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7618441 Bone staple and methods for correcting spine disorders  
A method and staple for correcting an abnormally curved bone, such as a spinal column having a concave side and a convex side, the method comprising providing a staple having a central portion and...
7608108 Tissue repair system  
A repair system including a closure prosthesis and deployment device, and associated methods for repairing any imperfection including a flaw, hole, tear, bulge, or, in some cases, a deliberate cut...
7559937 Surgical fastener apparatus and reinforcing material  
A surgical fastener apparatus is provided with a reinforcement material holder, where the holder positions a sheet of reinforcement material adjacent body tissue that is sutured by a plurality of...
7481832 Method and apparatus for use of a self-tapping resorbable screw  
A bone attachment apparatus and implantation system. The attachment device provides a screw with channels formed therein for implantation within a bone aperture. The channels are used as a torque...
7481830 Spinal correction system  
A spinal correction system for the correction or arrest of scoliosis or spinal deformity in immature spines includes a bridge member, a pair of spaced apart barbed legs extending substantially...
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...
7341591 Anterior buttress staple  
An anterior buttress staple and screw system is provided that can be used to hold an implant such as a disc prosthesis in place and thereby prevent its migration out of the spinal column. The...
7240677 System and method for force, displacement, and rate control of shaped memory material implants  
Controlling the transformation of the microstructure of shape memory material implants. A surgeon can use the inventive energy delivery device to control the rate of implant shape change, the...
7214232 Graft fixation device  
A graft fixation device combination. The device is useful for affixing a tissue graft to a bone or other body surface. The fixation device has two implantation members connected by a graft...
7179259 Instrument assembly for lateral implant  
An instrument assembly for inserting a lateral fastener into a lateral bore of a stem body implanted into a bone. The instrument assembly includes an outrigger having an alignment tube extending...
7160314 Fastener for fixing a prosthesis, and device for delivering this fastener  
A fastener including at least an element to be anchored in an anatomical support, at least a stop element relative to a planar prosthetic component to be fixed, and a linking rod is characterised...
7118581 Method for fixing a soft tissue on a bone  
The invention concerns a set for fixing a soft tissue, such as a ligament or tendon on a bone, comprising two nails ( 10 ) and a member for positioning and setting ( 30 ) the nails in the...
7112214 Dynamic bioabsorbable fastener for use in wound closure  
A fastener for insertion into pierced openings of a tissue wound has a body formed of a generally bioabsorbable polymer defining an initial capture area internal to the body. The body includes a...
7056333 Tissue anchor system  
The invention disclosed herein is a tissue-anchoring system, including a tissue-anchoring device and tissue anchors. The tissue-anchoring device includes a housing and a tissue anchor positioned on...
7056330 Method for applying tissue fastener  
A method for applying a surgical fastener including the steps of providing a fastener applier having an elongated shaft with at least one fastener located within the elongated shaft. The fastener...
7037308 Implant device for applying compression across a fracture site  
An implant for applying compression across a fracture site in a bone, the implant comprising a wire element having two spaced adjacent legs adapted to be implanted longitudinally in the bone across...
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...
6974462 Surgical anchor implantation device  
A surgical fastener for use in surgical procedures comprises a first member, a second member, and an anchor. Surgical materials may be secured within the surgical fastener. Methods of securing the...
6969391 Semi-rigid compressive clamp for use in sternotomy, and forceps for its application  
A clamp designed for use in the heart-surgery field for osteosynthesis following on sternotomy has a roughly C-shaped configuration with a core ( 11 ) terminating at opposite ends with hooks ( 12 )...
6966911 Bone staple and methods for correcting bone deficiencies by controllably suppressing and/or inducing the growth of the epiphyseal plate  
A bone staple for repairing bones and/or correcting bone deficiencies by controlling the growth of the epiphyseal plate, the staple comprising a body comprising a cross bar and at least two legs...
6923812 Barbed clip for bone alignment and fixation  
A clip to interconnect primary and secondary bone zones having edges and surfaces, comprising in combination a first tab to extend proximate a surface of the secondary bone zone; a second tab...
6916332 Endoluminal fundoplication device and related method for installing tissue fastener  
A distal assembly of an endoscopic surgical device, and a related method, having a first arm and a second arm pivotal relative to the first arm. Each arm is configured to hold a part of a two-part...
6896678 Ceramic-tipped skull pins  
A skull pin including a removable tip is disclosed where the tip of the pin is manufactured from a ceramic material. Alternatively, the tip can be manufactured from other insulating, non-conducting...
6830571 Contourable spinal staple with centralized and unilateral prongs  
A staple for stabilizing the attachment of a vertebral screw and a longitudinal member to the spine. The staple has a plate with first and second apertures. All the staple's legs, prongs, or spikes...
