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7628794 |
Prosthetic revision knee system
The present invention provides a femoral component, and a method for surgical implantation of a femoral prosthesis, comprised of a revision knee implant and corresponding cutting block system. In...
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7621919 |
Orthopedic cutting block
An orthopedic cutting block for use in shaping a bone. The cutting block having at least two components, one of which is made of a polymeric material. The cutting block allowing for precise and...
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7618420 |
Locking intramedullary jig
A locking intramedullary alignment jig for use in bone resection, especially for the proximal tibial has an axially extending intramedullary rod for insertion into the medullary canal of the tibia....
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7615054 |
Bicompartmental knee implant and method
An improved method of performing surgery on a joint in a patient's body, such as a knee, includes making an incision in a knee portion of one leg while a lower portion of the one leg is extending...
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7608079 |
Unicondylar knee apparatus and system
A device for resecting a bone to receive an implant comprising a resection guide and a cutting device. The resection guide is operable to be secured to a bone. The cutting device operable to cut...
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7604639 |
Patellar cutting guide
A patellar cutting guide is particularly useful in a method of minimally invasive knee arthroplasty in which an incision is made along the medial or lateral aspect of a patient's knee, exposing the...
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7601154 |
Unicondylar knee instrument system
The present invention provides for an apparatus for cutting a tibia, a stylus, an apparatus for cutting a femur, an apparatus for aligning a femoral cutting guide, and an ankle clamp in support of...
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7588577 |
Guide assembly for intramedullary fixation and method of using the same
An intramedullary fixation assembly usable with different long bone types and a guide assembly for guiding deployment of the intramedullary fixation assembly. The intramedullary fixation assembly...
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7582091 |
Osteotomy guide
An osteotomy guide for indicating the femoral neck resection on a femur and its method of use are presented. The osteotomy guide includes an indexing feature for aligning the guide with an anatomic...
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7572262 |
Femoral guide for revision surgery
A femoral guide for use in implanting a knee prosthesis. The femoral guide includes a cutting guide, and a referencing guide coupled to the cutting guide and adapted for locating a femoral joint line.
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7572261 |
Modular capture with magnetic attachment
A detachable cutting tool capture for a cutting block provides a guide surface to convert an open surface block into a slotted block for plying a surgical cutting tool along the surfaces of the...
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7569060 |
Apparatus for the fixing of the position of bone cuts
The invention relates to an apparatus for the fixing of the position of bone cuts for the insertion of knee implants comprising at least one cutting template which can be coupled to a base element...
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7547307 |
Computer assisted knee arthroplasty instrumentation, systems, and processes
Instrumentation, systems, and processes for tracking anatomy, instrumentation, trial implants, implants, and references, and rendering images and data related to them in connection with surgical...
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7527629 |
Instrument set for fitting an intervertebral joint prosthesis
Instrument set for fitting an intervertebral prosthesis, comprising a guide device ( 4 ) for an instrument or a prosthesis part, which guide device ( 4 ) is to be secured on at least one vertebral...
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7507242 |
Surgical measurement and resection framework
A frame is attachable to first and second bone portions of a patient to facilitate measurement and resection of one or more bony landmarks. The frame has two anchoring features, each of which has a...
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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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7485120 |
Tapered bone fusion cages or blocks, implantation means and method
A novel device and method for fusions inside a forward widely tapering human disc space. A stabilizing/guiding system is driven into and against the disc space. The device is further stabilized by...
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7481814 |
Method and apparatus for use of a mill or reamer
An assembly and method for providing a less invasive resection of various bone portions. Generally, the assembly includes a positioning rod and a reamer that may be moved relative to the...
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7419491 |
Bone-conserving orthopedic instrumentation and appliances
Apparatus and surgical techniques provide alternative cutting fixtures and other features to improve bone resection accuracy and joint stability. According to one embodiment, stabilizers are...
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7377924 |
Navigated drill guided resection block
A bone cutting guide block has a cutting tool guide surface and a navigation mount for a navigation tracker component for computer aided positioning of the guide for a resection procedure. In...
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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...
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7364581 |
Variable angle cutting block
A variable angle cutting block and method for resection a bone are disclosed. The variable angle cutting block comprises a first portion, a second portion, and an angle adjustment system for...
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7344541 |
Methods and apparatus for femoral and tibial resection
Methods and apparatus for knee arthroplasty utilize components including an alignment device, a single medially or laterally located guidance device, and a cutting device for use in preparing the...
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7344540 |
Patella resection guide
A method and apparatus for resectioning a patella without everting it includes a resection guide which grips the patella with gripping members, one of which can also function as an alignment guide...
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7338496 |
Method and apparatus for positioning an implant
A jig for positioning an implant at an implantation site in a bone. The jig comprises a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an exterior surface, an interior surface operable to receive...
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7318827 |
Osteotomy procedure
An osteotomy resection procedure for removing a wedge from a bone utilizing a localization device. The localization device being used to track reference points associated with the bone, track...
