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7615052 |
Surgical instrument and method
Embodiments of the invention include devices and methods for manipulating bone. Instruments of some of the embodiments are insertable into a vertebral body or between vertebral bodies to apply...
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7611514 |
Spinal interspace shaper
A device and method for use in a vertebral spine to prepare a space between adjacent vertebral bodies to receive an implant. The device includes a shaft, and a mounting member at one end of the...
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7608076 |
Minimally invasive collapsible surgical reamer
A surgical reamer ( 10 ) for cutting a bone socket is provided, defining a drive axis, an apex. The reamer ( 10 ) further includes (a) a fixed support portion ( 12 ) aligned with the drive axis and...
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7604641 |
System and method for joint resurface repair
A system for positioning an element relative to an articular surface. An embodiment of the system may include a first element having a positional reference relative to an articular surface. The...
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7591821 |
Surgical technique and instrumentation for minimal incision hip arthroplasty surgery
Improved instruments for modifying a shape of a proximal femur of a patient for installation of a stem of a femoral component of a prosthetic hip during hip replacement surgery, comprising a handle...
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7591820 |
Retrograde osteochondral autograft transfer system
A retrograde osteochondral autograft transfer system that ensures that grafted healthy bone is implanted into the recipient site in a retrograde manner as opposed to a conventional anterior manner,...
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7582090 |
Bone preserving total hip arthroplasty using autograft
Methods and instruments for use of a patient's native and existing cancellous bone as a packing material for the intramedullary canal in total hip arthroplasty and subsequent revision hip surgery....
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7572258 |
Mitre instrument, as an example for hallux surgery
A mitre instrument for use during surgery when cutting bone in connection with shortening or extension and/or correcting of the angle of the bone. The mitre instrument includes a body ( 9 ), in...
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7569057 |
Impulsive percussion instruments for endplate preparation
A hand-held instrument, with a rotary power input to a camshaft, has cam and follower arrangement to provide a reciprocating shaft output. A cutter is provided on the output shaft. In one example,...
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7569056 |
Methods and apparatus for forming shaped axial bores through spinal vertebrae
One or more shaped axial bore extending from an accessed posterior or anterior target point are formed in the cephalad direction through vertebral bodies and intervening discs, if present, in...
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7559927 |
Surgical instrument with telescoping attachment
A surgical instrument for the dissection of bone and other tissue includes a spindle, a dissection tool and an coupler disposed between the spindle and the dissection tool. The coupler includes a...
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7555343 |
Devices and methods for selective surgical removal of tissue
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...
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7549992 |
Surgical instrument with angled attachment
In one embodiment, there is disclosed a surgical instrument for the dissection of bone or other tissue, the surgical instrument including a tool having a shaft with a dissection area disposed...
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7540874 |
Method and device for use in osteotomy
Method and device to be used in osteotomy in securing two separated parts of a bone in relation to each other before and after removing an excessive part thereof. After removing and/or...
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7534245 |
Flexible tap apparatus and method of use
A flexible tap apparatus system comprises a first flexible tap apparatus member having a shaft having an upper shaft portion and a lower shaft portion. The upper shaft portion comprises ridges and...
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7527628 |
Surgical saw blade having at least one pair of opposed teeth shaped as right triangles
A cutting saw blade for use with an oscillatory power tool used in surgical bone cutting procedures including a blade having a distal end provided with teeth whose tips are located on a tangent...
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7520901 |
Bicompartmental implants and method of use
The present invention provides a method and device for restoring individual patient joint kinematics using minimally invasive surgical procedures. The instrumentation of the invention sculpts the...
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7513899 |
Acetabular reamer connection mechanism
A tool holder releasably coupling a surgical tool such as a reaming tool to a drive shaft which tool has radially extending mounting elements. The holder includes a head portion coupled to an end...
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7507231 |
Surgical power console with locking speed control
A powered surgical system includes a power console with locking speed control capabilities. The surgical power console delivers power to two separate surgical instruments, particularly surgical...
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7503920 |
Spinal surgery system and method
Apparatus and method for minimally invasive spinal surgery employs an elongated flexible guide element inserted so as to pass in through a first lateral posterior incision, through the spinal...
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7500977 |
Method and apparatus for manipulating material in the spine
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...
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7497861 |
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...
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7497860 |
Surgical sagittal saw including a handpiece and a removable blade assembly, the blade assembly including a guide bar, a blade head capable of oscillatory movement and a drive rod for actuating the blade head
A surgical sagittal saw including a handpiece from which a planar guide bar extends. A saw blade is mounted to the distal end of the guide bar to move across the guide bar. Drive rods connect the...
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7497859 |
Tools for implanting an artificial vertebral disk
This invention relates to tools for preparing vertebral bodies in the spine for the implantation of an artificial vertebral disk replacement and related method. A first tool is disclosed that...
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7488322 |
High speed surgical cutting instrument
A surgical cutting instrument including an outer tube, inner wire assembly, cutting tip, coupling chuck, and housing. The outer tube includes a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end....
