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7066941 Apparatus for skin treatment  
Aging or damaged skin is treated by irradiating affected skin areas with an effective amount of visible light emanating from an optical apparatus and having a wavelength of about 400 nm to about...
7060074 Instrumentation for minimally invasive unicompartmental knee replacement  
Instrumentation for use in minimally invasive unicompartmental knee replacement includes a tibial cutting guide for establishing a planar surface along a tibial plateau and a tibial stylus having...
7048741 Method and apparatus for minimally invasive knee arthroplasty  
The invention is a method for performing a minimally invasive knee arthroplasty and components for this procedure. The method involves creating an incision along the medial or lateral aspect of a...
7048742 Insertion instrument for sliding prostheses  
An instrument for inserting a pair of sliding prostheses includes a supporting plate, two clamps adjustable through a spacing range, and two vertically adjustable sliding-surface bearing supports...
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...
7033360 Process and device for the preoperative determination of the positioning data endoprosthetic parts  
In order to be able to ascertain the position of the bone in the body without complicated procedures in a process for the preoperative determination of the positioning data of endoprosthetic parts...
7029477 Surgical instrument and positioning method  
A surgical instrument having an anchoring member securable to an anatomical structure and an implement portion which is adjustably repositionable relative to the anchoring member. The implement...
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...
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...
6969393 Apparatus for use in arthroplasty of the knees  
A cutting device for being inserted into a knee joint between the tibia and the femur, wherein the cutting device is adapted for resecting bone from the femur to a desired depth in a path of travel...
6962593 Two-piece cut block for minimally invasive surgical procedure  
A two-piece cut block for performing a minimally invasive partial or total knee arthroplasty. The present invention comprises a cut block that can be inserted into an incision in two parts then...
6916324 Provisional orthopedic prosthesis for partially resected bone  
A provisional orthopedic prosthesis having a first provisional component and an optional second component. The provisional prosthesis may be a partial knee prosthesis and is used to assess the fit...
6878150 Methods of precisely forming bone tunnels in cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee  
A femoral guide for precisely positioning a guide wire on a bone surface of the femur includes a body having a lumen for receiving a guide wire and a tongue protruding from the body for engaging an...
6858032 Rotating track cutting guide system  
The present invention is a rotating track cutting guide system that maintains precise alignment of a bone saw with bone tissue. The rotating track cutting guide generally includes a track...
6852115 Multi-functional orthopedic surgical instrument and method of using same  
An apparatus has been developed to enable a surgeon to perform multiple orthopedic surgical operations, such as orthopedic surgical resectioning, total joint replacement and fixation of fractures,...
6827722 Method and apparatus for use of a guide wire capturing surgical instrument  
Disclosed is a driven surgical driver for wire guide surgical components. The driver has a rotatable drive shaft which is configured to apply driving and rotational forces to a medical device. A...
6816754 Method and system for controlling drive of a robot  
A method and system for controlling drive of a robot having two or more drive axes and driven in accordance with an action program transmitted from a system controller to a robot controller by a...
6796977 Variable graft tensioner  
A graft preparation board that enables an exact tensioning of soft tissue grafts. The graft preparation board allows the amount of tensile load to be easily determined so that the operator can...
6770077 Femoral knee saw guide and method  
A femoral knee saw guide for use in surgery includes a cutting guide having a slot extending therethrough for guiding a saw and alignment structure attached to the guide and positioned externally...
6770078 Movable knee implant and methods therefor  
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...
6758850 Instruments and methods for flexion gap adjustment  
A flexion gap instrument is configured to mate with a ligament tensioning tool, such as known distraction devices and pivoting knee balancers. The instrument facilitates making A/P resections in...
6743258 Knee prosthesis system  
A knee prosthesis system includes a single-piece tibia plateau with two sliding cavities, a single-piece femur component with two condylar sliding surfaces, the distances between and shapes of...
6740092 Methods and tools for femoral intermedullary revision surgery  
IM revision tools include reamers with depth markings or stops, an impactor-extractor with a coupling for attaching to tools which are inserted into and removed from the IM canal, a resection guide...
6712824 Apparatus for positioning the angle of a bone cutting guide  
An apparatus for positioning the cutting angle of a bone cutting guide, wherein the bone is preferably a tibia and/or a femur, which includes a first fastener to fasten the positioning apparatus to...
6712823 Humeral head resection guide  
An apparatus for guiding the resection of the head of a humerus is provided. The apparatus includes a base, a cut block, and a stylus. The guide is used in connection with a reamer or other tool...
6702821 Instrumentation for minimally invasive joint replacement and methods for using same  
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...
6685709 Apparatus and method for reconstructing ligaments  
Apparatus for removing bone from a femoral notch, or the like, which includes a guidewire and a router assembly. The router assembly comprises a cutting head fixed to a shaft rotatably disposed in...
