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7588579 Apparatus for intraoral distraction osteotomy to widen the upper jaw  
A distraction device used to widen an upper jaw after cortical osteotomy and fixation of an adjustable bridging onto the bone of the palate with the goal to increase the distance between two...
7588571 Adjustable splint for osteosynthesis with modular joint  
Adjustable splints for treating bone breaks and fractures provide a variety of different options for adjusting the locations and configurations of the splints. Adjustable mounts on the splints can...
7578822 Instrument for compression or distraction  
An apparatus for use in orthopedic distraction or compression is disclosed. In the illustrated embodiments, two arms are provided that are connected by a rod or bar with a mechanism that enables...
7575575 Adjustable splint for osteosynthesis with modular components  
Adjustable splints for treating bone breaks and fractures provide a variety of different options for adjusting the locations and configurations of the splints. Adjustable mounts on the splints can...
7547305 Mobile sleeve structure for maintaining spatial relationship between vertebrae  
An arrangement and method of use for supporting a plurality of vertebrae in a cervical column in predetermined spatial relation and for facilitating a spinal fusion procedure. A plurality of...
7507240 Adjustable splint for osteosynthesis  
Adjustable splints for treating bone breaks and fractures provide a variety of different options for adjusting the locations and configurations of the splints. Adjustable mounts on the splints can...
7491008 External fixation clamp  
An insert for an external fixation has two jaws for clamping a rod-shaped element. The insert includes a locking element and is an angled piece having two free ends, with at least one engagement...
7422593 External fixation system  
An external fixation system for a bone and associated method. The fixation system includes a proximal frame defining a continuous proximal boundary, a distal frame defining a continuous distal...
7367977 Apparatus for dynamic external fixation of distal radius and wrist fractures  
The fixator is an apparatus for repairing fractures of the distal radius and wrist. Distal, pivot, distraction, and radial members provide an anatomically contoured, radiolucent apparatus that...
7322987 Maxillary distraction device  
A device for maxillary jawbone and dentition expansion and/or retraction is configured for mounting within the mouth and connects the right and left halves of the skull. The maxillary distraction...
7311711 Surgical distractor frame  
A distractor frame comprises an upper pin, a lower pin positioned substantially parallel to the upper pin, a pair of adjustment mechanisms, wherein each adjustment mechanism couples to the upper...
7297146 Orthopedic distraction implants and techniques  
An implant for stabilizing a bony segment includes a flexible body sized and shaped to extend intravertebrally between at least first and second bony portions. In use the body is attachable...
7252669 Fixator pin cap  
The present invention 10 discloses a bridge cap comprising a compressible resilient material having a substantially oval shape with a planar surface on the distal ends 24 thereof. The bridge...
7241074 Clamping and articulation element  
A one-piece clamping element has two opposing clamping jaws forming a laterally open cavity to receive a rod-shaped element. A hinge is located between the jaws, arranged opposite the cavity, and...
7195481 Orthodontic distractor  
An orthodontic distractor comprising a pair of telescopically interconnected channels, a drive screw operable to withdraw the inner channel from the outer channel and the outer channel being formed...
7169149 Device for external fixation of a proximal fracture of the ulna with a clamped medullar pin and multiple clamped pins holding bone fragments  
A device for external fixation of a fracture of the proximal end of the ulna includes an frame having a distal elongated portion extending below the ulna, holding a number of pins extending upward...
7153302 Device for external fixation of bone fractures with clamping of multiple pins and with a fixture for applying extension to bone fragments  
A fixture is configured to provide external fixation of a fractured end portion of a bone by including a first number of holes for pins extending from the fixture into one or more fragments in the...
7147639 Disposable external fixation device  
A novel disposable axial external fixation device for reducing bone fractures, of the type comprising an extendible rod-like middle body and oppositely located bone screw clamps which are...
7135021 Plug-type device for retrieving spinal column under treatment  
A plug-type spinal retrieving device includes a retrieval rod; a fastening screw assembly including a fastening screw and a C-shaped ring having a convex outer surface; a plug; and a fixation seat...
7029472 Distraction device for the bones of children  
A distraction device enabling management of the evolving deformation of the trunk of a child during growth. The device is easy to implant on account of its compact shape and includes two rods which...
6964663 Combination bone fixation/immobilization apparatus  
A combination bone fixation/immobilization apparatus is adapted to stabilize a patient's foot and ankle. A foot plate is adapted to have one or more transfixation wires or pins or screws fixed...
6918910 Implantable distraction device  
A subcutaneously implantable distraction device comprises a first arm, having a first skeletal connector for attachment to a first skeletal component at a first location. A second arm has a second...
6872208 Adjustable transverse connector  
A transverse connector may be attached to rods of an orthopedic stabilization system. The rods of the stabilization system may be non-parallel and skewed in orientation relative to each other. The...
6849076 Surgical distraction device  
A surgical distraction device is provided for applying extending or tensioning force non-invasively to a patient's skeleton or to an implant which comprises anchoring means for attaching first and...
6761722 Tissue anchoring system and method  
A tissue anchoring system includes a tissue anchor affixed to an end of a cable and supported for insertion on a delivery device, the manipulation of which permits placement of the anchor on a far...
