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7618422 Tibial augmentation guide  
A guide for use in making tibial augmentation cuts is disclosed. The guide is preferably for use subsequent to an initial cut being made. A method of utilizing the guide, as well as making the...
7563263 Intramedullary fixation device for metaphyseal long bone fractures  
A fracture fixation system includes a device with a plate portion intended to be positioned against an exterior surface of bone and an intramedullary portion. The plate portion includes a plurality...
7556629 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 comprising a first portion and a second portion that are...
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...
7341588 Method and apparatus for treating supracondylar fractures of the femur  
Methods and apparatus for treating fractures of the distal femur are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises an intramedullary nail and blade. The intramedullary nail has a passage...
7326211 Deployment tool for distal bone anchors with secondary compression  
The invention relates to a deployment systems for deploying a bone fixation device. One embodiment of a deployment system includes a syringe-shaped body configured to provide proximal traction to a...
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...
7296804 Hand-held instrument holder for surgical use  
A surgical instrument holder has a shank having a coupling end, a handle attached to an opposite end of the shank, a coupling device, and a locking mechanism. The coupling end has an interface...
7232443 Locking nail and targeting apparatus  
A locking nail for treating fractures of tubular bones has at least one cross-bore is provided at one end for the reception of a bone screw. The nail has a female thread at the end with the...
7192445 Medical prosthetic devices and implants having improved biocompatibility  
Disclosed are medical prosthetic devices or medical implants which exhibit improved biocompatitibly. The devices or implants include a metal material, e.g. titanium, in which the metal surface...
7008425 Pediatric intramedullary nail and method  
An intramedullary nail ( 20 ) and related method for fixing a fracture in a long bone. The nail ( 20 ) comprises an elongate member ( 22 ) having a longitudinal axis ( 54 ), a proximal end section...
6932819 Modular intramedullary nail  
An intramedullary nail, comprises a proximal portion, a middle portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion has a longitudinal slot and the distal portion has at least one transversal bore....
6926719 Modular intramedullary nail  
An intramedullary nail for repair of bone fractures. The intramedullary nail is of a modular configuration including a nail member having a chamber formed on the proximal end thereof. An insert...
6908465 Distal bone anchors for bone fixation with secondary compression  
Disclosed is a bone fracture fixation device, such as for reducing and compressing fractures in the proximal femur. The fixation device includes an elongate body with a helical cancellous bone...
6702823 Device for identifying the position of intramedullary nail securement screw holes  
A device for identifying the position of the distal holes for passage of securement screws provided in an intramedullary nail inserted in a medullary canal of a long bone, having an arm that...
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...
6575976 Expandable tissue anchor  
A bioabsorbable, cannulated expandable tissue anchor for sutureless soft tissue fixation to bone, particularly in arthroscopic shoulder surgery. The anchor is provided with a ribbed shaft and a...
6575974 Surgical device and method for connection of fractured bones  
A screwdriver for re-joining first and second pieces of a fractured bone in cooperation with a connector plate. A screw has an screw-shaped inner end for biting into the bone upon passing through a...
6558388 Intramedullary nail for the humerus  
With the invention a intramedullary nail preferably for the humerus is shown which comprises a securing head for a hammering-in and aiming device, with the intramedullary nail having at least one...
6547791 Retrograde tibial nail  
The tibia nail comprises a tube including a continuous longitudinal bore and includes a proximal anchoring portion with several cross-bores, an adjoining connecting portion which is flexurally...
6511481 Method and apparatus for fixation of proximal femoral fractures  
Disclosed is a femoral neck fracture fixation device, for reducing and compressing fractures in the proximal femur. The fixation device includes an elongate body with a helical cancellous bone...
6488684 Intramedullary nail  
An intramedullary nail system for reducing and fixing fractures in long bones includes an elongated intramedullary nail having radial portals about the circumference. Tang assemblies are slidably...
6461360 Locking nail for the repair of femur shaft fractures  
The locking nail for the repair of femur shaft fractures, also in connection with trochanteric femur fractures, comprises a proximal nail section ( 2 ) and a distal nail section ( 3 ) adjoining the...
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...
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...
6406477 Intramedullary nail  
A lag screw for connecting a bone portion separated from the femur, by fracture, to the main portion thereof is fixedly secured in the separated bone portion and extends through main portion of the...
