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8177787 Disposable battery pack for a surgical drill; and method  
A surgical procedure is disclosed utilizing a cordless surgical handpiece powered from a sterile battery pack that contains a battery in condition for immediate use without further charging or...
8167882 Minimally invasive bone miller apparatus  
A miller assembly for creating a cavity in a bone. The cavity has a cross section which has a generally triangular profile having a first side generally parallel with an axis of the bone and a...
RE43328 Image guided awl/tap/screwdriver  
A trackable medical instrument for use in a computer assisted image guided medical and surgical navigation systems that generate images during medical and surgical procedures, includes a guide...
8156653 Safety scalpel with blade retention  
A surgical scalpel is presented which combines the attributes of cost-effectiveness in design and safety of single use scalpel devices and the ability to be autoclavable so as to promote the device...
8157804 Expandable blade device for stabilizing long bone fractures  
The present invention relates generally to medical devices and medical methods, in particular, devices and methods useful for stabilizing fractures of long bones. In one embodiment, the present...
8152808 Surgical bone cutting assembly and method of using same  
The invention is directed toward a surgical kit having component parts capable of use in excising a cartilage defect site on a patient to prepare the same for receipt of an implant plug, the kit...
8142462 Instruments and methods for reducing and stabilizing bone fractures  
Instruments and methods for reducing and stabilizing bone fractures are presented. One method provides for cutting a portion of a bone having a fracture to create a cavity, wherein the cavity is...
8137352 Expandable intervertebral tool system and method  
The invention includes a system and method for loosening of tissue. In one embodiment, an intervertebral tissue removal system includes at least one abrading member for abrading tissue in an area...
8133228 Chisel system for osteochondral implants and a surgical procedure involving same  
A chisel system for harvesting an implantable graft from an area of a human having a cartilage overlying a condyle, according to which a module is provided that has one end connected to a handle. A...
8123750 Apparatus and methods for removal of intervertebral disc tissues  
Apparatus and methods for removing tissue from an intervertebral disc are disclosed. The apparatus can include an elongated guide tube, a rotary cutting member and a drive shaft. Other apparatus...
8118845 Apparatus and procedure for anterior cervical microdiskectomy  
A method is provided to perform an anterior cervical microdiskectomy to remove at least one bone spur on a pair of adjacent vertebrae in a spinal column that includes a posterior longitudinal...
8114084 Expandable blade device for stabilizing compression fractures  
The present invention relates generally to medical devices and medical methods, in particular, devices and methods useful for stabilizing compression fractures of the spine. In one embodiment, the...
8114083 Methods and apparatus for improved drilling and milling tools for resection  
Milling and drilling tools and soft tissue management techniques are provided for arthroplasty that facilitate intraoperative and postoperative efficacy and ease of use. In one embodiment,...
8109957 Disc nucleus removal devices and methods  
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for removing tissue. In one aspect, a device for removing tissue includes a hollow elongate member having an outer wall and a lumen, a selectively...
8109931 Implant site preparation method and relative piezoelectric surgical device  
A surgical device for preparation of an implant site is disclosed. The device comprises a body capable of being held by a user and an insert that is capable of being coupled to an end of the body....
8105327 Punch, implant and associated method  
An instrument for preparing a cavity for a stem of a prosthetic implant for use in performing joint arthroplasty on a head of a long bone is provided. The instrument includes a body and a punch...
8092455 Device and method for operating a tool relative to bone tissue and detecting neural elements  
An apparatus for providing medical treatment includes a tool portion configured to operate relative to bone tissue, a handle portion to operate the tool portion, and a nerve monitoring system to...
8092456 Multiple pathways for spinal nerve root decompression from a single access point  
A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access...
8092457 Drilling device and drilling procedures for surgical purposes  
A medical drilling device for drilling of human or animal tissue carries a drill (7) that is electrically contacted by a bore electrode (9) and a backing electrode (10). Both electrodes (9, 10) are...
8070750 Tunnel notcher and guidewire delivery device  
A tunnel notcher and guidewire delivery device is provided for creating a notch and positioning a guidewire within a bone tunnel. In general, the device includes an elongate member having proximal...
8066707 Method for preparing a space in bone to receive an insert  
A method is disclosed for preparing a space in bone of a human body to receive an insert at least in part therein. The method is performed with a device having a mid-longitudinal axis and a...
8062298 Flexible tissue removal devices and methods  
A device for modifying tissue in a patient may include: an elongate body having a rigid proximal portion and a flexible distal portion having first and second major surfaces; a proximal handle...
8062319 Endoscopic rotary abrader  
An endoscopic rotary abrader allowing for increased burr size while maintaining the required minimum clearance between the burr and the hood. This is accomplished either by an offset configuration...
8057500 Flexible inner member having a flexible region comprising a cut with convoluted path areas  
A flexible inner member for rotation within an angled outer tubular member of a rotary tissue cutting instrument to cut anatomical tissue includes a flexible region for conforming to the...
8052706 Flexible inner member having a flexible region comprising a labyrinthine cut  
A flexible inner member for rotation within an angled outer tubular member of a rotary tissue cutting instrument to cut anatomical tissue includes a flexible region for conforming to the...
