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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...
8080011 Reciprocating cutting tool  
The invention relates to shielded reciprocating cutting tool such as a surgical file system for precisely removing bone and/or other tissue material. The system allows a user to maneuver the system...
8062300 Tissue removal with at least partially flexible devices  
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...
8021364 Rasp attachment for a motor-driven surgical hand-held device  
A rasp attachment for a motor-driven surgical hand-piece includes a mounting means for mounting the rasp attachment to the motor-driven surgical hand-piece and a rasp area which is implemented to...
8021365 Surgical device having interchangeable components and methods of use  
A surgical device, kit, and/or method for interchanging components of the surgical device can include a handle, a docking assembly, a shaft assembly, a coupler assembly, and a surgical implement....
8002776 Vertebral endplate preparation tool kit  
A disc preparation system includes an oscillating rasp for preparation of vertebral endplates and a central reamer for reaming a pair of kidney-shaped grooves into the vertebral endplate. The...
7976545 Method and instrumentation for performing minimally invasive hip arthroplasty  
Broaching instruments divided into multiple parts to reduce the size of incisions necessary to perform a total hip arhroplasty, minimizing trauma to tissue surrounding the hip joint. One approach...
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...
7955337 Facial bone contouring device using hollowed rasp provided with non-plugging holes formed through cutting plane  
Disclosed is a facial bone contouring device for use in facial bone contouring surgery and bone tumor and/or osteophyte removal. The facial bone contouring device comprises: a rasp (10), having a...
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...
7922726 Surgical tool handle and disposable broach assembly  
A surgical tool handle and separate disposable orthopedic tool head assembly is disclosed. The surgical tool handle has a reinforcing member extending from it. The reinforcing member is receivable...
7914534 Disk preparation tool  
A tool for preparing vertebral surfaces following a discectomy has a body and a rotary cutting tool mounted at the distal end of a lever which extends through the body. The proximal end of the...
7887538 Methods and apparatus for tissue modification  
A method for modifying tissue in a patient may involve one or more of the following steps: advancing at least a distal portion of at least one elongate, at least partially flexible tissue...
7885705 System and method for facilitating hip surgery  
A system and method for use during hip surgery includes a position frame that is removably secured to the patient's femur. The system further includes a tracking unit and navigation engine that...
7837687 Surgical assembly for tissue removal  
A reciprocating surgical file system for precisely removing bone and/or other tissue is described. The system allows a user to maneuver the system and navigate into hard-to-access sites under a...
7837700 Drive apparatus  
The invention relates to shielded reciprocating surgical file system for precisely removing bone and/or other tissue material. The system allows a user to maneuver the system and navigate into hard...
7833228 Method and instrumentation for performing minimally invasive hip arthroplasty  
A broach instrument for preparing the proximal medullary canal of a femur for receiving a hip stem implant includes lateral and medial broach segments that may be assembled and disassembled along a...
7819876 Orthopaedic pin driver  
An orthopaedic pin driver is presented for impacting bone during a surgical procedure.
7806898 Modular guide systems and related rasps and methods for resecting a joint articulation surface  
The present invention relates to guide systems and methods for resecting at least a portion of a joint articulation surface on a bone by mounting a first cutting guide on the joint articulation...
7749227 Precision assembleable surgical tool handle with limited-play interconnect mechanism  
A precision adjustable surgical tool holder/driver is provided which is easily disassembled for cleaning and precisely reassembled. The holder/driver has a positionable handle allowing adjustment...
7666186 Surgical system with a blade  
A reciprocating surgical file system for precisely removing bone and/or other tissue is described. The system allows a user to maneuver the system and navigate into hard-to-access sites under a...
7632273 Minimally invasive bone broach  
A broaching system is disclosed for creating a cavity in a bone such that the cavity has a cross section which has a generally triangular profile having a first side generally parallel with an axis...
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,...
7601155 Instruments and method for minimally invasive surgery for total hips  
An intramedullary femoral broach aligns two instruments. A femoral neck resector guide slides over the broach and centers on the patient's femoral head to determine the height and angular rotation...
7572260 Orthopedic surgical device for simultaneous bone removal on both sides of a fixation pin  
A slotted bone rasp for reciprocal planing of opposed bone surfaces joined by a fixation pin so that the bone surfaces are made congruous and parallel to each other preparatory to bone fusion...
7494510 Leaflike shaft of a hip-joint prosthesis for anchoring in the femur  
The present invention relates in certain embodiments to components of a hip-joint prosthesis. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to a leaf-like femoral shaft for use as part of...
7465305 Spinal implant and cutting tool preparation accessory for mounting the implant  
Tools and methods for spinal fusion are provided. The tool is configured to cut openings into first and second vertebrae to receive a spinal implant between the vertebrae. The tool includes a...
7189240 Method and apparatus for spinal procedures  
A method of treating spinal stenosis, in which a rasp is brought through a part of a spinal channel and then axially moved so that the rasp removes a stenosis in the spinal channel. Optionally, a...
