pedicle screw tap hole guide and data processing device
A gravity dependent pedicle screw tap hole guide comprises a guide shaft maintainable parallel to a drill bit during the drilling of a pedicle screw tap hole; an accelerometer associated with a...
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7611521 |
Apparatus and methods for tendon or ligament repair
Apparatus and methods for repairing damaged tendons or ligaments. Various repair apparatus include an elongate tensile member and a pair of anchor assemblies connected for movement along the...
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7604643 |
Adjustable tool for cannulated fasteners
A tool is disclosed for use in forming holes in bone and for driving a cannulated fastener into the formed hole. The tool may having a cutting tip for drilling a hole into bone, and may have a...
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7588588 |
System and method for stabilizing of internal structures
There is shown a system and method for reducing the difficulty in percutaneous placement of a spine stabilization brace. A medical implant system has a first bone anchor having a longitudinal axis,...
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7588577 |
Guide assembly for intramedullary fixation and method of using the same
An intramedullary fixation assembly usable with different long bone types and a guide assembly for guiding deployment of the intramedullary fixation assembly. The intramedullary fixation assembly...
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7582093 |
Screw extraction and insertion device
A screw insertion/extraction device is disclosed that is useful as a tool for screw insertion and extraction procedures. The device includes a shaft sleeve that is formed to define a passage for...
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7578825 |
Placement of fasteners into bone
System, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for retrograde placement of fasteners into bone.
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7575581 |
Device for holding and inserting one or more components of a pedicle screw assembly
The present invention relates to a device (and corresponding method) for holding and inserting one or more components of a pedicle screw assembly. In one example (which example is intended to be...
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7575579 |
Drill guide tissue protector
A system includes a drill guide and a gauge wire. The drill guide has two arms rotatable relative to each other about a hinge, with each arm including a split portion of a guide. When the arms are...
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7572264 |
Driver instrument for use in a surgical application
A surgical instrument for driving a threaded member into a substrate generally includes a drive shaft, a support member and a biasing member. The drive shaft is configured for releasable engagement...
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7569061 |
Off-axis anchor guidance system
Disclosed is a guided bone anchoring device comprising a head, a shank and a passage for receiving a guide wire, the passage having a longitudinal center axis which is not concentric to the...
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7563275 |
Bone fixation implant system and method
A system for performing bone arthrodesis includes an implant for bone arthrodesis and a bone fastening device. The implant includes a fastener with an elongated shaft having a head at one end and a...
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7506908 |
Gripping tool
A gripping tool includes a pair of handles and a resilient element integrally formed with and connecting the pair of handles. An opening is defined on at least one of the pair of handles or the...
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7494490 |
Apparatus and method for reconstructing a ligament
Apparatus and method is disclosed for securing a graft ligament in a bone tunnel. A method is disclosed comprising the steps of forming a first bone tunnel and a second bone tunnel being transverse...
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7491209 |
Instrument guide and implant holder
An instrument guide and implant holding device is provided which releasably secures an implant to the instrument guide. The device provides a convenient guide for surgeons to perform various...
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7491208 |
Instrument and method for guiding surgical implants and instruments during surgery
An apparatus is provided for guiding a surgical implant to a bone anchor during surgery. The apparatus includes a bone anchor extender releasably attachable to the bone anchor wherein the bone...
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7476241 |
Cranial flap fixation system and method
A cranial flap fixation system and method are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a rod having first and second ends, and an intermediate portion. The rod has a threaded portion...
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7476228 |
Distraction screw for skeletal surgery and method of use
An improved distraction bone screw and a method for its use are described. The distraction screw is comprised of an implantable distal segment and a detachably secured proximal segment. The distal...
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7465306 |
System and method for positioning a connecting member adjacent the spinal column in minimally invasive procedures
A spinal surgical system includes at least two extenders extending proximally from respective ones of first and second anchors engaged to the spinal column. A connecting member is positionable...
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7461574 |
Multiple screw delivery apparatus
A multiple screw dispensing apparatus and method for surgical applications includes a body and a screw set loaded within the body. The screw set includes a plurality of releasably coupled screws. A...
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7452361 |
System with a screwdriver and a bone screw
A system is provided with a screwdriver and a bone screw ( 30 ), wherein the screwdriver has a tool ( 4 ), which is provided with at least two radially and axially extending tool blades ( 5, 6, 7,...
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7396360 |
Minimally invasive method and apparatus for fusing adjacent vertebrae
The present invention is a minimally invasive surgical method for fusing adjacent vertebrae. A first K-wire is inserted into the spinous process of an upper vertebrae. A second K-wire is inserted...
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7367979 |
Screwdriver
A scissor-action screwdriver and screwdriver attachment comprises a plurality of arms pivotally attached to one another; a bias element mounted in at least one of the plurality of arms; and a...
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7338500 |
Internal pedicle insulator apparatus and method of use
An internal pedicle insulator apparatus, comprises an inner insertion rod having a top end and an opposing bottom end; and an outer insertion rod having an upper end and a lower end. The outer...
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7335208 |
Tightening instrument for orthopaedic surgery of the spine
The tightening instrument is made up of two parts ( 2,4 ) joined to each other by means which are designed to automatically uncouple the said two parts ( 2,4 ) by shearing rupture of a pin ( 8 )...