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7476226 |
Tools and methods for creating cavities in bone
Tools for use in the creation of cavities in bones. The tools include a probe, a cannula that provides percutaneous passageway to the interior of the treated bone, a bone tamp, and a system for...
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7465309 |
Surgical handpiece with a push rod that both transfers rotational movement to an output drive shaft and that actuates a cutting accessory locking assembly
A powered surgical handpiece that actuates a cutting accessory releasably attached to it. A drive shaft is connected to a motor internal to the handpiece that rotates upon actuation of the motor....
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7465304 |
Anterior cervical facet discectomy surgery kit and method for its use
A surgical kit is used for performing an anterior cervical disectomy, the surgical kit having a sheath that is inserted into a mammal by using a bullet coupled to the sheath and impacting on the...
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7427284 |
Fixation technology
Provided herein is a method for the repair of damaged tissue present at or on the surface of bone in an animal, the method comprising forming a narrow groove around at least part of said damaged...
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7399303 |
Bone cutting device and method for use thereof
Apparatus and a method of inserting spinal implants is disclosed in which an intervertebral space is first distracted, a hollow sleeve having teeth at one end is then driven into the vertebrae...
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7364580 |
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...
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7341592 |
Method and apparatus for graft fixation
An apparatus and method for performing a surgery, especially an ACL replacement surgery, where a flexible strand insertion rod co-operates with a U-Guide apparatus to insert a flexible strand into...
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7338495 |
Angled tissue cutting instruments having flexible inner tubular members of tube and sleeve construction
An angled tissue cutting instrument comprises an angled outer tubular member rotatably receiving a flexible inner tubular member. The inner member has a flexible region in correspondence with an...
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7338494 |
Spring-loaded awl
A spring-loaded surgical awl is provided for orthopedic applications that include creating or enlarging holes in bone. The awl has an awl shaft with a cutting tip within a sleeve, with a spring...
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7326214 |
Bone cutting device having a cutting edge with a non-extending center
Apparatus and a method of inserting spinal implants is disclosed in which an intervertebral space is first distracted, a hollow sleeve having teeth at one end is then driven into the vertebrae...
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7326203 |
Device for advancing a functional element through tissue
This invention relates to an apparatus for incrementally advancing functional probes through tissue.
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RE39995 |
Minimally invasive intramedullary nail insertion instruments and method
A minimally invasive reaming assembly for creating an entry portal into the canal of a bone and for providing a working channel in which to ream the canal of a bone. The assembly includes a sleeve,...
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7306607 |
Method and apparatus for minimally invasive distal femoral resection
A tool assembly and a method for forming a less invasive resection of a selected bone portion. For example, a distal femur may be resected with substantially a single minor incision. Tools may be...
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7294131 |
Bone removal device
An apparatus and method for positioning and controlling the movement of a bone removal device, and thus of controlling the profile of material removed by the device. Also an improved drive...
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7234468 |
Transverse cavity device and method
A method for treating a compression fracture in a bone includes the step of forming a transverse cavity and then applying a force within the cavity generally normal to a surface of the bone to...
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7226450 |
Tissue penetrating device and methods for using same
A device for tissue, especially hard tissue, penetration which incorporated a novel paddle-shaped needle for low friction rotatory penetration of the tissue. A controlled delivery or extraction...
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7179262 |
Method and apparatus for stereotactic implantation
The invention relates to a technique for precisely locating a line containing a predetermined point within the surgical site using a series of levels and plumb lines and internal anatomical...
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7160304 |
Method for preparing a space between adjacent vertebrae to receive an insert
A device and method for use in a human spine to prepare a space between adjacent vertebral bodies and into the vertebral end plates to receive an implantable insert. The device includes a handle, a...
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7153303 |
Guide and blade for contouring vertebral bodies
A guide and a blade for contouring vertebral bodies. The guide is sized to be mounted between two vertebral members and includes a pair of edges for receiving the blade. The pair of edges are...
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7147642 |
Endplate shaping device
An improved milling block for use in shaping endplates of opposing vertebral bodies, the block having upper and lower vertical slots for anchoring pins that allow free movement of the adjacent...
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7144397 |
Minimally invasive system for manipulating intervertebral disc tissue
The present invention relates generally to intervertebral disc devices and methods and instrumentation for intervertebral disc procedures. An intervertebral disc repair and diagnostic device that...
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7115131 |
Apparatus and method for sculpting the surface of a joint
The present invention provides a method and device for restoring individual patient joint kinematics using minimally invasive surgical procedures. The instrumentation of the invention sculpts the...
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7114501 |
Transverse cavity device and method
The invention teaches the use of a surgical instrument for creating and preparing a cavity in a bony intervertebral body. Asymmetrical cutting structures selectively open a cavity which has a...
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7104998 |
Hip joint robot system and robot mounting apparatus
A robot mounting apparatus for a hip joint operation robot capable of firmly attaching a hip joint operation robot to a femur in order for operation robot to perform an accurate femoral canal...
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7104994 |
Heating pen, tack seating device, and tap and surgical implantation methods using same
A method, apparatus and system for applying bio-resorbable membranes or plates to bone for internal fixation of bone defects is disclosed.
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