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7618451 |
Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools facilitating increased accuracy, speed and simplicity in performing total and partial joint arthroplasty
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The articular surface repairs are customizable or...
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7618422 |
Tibial augmentation guide
A guide for use in making tibial augmentation cuts is disclosed. The guide is preferably for use subsequent to an initial cut being made. A method of utilizing the guide, as well as making the...
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7618421 |
Tools for femoral resection in knee surgery
Tools for resecting the femur include an anchoring device, a three-way alignment guide and a six way alignment guide attachable to the anchoring device, a resection guide attachable to the...
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7615055 |
Method and apparatus for use in balancing ligaments of a knee
An apparatus for use in performing an orthopaedic surgical procedure on a patient includes at least one femoral paddle and a tibial paddle. At least one of the femoral paddle and the tibial paddle...
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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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7611520 |
Method and apparatus for finding the position of a mechanical axis of a limb
A method of finding the position of a mechanical axis running in the longitudinal direction through a limb that is rotatably supported by its first end in a center of rotation that is not fixed and...
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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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7578821 |
Dynamic knee balancer with pressure sensing
A device for performing a surgical procedure on a knee includes an adjustable femoral portion, a tibial portion and at least one sensor coupled with the femoral and/or tibial portions to sense...
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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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7566335 |
Method and apparatus for patella resection
A medical device for holding a patella including a clamping assembly configured to hold the patella and an actuating assembly connected to the clamping assembly. The actuating assembly moving the...
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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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7534263 |
Surgical tools facilitating increased accuracy, speed and simplicity in performing joint arthroplasty
Disclosed herein are tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The surgical tools are designed to be customizable or highly selectable by...
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7520880 |
Adjustable surgical support base with integral hinge
An apparatus is provided for supporting a surgical component adjacent to a bone during a surgical procedure. The apparatus includes an integral body having a hinge platform, a hinge integral with...
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7468075 |
Methods and compositions for articular repair
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for producing articular repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. In particular, methods for providing articular repair systems. Also...
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7465307 |
Tissue treatment system
A hair removal device ( 22 ) includes a cooling surface ( 34 ) which is used to contact the skin ( 6 ) prior to exposure to hair tissue-damaging laser light ( 74 ) passing from a radiation source (...
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7451550 |
Rotational alignment femoral sizing guide
Embodiments of the present invention allow unlimited rotational alignment between two boundaries for alignment with anatomic landmarks while still referencing both posterior condyles for A/P sizing...
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7442196 |
Dynamic knee balancer
Dynamic knee balancing devices, systems and methods provide for enhanced total knee arthroplasty (“TKA”) procedures. Devices generally include a stationary femoral member for removably...
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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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7374563 |
Apparatus and method for guiding a surgical instrument for shaping the end of a bone
An apparatus for guiding a surgical instrument for shaping the end of a bone includes an alignment plate which has a contact surface and is mounted with the contact surface in a plane substantially...
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7371240 |
Method of arthroplasty on a knee joint and apparatus for use in same
A method of, and apparatus for, arthroplasty of a knee joint comprising obtaining a desired spacing of the femur from the tibia by inserting a spacer into the knee joint between the femur and the...
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7344542 |
Pin extraction assembly
A tibial alignment guide assembly for positioning a resection guide, the assembly including a main shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The assembly also includes an anchor arm having an...
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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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7335206 |
Adjustable resection guide
An adjustable resection guide is provided for guiding cutting of the tibia and/or femur during knee replacement surgery.
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7331964 |
Laser therapy device for animals and methods of using the same and manufacturing the same
The present invention provides for a laser therapy device for animals and methods of manufacturing and using the same. In one embodiment, the animal therapy device is comprised of (i) a hairbrush...
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7329260 |
Kit, guide and method for locating distal femoral resection plane
A combination cutting and spacer guide has a cutting block portion and a guide arm portion. The cutting block portion has a cutting guide slot and holes to receive pins or drills for mounting the...
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7309363 |
Adjustable knee tibial trial insert
An adjustable tibial trial insert includes an upper plate having an upper articular surface and a lower plate. A height-adjustment mechanism of the insert is coupled to and positioned generally...
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7309339 |
Apparatus for aligning an instrument during a surgical procedure
An apparatus for aligning a cutting instrument during a surgical procedure includes a guide having an elongated slot adapted to receive a cutting instrument for resecting a patient's bone during...
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7306609 |
Femoral slideway
A femoral slideway and a femoral slideway/femur-size template combination is employed to create an installed knee prosthesis that creates a reduced amount of stress in the collateral ligaments...
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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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7270657 |
Radiation emitting apparatus with spatially controllable output energy distributions
A laser handpiece is disclosed, including a fiber optic end having a non-cylindrical shape and further including a reflector surrounding a portion of the fiber optic end. The reflector is shaped to...
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7261719 |
Femoral sizing apparatus and method
A sizing apparatus for determining the anterior-posterior size of a distal end of a femur. The apparatus includes a block having a face engageable with the distal end of the femur, and a body...
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7241298 |
Universal alignment guide
A universal alignment guide for universally positioning an instrument with respect to a bone to facilitate resecting the bone along desired orientations. The alignment guide comprises a spheroidal...
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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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7229447 |
Photodynamic therapy utilizing a solution of photosensitizing compound and surfactant
The invention relates to a method of photoeradication of cells at a tissue site, such as an infection or sterilization site or cancer cell activity site, including applying a solution such as...
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7172597 |
Provisional orthopedic implant and recutting instrument guide
A provisional component for use with differently sized first and second prosthetic orthopedic components. The provisional component has a configuration which is substantially similar to the first...
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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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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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7128745 |
Joint replacement methods 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...
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7118578 |
Apparatus and methods for independently conditioning and pre-tensioning 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...
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7115133 |
Simple-to-use size measurer
A size measurer, comprising a main body with a sensor-head not fixed to the main body, so that a main pointer is moved in accordance with the adjustment opposite a range which includes several...
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RE39301 |
Method for resecting the knee using a resection guide and provisional prosthetic component
A method and apparatus for knee replacement surgery wherein a femoral provisional component is provided which corresponds to a permanent component to be implanted in a human and which includes...
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7104997 |
Cutting guide apparatus and surgical method for use in knee arthroplasty
Novel cutting guides and surgical methods for use in knee arthroplasty are described. Embodiments of the inventive cutting guide apparatus include fixed and adjustable cutting guide blocks having a...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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