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7618444 |
Surgical instrument for moving a vertebra
A surgical instrument includes a first device adapted to be connected to a fastener fixed to a first bone portion. A second device includes a first portion associated with the first device and a...
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7594924 |
Spinal stabilization using bone anchor seat and cross coupling with improved locking feature
A stabilization rod engaging apparatus for implantation in a patient includes: a first pivot element including at least one first aperture, a first engagement element, and a first locking element;...
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7591836 |
Surgical devices and methods for vertebral shifting utilizing spinal fixation systems
Multifunction surgical devices and methods that can be used for implanting a spinal fixation system. Surgical devices of the invention can be used for positioning a bone engaging element with...
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7588575 |
Extension for use with stabilization systems for internal structures
An extension for use in a procedure to implant a stabilization system for bony structures such as vertebrae is described. The extension is formed by a tubular body with an engagement mechanism at...
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7585299 |
Dorsal adjusting spinal connector assembly
A connector assembly includes a coupling body for securing an elongate member to an implant engaged to the spinal column. The elongate member is offset to one side of and transversely oriented to...
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7335201 |
Polyaxial bone screw with torqueless fastening
An adjustable spinal fixation system is composed of a collection of anchoring assemblies attached, via a variety of connectors, to spine-stabilizing rods. The anchoring assemblies include a linking...
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7135021 |
Plug-type device for retrieving spinal column under treatment
A plug-type spinal retrieving device includes a retrieval rod; a fastening screw assembly including a fastening screw and a C-shaped ring having a convex outer surface; a plug; and a fixation seat...
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7128760 |
Radially expanding interbody spinal fusion implants, instrumentation, and methods of insertion
Interbody spinal fusion implants being at least in part radially expandable at one of the leading or trailing ends to expand both the height and at least a portion of the width of the implant, and...
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7121755 |
Device for a ball-and-socket joint type connection of two members
A device for a ball-and-socket-type connection of two members includes a first member having a head and a second member having a cavity that receives the head. The cross-sectional surface of the...
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RE39325 |
Spinal fixation apparatus and method
A spine fixation apparatus and method including at least one longitudinal rod mounted parallel to the axis of the spine and having a plurality of stem clamps adjustably mounted to the longitudinal...
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7105029 |
Skeletal fixation device with linear connection
A modular bone implant is connected together using linear compression rather than torque.
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7094237 |
Vertebral column support device which is assembled by means of clamping
A vertebral column support device is assembled by means of clamping. The device includes bone screw- or hook-type vertebrae anchoring elements, the elements consisting of a threaded cylindrical...
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7087056 |
Vertebral stabilization assembly and method
A vertebral stabilization assembly for stabilizing vertebrae is provided. The vertebral stabilization assembly includes a first and a second pedicle screw, a first and second connecting screw, and...
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7081116 |
Implant for osteosynthesis device in particular of the backbone
The invention relates to an implant for an osteosynthesis device, in particular for the spine, the implant including a first assembly itself including: a fixing body having a housing for receiving...
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7074239 |
Resorbable posterior spinal fusion system
Rolled resorbable membranes and methods for their application have been discovered. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, rolled resorbable membranes are applied to the transverse...
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7056321 |
Method of securing vertebrae
A method of fixing first and second vertebrae of a patient together at a surgical site includes inserting a first cannula into the body of the patient. A fusion device is moved through the cannula...
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7033392 |
Posterior oblique lumbar arthrodesis
Instruments and methods for spinal stabilization are disclosed. In preferred embodiments, the invention provides greater stabilization of vertebral bodies through methods including combinations of...
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7022138 |
Spinal interbody fusion device and method
A disc replacement spinal interbody fusion device is provided having a central sleeve with oppositely left and right-hand threaded axial bores with different diameters. Circumferential threaded...
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RE39035 |
Universal coupler for spinal fixation
A spinal rod coupler assembly providing four degrees of freedom for connecting a spinal rod to a vertebrae of a patient which includes a tubular coupler member, an eyebolt, an insert and a set...
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7008424 |
Percutaneous vertebral fusion system
A method of repositioning or fixing a first vertebrae or portion of a first vertebrae comprising fixing a bone screw in the first vertebrae and a bone screw in a second vertebrae, where each bone...
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6981973 |
Low profile vertebral alignment and fixation assembly
A method and apparatus for aligning and fixing vertebral bodies is provided. The low profile vertebral alignment/fixation assembly of the current invention comprises a hemispherical headed pedicle...
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6964666 |
Polyaxial bone screw locking mechanism
A bone screw having a head and a shank. The shank having a ball thereon and the head having a socket for receiving the ball. The ball being externally threaded and the chamber communicating with...
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6899713 |
Formable orthopedic fixation system
An implantable inflatable orthopedic device is provided. The device comprises a flexible wall, defining an interior cavity, a reinforcing element exposed to the cavity, an inflation pathway in...
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6893443 |
Angle-adjustable bone screw and fixation device
The invention is related to a bone screw and a device for osteosynthetic fixation. The bone screw includes a head, a shank, and a collar disposed therebetween. A plate or bone fixation assembly may...
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6884241 |
Spinal assembly plate
A spinal assembly plate. The plate can have an uninterrupted passage to accommodate a portion of a vertebral screw there through at a non-predetermined location of the plate. An apparatus can be...
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6881215 |
Backbone osteosynthesis system with clamping means in particular for anterior fixing
The invention concerns a backbone osteosynthesis system, in particular for anterior fixing comprising: an elongated linking element; a vertebral screw with a threaded head; a connector comprising...
