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7534244 |
Orthopaedic plate and screw assembly
Systems, devices and methods are disclosed for treating fractures. The systems, devices and methods may include one or both of an implant, such as an intramedullary nail, and a fastening assembly,...
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7503919 |
Locking compression hip screw
A reverse obliquity fracture of the proximal femur is poorly secured with current generation hip screws, frequently necessitating the use of intramedullary fracture fixation devices or external...
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7378144 |
Oriented polymer implantable device and process for making same
A device is formed by the process into a bone screw or fastener, wherein the head has a degree of polymer alignment and strength, and wherein the shank has a higher degree of polymer alignment and...
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7306600 |
Bone fixation system
An implant for fixation of a bone includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a longitudinal axis defined between the proximal end and the distal end. A plurality of blades are...
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7207993 |
Apparatus and method for repairing the femur
A method and apparatus for repairing the femur. A connector is provided having a claw-like member to engage with the greater trochanter. Along the body of the connector are a plurality of cable...
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7156879 |
Femur fixture and set of femur fixtures
A femur fixture for a hip-joint prosthesis comprising an intraosseous anchoring structure of a generally circular cross-section for screwing laterally into a complementary bore drilled laterally...
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7137817 |
Implant fixation device
A fixation device at least partially implantable into tissue has a shaft having an outer face and a threaded portion wound around the outer face and forming a helical groove. At least a part of the...
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7135023 |
Compression bone screw device
A compression bone screw device for fixating a fractured bone. The device includes a constant compression lag screw, a side plate having a moveable rollerball for receipt of the lag screw and a...
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7118572 |
Femoral neck compression screw system with ortho-biologic material delivery capability
This device addresses the treatment of femoral neck trauma which includes basilar, mid-cervical and sub-cap fractures. The assembly has a lag screw assembly, side plate, compression screw and...
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7070601 |
Locking plate for bone anchors
Disclosed is a bone fracture fixation system, such as for reducing and compressing fractures in the proximal femur. The fixation system includes a plurality of elongated bodies with a helical...
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6989014 |
Orthopedic screw and method
A screw, driving device, and method are provided for repairing a tissue injury of a patient, such as a meniscal tear in a knee or osteochondritis dissecans. The screw has a root, a distal section...
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6890304 |
Device for diagnosing physiological state and device for controlling the same
The present invention relates to a device for diagnosing physiological state based on blood pulse waves detected in the body. It is the objective of the present invention to provide a device which...
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6887243 |
Method and apparatus for bone fixation with secondary compression
Disclosed is a fracture fixation device, for reducing and compressing fractures in a bone. The fixation device includes an elongate body. An axially moveable proximal anchor is carried by the...
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6855146 |
Intramedullary nail
The invention relates to an intramedullary nail used for treating fractures of the femur. It comprises a distal end, which is appointed for insertion into the marrow cavity channel, a proximal end,...
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6747121 |
Poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) copolymers, methods for making and using same, and devices containing same
The present invention relates in general to implantable, resorbable copolymers containing L-lactide and glycolide repeat units, and in particular to terpolymers containing L-lactide, glycolide, and...
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6702815 |
Method and device to correct instability of hinged joints
A method and device to correct instability of hinged joints of injured animals. The device is a rectangular block having three threaded fixation pins. Two fixation pins are inserted in the...
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6695844 |
Surgical fastener assembly
A surgical fastener assembly for coupling first and second bone portions across a fracture therebetween is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the surgical fastener assembly...
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6689137 |
Orthopedic fastener and method
An orthopedic fastener having compressive forces along the direction of the long axis of the fastener and radially inwardly directed forces towards the center of the fastener to draw in a bone...
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6648889 |
Intramedullary hip nail with bifurcated lock
The intramedullary nail system includes an intramedullary nail for insertion in the femur. The nail has an axial bore and an intersecting transverse bore. A lag screw is inserted through the...
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6607561 |
Biaxial core compression
The invention describes a surgical implant for providing stabilization of an intraosseous circumferential fracture within a femoral neck of a proximal femur. The surgical implant includes a bone...
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6579294 |
Locking nail for fracture fixation
A locking nail includes a shank, at least one cross-bore close to one end and at least one cross-bore close to the other end. The cross-bores for receiving a bone screw each. An additional...
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6562042 |
Orthopedic implant used to repair intertrochanteric fractures and a method for inserting the same
The present invention relates to a medical device used to repair intertrochanteric fractures of the femur and a method for inserting and using the same which includes in cooperation a hip screw, a...
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6554834 |
Slotted head pedicle screw assembly
A pedicle screw assembly includes a fastener having an expandable head. The expandable head has an outer surface including a convex portion, a recess having an inner surface and defining an inner...
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6547564 |
Bone implant having circumferentially oriented roughness
Implant ( 10 ) having a shaft which is adapted in use to be embedded in bone tissue and which has an outer surface provided with a circumferentially-oriented roughness. The...
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6527777 |
Device for repairing a soft-tissue tear and method
A fastener, driving device, and method are provided for repairing a tear in soft tissue of a patient, such as a meniscal tear in a knee. The fastener has a distal section having a narrowing cross...
