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7618424 |
Orthopedic instrument
An apparatus for use in orthopedic distraction or compression is disclosed. In the illustrated embodiments, two arms are provided that are connected by a rod or bar with a mechanism that enables...
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7615051 |
Craniofacial fracture reduction assembly
A Craniofacial Fracture Reduction Assembly may include a reduction platform, a threaded fragment manipulator, and an adjustable support assembly. The reduction platform has at least one receiving...
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7601156 |
Limb lengthener
A bone distraction device and a method for installing and using the bone distraction device are disclosed. Separated portions of a bone may be coupled to two or more mounts of the bone distraction...
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7591823 |
System and method for the fixation of bone fractures
The invention facilitates the fixation of bone fractures. In a particular embodiment, the head component includes a tip, cutting threads and mating threads which are inserted into the far cortex of...
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7588579 |
Apparatus for intraoral distraction osteotomy to widen the upper jaw
A distraction device used to widen an upper jaw after cortical osteotomy and fixation of an adjustable bridging onto the bone of the palate with the goal to increase the distance between two...
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7582114 |
Intervertebral stabilizer, methods of use, and instrumentation therefor
An intervertebral stabilizer includes: a first surface operable to engage an endplate of a first vertebral bone of a spine; a second surface spaced apart from the first surface and operable to...
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7555343 |
Devices and methods for selective surgical removal of tissue
Methods and apparatus are provided for selective surgical removal of tissue. In one variation, tissue may be ablated, resected, removed, or otherwise remodeled by standard small endoscopic tools...
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7549993 |
Constant lift cam spreader
A cam spreader having a substantially rigid body with a proximal end defining a handle and a distal end defining a cam. The cam has at least a first lobe, the first lobe having an outer surface in...
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7547305 |
Mobile sleeve structure for maintaining spatial relationship between vertebrae
An arrangement and method of use for supporting a plurality of vertebrae in a cervical column in predetermined spatial relation and for facilitating a spinal fusion procedure. A plurality of...
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7540874 |
Method and device for use in osteotomy
Method and device to be used in osteotomy in securing two separated parts of a bone in relation to each other before and after removing an excessive part thereof. After removing and/or...
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7517350 |
Convertible threaded compression device and method of use
A convertible threaded compression device connects a bone fragment to an anchor bone for a healing duration. The compression device has a distal bone penetration section which is advanced into the...
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7494463 |
Retractor and distractor system for use in anterior cervical disc surgery
A retractor, a distractor, and a drill guide for use in performing anterior cervical discectomy and vertebral fusion. The distractor is located with respect to vertebrae to be fused by pins...
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7485149 |
Method and apparatus for use of a non-invasive expandable implant
The present invention relates to a non-invasive expandable implant utilizing energy from an epiphyseal growth plate of a human long bone to expand the implant. A bone replacement section includes a...
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7473257 |
Bending pliers for perforated bone plates and bending-pliers system
Bending pliers are described for perforated bone plates with two jaws movable relative to one another. A receiving jaw has two spaced receptacles for insertion into holes of a bone plate to be...
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7396232 |
Periosteal distraction
Devices and methods for gradual displacing of the soft tissues covering bones. The gap developing between the bone and the displaced soft tissue will be filled with bone callus as it is in...
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7354270 |
Surgical dental appliance
A dental splint includes upper and lower appliances having cavities shaped to receive teeth on a patient's maxillary and mandibular arches, respectively; and a connection member adapted to fixedly...
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7347687 |
Distraction apparatus for orthodontic, orthognathic and oral/maxillofacial surgery applications on the mandible
The invention concerns a distraction appliance for orthodontic, orthognathic and maxillofacial surgery purposes on the mandible for the distraction of a frontal bone segment, wherein the appliance...
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7341594 |
Surgical instrument for moving vertebrae
A surgical instrument extendable through a cannula for moving a first bone portion relative to a second bone portion includes a first portion having a longitudinal axis engageable with a first...
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7326218 |
Bone plate and retractor assembly
A system for performing osteotomies includes a bone plate and a retractor assembly. The bone plate is operative for securing the relative positions between first and second portions of a bone that...
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7322987 |
Maxillary distraction device
A device for maxillary jawbone and dentition expansion and/or retraction is configured for mounting within the mouth and connects the right and left halves of the skull. The maxillary distraction...
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7297146 |
Orthopedic distraction implants and techniques
An implant for stabilizing a bony segment includes a flexible body sized and shaped to extend intravertebrally between at least first and second bony portions. In use the body is attachable...
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7261720 |
Inflatable device for use in surgical protocol relating to fixation of bone
A balloon for use in compressing cancellous bone and marrow (also known as medullary bone or trabecular bone). The balloon comprises an inflatable balloon body for insertion into said bone. The...
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7217273 |
Fluid operated retractors
A fluid operated retractor for use in surgery. The retractor has a portion that is expandable upon the introduction of fluid under pressure. The expandable portion is made of a material strong...
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7189244 |
Compressor for use in minimally invasive surgery
A compressor tool for use in minimally invasive surgery is provided having first and second elongate elements where each elongate element is connected to the other at a pivot point within a pivot...
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7172561 |
Spreader tensiometer for measuring tension in an intervertebral disc space
The present invention relates to a novel spreader tensiometer adapted for use in measuring tension in an intervertebral disc space.
