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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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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