6387098 Intramedullary catheter nail apparatus and method  
An intramedullary catheter nail apparatus and method is disclosed that provides both the mechanical stabiliazation and therapeutic drug delivery needed to optimize long bone repair. In the...
6383185 Medullary nail for the distraction of bones  
The medullary nail ( 10 ) for bone distraction has an electric motor drive ( 20 ) that is located in its interior ( 11 ), preferably in its interior ( 11 ) in the area of its tip ( 12 ), and is...
6379360 Spiral blade insertion instrument  
The invention relates to a device for introducing a spiral blade into an intramedullary nail. The device includes a target-finding stay with a through hole, a guide sleeve attached coaxially in...
6319255 Prophylactic implant against fracture of osteoporosis-affected bone segments  
A prophylactic implant is provided for protecting osteoporosis-affected bone segments against fractures, in particular the neck of the femur, the vertebral column and the wrist. According to a...
6270499 Bone fixation device  
A bone fracture fixation device according to the present invention includes an intramedullary nail and an intramedullary nail head. The intramedullary nail head can be set and fixed on the proximal...
6261290 Osteosynthesis auxilliary for the treatment of subtrochanteric, peritrochanteric and femoral-neck fractures  
An intramedullary locking nail for the treatment of femoral neck fractures has a generally elongate body. The elongate body has a longitudinal axis, a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein...
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...
6187007 Device for attaching fractured hip-joint heads  
This invention concerns a device for attaching fractured hip-joint heads. The device has an angular plate which includes a bone plate attachable to the femur and a sleeve extending at an angle from...
6187006 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument includes a stem to be inserted into the medullary cavity of a proximal femur and a grip part slightly offset from and extending approximately parallel to the direction of the...
6143012 Intramedullary awl assembly for preparation for a femoral-style nailing  
The invention relates to an intramedullary awl assembly for opening the bone upon a femur nailing with a guide of a guide tool equipped with a hand grip, and an awl with a working tip equipped with...
6123708 Intramedullary bone fixation rod  
A nail (or rod) for axial insertion into a large bone for support thereof, which comprises an elongated nail body having a central bore extending through the nail body from the proximal end along a...
6077265 Nail for fixing the position and shape of broken long bones  
A nail for fixing the position and shape of broken long bones is provided. The nail has a longitudinal shank defining a central main body and longitudinal extending, radially directed, ribs,...
6077264 Intramedullary nail for the osteosynthesis of bone fractures  
The invention discloses an intramedullary nail to be used in orthopedics comprising: a tubular body having inside at least one anchoring device; a maneuvering element and a drilled bushing at the...
6074392 Method and devices for use in bone fixation procedures  
A curved guide or fixation pin is provided for use in the fixation of fractured bones. In one embodiment, a pin guide device is used to locate the pin at the desired entry point on the bone and the...
6034295 Implantable device having an internal electrode for stimulating growth of tissue  
Implantable device, such as a femoral head prosthesis, with a body (12) of biocompatible material shaped to suit its medical function, which forms an internal cavity (16) and has open apertures...
6033407 Apparatus and method for intramedullary nailing and intramedullary nail therefor  
An intramedullary nail is inserted at a selected location within a natural bone and is removed selectively from the location utilizing an access wire which guides a knife for making an access...
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...
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...
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...
5908422 Helical osteosynthetic implant  
An osteosynthetic implant for setting a broken bone. The implant comprises a nail having a plurality of helically twisted blades that share a common helical axis. At least two of the blades define...
5871492 Rotary device for removing ophthalmic lens  
A system and method for reducing and removing and ophthalmic lens of a mammalian eye. The system includes a rotary lens-reducing probe device of either straight or curved configuration, said probe...
5855579 Cannulated modular intramedullary nail  
A modular intramedullary nail which, selectively, includes two or three connectable sections that are connectable end to end. In the two section nail the second section is an elongated curved nail...
5853387 Pump with programmable hold  
A pumping system for infusing fluids into a patient. The pumping system includes a pump and a controller constructed to control operation of the pump. The controller has a hold condition in which...
5779705 Intramedullary nail  
This invention relates to a surgical intramedullary nail, for stabilization of condylar and supracondylar fractures of the femur. It incorporates a Cruciate arrangement of two obliquely crossing...
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