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6395004 Orthopedic trial prosthesis and saw guide instrument  
A trial prosthesis and saw guide system for use in orthopedic surgery to implant an orthopedic calcar-replacing femoral hip prosthesis. A trial femoral hip stem includes a longitudinal axis, a...
6387100 Method and arrangement for position determining of bone structure  
A positioning determining arrangement used for finding directions for perforations in bone structure surgery is attachable to a machine with a movable arm. The arrangement is provided with a first...
6383189 Driver tool for bone distractor with shaft extension  
A bone distractor for distracting bone on opposite sides of an osteotomy of the bone. Included are a first affixation member for affixation to the bone on one side of the osteotomy and a second...
6379364 Dual drill guide for a locking bone plate  
A surgical drill guide assembly for demountable attachment to the fastener holes of a bone plate is provided. The drill guide assembly includes a pair of alignment drill tubes that are aligned with...
6371968 Cavity retaining tool for bone surgery, a cavity retaining tool for general surgery, an endoscopic surgery system involving the use of a cavity retaining tool, and a procedure for surgery  
A cavity-retaining tool for bone surgery includes a cavity-retaining sheath which is inserted into the body and forms a cavity to act as a work space for bone surgery, a treatment channel which is...
6364910 Method and apparatus for use of a glenoid component  
A glenoid component for use in shoulder arthroplasty, the glenoid component is adapted to be implanted into a scapula and engaged by a head of a humeral component. The glenoid component has a body...
6328745 Palate expander  
An expander for lengthening a patient's palate comprises two substantially rigid sections, each of which sections has one or more downwardly extending members capable of being affixed to a surface;...
6315780 Bone clamp for dynamic and non-dynamic compression of transverse fractures and method of use thereof  
A bone clamp permits temporary securement of adjacent bone segments of an involved bone separated by a fracture following open reduction thereof. A pair of jaw members opposed to one another are...
6299616 Endoscopic insertion apparatus  
An endoscopic insertion apparatus for a spinal column implant system is provided having a screwing-in tool and an elongated holding device for holding a bone plate. The implant system essentially...
6283972 Holder for acetabular reamer  
A holder for an acetabular reamer of the type including a generally hemispherical shell having a circular edge and cross arms connected adjacent to the edge and which converge at the center of the...
6273892 Fracture fixation system  
A fracture fixation system is provided for the insertion of a fixation pin into the medullary canal of a fractured metacarpal, metatarsal, or phalangeal bone for stable bone fixation. The system...
6270502 Methods and instruments for performing radial impacting  
A radial impacting technique involves using a set of progressively larger radial impactors to pack a medullary canal in a radial direction toward the cortex. For revision cases, graft material,...
6267762 Device for the positioning of a proximal extremity of a tibia against a cutting guide including an adjusting handle  
Equipment for the positioning of a proximal extremity of a tibia against a cutting guide (1), including a support bracket is shown. Devices are provided for distally immobilizing a tibia, which...
6258096 Extramedullary femoral clamp guide system for total knee arthroplasty  
An extramedullary femoral clamp guide system enables cutting a portion of the distal end of a femur perpendicularly to an ideal weight bearing axis of the femur as viewed in an antero-posterior...
6254605 Tibial guide  
A drill guide for determining the site for and drilling a tunnel in a tibia during an anterior cruciate ligament replacement procedure and method for using same are also disclosed. The drill guide...
6228089 Device for positioning and guiding a surgical instrument during orthopaedic interventions  
The invention relates to a device for positioning and guiding a surgical instrument during orthopaedic interventions, comprising an industrial robot which has a program-controlled robot arm (1)...
6228092 System for performing hip prosthesis surgery  
A cannulated tamp for preparing a cavity in a femur to receive a prosthesis has a thin sidewall with perforations and openings at the proximal and distal ends. During the process of tamping bone...
6217581 High pressure cement injection device for bone repair  
An adaptor for injecting cement dispensed under high pressure from a cement gun into a bone cavity or into an interstice in a joint formed between a prosthetic pin and cement in the cavity,...
6214011 Implantation of prosthetic components based upon joint reduction  
Improved bone cutting guides enable a surgeon to better gauge required resection characteristics. In one embodiment at least a portion of the guide is transparent, thereby enabling the user to...
6200317 Device for moving two objects relative to each other  
A device for moving a first object relative to a second object, which device comprises a first part, which can be fixed to the first object, and a second part, which can be fixed to the second...
6190392 Method and apparatus for ultrasonic removal of bone cement material  
A method and apparatus for ultrasonic removal of bone cement material includes an auger tool and an ultrasonic transducer/hand piece. The auger tool includes a spiral helical flute which extends...
6171313 Distraction apparatus for subapical osteotomy and vertical segment distraction and ridge augmentation  
An apparatus for use in dental base regeneration has a support bar having fixing members on ends thereof for fixing the bar to teeth of the mandible or maxilla. A bone section engagement member,...
6168600 Acetabular reamer backing plate and method of use  
The present invention is a backing plate for an acetabular reamer assembly that allows for the attachment of a reamer driver. The acetabular reamer assembly comprises a cutting cup and backing...
6165224 Prosthesis intended to be anchored in a long bone  
A prosthesis for anchoring in a long bone wherein the prosthesis includes a stem adapted to be inserted in a medullary cavity of the bone and from which extends a metaphyseal part which is...
