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7588595 |
Graft fixation device and method
A system for securing a graft within a bone includes a tubular cross pin having an interior surface bounding a passageway extending between a proximal end and an opposing distal end, the distal end...
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7572283 |
Soft tissue rivet and method of use
A method and apparatus for reattaching soft tissue to a selected boney structure using a rivet. Generally, a rivet having first portion and a second portion is provided to fully secure a soft...
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7556638 |
Retrograde fixation technique with insert-molded interference screw
Endosteal fixation of a ligament graft with a bioabsorbable interference screw installed in a retrograde manner in ACL reconstruction. The bioabsorbable interference screw is insert-molded with a...
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7520898 |
Apparatus and method for reconstructing a ligament
A graft ligament is looped through a graft hole in a graft ligament support block, and the graft ligament support block is mounted to an installation tool. Then the installation tool is used to...
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7485136 |
Apparatus and method for ligament fixation
A jamming retainer for fixing a ligament in a bone tunnel without excessive sideways pressure on the ligament that may result in tissue necrosis the jamming retainer including a substantially rigid...
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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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7135025 |
Surgical implant
A surgical implant made of a polymer, copolymer, polymer mixture or polymer composite that dissolves in the organ system. The manufacturing material is dyed with the coloring agent D&C Violet No. 2...
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7083647 |
Fixation screw, graft ligament anchor assembly, and method for securing a graft ligament in a bone tunnel
A fixation screw, graft ligament anchor assembly, and method for fastening a graft ligament in a bone tunnel. The screw comprises an elongated shank having a distal end and a proximal end, and a...
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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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6730092 |
System and method for bone fixation
A system and method for maintaining positions of bones fixed or approximated relative to each other is provided that is ideal for minimizing interference with surrounding viscera in spinal column...
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6599289 |
Graft anchor
A device for securing a graft in a bone tunnel includes an anchoring member having a graft supporting surface. The anchoring member is configured to be positioned within the bone tunnel distal of...
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6562044 |
Soft tissue fixation device
Method and apparatus are described for a soft tissue fixation device for being biased between a soft tissue graft and an interference screw in a bone tunnel. The device has a contoured body portion...
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6517579 |
Method and apparatus for securing a soft tissue graft to bone during an ACL reconstruction
An anchoring apparatus and method of use are disclosed that secure a tendon or ligament within an interior opening of a bone structure is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a securing device, a...
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RE37963 |
Knotless suture anchor assembly
A one-piece or two-piece knotless suture anchor assembly for the attachment or reattachment or repair of tissue to a bone mass. The assembly allows for an endoscopic or open surgical procedure to...
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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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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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6273890 |
Intra-articular tendon sling fixation screw
A fixation screw that secures a graft to a bone. The fixation screw is formed with a body member having a distal end, a proximal end, a central axis, and a cannula through the central axis of the...
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6123710 |
Process and article for knee reconstruction
The invention comprises a method of reconstructing the anterior cruciate ligament in the right knee of a patient comprising the steps of forming a tendon graft of tendon, other soft tissue,...
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6030162 |
Axial tension screw
A screw having a root and threads formed on the root. The screw is configured to generate and/or maintain axial compression between threads formed in leading and trailing sections of the screw...
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5928231 |
Implantable osteosynthesis device
An implantable osteosynthesis device is made up of two portions, a so-called fixed portion and a movable portion, which can move relative to each other and are provided with coupling elements...
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5876455 |
Bio-shim
A graft fixation device such as for use in holes drilled into the intercondylar notch of the femur for a bone-patella tendon-bone constructs, for immediate and secure fixation of both ends of a...
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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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5470334 |
Bioabsorbable interference bone fixation screw
An interference bone fixation screw fabricated from bioabsorbable material includes a body having a proximal end, a distal end and a screw thread disposed therealong from the proximal end to the...
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5456685 |
Interference screw having a tapered back root
An dual tapered orthopedic fixation screw is used to anchor ligament grafts inside a bore in a bone mass. The fixation screw includes a root portion having a front section, a cylindrical center...
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5443509 |
Interference bone-fixation screw with multiple interleaved threads
A bone fixation screw employs plural interleaved and axially symmetrical spiral threads. The threads are machined at the screw tip to form symmetrically disposed leading cutting edges. An...
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5360448 |
Porous-coated bone screw for securing prosthesis
Bone screws are disclosed with and without heads and with the screw shaft provided with axially adjacent longitudinally extending regions, one or more of which have bone ingrowth porous surfaces...
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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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5067957 |
Method of inserting medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements
Medical devices which are currently proposed to use elements made from shape memory alloys may be improved by the use of stress-induced martensite alloy elements instead. The use of stress-induced...
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