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7615047 Laser tip incision template for bone surgery  
A shape and depth template for incisions with laser tips, usable in bone surgery, comprising a guiding body for a laser tip provided with two mutually opposite end faces arranged at a preset...
7614938 Reconditioned medical devices  
A method of reconditioning a medical device may include removing a portion of the medical device, and attaching to the medical device a replacement piece formed from nickel carbide and sized,...
7611515 Orthopaedic reamer driver for minimally invasive surgery  
An orthopedic reamer assembly for minimally invasive surgery including a reamer and a driver. The driver includes a shaft with a distal end and a longitudinal axis; and a driver head connected to...
7611473 Tissue extraction and maceration device  
Devices and methods are provided for extracting and macerating tissue, and optionally for depositing the tissue onto a tissue scaffold. The device generally includes an outer tube having a...
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...
7604637 Apparatus and method for minimally invasive total joint replacement  
A method and apparatus for minimally invasive total joint replacement. The method involves sculpting the articular surface of a second bone that normally articulates with a first bone by attaching...
7604636 Method and apparatus for arthroscopic tunneling  
A method and apparatus for repairing soft tissue through a less invasive procedure. Generally, a single shaft instrument is provided to allow for the drilling of a non-linear path into bone to...
7588572 Connector for domed cutting tool  
The surgical reamer has a hollow dome with apertures spaced apart arranged in arcs extending from an apex of the dome to the base portion of the dome, and removable teeth positioned in the...
7585300 Dissecting high speed burr for spinal surgery  
A rotatable surgical burr ( 100, 200, 300, 500 ) having a protective hood ( 120, 220, 320, 520, 620, 720 ) with a dissecting foot plate ( 119, 219, 319, 519, 619, 719 ) is provided to improve and...
7580743 Device for monitoring penetration into anatomical members  
The invention relates to a device that can be used to monitor the penetration of a penetration member into anatomical structures and, in particular, bone structures of a living body, the structures...
7572259 Inset acetabular reamer coupling  
An acetabular reamer for surgical use includes (a) a substantially hemispherical dome defining an equatorial plane, and (b) a reamer spindle interface structure fixedly attached to the inside of...
7569058 Adjustable length tap and method for drilling and tapping a bore in bone  
The present invention is directed to an adjustable self drilling tap assembly and method for drilling and tapping bores in bone for use in orthopedic procedures to treat bone. The adjustable length...
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...
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...
7537597 Storage package for coring reamer assembly  
A guide bushing for a coring reamer having a tapered member with its largest diameter at its first end so that the guide bushing frictionally engages an internal surface of the reamer with a line...
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...
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...
7503921 Variable angle orthopaedic reamer driver  
An orthopaedic reamer driver includes a tubular housing having at least one first positioning feature. A driveshaft within the housing has a drive end. A variable angle cap is pivotally coupled...
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...
7491203 Instruments for bone screws  
An adjustable drill for use in implanting orthopedic screws, such as adjustable compression screws having a separate adjustable head. The adjustable drill comprises a primary drill bit and a...
7479144 Collapsible orthopaedic reamer  
An orthopaedic reamer including an at least partially hemispherical cutting head which is rotatable about a primary axis and at least one deployable wing connected to the cutting head. Each of the...
7422594 Drilling tool guide wire alignment device  
A device for installation of a guide wire for a drilling tool in a correct positional arrangement in a bone. The device includes a tissue protection sleeve, which has at one end a laterally...
7402040 Osseous preparation tool used in dental medicine and device for the use thereof  
The active portion of an osseous compression tool for use particularly in dentistry for the preparation of an osseous seat has a cross-section whose perimeter, e.g. of polygonal shape, is defined...
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...
7393355 Femoral guide and pivoting reamer  
An apparatus for preparing the femur of a patient to receive a prosthesis is disclosed. A support is mountable in the recess and is shaped for mounting the first insert on the support. The insert...
7371260 Method and instrumentation for the preparation and transplantation of osteochondral allografts  
Provided are procedures and instruments for preparing and transplanting osteochondral allograft plugs to a host bone to repair an articular cartilage defect. An allograft bone plug having a...
