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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...
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...
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...
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...
7935138 Active bone screw  
A bone screw includes a head portion and shank portion. The shank portion includes a regularly outwardly expanding threaded portion.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
6056750 Fixing element for osteosynthesis  
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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