7189241 Apparatus for preparing femoral cavity using vibration under operation of fixing guide unit  
Disclosed herein is a femoral broaching apparatus for use in preparing a femoral cavity for implantation of a prosthetic joint in surgical orthopedic artificial hip joint replacement arthroplasty...
7112203 Apparatus for the preparation of a femur bone for the implantation of a prosthesis  
An apparatus for the preparation of a cement-free implantation of a prosthesis is provided. The prosthesis has a distal part corresponding to a diaphysial region of the femur, a proximal part...
6966912 Device and 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...
6932821 Femoral broach with undercut teeth  
An elongated cutting tool (10, 110) intended to plunge cut a blind form in a bone using a plurality of teeth (30, 130) arranged on the tool. At least one of the teeth is an undercut tooth (30, 130)...
6751875 High-speed, hand-held reciprocating method for cutting, carving, sawing, chiseling, filing, sanding, and engraving  
A high-speed, hand-held attachment for flex rotor shafts of power rotary tools, and also for direct attachment to power rotary tools without flex rotor shafts, that converts rotary motion to...
6663636 Femur rasp fastener  
A femur rasp fastener has a frame and a linkage. The frame has a chamber for housing the linkage. When a femur rasp is engaged with the frame and a handle of the linkage is moved, an arched and...
6660041 Hollow rasp for preparing a tubular bone  
The invention relates to a hollow rasp for preparing a tubular bone in which a post-shaped endoprosthesis is inserted. A manipulating instrument can be proximally coupled to the rasp. The rasp...
6656187 Adjustable orthopaedic instrument  
A tool (10) for preparation of a cavity (12) in a long bone (14) for receiving a joint prosthesis (16) for use in arthroplasty is provided. The tool (10) includes a body (20) having an outer...
6610066 Suction rasp and handpiece adapter assembly and powered surgical handpiece assembly including a suction rasp  
A surgical handpiece adapter for converting rotary motion of a powered surgical handpiece into reciprocating motion to drive a cutting member includes a rear drive shaft for being removably coupled...
6595996 Method of making a cut in the nasal bone  
A method of making a cut in the nasal bone of a patient includes the steps of reciprocating a distal end of an osteotome via a powered surgical handpiece and moving the distal end of the osteotome,...
6585741 Device for rasping the intramedullary canal of a bone and method for manufacturing the device  
The present invention relates to a machining method for obtaining a teeth following a helical curve on the surface of any shape whatsoever, this method being able to be applied to the manufacture...
6537280 Osteotome and handpiece adapter assembly and powered surgical handpiece assembly including an osteotome  
A surgical osteotome for being reciprocatively driven to cut anatomical tissue includes an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end presenting a cutting element. The cutting element...
6488714 Prosthesis system  
A prosthesis system consisting of an endoprosthesis with a shank which is to be introduced into the medullary canal of a bone, and of a rasp (20) which is similar in shape to the shank and is used...
6451022 Method of surgically reshaping the nasal bone  
A surgical handpiece adapter for converting rotary motion of a powered surgical handpiece into reciprocating motion to drive a cutting member includes a rear drive shaft for being removably coupled...
6436101 Rasp for use in spine surgery  
The system and method of the invention includes surgical instrumentation to enable a spine fusion procedure to proceed more accurately, efficiently and safely by allowing precision placement of an...
6368324 Powered surgical handpiece assemblies and handpiece adapter assemblies  
A surgical handpiece adapter for converting rotary motion of a powered surgical handpiece into reciprocating motion to drive a cutting member includes a rear drive shaft for being removably coupled...
6319256 Bone rasp for a femur head prosthesis  
A bone rasp has an elongate body which tapers in the distal direction with first cutting ribs which extend transversely to the longitudinal axis of the body and are arranged in parallel graduations...
6287312 Oral craniofacial bone mill  
A bone mill comprising a vessel and a rotatable grinding tool to produce ground autologous bone particles for surgical bone reconstruction use, wherein the vessel includes a wall defining a...
6258093 Surgical reamer cutter  
The invention provides a cutter head that reduces the cutting force and number of reamers required by increasing the depth of cut or cutting length. The cutting head uses at least one tooth placed...
6238435 Assembly tool for prosthetic implant  
An instrument for seating taper junctions of modular implants engages two components and provides a sustained assembly force along the junction axis with great mechanical advantage. In one...
6224605 Orthopaedic instrumentation assembly and method of using same  
An orthopaedic instrumentation assembly for preparing a bone to receive an orthopaedic implant includes a rasp which is insertable within an opening in the bone and has an attachment end with a...
6205884 Handle assembly  
A handle assembly (1) has a handle body (4), an arm (8) and a trigger mechanism (6). The handle body (4) has a recess (18) for receiving an instrument to be held by the handle assembly (1). The arm...
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