7344513 Device for treating human and/or animal tissue  
A device for working human and/or animal tissue is provided. The device includes a drill head is connected with a flexible shaft which in turn is connected to a drill apparatus through a shank. The...
7335207 Minimally invasive cup impactor  
A method and apparatus for implanting a prosthetic through a less invasive procedure. Generally, an instrument is provided to allow for a torque transfer along a non-linear line. Therefore, an...
7331963 Drill head for use in placing an intervertebral disc device  
A drill head for preparing the bone of two opposing vertebral bodies to accept the concaval-convex shape of an endoprosthesis includes a form cutter having at least one predetermined milling...
7326215 Curved surgical tool driver  
A surgical tool driver has a driven end connectable to a rotary drive source and a driving end connectable to a surgical tool. A shaft assembly there between includes a hollow outer shaft and a...
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...
7326203 Device for advancing a functional element through tissue  
This invention relates to an apparatus for incrementally advancing functional probes through tissue.
7326198 Remote release instrument holder for surgical use  
An instrument holder ( 10 ) for surgical use has a remote locking mechanism ( 12 ) and is elongated having a proximal end ( 14 ) and a distal end ( 16 ). The holder ( 10 ) has an elongated shank (...
7318826 Transpedicular intervertebral disk access methods and devices  
A flexible drill and method of drilling a material are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a flexible drill includes a lower sub-assembly connected to an upper sub-assembly, where the lower...
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,...
7309338 Methods and apparatus for performing therapeutic procedures in the spine  
Methods and apparatus for forming one or more trans-sacral axial instrumentation/fusion (TASIF) axial bore through vertebral bodies in general alignment with a visualized, anterior or posterior...
7300440 Methods and instruments for interbody fusion  
A laparoscopic surgical technique is provided for preparing a site for implantation of a fusion device or implant. In accordance with one embodiment of the technique, a laparoscope is provided...
7264622 System for radial bone displacement  
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...
7255702 Bone milling instrument  
A bone milling instrument is disclosed for creating a shaped cavity from an initial cavity in a bone, the bone milling instrument comprising a reference frame, a centering member at the distal end...
7241297 Transpedicular intervertebral disk access methods and devices  
Methods and devices for treating diseases and conditions that change the spacial relationship between the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks, or that cause instability of the vertebral...
7238189 ACL reconstruction technique using retrodrill  
Methods and apparatus for arthroscopic tenodesis using sockets in bone created by retrograde cutting. A cannulated pin is drilled through bone and into a joint space in the normal, antegrade...
7229457 Surgical instrument with adjustable rotary cutting tool and method of cutting  
A surgical cutting tool in which at least one slot is formed through the wall of a tubular housing and receives a blade. An actuator is disposed in the bore and engages the blade so that axial...
7229078 Hollow small diameter tool holder for surgical use  
A surgical tool holder comprises a shank having first driveable end and second coupling end, the second end comprising a coupling device having interfaces for mating with corresponding structures...
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...
7217272 Orthopaedic rotary reamer with implant compliant cutting teeth  
An orthopaedic reamer for cutting bone includes a rotatable shaft and a cutting head coupled with the shaft. The cutting head includes a distal face with a radius and a plurality of cutting teeth....
7217271 Orthopaedic reamer driver for minimally invasive surgery  
An orthopaedic reamer assembly for minimally invasive surgery including a reamer and a driver. The driver includes a shaft with a distal end and a longitudinal axis; and a driver head connected to...
7201775 Stabilizing device for intervertebral disc, and methods thereof  
An implantable device for stabilizing joints is provided. The stabilizing device, or implant, includes an elongated body and at least two bone cutting surfaces. The bone cutting surfaces are...
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...
7179024 Tool with deployable cutting blade  
A tool having a deployable cutting blade for making an undercut in a substrate is disclosed. The tool has a chamber positioned between its cutting tip and its tang. The cutting blade is movably...
7160305 Retrodrill technique for insertion of autograft, allograft or synthetic osteochondral implants  
Osteochondral sockets are formed using a retrograde drill assembly. The retrograde drill assembly includes a guide pin having a fluted tip and an externally threaded portion. A removable cutter...