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7625381 |
System and method for stabilizing a portion of the 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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7621942 |
Variable geometry occipital fixation plate
A fixation device for connecting a stabilization device to a bone comprises a first member comprising a first portion for attachment to a bone; a second member comprising a second portion for...
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7621943 |
Method for installing dynamic multilock anterior cervical plate system having detachably fastened and moveable segments
An anterior cervical plating system having moveable plate segments to vary the overall length of the plate, moveable to allow and/or cause intersegmental compression of vertebral bodies, and...
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7618443 |
Occipito fixation system and method of use
Disclosed is a multi-axial occipito-cervical connection system that enables an occipital rod to be coupled to a cervical rod in a manner that permits multi-axial, relative movement between the two...
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7611527 |
System and method for stabilizing the human spine with a bone plate
A spinal plate system and method for fixation of the human spine is provided. In an embodiment, the spinal fixation system includes a plate, a coupling member, a locking system for substantially...
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7588592 |
System and method for immobilizing adjacent spinous processes
A system and method for immobilizing adjacent spinous processes in accordance with the present invention can supplement primary fusion devices and methods by immobilizing spinous processes while...
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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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7537603 |
Bone fusion system
Systems, including apparatus, methods, and kits, for fusing two or more bones with a bone plate.
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7537604 |
Bone plates with slots
Bone plates having slots configured to permit positioning of the bone plates on bone, and methods of using the bone plates for bone fixation.
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7533672 |
Methods and apparatus for vascular protection in spinal surgery
Methods and apparatus provide for: coupling an elongate guide substantially at a first end to at least one vertebral body of a spinal column of a patient; and extending a second end of the guide to...
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7507253 |
Implantable brace for a fracture and methods
An implantable brace for immobilizing a fracture and promoting osteogenesis is placed in an osteotomy. The implantable brace may be preformed or made by a method in which the implantable brace is...
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7431731 |
Method and apparatus for percutaneously securing a bone screw and a bone plate to a bone of a patient
A method of percutaneously implanting a first component and a second component of an orthopaedic assembly into a body of a patient includes the steps of securing a first instrument to the first...
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7419499 |
Spinal stabilization implant and method of application
Vertebra bodies in the human spine are stabilized through the use of minimally invasive surgery for the implantation of an elongate implant plate assembly having spaced first and second screw...
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7344539 |
Intervertebral connection system
An intervertebral connection system having a fabric-based conformable ligament is disclosed herein.
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7341590 |
Hinged anterior thoracic/lumbar plate
An anterior thoracic/lumbar system comprising a thin plate and fasteners for securing the plate to vertebrae or other osseous material. The plate may be hinged along the central axis, with a pair...
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7335203 |
System and method for immobilizing adjacent spinous processes
A system and method for immobilizing adjacent spinous processes in accordance with the present invention can supplement primary fusion devices and methods by immobilizing spinous processes while...
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7172593 |
Non-metallic implant devices and intra-operative methods for assembly and fixation
This invention relates to orthopedic implants and to methods of treating bone defects. More specifically, but not exclusively, the present invention is directed to non-metallic implants and to...
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7115142 |
Method of repairing a bone joint
A method of repairing a bone joint by using a simple and flexible artificial ligament which easily conforms to a patient's anatomy and can be used independently or in combination with an...
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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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7077844 |
Segmentable skeletal plating system
The present invention is directed to a segmentable plating system which can be made to a selected length by the surgeon.
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7070599 |
Bone support assembly
Bone support assemblies, methods of fabrication, and methods of use. Such assemblies comprises locking structures assembled to bone support plates. The locking structure comprises elongate bands...
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7048736 |
Device for fixation of spinous processes
A fixation device for use in association with ALIF procedures includes a couple of spaced plates having integral spikes on facing surfaces thereof for pressing into spinal processes of adjacent...
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7044951 |
Fracture fixation device in which a fixation pin is axially restrained
A fixation device for fixing a fracture in a bone structure, in which a fixation pin adapted for penetrating into a stable fragment of a bone structure across a fracture has an end extending from...
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7025769 |
Surgical fixation system and related methods
A surgical fixation system including a surgical fixation plate, a plurality of fasteners, and a retainer having an improved mechanism to prevent the back out of screws employed in securing a...
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7001389 |
Fixed and variable locking fixation assembly
A locking screw assembly is provided which allows installation into a plate-like member using relatively little force, but which requires relatively great force for removal. The fastener has an...
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6984234 |
Bone plate stabilization system and method for its use
A method for joining first and second bones is provided. The method comprises inserting between the side surfaces of the bones a base plate having a first end nearer the first bone and a second end...
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6978188 |
Method for contouring bone reconstruction plates
Systems and methods are provided for designing and producing custom-made templates for implantation or for pre-contouring metallic or polymer implantable plates prior to surgery. According to one...