8052689 Cut-off acetabular reamer  
An acetabular reamer (10, 10′, 10″) is intended in particular for the shaping of the cotyloid cavity in the event of a replacement of a hip joint by total prosthesis. The reamer (10, 10′, 10″) ...
8052613 Spinal nucleus extraction tool  
Disclosed are surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an...
8043291 Bone graft harvest device  
A bone harvesting tool includes an elongate hollow collection cannula with a lumen for receiving harvested bone tissue. Holes are formed through the collection cannula to permit visual observation...
8043292 Surgical sagittal saw blade including a guide bar, a blade head and drive rods for pivoting the blade head  
A surgical sagittal saw blade that including a guide bar shaped to be releasably secured in a static position to a complementary surgical sagittal saw. A blade is mounted to the guide bar to pivot...
8038677 Surgical instrument  
The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising a handling part and a tool part that encompasses at least one movably mounted tool which is actuated via a force-transmitting and/or...
8029508 Bone cutting apparatus  
A bone-cutting apparatus and associated method and system. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a guide removably attachable to a bone, and a rotatable mill coupled to the guide. The guide has...
8025668 Medical device removal system  
A medical device removal system includes a vessel filter repositioning or removal device to remove and/or reposition a medical device, such as a vessel filter. The system includes a gripper to grip...
8025662 Bidirectional reaming cutter  
A surgical rotary reamer including a shaft and a cutting head connected to the shaft. The cutting head has a plurality of cutting teeth. At least one cutting tooth has a forward portion, a rearward...
8016834 Process and device for treating vertebral bodies  
The invention concerns a process for treating of vertebral body (70) with the following steps: introducing a trocar (10) and a trocar jacket (20) into the vertebral body (70), removing the trocar...
8002783 Surgical device for bone surgery  
A surgical device (1) for bone surgery including a body (2) able to be gripped by the user and a tip (3) mounted at the head of the body and set in vibration at a modulated ultrasonic frequency to...
8002774 Bone mill including a base and a mill head separate from the base, the mill head including a moveable catch tray  
A bone mill including a base and a mill head that is removably attached to the base. A cutting disc is rotatably disposed in the mill head. When the mill head is attached to base, the cutting disc...
7997174 Osteochondral plug graft trimming device and method  
A device for trimming an osteochondral plug graft to an implantable configuration includes a blade assembly terminating in a configured leading cutting blade and a plug graft housing comprising a...
7993340 Instruments and techniques for spinal disc space preparation  
A milling instrument assembly is provided for vertebral endplate preparation along a cutting path obliquely oriented to the axis of approach to the vertebra. The milling instrument assembly...
7993348 Curved acetabular positioner, impactor and reamer handle  
An acetabular instrument has a handle portion having one or more solid nonflexible drive shaft elements therethrough. The shaft elements are connected by a U-joint at one of both ends to form a...
7988692 Surgical tool holder and surgical tool  
A surgical tool holder 12 and tool system 10 is provided. The surgical tool holder (12) is adapted to connect to a tool support (14) having an interface receiver (36). The tool support provides a...
7985225 Apparatus and method for sculpting the surface of a joint  
Methods and devices for sculpting bones, particularly in preparation for implanting prosthetic devices to replace articulating bone joint surfaces. Improved bone removal devices including burr...
7963967 Bone preparation tool  
A bone preparing tool for use with a percutaneous bone access system. The bone access system penetrates the interior of a bone. The bone preparation tool allows a surgeon to prepare the interior of...
7963915 Devices and methods for tissue access  
Methods and apparatus are provided for selective surgical removal of tissue. In one variation, tissue may be ablated, resected, removed, or otherwise remodeled by standard small endoscopic tools...
7959634 Orthopedic surgery access devices  
The present invention provides instrumentation that facilitates access to both sides of the vertebral body from a single access point. More particularly, the present invention provides bendable...
7955335 Osteochondral plug graft trimming device and method  
A device for trimming an osteochondral plug graft to an implantable configuration includes a blade assembly terminating in a configured leading cutting blade and a plug grail housing comprising a...
7955323 Instrument holder and method for a surgical instrument having a park position  
A surgical instrument holder has a head assembly and a drive spindle assembly. The head has a second coupling end with a coupling device and interface for receiving and holding a surgical...
7955336 Cutting instrument and method of use for preparing an osteochondral plug for implantation  
A cutting instrument and method of use for preparing an osteochondral plug for implantation into a bone defect site. The instrument includes a dual function cutting block, a base holder, a rod...
7947044 Surgical instruments for shaping spinal endplates  
The present invention relates to surgical instruments particularly suitable for preparing vertebral endplates during spinal interbody surgical procedures. Methods of using such instruments are also...
7942879 Minimally invasive bone miller apparatus  
A milling system is disclosed for creating a cavity in a bone. The cavity has a cross section which has a generally triangular profile having a first side generally parallel with an axis of the...
7938830 Powered tissue modification devices and methods  
A device for modifying tissue in a spine may include: a shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion having dimensions which allow it to be passed into an epidural space...