6161541 Hyoid expansion and suspension procedure  
A method is provided for surgically treating obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. In a first embodiment of the invention, a procedure is provided which includes the step of splitting the hyoid bone to...
6159215 Insertion instruments and method for delivering a vertebral body spacer  
A spacer-insertion instrument for delivering a spacer to a spine is disclosed. The instrument includes a handle portion and a guide coupled to the handle portion. The instrument further includes a...
6159246 Surgical method and tool for repairing a patella of the knee joint  
A surgical method and device are provided which enable to prepare a natural patella for accepting a patella implant, while preserving a predetermined thickness of the natural patella. The device...
6126662 Bone implant  
A kit of assemblable components for implantation into the bone of a mammal for use in distraction osteogenesis. The kit comprises a fixture, a footing and a distracter, the fixture including a...
6127597 Systems for percutaneous bone and spinal stabilization, fixation and repair  
Systems for bone and spinal stabilization, fixation and repair include intramedullar nails, intervertebral cages and prostheses, remotely activatable prostheses, tissue extraction devices, and...
6123707 Reduction instrument  
Devices and instruments for use in spinal alignment or spinal reduction include a connector rod designed to attach to a spinal rod connector, a push rod designed to push against a spinal rod, and a...
6117138 Instruments for forming bony cavity for implantable femoral, hip prosthesis  
A variety of surgical instruments facilitate implantation of a femoral stem component of an implantable prosthesis. A skeletal member is prepared by securing a reamer in the member. A broach is...
6117139 Ligament graft-securing device  
A ligament graft-securing device includes a body part; a knotting hole for knotting therein threads sewed to an end of the ligament graft and which is formed at one end of the body part; a...
6113605 Prosthesis inserter  
An insertion system for a prosthesis has an inserter with a box-like attachment device mounted therein. The attachment device has an end wall, a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls with a crossbar...
6090114 Tibial plateau resection guide  
An apparatus and method for tibial alignment which allows the independent establishment of two separate geometric planes to be used as a reference for the cutting of the tibial plateau during total...
6086592 Tissue graft impingement device  
A device for determining possible impingement of a replacement tissue graft with a portion of a bone at a joint, the replacement tissue graft of the type to be inserted and secured within a bone...
6077269 Bone cutting guides with centralized recesses for use in the implantation of prosthetic joint components  
Improved bone cutting guides enable a surgeon to better gauge required resection characteristics. In one embodiment at least a portion of the guide is transparent, thereby enabling the user to...
6063123 Acetabular insert extractor and method for use  
A plastic insert is extracted from a metal acetabular shell by an extractor device which includes a seat positioned on the insert. A first guide member is attached to the seat. A second guide...
6059789 Drill guide for creating a tunnel in bone for fixating soft tissue to the bone and kit and method for fixating soft tissue to bone  
A drill guide for positioning on a surface of a bone includes a projection for penetrating the bone, an abutment for engaging the surface of the bone to ensure penetration of the bone by the...
6056755 Method for transporting a bone segment in order to bridge a bone defect and device for carrying out the method  
In order to transport a bone segment (5) in order to bridge a bone defect (4) on a tubular bone (1) in a self-inductive manner using a fully implanted device, it is proposed for the segment (5) to...
6053916 Sacroiliac implant  
An implant is provided which facilitates enhanced structural stability across a joint to be immobilized. The sacroiliac implant is an elongate structure having two cylindrical sections of differing...
6033405 Apparatus and method for implant insertion  
Apparatus for and methods of inserting implants are disclosed wherein the apparatus includes a handle portion and a body portion attached to the handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis. The...
6027507 Leg length gauge for total hip surgery  
A leg length gauge for use during hip joint replacement surgery to insure that the overall length of the patient's leg subsequent to the surgery is substantially the same as it was prior to the...
6022357 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument for releasing the press fit of a joint insert in a joint socket is characterized by at least two supports which are positionable on the edge of the joint socket and are...
6019766 Acetabular cup cement pressurization device  
A device for use with an acetabular socket prosthesis which has an outer rim of predetermined size. The device comprises an outwardly extending removable location and/or sealing element adapted to...
6019764 Method of treating alveolar bone defects  
A method of repairing defects in alveolar bone underlying gingival tissue by placing a layer of flexible high-density polytetrafluoroethlylene (PTFE) material over the alveolar bone defect between...
6013080 Tamp with horizontal steps used for impaction bone grafting in revision femur  
A tamp system includes a plurality of tamps, each of which includes an elongated body having a stepped outer surface. The body has a diameter and a longitudinal axis, wherein the diameter decreases...
6010508 Automatic impact device  
An impact tool useful for performing a number of different surgical and industrial functions is provided. The invented tool can perform such surgical functions as freeing cement, implanting pins,...
5997543 Surgical instrumentation  
A surgical instrument for aligning a surgical tool includes a tool guide in which is provided an opening for receiving and guiding a portion of the surgical tool and a bone engaging element which...
5993453 Controlled-depth bone cutter  
A surgical tool for controlling the depth of penetration of a cutter into bone. The tool has a tubular housing with three legs extending therefrom to provide a tripod-like support when positioned...
5993457 Measurement device and method for total hip arthroplasty  
Postoperative change in lower extremity length during total hip arthroplasty is controlled by determining a control distance between proximal and distal fixed reference points on a control femur,...
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