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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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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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7578835 |
Apparatus and methods for bone fracture reduction and fixation
Apparatus to facilitate reduction and fixation of a fracture by drawing together the fracture by applying tension to a reduction wire are disclosed. These apparatus include a bone plate for the...
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7481830 |
Spinal correction system
A spinal correction system for the correction or arrest of scoliosis or spinal deformity in immature spines includes a bridge member, a pair of spaced apart barbed legs extending substantially...
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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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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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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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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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7112222 |
Anterior lumbar interbody fusion cage with locking plate
A spinal fixation assembly is provided including a fusion cage with posterior, anterior, superior, and inferior faces, and a plate having at least one aperture for receiving a bone screw and having...
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7108697 |
Stabilizing support for opening- and closing-wedge osteotomies
A stabilizing support for opening- and closing-wedge osteotomies, constituted by a plate for connecting, by screws, two bone portions formed by an osteotomy rima; the plate comprises fixing means...
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7104991 |
Method and device for using extended interference fit screw shanks for spinal stabilization
A device and a method for stabilizing vertebrae in a human spine for the purpose of fixing one vertebra with respect to other vertebrae and with respect to other parts of the spinal column. This...
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7052499 |
Method and apparatus for bone fracture fixation
An elongated plate for coupling severed bone regions comprising at least one bridge region, the at least one bridge region terminating in at least two bone fixation regions. The at least two bone...
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7001388 |
System for stabilization of fractures of convex articular bone surfaces including subchondral support structure
A fracture fixation system is provided for a fracture of a head portion of a long bone which has subchondral bone defining a convex articular surface. The system includes a plate element...
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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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6997940 |
Bone suture assembly
The present invention provides an internal fracture fixation assembly for fixation of a fracture in a bone. The assembly includes an implantable first suture retaining member having a body...
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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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6974479 |
System and method for blocking and/or retaining a prosthetic spinal implant
Devices for anchoring and/or blocking spinal implants in an intervertebral disc space are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention the device includes a rigid blocking member having one end...
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6969390 |
Anterior cervical plating system and bone screw
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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6945973 |
Slidable bone plate system
The invention is directed to a bone plate system. The bone plate system comprises a base plate having two generally parallel elongated screw slots extending therethrough. Two bone screws are...
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6942665 |
Implantable device for covering and opening in a cranium
An apparatus ( 10 ) for attachment to bone ( 18 ) comprises a plate ( 12 ) having a lower surface ( 28 ) for abutting against the bone ( 18 ) and an upper surface ( 30 ) opposite the lower surface...
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6936051 |
Multilock anterior cervical 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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6866665 |
Bone fracture fixation system with subchondral and articular surface support
A volar plate includes a head portion with two sets of pegs. The first set of the pegs is substantially linearly arranged and the axes of the pegs are preferably oblique relative to each other, and...
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6843790 |
Anatomic posterior lumbar plate
An anatomic posterior lumbar system comprising of a thin plate and fasteners for securing the plate to vertebra or other osseous material. The plate is preferably a thin rectangular structure...
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6837905 |
Spinal vertebral fusion implant and method
An implant and method for fusion of adjacent vertebra. The implant has a curved plate having bores for reception of bone screws. In one embodiment, aligned medial sots extend longitudinally in the...
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6821279 |
Anti-trauma surgical plate used to fix mandibular stumps
The present invention relates to an anti-trauma surgical plate used to fix mandibular stumps that comprises two lateral series of rings alternated with ribbon-like connection plates and with an...
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6776781 |
Spinal-column buttress plate assembly and method for attachment
A spinal-column (e.g., cervical-column) buttress plate assembly and method for attaching together first and second vertebral bodies of a spinal column (e.g., cervical column) of a medical patient....
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6712820 |
Fixation plate system for 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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6709437 |
Bone alignment and fixation device and installation method, using bowed strut attachment structure
A clip to interconnect primary and secondary bone zones having edges, comprising in a first tab to extend over a surface of the secondary bone zone, above a level defined by that surface, and an...
