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8172887 |
Lock and release mechanism for a sternal clamp
An engagement mechanism for a sternal clamp, the mechanism allowing for an open status where the clamp may be lengthened or shortened, a closing status where the clamp may only be shortened, and a...
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8128670 |
Surgical expansion fasteners
A biocompatible surgical fastener, comprising a sleeve and a screw or a pin, which expands when it is implanted in a patient. The sleeve is first implanted in a pre-drilled hole in the operating...
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8105368 |
Dynamic stabilization connecting member with slitted core and outer sleeve
A dynamic fixation medical implant having at least two bone anchors includes a longitudinal connecting member assembly having an elongate core and an outer sleeve. The core may be substantially...
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8057524 |
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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7935138 |
Active bone screw
A bone screw includes a head portion and shank portion. The shank portion includes a regularly outwardly expanding threaded portion.
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7871411 |
Sternal closure device
A sternal closure device for securing and retaining longitudinally divided halves of a sternum, the device having two sets of anterior and posterior longitudinally extended brace members with brace...
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7857840 |
Fastener assembly
An improved fastener apparatus includes an outer sleeve which is moved into a patient's body tissue. A distal end portion of the outer sleeve is expanded in the patient's body tissue. An inner...
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7850711 |
Method and apparatus for securing soft tissue to bone
A system and method to assist in securing a soft tissue replacement in a bone tunnel includes an expandable member having an opening and an expandable portion. A delivery structure includes a...
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7794484 |
Fixation device for delivery of biological material between soft tissue and bone
A method for attaching soft tissue to bone. The method includes forming a bore in a bone, placing the soft tissue adjacent to the bone and above the bore, at least partially inserting a fixation...
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7785357 |
Expanding plug for tendon fixation
An expanding plug for tendon fixation features a two-part system in which an expansion pin fits inside a fixation sleeve. The fixation sleeve is configured to expand diametrically to achieve...
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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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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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7556640 |
Bone anchor device having toggle member for attaching connective tissues to bone
A device for attaching connective tissue to bone has a longitudinal axis and comprises an annular toggle member and a body member disposed distally of the toggle member, such that there is an axial...
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7322978 |
Bone anchors for use in attaching soft tissue to a bone
Improved bone anchors are disclosed for anchoring one or more sutures attached to soft tissue to a bone. The bone anchor has an anchor body that extends between a distal and a proximal end. A bore...
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7300439 |
Porous resorbable graft fixation pin
A bioimplantable tissue fixation device is provided for use in repairing and replacing torn or damaged connective tissue such as ligaments and tendons. The device includes an elongate body formed...
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7281695 |
Pivotable suspension element
A pivotable suspension element includes a support member having a part-spherical bearing surface clamp element and a body portion, the body portion having an integral formation of a slot to receive...
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7226469 |
Insert molded suture anchor
An insert-molded suture anchor has a biodegradable polymer body molded around a loop of suture. A tapered end disposed on the proximal end of the body is received into a recess in the distal end of...
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7211111 |
Apparatus and method for tibial fixation of soft tissue
An apparatus and method for fixation of a soft tissue graft. The apparatus may include a member having a first surface and a second surface. Each of the surfaces extend a distance relative to one...
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7207994 |
Cannulated bone screw
A small cannulated bone screw is provided having an optimized combination of strength, cannula size and thread depth. A set of such strong and small size screws is also provided where the smallest...
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7195634 |
Corkscrew suture anchor
A corkscrew suture anchor has a continuous thread spiraling around a tapering central core. At the distal end, the suture anchor terminates in a rounded point. At the proximal end of the suture...
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7195633 |
Fracture fixation system
A fracture fixation system in which a plate is secured to stable bone and posts are inserted at varying angles into an unstable bone fragment by engaging in rotatable bearings which are fixedly...
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7175625 |
Soft tissue anchor and method of using same
A soft tissue anchor device and methods of installing the soft tissue anchor device are disclosed. The device has an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end. There is a helical anchor...