6685711 Apparatus used in performing femoral and tibial resection in knee surgery  
Tools for resecting tibia and femur include anchoring devices, a three-way alignment guide attachable to the anchoring devices, two embodiments of a resection guide attachable to the alignment...
6679889 Apparatus and methods for independently conditioning and pretensioning a plurality of ligament grafts during joint repair surgery  
Apparatus and methods for conditioning and pre-tensioning soft tissue grafts during joint repair surgery, such as during repair of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The inventive apparatus is...
6673076 Targeting apparatus for use in resectioning a femur when performing transfemoral osteotomy  
A targeting apparatus for use in resectioning a femur when performing transfemoral osteotomy surgery has a drill guide element which includes a line of drill openings each of which is adapted to...
6673077 Apparatus for guiding a resection of a proximal tibia  
A femoral resection apparatus and method is provided for resecting at least one of the posterior, anterior, and distal surfaces of the medial and lateral condyles of a femur to provide seating...
6645215 Tibial rotation guide  
An instrument for utilization in the rotational alignment of a hinged prosthetic knee implant has two selectively coupled parts for mounting on the tibia. The prosthetic knee implant has a tibial...
6620168 Methods and tools for tibial intermedullary revision surgery and associated tibial components  
IM tibia revision tools include a trial stem extender having multiple notches which serve both as depth witness marks and holders for a stop clip, a collection of different sized tibial templates,...
6602258 Apparatus for reaming a patella  
An apparatus for reaming a patella includes a clamp for securing the patella and a reamer. The reamer includes a depth scale to indicate a depth to which the patella has been reamed. The clamp...
6602259 Bone cutting guides for use in the implantation of prosthetic joint components  
Improved bone-cutting guides enable a surgeon to better gauge required resection characteristics. A body having an outer surface and an inner surface configured to be positioned against a bone...
6595997 Methods used in performing femoral and tibial resection in knee surgery  
A method for aligning a resection guide relative to a patient's bone has applications during arthroplasty. An alignment guide is coupled to a patient's bone, to which there is coupled a resection...
6589283 Elongated femoral component  
The invention relates to a knee joint prosthesis system adapted to replace the articulating knee portion of a femur and a tibia. The knee joint prosthesis system includes a first femoral component...
6589248 Patellar alignment device  
A patellar alignment device for determining the position of a patella prosthesis. The device comprises two components—a baseplate and a mobile component which is preferably magnetically attached...
6575980 Method and apparatus for femoral resection  
An instrument is provided for use in shaping a femur preparatory to implantation of a knee prosthesis. A gap checking device is fixed to the distal end of the patient's femur and referenced to the...
6558391 Methods and tools for femoral resection in primary knee surgery  
Femoral resection tools of the present invention include a posterior condyle alignment guide, an IM rod with an adjustable valgus bushing assembly, left and right external rotation plates, an...
6551325 Device, system and method for determining the position of an incision block  
The invention relates to a device ( 20, 30 ) for determining the position of an incision block ( 1, 10 ) comprising: a positioning element ( 21, 31 ) with at least one reference point ( 22 a, 22...
6551324 Instrumentation for the production of fixing surfaces for a knee joint endoprosthesis  
In an instrumentation for the production of fixing surfaces for fixing a knee joint endoprosthesis to the femoral condyle that is adjacent to the knee, and to the tibial head, provision is made for...
6530928 Instrument, instrument set and a method for the introduction of an osteochondral transplant  
An instrument ( 2, 3 ) for the introduction of an osteochondral transplant (P) which is removed form a harvest location, or of an implant which is correspondingly prepared in vitro at an...
6514259 Probe and associated system and method for facilitating planar osteotomy during arthoplasty  
A plate probe and associated system and method for facilitating the orientation of an osteotomy and the implantation of an artificial joint component during arthroplastic surgery requiring an...
6503254 Apparatus and method for preparing box cuts in a distal femur with a cutting guide attached to an intramedullary stem  
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...
6500179 Bone cutting guide and method to accommodate different-sized implants  
A bone-modification device includes a plurality of cutting guides, wherein at least one of the guides is used to resect or otherwise modify a bone to receive a prosthetic element of a particular...
6488687 Joint replacement method and apparatus  
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...
6482210 Soft tissue/ligament to bone fixation device with inserter  
A system of instrumentation and implants for surgically securing an allograft or prosthetic ligament into a patient's bone is part of a procedure to replace cruciate ligaments. A fixation device...
6482209 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...
6468280 Unicompartmental replacement instrument and method  
A surgical instrument for establishing and verifying cutting depth and alignment includes a distal saw drill guide, a rod adaptor removably mounted on the distal saw drill guide and a modular...
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