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6695845 |
Method and apparatus utilizing interference fit screw shanks for nonmetallic spinal stabilization
A device and a method for stabilizing cervical vertebrae in a human spine for the purpose of fixing one vertebra with respect to other vertebrae and with respect to other parts of the spinal...
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6682563 |
Spinal fixation device
A spinal fixation device having a spacer member and a pair of fixation plate members, where the spacer member is a cage-like structure having a generally open and exposed interior defined by a pair...
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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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6660007 |
Laminoplasty fixation system
Fixation devices for stabilization and fusion of the lamina after laminoplasty are described. The device comprises of a plate with several holes that receive bone fasteners. The plate is curved at...
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6656181 |
Method and device utilizing tapered screw shanks for spinal stabilization
A method and a device are provided for stabilizing vertebrae in a human spine for the purpose of fixing one vertebra with respect to other vertebrae and with respect to other parts of the spinal...
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6648885 |
Device for the osteosynthesis of a spinal segment
Device for the osteosynthesis of a spinal segment by the anterior route, which comprises at least two bone anchorage elements for anchorage in the vertebral bodies by the anterior route, a frame...
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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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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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6613051 |
Anterior transpedicular fixation system and method for maintaining a vertebral column
The present invention relates to an internal anterior transpedicular fixation system and a method for rigidly fixing the spine anteriorly at the level above and below a thoracolumbar burst fracture...
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6592586 |
Single-lock anterior cervical 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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6582466 |
Intervertebral disc prosthesis with reduced friction
An intervertebral disc prosthesis includes two opposing plates, a flexible seal extending between the two plates for forming a fluid-tight chamber between the two plates, a first fluid provided in...
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6572619 |
Cage plate for spinal fusion and method of operation
A cage plate for spinal fusion includes a cage made of a biologically inert material such as titanium, the cage being sufficiently porous to facilitate bony ingrowth and spinal fusion, and a plate...
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6572622 |
Bone plate
The invention concerns a bone plate which can be mounted to a vertebra. This is effected by bone screws which engage in the opening of the bone plate. At least one of the openings of the bone plate...
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6565571 |
Anterior osteosynthesis plate for lumbar vertebrae or sacral lumbar vertebra and instrument for positioning same
The invention relates to an anterior osteosynthesis plate for lumbar-lumbar or lumbar-sacral vertebrae, the plate being of the type comprising: an elongate body: adapted to cover of the anterior...
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6551322 |
Apparatus for implantation into bone
An apparatus ( 10 ) is provided for implantation into a bone ( 12 ) in a patient's spine or pelvis. The apparatus ( 10 ), when implanted, is resistant to toggling in the bone ( 12 ) and to being...
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6547790 |
Orthopaedic rod/plate locking mechanisms and surgical methods
An orthopaedic method and anchor assemblies for anchoring a linkage such as a rod or cable used for fixation or reduction. One assembly includes an anchor plate and a slotted anchor bolt that...
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6544265 |
Apparatus for implantation into bone related applications
An apparatus ( 10 ) is provided for implantation into a bone ( 12 ) in a patient's spine or pelvis. The apparatus ( 10 ) comprises a platform ( 24 ) having a first surface ( 38 ) for facing the...
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6537277 |
Implant for fixing a bone plate
To design as simply as possible an implant for fixing a bone plate in an opening of a bone plate and to avoid use of a complicated applicator, it is proposed that the implant be designed as a...
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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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6508818 |
Bone anchoring assembly with a snap-in ballhead
A bone anchoring assembly includes at least one fixation plate and at least one bone anchoring element. Each bone anchoring element includes a circular-cylindrical hollow body with upper and lower...
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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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6461359 |
Spine stabilization device
A spine stabilization device is placed between adjacent vertebral bodies of the vertebrae of a spine to maintain a desired orientation and spacing between the adjacent vertebral bodies and support...
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