6783531 Compression bone staple, apparatus and method  
A method and apparatus for interosseous bone fixation uses a compression staple, generally U-shaped, having a pair of legs with sharp front ends and proximal ends interconnect by a bridge portion...
6780187 Scissor action tendon anchor  
A tendon anchor is used for attaching a tendon to a bone without sutures within a bore drilled into the bone. A first elongated anchor member and a second elongated anchor member each have opposite...
6773437 Shape memory alloy staple  
A fusionless method of correcting spinal deformities in growing adolescents is disclosed utilizing a shape memory alloy staple. Various embodiments of the shape memory alloy staple include features...
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...
6746472 Endoluminal anchor  
Disclosed is an anastomosis catheter, for achieving a tissue to tissue or synthetic graft to tissue attachment. The catheter includes a plurality of deployable tissue anchors, which may be...
6723099 Three sided tack for bone fixation  
A surgical tack for bone fixation having a body portion with barbs on the outside of the body portion to fixedly engage a bone structure, and a head portion to assist in implantation of the...
6719798 Vertebral column segment  
The vertebral column segment is designed for being implanted into a human vertebral column ( 10 ). The vertebral column segment comprises a vertebral body insert ( 42 ) and or comprises an...
6712822 Apparatus and method for the repair of articular cartilage defects  
An encapsulation device for repair of articular cartilage defects includes a body for disposition adjacent a bone in an area of the cartilage defect, and elongated leg structure extending from the...
6692499 Surgical fastener for tissue treatment  
The present invention relates to a surgical fastener or device (implant) formed in the shape of an arrow comprising a shaft with a proximal (first) portion having protrusions and a blunt end and a...
6689136 Implant for fixing two bone fragments to each other  
The implant for fixing two bone fragments to each other comprises a clasp with two arms which are connected to each other at one of their ends and in this area form an eyelet with an opening for...
6685708 Staples for bone fixation  
Apparatus for increasing the span length of a bone staple, which includes two prongs connected by a system which provides a mechanical advantage to facilitate bringing the prongs closer together or...
6623484 Methods and apparatus for fusionless treatment of spinal deformities  
The treatment and correction of spinal deformities, such as scoliosis, is accomplished without the need for fusion of the intervertebral disc space. A surgical technique is provided in which...
6620165 Bone alignment and fixation plate and installation method  
An attachment to connect two spaced apart zones having surface and edges, one zone comprising a cranium bone zone, a plate, fastener openings carried by the plate at peripherally spaced locations,...
6616686 Surgical staples and methods for stapling  
A surgical staple is provided having a base portion and a respective leg extending from each end of the base portion and terminating at a free end. The base portion is deformable to bring the free...
6602254 Spinal rod transverse connectors  
A transverse fixator assembly for spanning between a number of longitudinal members situated adjacent a patient's vertebrae and methods for fixation of the spine which allow variation of the...
6599295 Device for setting and removing an implant such as a suture anchor  
A device for setting and removing a deformable implant from bone wherein the device includes a body on which is mounted a movable handle which is operatively connected to activating elements for...
6585739 Apparatus for attaching a cranial flap  
An apparatus for attaching a cranial flap ( 20 ) to a skull ( 10 ) includes an attachment device ( 40 ) having relatively movable first and second members ( 42 and 44 ). The first member ( 40 )...
6551343 Bioabsorbable surgical fastener for tissue treatment  
The present invention relates to a surgical fastener or device (implant) formed in the shape of an arrow comprising a shaft with a proximal (first) portion having a blunt end and tapered form, such...
6544273 Tack device with shield  
A slotted shield for a surgical tack, including a body adapted to engage a tack head. The shield has at least one slot having a width, defined by the body. Optionally, the shield is mounted on a...
6544271 Device for full-thickness resectioning of an organ  
A full-thickness resection system is disclosed. In an embodiment for the resection system, the system may include a flexible shaft, a flexible guide member disposed within the flexible shaft, a...
6537277 Implant for fixing a bone plate  
To design as simply as possible an implant for fixing a bone plate in an opening of a bone plate and to avoid use of a complicated applicator, it is proposed that the implant be designed as a...
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...
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...
RE37963 Knotless suture anchor assembly  
A one-piece or two-piece knotless suture anchor assembly for the attachment or reattachment or repair of tissue to a bone mass. The assembly allows for an endoscopic or open surgical procedure to...
6497707 Graft fixation device combination  
A graft fixation device combination. The device is useful for affixing a tissue graft to a bone or other body surface. The combination has a fixation device having two implantation members...
6447517 Instrument for inserting graft fixation device  
An instrument for inserting graft fixation device. The fixation device is useful for affixing a tissue graft to a bone or other body surface. The graft fixation device comprises two implantation...
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