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6503252 |
Bone screw, method for producing the threads thereof and drill for drilling holes therefor
The present invention relates to a bone screw, a method for producing the threads of the bone screw and a drill for drilling holes therefor. The bone screw is adapted for implants for fixation of...
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6468278 |
Implant for the stabilization of a fracture
A plate provides guides for preferably two screws, which hold the screws in a stable way at an angle against the plate. Furthermore, the screws are preferably fixed in a stable and removable way...
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6458133 |
Spinal fixation and retrieval device
A spinal fixation and retrieval device includes a bone plate and a plurality of screws. The bone plate has a plurality of slot holes via which the screws are fastened onto vertebrae under...
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6443954 |
Femoral nail intramedullary system
An intramedullary system for securing portions of a bone together has a lag screw assembly extending through a radial bore in an intramedullary nail. The lag screw is inserted into one portion of a...
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6423067 |
Nonlinear lag screw with captive driving device
A fastener is provided for fixating two objects in a fixed spatial relationship, such as bone segments, so that resultant stress is maintained at a constant value along a shank portion of the...
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6423066 |
Neck screw
A hip neck screw having a shank, a male-threaded portion at the proximal end thereof and areas for engagement by a tool wherein the screw is designed in such a way that it is adapted to be passed...
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6409730 |
Humeral spiral blade
An osteosynthetic implant for use in treating fractures to the head and neck of the humerus. The implant includes a body, a helically twisted blade having an oblate cross section, and a...
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6397107 |
Apparatus for embolic treatment using high frequency induction heating
An apparatus for embolic treatment including a high frequency power source and at least one induction coil connected to the high frequency power source which is positioned around the vicinity of...
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6306138 |
ACL fixation pin and method
A pin (20) and method for use are provided for securing a replacement ligament (24) inside a tunnel (10) of a receptor bone (36). A threaded section (30) of the pin (20) engages and anchors the pin...
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6241731 |
Plate and screw assembly for fixing bones
Plate and screw assembly for fixing bone pieces, the assembly including a plate and at least one screw, the plate including at least one orifice that defines a cavity for housing a head of the...
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6238126 |
Hip compression screw assemblies and joints therefor
An adjustable two-dimensional joint for use in hip compression screw assemblies, allows for relative alignment of the lag screw and angle plate, even when these components are effectively fitted to...
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6183475 |
Distal femoral osteotomy system and method
A distal femoral osteotomy system and method according to which an end segment is cut from the bone to be realigned and a wedge-shaped segment is cut from between the end segment and the remaining...
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6022352 |
Bone fixation screw system
A bone fixation screw system and method of utilization thereof is provided for a bone having first and second sections with a fracture interface there between. A preferred embodiment of the bone...
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6015937 |
Implantable anchoring element and anchoring assembly for prostheses
An anchoring screw (1) is disclosed for implantation in bone, consisting of a tissue compatible material for supporting prostheses, artificial joint components, or the like. The anchoring screw (1)...
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6004324 |
Adjustable locking nail
A locking nail for placement in the marrow space of tubular bones for the care of bone fractures, with an elongate, essentially cylindrical shank with a number of essentially radial openings for...
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5973223 |
Implant for fixing femoral fractures
The present implant is for fixing femoral fractures and the like. The implant consists of three main parts, namely a first part consisting of an angle element, a second part which forms a holder...
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5971985 |
Bone attachment device for use with tissue grafts and membranes
A self-locking and threaded bone tack screw device (10) for fixing and retaining tissue grafts and synthetic membranes directly to a maxillofacial bone graft site. The tack has an oversized...
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5964768 |
Tapered bone screw with continuously varying pitch
A bone screw having a continuously varying pitch includes a tapered root portion having a relatively small diameter on a leading end of the screw and a larger trailing diameter. The pitch of the...
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5961524 |
Screw and method of attachment to a substrate
A method of implanting a threaded tapered screw into a substrate having a hardness less than the hardness of the screw comprises: (a) drilling a pilot hole with a drill having substantially the...
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5951556 |
Compact external fixation device
A compact external fixation device for the treatment of bone fractures of reduced dimensions and of children comprises a pair of clamps (2, 3) for bone screws (V) connected by respective spherical...
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5925047 |
Coupled rod, anterior vertebral body screw, and staple assembly
A rod, screw, and staple assembly for use in conjunction with anterior or lateral spinal rod implant apparatus includes a screw having a vertebral body screw which has a shaft which is insertable...
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5919193 |
Method and kit for surgically correcting malformations in digits of a finger or toe
A method to surgically promote the fusion of bone segments together in order to correct bone malformations of the finger or toe involves making an incision in the finger or toe to expose the...
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5895375 |
Fixation device chemical dispensing system
A surgical site chemical dispensing system for dispensing a liquid chemical agent, such as an antibiotic, anesthetic, growth factor, hormone, anti-neoplastic agent, or the like, directly onto a...
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5876403 |
Bone-fixing devices
The bone-fixing devices which are designed to allow for a freer assembly of the parts which are mounted to maintain plurality of bones in a specified position relationship, and also call for only...
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5871485 |
Device for internal fixation of femoral neck fractures
An internal fixation device used in surgical procedures to the internal fixation of femoral hip fractures, especially prevalent in elderly persons suffering from osteoporosis. This device includes...
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