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7156851 |
Implant and process of modifying an implant surface
An implant and a process of modifying an implant surface, which implant is in particular a hip implant, a tooth implant, a bone screw, fixation pin or a fixation nail (pin-fixation), comprising a...
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7008428 |
Bone fixation system
Disclosed is a bone fixation device of the type useful for connecting soft tissue or tendon to bone or for connecting two or more bones or bone fragments together. The device comprises an elongate...
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6953463 |
Interference screws having increased proximal diameter
An interference screw for affixing soft tissue grafts during anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction comprises a threaded body axially extending between a face and a tip along a central...
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6942668 |
Proximal anchors for bone fixation system
Disclosed is a bone fixation device of the type useful for connecting soft tissue or tendon to bone or for connecting two or more bones or bone fragments together. The device comprises an elongate...
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6846313 |
One-piece biocompatible absorbable rivet and pin for use in surgical procedures
A bioabsorbable rivet and pin fastener is formed as an elongated unit that may be used for anchoring, or for attachment of a fixation plate. The rivet has a head mechanically connected to two or...
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6767350 |
Fixing element for bone fragments
The invention relates to a fixing element for fixing a first bone fragment (5.1), notably an ankle-bone fragment in ankle joint fractures, to a corresponding second bone fragment (5.2). Said...
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6689135 |
Expandable bone fastener and installation tool
An expandable bone fastener adapted to be inserted into an untapped hole drilled in a bone, thereafter adapted to expand a plurality of barbs into the surrounding bone has an enlarged proximal end,...
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6660009 |
Fracture fixation system
A nail fixation system and method for the fixation of fractures of the distal radius. The system has a nail inserter and a plurality of arcuate nails, each nail having a head end and a pointed end....
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6596008 |
Method and instruments for percutaneous arthroscopic disc removal, bone biopsy and fixation of the vertebral
The insertion points for guide pins used in percutaneous vertebral fixation by pedicle screw are determined by establishing an approach path on a CT image, measuring on the CT image the distance...
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6524316 |
Bone fastener
A bone fastener including an expandable member having an axial channel and an elongated element insertable into the axial channel is described. The expandable member is configured to be insertible...
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6355044 |
Expandable bone connector
An expandable fastener is used to join adjacent portions of bones for surgical recovery. The fastener typically includes a sleeve having an expandable section and a ram that is moveable between a...
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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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6162234 |
Adjustable button cinch anchor orthopedic fastener
An orthopedic fastener device is based on a strong central shaft that is threaded in a one end region and that, in one embodiment, presents a ramp surface in the other end region. The ramp end is...
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6126662 |
Bone implant
A kit of assemblable components for implantation into the bone of a mammal for use in distraction osteogenesis. The kit comprises a fixture, a footing and a distracter, the fixture including a...
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6056750 |
Fixing element for osteosynthesis
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5997538 |
Rotationally ratcheting bone screw
A rotationally ratcheting bone screw including a body having a distal end formed with an engagement tip for engaging bone tissue, and a shaft formed with a unidirectional stop. The bone screw...
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5601558 |
Soft tissue anchors and systems for implantation
A soft tissue anchor implantation device having a bore along its longitudinal axis through which a guiding K-wire or other guiding devices may be freely drawn, and into which an anchor expanding...
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4790304 |
Self-locking pin device particularly useful for internally fixing bone fractures
A self-locking pin device comprises a pin formed with enlargement in the region of its distal end; a tube received over the pin and having a diameter smaller than the enlargement, the tube being...
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4776328 |
Bone nail and an instrument for implanting a bone nail
The bone nail is provided with a tapered portion having a barbed denticulation and a conical head which has a conical shaped depression at the proximal end for receiving a centering cone of the...
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4629463 |
Connection of tubular bone ends
The connection of the facing ends of a tubular bone cut by an operation consists of a cylindrical metal pin with an open-cell metallic outer layer on a cylindrical metal core and with annular...
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4554914 |
Prosthetic vertebral body
A prosthetic vertebral body for use in a cavity left by the removal of a defective vertebral body located between two adjoining healthy vertebral bodies is disclosed. A method of replacing the...
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