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7297163 |
Shoulder prosthesis
A system and method for installing a shoulder prosthesis. The method includes removing the original humeral head and shaping the proximal end of the humerus with one or more implements to prepare...
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7291176 |
System for establishing the orientation of a modular implant
This invention provides apparatus and a method for assembling a modular hip implant where the desired orientation of the neck component is uniquely determined during the trialing phase of the...
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7285122 |
Method and apparatus for resecting a distal femur and a proximal tibia in preparation for implementing a partial knee prosthesis
A method of resecting a proximal tibia and distal femur for implanting a partial knee prosthesis uses a resecting kit which includes multiple spacers, each of which has a different spacing...
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7282054 |
Adjustable cut block
The present invention provides a cut block for cutting the femur and tibia during knee replacement surgery.
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7238190 |
Surgical apparatus to allow replacement of degenerative ankle tissue
A surgical apparatus that makes possible the replacement of ankle tissue between the bottom of the tibia and the adjoining top of the talus bone comprises: (a) a base having primary and secondary...
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7235080 |
Femoral reference tibial cut guide
A femoral reference tibial cut guide for cutting the proximal tibia to receive a tibial implant. The cut guide references the femur to determine the appropriate tibial resection.
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7198628 |
Adjustable humeral cutting guide
An adjustable humeral cutting guide for defining a cutting plane for a saw in a bone using a positioning structure includes a clamp, a saw guide, and an orientable coupling. The clamp is configured...
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7192431 |
Cartilage grafting
A set of surgical instruments for repairing a cartilage surface on a posterior surface of the patella includes a first instrument and a second instrument. The first instrument includes a channel...
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7182766 |
Adjustable osteotomy guide
An osteotomy guide having a frame and a pair of guide pins, for creating a desired cut in a bone. The frame has an outer frame, and an inner frame which is telescopically mounted within the outer...
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7175630 |
Bone cutting template and method of use
The present invention comprises a set of instruments and a method for their use in preparing a knee joint to receive knee implants. The inventive instruments and method are generally suitable for...
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7172596 |
Minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty method and instrumentation
A method and apparatus for performing total knee arthroplasty which is minimally invasive includes components with guide surfaces and slots for controlling the path of a cutting saw. The...
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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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7147643 |
Implantation system and aiming device for the same
An implantation system for a locking nail has an aiming device, wherein the locking nail is formed for detachable attachment to the aiming device at the one end thereof. The nail has two locking...
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7141053 |
Methods of minimally invasive unicompartmental knee replacement
A method of minimally invasive unicompartmental knee replacement includes accessing a knee through a minimal incision, forming a planar surface along a tibial plateau of the knee, forming a planar...
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7118577 |
Multiportal device with linked segmented cannulae and method for percutaneous surgery
The device of the invention consists of a plurality of tubular cannulae, consisting of stackable segments, which prior to the surgery, are linked together at their distal ends by flexible elements,...
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7118576 |
Multiportal device with linked cannulae and method for percutaneous surgery
The device of the invention consists of a plurality of tubular cannulae, which prior to the surgery, are linked together at their distal ends by flexible elements, such as wires or threads. All the...
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7112204 |
Tibial tubercle osteotomy for total knee arthroplasty and instruments and implants therefor
A method of performing a tibial tubercle osteotomy includes cutting a bone portion of a tibial tubercle from a remaining portion of the tibial tubercle, at least a portion of a patella ligament...
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7104996 |
Method of performing surgery
An improved method of performing surgery on a joint in a patient's body, such as a knee, includes making an incision in a knee portion of one leg while a lower portion of the one leg is extending...
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7094241 |
Method and apparatus for achieving correct limb alignment in unicondylar knee arthroplasty
A method and apparatus for correcting limb alignment in a unicondylar knee arthroplasty and linking the distal femoral cut and the proximal tibial cut. Alignment rods are connected to a spacing...
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7083624 |
Extramedullary fluoroscopic alignment guide
An extramedullary fluoroscopic alignment guide is disclosed, along with a surgical kit including such an alignment guide and a surgical method employing such an alignment guide. The extramedullary...
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7033361 |
Tibial cutting guide having variable adjustment
A method and a device for positioning a cutting guide for cutting a bone such as the tibia has a first elongated member having a longitudinally extended threaded surface. A second member is...
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7025770 |
Femoral guide and methods of precisely forming bone tunnels in cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee
A femoral guide for precisely positioning a guide wire on a femur bone surface. A lumen allows a guide wire extending through the lumen to contact the bone surface at a location spaced a...
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7011664 |
Resection guide alignment apparatus
A resection guide alignment apparatus includes a resection guide, an intramedullary (“IM”) rod coupled to the resection guide, and a locking mechanism. The IM rod has a first end, a second end,...
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7001394 |
Method and apparatus for surgically preparing a tibia for implantation of a prosthetic implant component which has an offset stem
A surgical assembly for preparing a tibia for implantation of a prosthetic implant includes a tray trial adapted to be secured to a proximal end of the tibia. The tray trial includes a plate having...
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