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7643867 |
Fiducial marker devices, tools, and methods
This document discusses, among other things, fiducial marker devices, tools, and methods. One example illustrates a combined computed tomography (CT) imagable fiducial locator head, an integral...
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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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7517357 |
Knotless suture anchor
A suture anchor that allows a surgeon to securely and efficiently suture soft tissue to bone without knotting the suture, comprising a locking body through which a suture is passed, and an anchor...
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7144424 |
Method and apparatus for reconstructing a ligament
A new approach for reconstructing a ligament, the new approach comprising: creating a bone tunnel within a host bone, the bone tunnel having a proximal end and a distal end, and defining a central...
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6949100 |
Bone screw for use in orthopaedic surgery
The invention relates to an improved bone screw for use in orthopaedic surgery, in particular with external fracture fixation devices, of the type which comprises ahead ( 3 ), a shank ( 4 ), and a...
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6811552 |
Device for securing bits of bone together
Device for securing bits of bone together, particularly small-sized bats of bone, for example bits of metatarsal head, in the form of a spindle including an elongate shank ( 1 ) followed, after a...
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6719758 |
Kirschner wire with a holding device for surgical procedures
A Kirschner wire 10 for use in endoscopic surgery is provided, as well as methods and apparatus for installing and removing Kirschner wire 10 . Kirschner wire 10 has a holding device 20 for...
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6699251 |
Bone screw for external fixators
The invention relates to a bone screw for use with external bone fracture fixation devices, comprising a substantially cylindrical shank ( 2 ) with a longitudinal axis (X-X), a head ( 3 ) formed at...
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6656184 |
Bone screw with helical spring
A bone screw, and method of using the same, are described. The bone screw includes (1) a distal threaded portion having a first orientation, (2) a proximal head portion, and (3) an intermediate...
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6592587 |
Surgical screw and guidewire
A fastening device and method for fastening at least two objects, such as bone portions, together in a desired alignment. The fastening device includes a securing member, such as a bone screw ( 10...
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6461373 |
Biointerference screw fixation technique
Endosteal fixation of a ligament graft with an interference fixation device installed in a retrograde manner is disclosed. An interference screw is installed at the top of the tibial tunnel,...
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6423062 |
Bioabsorbable pin for external bone fixation
A fixation pin adapted for use with a frame assembly for the external fixation of a bone. The fixation pin includes a metallic pin having a bioabsorbable threaded tip attached thereto. The metallic...
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6387129 |
Bicortical tibial fixation of ACL grafts
A method of securing a graft in a bone tunnel, in which graft is secured within the tunnel at both the entrance and the exit ends of the tunnel to provide bicortical fixation of the graft in the...
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6383187 |
Bioabsorbable surgical screw and washer system
An at least partially bioabsorbable surgical fastener or device formed in the shape of a screw and washer system and the methods for manufacturing and using the same. The surgical fastener is...
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6328746 |
Surgical screw and driver system
An improved screw and apparatus for placing screws in a wire mesh and/or bone plate during an operation. In the preferred embodiment, the screw is self-tapping and the apparatus includes...
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6248108 |
Bioabsorbable surgical screw and washer system
An at least partially bioabsorbable surgical fastener or device formed in the shape of a screw and washer system and the methods for manufacturing and using the same. The surgical fastener is...
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6197031 |
Threaded drill/IM rod
An IM rod has a proximal threaded portion that threads into the bone to increase the stability of the rod. The rod further includes an extended pointed tip for positive slip-free placement of the...
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6187008 |
Device for temporarily fixing bones
An implant has a threaded end for screwing into a bone on one side of a joint and an extending resorbable polymer shaft for crossing the joint. The resorbable shaft is fixed in a bone on the...
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6045553 |
Hybrid skull pins
A hybrid skull pin to adjust and hold a cervical fixation device to the skull of a patient. The hybrid skull pin is constructed of at least two different materials and arranged to permit cervical...
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5925048 |
Bone screw
A self-drilling, self-tapping screw for use in repairing broken bones. The screw is made of a high strength material selected from the group consisting of titanium alloys, chrome cobalt, and high...
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5792142 |
Cutting tip
A new cutting tip and a very simple method for making the tip are given. The tip has no flutes but has a built-in chip clearance. It is self-drilling, self-tapping, and self-locating and can be...
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5674224 |
Bone mulch screw assembly for endosteal fixation of soft tissue grafts and method for using same
An apparatus and a method for providing initial mechanical fixation of a hamstring graft and subsequent biologic bonding of the graft to the walls of a femoral tunnel. The apparatus includes a...
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5665087 |
Method and screw for repair of olecranon fractures
A method for repairing fractures of the olecranon including creating a hole in the proximal end of the ulna, where the hole extends from the proximal end of the ulna to the fracture to define a...
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5643268 |
Fixation pin for fixing a reference system to bony structures
The present invention pertains to a fixation pin for fixing a reference system, especially a head ring for stereotactic treatment, to bony structures, which pin has a shaft made of plastic material...
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5505736 |
Surgical fastener with selectively coated ridges
A fastener including an elongated body having one or more ridges passing across its exterior surface intersecting root portions between them. Each ridge has a crest portion with edges bounded by...
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5492442 |
Bone screw with improved threads
A bone screw having a helical thread with a constant outside diameter and curling around a tapered core. The fine screw tip and thread at the tip of the screw can be inserted into a bone with...
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5437674 |
Osteosynthesis device
A device for the holding and compression of the fragments of a fractured bone, the device including a screw whose tip is pyramidal or conical and whose body is provided, at a distal end thereof,...
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5397356 |
Pin for securing a replacement ligament to a bone
A pin is provided for securing a replacement ligament inside a tunnel of a receptor bone. The pin includes a body portion having a threaded section for engaging the receptor bone to anchor the pin...
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5372598 |
Small bone plate for cranial or facial fractures or the like
A small bone plate suitable for use, for example, on the cranial skeleton, on the facial skeleton and on micro fragments of other skeleton sections is provided. The bone plate is formed from webs...
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5234430 |
Orthopedic fixation screw and method
An orthopedic fixation screw for anchoring a bone graft in a bore formed in a bone mass. An elongate cylindrical nose portion has a substantially smooth outer surface for being received without...
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5180382 |
Bone screw
A bone screw (1) has a screw head (2), a screw tip (11), and a shaft (5) with a thread (8,14). The threaded segment (6,7) of the shaft (5) has a head-end, essentially cylindrical first shaft...
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4414966 |
Fixation pin
A self-cleaning surgical fixation pin having fluted grooves forming self-cleaning knife edges and twin lead helical threads.
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