6755828 Device for external transpedicular spinal fixation, technique of its use  
The invention relates to medicine, in particular to spinal surgery and is used for curing spinal diseases and injuries in specialized departments of vertebrology and neurosurgery. The inventive...
6749613 Distraction/contraction device for spinal osteosynthesis system  
The invention concerns a distraction and/or contraction device for backbone surgery comprising connectors designed to be fixed to respective vertebral anchoring members, linkup means between said...
6741912 Flexible tool for handling small objects  
A flexible tool for handling small objects, as well as a method for handling small objects using the flexible tool. The flexible tool comprises one or more mini robots, such as a free arm robot and...
6736775 Retractor clamp assembly  
A clamping device, preferably for use on a retractor support, has an upper clamp and a lower clamp. The clamps include a movable jaw and a fixed jaw pivotal between a locked configuration and an...
6730087 Bone distraction device  
A distraction device for moving apart a bone, present in one or more parts and possibly separated, so as to extend or bridge a bone fissure, comprising an intramedullary nail which can possibly be...
6709433 Bridging/non-bridging external bone fixator  
An external bridging/non-bridging bone fixation device including at least a first member and a second member. The first member is implanted substantially permanently on an arm bone during an entire...
6706042 Tissue distractor  
A mechanism for powering an auto-extensible tissue distractor, e.g. a bone fixator, is described in which a movable device is caused to move in small incremental steps of a few μm each along an...
6702814 Clamp assembly for an external fixation system  
A clamp assembly for an external fixation system includes a first clamp member for engaging a first elongated member. The first clamp member includes a first jaw portion and a second jaw portion....
6638279 Method of positioning body tissue relative to a bone  
An anchor connected with a suture is moved through a passage between opposite sides of a bone. The anchor is then pivoted to change its orientation. A second anchor is connected with the suture....
6623483 Apparatus for transosseous osteosynthesis  
The inventive apparatus for transosseous osteosynthesis comprises a detachable repositioning mechanism for axial compression and distraction of bone fragments, the mechanism having a thrust element...
6605088 Bone setting apparatus and method  
A pair of bone clamps used for open reduction and internal fixation of a fractured bone or osteotomy is interconnected by a lockable, articulating connection apparatus. Each bone clamp includes a...
6592584 Medical device for correcting finger joint contractures  
A finger suffering from contracture of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint is treated by application of a device that includes two pivotally joined sections, one of which is securable to the...
6585736 Device for external fixation of a fractured radius with simultaneous clamping of multiple pins and with a fixture for applying extension to distal bone fragments  
A fixture is configured to provide external fixation of a fractured distal radius by including a first number of holes for pins extending downward from the fixture into one or more bone fragments...
6551316 Selective compression and distraction instrument  
A selective compression and distraction instrument useful in manipulating bone, such as a person's spine during surgery. There are two handle sections and one jaw section. One handle section...
6508817 Finger tissue expander  
An apparatus for stretching the skin between the fingers of a syndactyly includes first and second upper members, and first and second lower members. Means are provided for adjustably spreading the...
6500177 Telescopic body for an external fixation system  
A telescopic body for an external bone fixation device includes a central core body and cylindrical outer parts having a bore extending therethrough, all disposed about a center axis. The outer...
6491694 External fixator for distal radius fractures  
An external fixator for fixating fractures provides an elongated support rod that includes proximal and distal rod sections. Fixation pins are provided for engaging the patient's bone tissue on...
6461358 Device for the external fixation of bones fractures, in particular ankle fractures  
The invention relates to an improved device for external fixation of bone fractures, specifically for ankle fractures, of the type adapted for mounting to a unilateral external fixator and...
6423061 High tibial osteotomy method and apparatus  
External fixation apparatus and method are disclosed for use in osteotomy and other medical procedures. The apparatus includes a stabilizing portion adapted to be externally coupled to an anterior...
6355037 Apparatus and method of external skeletal support allowing for internal-external rotation  
An external skeletal fixation apparatus provides support about a joint such as the knee. The apparatus includes a first external support section with one or more rings rigidly supporting a first...
6355036 Bone adjuster  
A bone adjuster 20 has a first lift plate 22 to be fastened to one of two opposed bone fragments to be adjusted, a second lift plate 24 to be fastened to the other bone fragment and an...
6328738 Anterior cervical fusion compression plate and screw guide  
An anterior cervical compression plate has a pair of slidable inserts, one situated in a recess at either end of the plate. The inserts, and the sides of the recesses, having meshing raked teeth...
6328737 Fracture reduction device  
A fracture reduction device comprises linear adjustment means for linearly reducing a fractured bone in three directions, and angular adjustment mechanism for angularly reducing a fractured bone...
6293947 Distraction osteogenesis device and method  
A device and method for performing distraction osteogenesis. The distraction osteogenesis device, in accordance with the present invention, is modular in construction, and has at least two...
6287307 Apparatus and methods for clamping split bone sections  
A clamping assembly for clamping together first and second sections of bone having, when so clamped, a common external surface generally perpendicular to contacting surfaces of the first and second...
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