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7166121 |
Systems and methods using expandable bodies to push apart cortical bone surfaces
Systems and methods insert an expandable body in a collapsed configuration into a space defined between cortical bone surfaces. The space can, e.g., comprise a fracture or an intervertebral space....
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7115129 |
Bone compression devices and systems and methods of contouring and using same
The invention relates to bone compression devices and bone compression systems, and in particular, to bone compression devices and systems for use in connection with vertebrae. The bone compression...
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7108698 |
Combined distractor and retractor instrument and methods
A surgical instrument for use during a spinal surgery procedure. The surgical instrument being configured to distract two adjacent vertebral elements and retract the nerve root to provide access to...
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7029472 |
Distraction device for the bones of children
A distraction device enabling management of the evolving deformation of the trunk of a child during growth. The device is easy to implant on account of its compact shape and includes two rods which...
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7014617 |
Pivoted tensiometer for measuring tension in an intervertebral disc space
The present invention relates to a novel pivoted tensiometer adapted for use in measuring tension in an intervertebral disc space.
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7008432 |
Device for distracting or compressing bones on bone fragments
The invention relates to a device for exerting axial forces on bone fragments or vertebral bodies. The inventive device comprises a first connecting element, a second longitudinal connecting...
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6974463 |
System and method for patient temperature control employing temperature projection algorithm
Embodiments of the invention provide a system for temperature control of the human body. The system includes an indwelling catheter with a tip-mounted heat transfer element. The catheter is...
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6918915 |
Maxillary bone extensor
A maxilla extension apparatus that extends the maxilla in lower forward direction, wherein a band is installed on the maxilla dentition, fixed onto a slide rail, and an arm is fixed onto the...
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6908469 |
Compact maxillary distractor
The present invention provides an improved orthopedic system for the modification of the distance between the maxilla and zygoma. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes first and second...
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6849076 |
Surgical distraction device
A surgical distraction device is provided for applying extending or tensioning force non-invasively to a patient's skeleton or to an implant which comprises anchoring means for attaching first and...
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6840944 |
Vertebral body end plate cutter
Precision recesses are cut in the end plates of vertebral bodies by inserting into the disc space a cutter having a pair of shell elements provided with cutting edges shaped to match bone growth...
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6740087 |
Spinal fusion instrumentation system
Instrument systems and methods for the fusion of two or more adjacent vertebrae include devices to facilitate placement of screws and plates to stabilize the vertebrae and instruments to facilitate...
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6730087 |
Bone distraction device
A distraction device for moving apart a bone, present in one or more parts and possibly separated, so as to extend or bridge a bone fissure, comprising an intramedullary nail which can possibly be...
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6716218 |
Instrument for bone distraction and compression having ratcheting tips
An instrument for bone distraction and compression is provided which has been fitted with ratcheting tips that are rotatably mounted at the working end of a bone distractor. The ratcheting tips are...
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6712818 |
Method for connecting adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine with a plating system
Anatomically contoured anterior cervical plates with bone ingrowth surfaces, providing for intersegmental compressive preloading, and a rigid and locked interface to all of the bone, screws, with...
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6699249 |
Bone fixation device with a rotation joint
The invention relates to a bone fixation device which includes a pair of bone plates and a longitudinal carrier. The longitudinal carrier can be used to permit the bone plates to telescope with...
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6676665 |
Surgical instrumentation and method for treatment of the spine
Instrumentation for treatment of the spine, including an elongate member having a deformable distal end portion at least partially formed of a flexible and preferably elastic material. The distal...
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6673079 |
Device for lengthening and reshaping bone by distraction osteogenesis
An implantable bone distractor is created which grips both sides of a cut bone by the use of screws and plates, then applies an expansion force between the cut bone edges. This force is applied in...
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6652535 |
Distraction osteogenesis fixture
A distraction osteogenesis fixture to be anchored in a bone, including a lower anchor, a translational screw, and an upper anchor. At least a portion of the lower anchor is externally threaded. At...
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6648891 |
System and method for fusing spinal vertebrae
The invention provides a fusion plate system, and method for installing this system upon a patient's spine. The system uses a distractor device which measures an appropriately sized fusion plate...
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6638279 |
Method of positioning body tissue relative to a bone
An anchor connected with a suture is moved through a passage between opposite sides of a bone. The anchor is then pivoted to change its orientation. A second anchor is connected with the suture....
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6616673 |
Segmented joint distractor
A joint distraction device for facilitating joint arthroscopy disclosed. In the first embodiment of the invention, the distractor disclosed is a series of fluidly fillable spheroid members to form...
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6616672 |
Surgical instrument for displacing bone parts
A surgical instrument having at least one displacement element is provided for displacing bone parts. The apparatus includes an implantable, flat housing in which an adjusting device for the...
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6616666 |
Apparatus for compressing a spinal disc space disposed between two adjacent vertebral bodies of a cervical spine
Anatomically contoured anterior cervical plates with bone ingrowth surfaces, providing for intersegmental compressive preloading, and a rigid and locked interface to all of the bone screws, with...
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6607548 |
Resorbable polymer compositions
A novel polymer composition is provided which includes a base material including a biodegradable polymer or copolymer, and a copolymer additive including one or more monomers imparting a tensile...
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