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6964664 |
System and method for stabilizing the human spine with a bone plate
A spinal plate system and method for fixation of the human spine is provided. In an embodiment, the spinal fixation system includes a plate, a coupling member, a locking system for substantially...
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6955677 |
Multi-angular fastening apparatus and method for surgical bone screw/plate systems
A fastening apparatus includes a fastener and a fastener receiving member. The apparatus enables the fastener to be affixed to the fastener receiving member at a variable insertion angle selected...
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6949123 |
Facet arthroplasty devices and methods
A prosthesis assembly replaces all or a portion of a caudal portion of a left natural facet joint (i.e., a left superior articular process) and all or a portion of a caudal portion of a right...
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6893444 |
Bone fracture fixation systems with both multidirectional and unidirectional stabilization pegs
A fixation system includes a device having a plurality of like threaded peg holes. Two types of pegs are couplable within the peg holes. One type is multidirectional, and the shaft can be oriented...
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6890334 |
Bone fixation assembly
The present invention relates to a bone fixation assembly for securing a fixation device, such as a bone plate, to bone. The assembly includes the fixation device, a bushing, a fastening screw, and...
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6872210 |
Sternum fixation device
A sternum fixation device for securing parts of a sternum includes first and second removably associated plates. The first plate has an upper surface and a sternum-contacting surface, and at least...
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6736821 |
System and method of mating implants and vertebral bodies
A system and method of contouring a perimeter surface of a vertebral body. The invention includes positioning a reference mechanism relative to one or more vertebral bodies. In one embodiment, the...
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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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6712073 |
Extramedullary rod implant for long bones
Described is a method of inserting a solid rod implant into the body. The implant is designed for bridging two portions of a broken long bone, united or ununited, and maintaining the divided...
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6692497 |
Bioabsorbable, deformable fixation plate
The present invention relates generally to body tissue fixation systems, including body tissue fixation hardware comprising biocompatible, bioabsorbable (resorbable) thermoplastic plates, and...
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6682531 |
Orthopaedic bone plate
An orthopaedic bone plate is coupled to a bone having an enlarged head at one end thereof which is attached to a shaft. The bone plate includes an elongate portion a flared portion and an...
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6645208 |
Osteosynthesis plating apparatus and method with extension plate
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for immobilizing adjacent bone segments. An osteosynthesis plating system is provided for fixing or immobilizing several pieces or segments of bone...
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6645209 |
Device for rotational stabilization of bone segments
A device for rotational stabilization of bone segments comprising a bone plate, a bone lag screw, and a locking collar. The bone lag screw has a bone-engagement end, a distal end, and a keyed...
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6635087 |
Laminoplasty implants and methods of use
Implants for use in the spinal column are disclosed. The implants comprise a bone allograft coupled with a non-allogenic plate. The plate has ends that fasten to opposing spine segments, and an...
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6602257 |
Cervical plate
The present invention provides a cervical plate and bone graft(s) that are capable of being attached prior to insertion of the bone graft into an intervertebral space. After insertion, the...
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6599290 |
Anterior cervical plating system and associated method
An anterior cervical plating system for securing multiple bone segments relative to each other includes a plate member having multiple pairs of nodes. Each node defines a bone screw aperture....
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6569166 |
Method for expanding the thorax
A device and method treats pulmonary disease of a patient by expanding the thorax of the patient. Following surgical sternotomy, a separator is implanted in the thorax between the facing sternum...
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6544266 |
Method and apparatus for delivering bio-active compounds to specified sites in the body
The present invention discloses an apparatus for delivering bio-active substances to specified sites of action in the course of performing surgical procedures and particularly of performing...
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6514274 |
Method and apparatus for rotator cuff repair
A rotator cuff buttress plate adapted to support a load from at least one suture used in securing a rotator cuff relative to a humerus. The rotator cuff buttress plate includes an inner surface, an...
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6511482 |
Cranial bone flap fixation clip
A clip to inter-connect primary and secondary bone zones having edges, comprising in combination a tab to extend over a surface or surfaces of at least one of the bone zones, above a level defined...
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6508819 |
Method of dorsal wrist fracture fixation
A dorsal fracture is treated from the volar side by using a T-shaped plate opposite the fracture. The plate is positioned against the volar side of the radial bone, a plurality of bone screws...
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6475219 |
Anterior vertebral protection method and device
A flexible shield or apron formed of a biocompatible material is placed between adjacent vertebral bodies and the vessels and body structure anterior of the spine subsequent to the performance of...
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6471706 |
Resorbable bone distractor and method
A bone distractor for distracting bone on opposite sides of an osteotomy of the bone. Included are a first affixation member for affixation to the bone on one side of the osteotomy and a second...
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