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7331263 |
Surgical screwdrivers with torque control and methods of use
The present application is directed to screwdrivers and methods of use for applying a controlled amount of torque to a fastener. In one embodiment, the screwdriver includes a shaft constructed of a...
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7326216 |
Methods and instrumentation for positioning implants in spinal disc space in an anterior lateral approach
Instruments and methods are provided for positioning one or more implants into a spinal disc space. The instruments and methods have application in an anterior lateral approach to the disc space...
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7326203 |
Device for advancing a functional element through tissue
This invention relates to an apparatus for incrementally advancing functional probes through tissue.
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7309340 |
Method and apparatus for bone plating
A bone plating system invention is shown comprising a bone plate and bone fasteners. The bone plate has a top portion, a bottom portion, and an interior middle portion. The fastener-retaining...
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7296804 |
Hand-held instrument holder for surgical use
A surgical instrument holder has a shank having a coupling end, a handle attached to an opposite end of the shank, a coupling device, and a locking mechanism. The coupling end has an interface...
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7255703 |
Variable-axis surgical driver
A surgical driver for use with an implant, having a shaft with proximal and distal ends and an attachment piece with proximal and distal ends. The surgical driver including a coupling arrangement...
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7240588 |
Method of making a tool for extracting a broken screw
The method of making a tool for removal of broken screws from a base material, including the material of the bone of a medical patient. One end of the tool has an open bore with interior, left-hand...
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7226454 |
Warming device with varied permeability
A warming device includes a clinical garment having an inside surface supporting a convective apparatus with separately-inflatable sections, each adapted to enable a particular mode of warming....
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7226453 |
Instrument for inserting, adjusting and removing pedicle screws and other orthopedic implants
An instrument for inserting, adjusting and engaging an implant, such as a polyaxial screw of a spinal fixation system, includes at least one retratractable tab for engaging a corresponding recess...
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7207995 |
Method and apparatus for retaining a guide wire
A cannulated medical instrument for insertion of a medical device over a guide wire. The instrument includes a cannulated driver member configured to engage the medical device and insert the...
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7189243 |
Orthopaedic fixation pin extraction
An instrument and a method for gripping an orthopaedic fixation pin during a surgical procedure and extracting the pin from bone in which the pin is embedded. The pin has an embedded portion...
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7188626 |
Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures
The present invention relates to methods and instruments for placing a brace or connecting element into an animal subject for engagement with anchors secured in the animal subject. The installation...
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7175633 |
Orthopedic implant insertion instruments
Orthopedic implant insertion instruments for precision guiding of a fracture fixation implant into fractured bone to promote healing are disclosed. The implant insertion instruments comprise an...
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7172600 |
Locking mechanism for a bone screw
A locking mechanism for securing a bone screw 20 to a clamping element 30 of an osteosynthesis holding system 5 is provided. The bone screw 20 has a circumferential groove 25 located on a...
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7147641 |
Fixation element insertion device
The invention relates to a device for attaching fixation elements to bone, having a longitudinal member with a channel extending therein adapted for receiving at least one fixation element. A shaft...
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7131985 |
Trocar sleeve for endoscopic applications
What is described here is a trocar sleeve for endoscopic applications, comprising an elongate part including at least one passage for insertion of an instrument such as an endoscopic, scissors or...
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7131975 |
Apparatus and methods for straightening angled tissue cutting instruments
A straightening tool is disclosed for straightening angled tissue cutting instruments including an outer member having a proximal length portion and a pre-formed bend connecting the proximal length...
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7131973 |
Bone anchor implantation device
Bone anchor implantation devices and methods for their use are disclosed. The bone anchor implantation devices have an ergonometric and/or rotatable handle. The bone anchor implantation devices and...
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7118581 |
Method for fixing a soft tissue on a bone
The invention concerns a set for fixing a soft tissue, such as a ligament or tendon on a bone, comprising two nails ( 10 ) and a member for positioning and setting ( 30 ) the nails in the...
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7105010 |
Surgical fastening system
A surgical fastening system for attaching one piece of tissue to another piece of tissue. The system comprises a surgical fastener, an installation tool for deploying the surgical fastener in...
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7104999 |
Surgical anchor inserter
A surgical anchor inserter is equipped to receive or hold two or more bone anchors or the like. A corresponding number of ejection mechanisms can be actuated in concert to simultaneously deploy the...
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7104994 |
Heating pen, tack seating device, and tap and surgical implantation methods using same
A method, apparatus and system for applying bio-resorbable membranes or plates to bone for internal fixation of bone defects is disclosed.
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7090680 |
Method for removing orthopaedic hardware
A method for gaining access to and removing mechanical fasteners such as pedicle screws. A small arthroscopic incision is made over the location of the fastener. A guide wire is then placed into...
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7087059 |
Powered bone screw device
A medical screwdriver for inserting a medical screw connected to a suture into a bone. The screwdriver includes a shaft adapted to hold a medical screw at its distal end, a motor adapted to rotate...
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7073415 |
Instrument system for pedicle screws
The invention relates to an instrument system for pedicle screws having a thread in their head which has a clamping screw in the direction of their screw axes, which can be actuated by a power...
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