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6793656 |
Systems and methods for fixation of adjacent vertebrae
A method for internal fixation of vertebra of the spine to facilitate graft fusion includes steps for excising the nucleus of an affected disc, preparing a bone graft, instrumenting the vertebrae...
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6786907 |
Instrumentation for stabilizing certain vertebrae of the spine
The instrumentation includes a spinal stabilizing longitudinal element ( 1 ) that is adapted to be placed in a generally parallel relationship with the portion of the spine (A) to be treated, a...
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6786903 |
Rotary device for fixing spinal column under treatment
A vertebral fixation device. The device includes a fixation seat, a fixation block, and a fastening bolt. The fixation seat is provided with a receiving slot for receiving a vertebral fixation rod....
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6770075 |
Spinal fixation apparatus with enhanced axial support and methods for use
A spinal fixation system includes a plurality of anchor screw assemblies, e.g. including anchor screws and clamp assemblies defining rod passages therethrough. A rod is receivable in the rod...
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6755828 |
Device for external transpedicular spinal fixation, technique of its use
The invention relates to medicine, in particular to spinal surgery and is used for curing spinal diseases and injuries in specialized departments of vertebrology and neurosurgery. The inventive...
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6749361 |
Shackle element for clamping a fixation rod, a method for making a shackle element, a hook with a shackle element and a rode connector with a shackle element
A shackle element, a method of making a shackle element, a hook and a rod connector. The shackle element ( 18 ) is used for fastening a hook ( 12 ), or respectively a rod connector, on a fixation...
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6726692 |
Ancillary for spinal osteosynthesis system and process for implanting a spinal osteosynthesis system using the said ancillary
This invention relates to an ancillary for a spinal osteosynthesis system comprising at least one implant that will be implanted in a spine. The implant comprises accommodation means located...
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6716213 |
Spinal-rod connecting apparatus and a connector thereof
To avoid requiring physicians to machine a connecting apparatus in the operating room, and to easily and accurately attach and secure rods and bone screws through the appropriate combination of...
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6706045 |
Clamping connector for spinal fixation systems
The present invention is directed to one piece connector for connecting angularly misaligned implanted pedicle screws to transverse spinal rods in spinal fixation systems. The body portion includes...
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6682532 |
Coupling system and method for extending spinal instrumentation
A coupler for connecting a first, slotted, implanted spinal fixation element to a second spinal fixation element includes a post and a head disposed on a distal end of the post. The head of the...
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6676661 |
Multiaxial connector for spinal implant
A multiple axis connector for securing a connecting rod of a spinal implant to a vertebra anchor wherein the connector includes a first element for securing to the vertebra anchor and a second...
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6669697 |
Self-retaining bolt for internal spinal stabilizers
A multi-axis correction washer for use with a spinal stabilizer for internal spinal fixation. The body of the washer is provided in cylindrical and wedge-shaped cylindrical configurations with a...
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6652526 |
Spinal stabilization rod fastener
A spinal stabilization rod fastener is comprised of a U-shaped bracket with a slot for receiving a spinal stabilization rod. A cavity is arranged on an interior of each arm. Inverted trapezoidal...
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6648886 |
Bonesetting connecting member
A bonesetting connecting member ( 1, 17, 19, 21 ) having an end area supported by a bonesetting tool ( 5 ) appropriately mounted to a vertebra ( 3 ), thereby connecting the vertebra ( 3 ),...
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6645207 |
Method and apparatus for dynamized spinal stabilization
An improved device and a method for stabilizing lumbar vertebrae in a human spine for the purpose of fixing the vertebra with respect to other vertebra and with respect to other parts of the spinal...
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6562040 |
Spinal fixation system
A spinal fixation implant system for correction and fixation of the human spine to facilitate an anatomically correct fusion. The spinal fixation system may include a connector, a spinal rod, a...
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6551318 |
Spinal column retaining apparatus
An apparatus ( 10 ) for use in retaining vertebrae ( 12 ) of a spinal column ( 14 ) in a desired spatial relationship. The apparatus ( 10 ) comprises a spinal rod ( 16 ) for extending along the...
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6540748 |
Surgical screw system and method of use
A surgical screw system for use with implantation rods includes a screw member, a receiver member, a pressure cap and a locking device. The screw member has a shaft and a head with a spherical...
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6530929 |
Instruments for stabilization of bony structures
The present invention relates to a brace installation instrument placement that is mounted to anchors secured in an animal subject. The installation instrument includes anchor extensions coupled to...
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6520990 |
Lateral fixation plates for a spinal system
An implant system for spinal fixation includes a fastener having an upper portion, a lower portion configured to engage a vertebra, and a shoulder between the upper and lower portions. A connector...
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6485491 |
Posterior fixation system
A posterior fixation system includes a saddle member, an anchoring member, an occipital plate, an occipital rod, and a cross-link connector. The anchoring member anchors the saddle member to bone....
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6482207 |
Efficient assembling modular locking pedicle screw
A modular pedicle screw and rod implant assembly includes a shant screw, a rod holding element, a locking member, a rod, and a nut. The shant screw has a lower threaded shaft portion for insertion...
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6478798 |
Spinal fixation apparatus and methods for use
An anchor screw assembly includes a screw having a threaded portion and a head portion to which a swing bolt is pivotally coupled. A clamp assembly includes lower and upper clamp portions that are...
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6478797 |
Spinal fixation device
A spinal fixation device comprises attachment component, seat, seat fastener, and saddle. The attachment component secures the fixation device to bone. The seat comprises an inner seat surface, an...
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