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8167888 Tibial spacer blocks and femoral cutting guide  
The present invention relates to one or more tibial spacer blocks used during knee arthroplasty, each configured to be temporarily positioned upon a resected proximal portion of a tibia...
8162949 Tibial resection guide  
A tibial resection guide. The tibial resection guide includes a support member having a longitudinal shaft, and a referencing guide coupled to the longitudinal shaft, the referencing guide defining...
8157807 Skin treatment including patterned light  
Methods and systems for treating skin for aesthetic or health purposes are described. According to various embodiments, photoresponsive materials and light are delivered in a controlled fashion to...
8147497 In situ patellar fixing system  
Disclosed is a patellar cutting jig for use in a knee joint surgical procedure. The jig grips and holds a patella in situ in spatial reference to the femur to enable the appropriate cut to be made...
8147498 Method and apparatus for assembling implants  
An apparatus and method for implanting a prosthesis includes implanting a first component into a recess in a bone. The first component defines a main body defining a receiving portion and a...
8133231 Instrument kit and method for performing meniscal repair  
An instrument kit for performing a repair procedure on a meniscal tear in a knee for use in combination with a mechanical repair device is disclosed. The instrument kit includes at least one...
8128630 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...
8122582 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...
8118815 Systems and methods for joint replacement  
Systems and methods for joint replacement are provided. The systems and methods include a surgical orientation device, a reference sensor device, and at least one orthopedic fixture. The surgical...
8118811 Apparatus for knee surgery 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...
8114159 Anterior spinal vessel protector  
A protective system for facilitating revision surgery includes a protective pad with a base portion and an overlying portion spaced apart from the base. A fluid pocket is formed between the base...
8114083 Methods and apparatus for improved drilling and milling tools for resection  
Milling and drilling tools and soft tissue management techniques are provided for arthroplasty that facilitate intraoperative and postoperative efficacy and ease of use. In one embodiment,...
8105330 Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools  
A patellar 3-D guidance tool includes a template. The template includes at least one contact surface for engaging a surface of the patella. The at least one contact surface substantially conforms...
8096997 Guiding device for bone cutting  
A device for guiding a cutting tool capable of cutting bone portions at the level of the head of a bone includes a seat intended to be fastened at the level of said head defining a first rotation...
8092465 Patient specific knee alignment guide and associated method  
A method of preparing a joint for a prosthesis in a patient. The method includes obtaining scan data associated with the joint of the patient, preparing a three-dimensional image of the joint based...
8092462 Spacer for use in arthroplasty on a knee joint  
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...
8083749 Method and apparatus for performing an open wedge, low femoral osteotomy  
Apparatus for performing an open wedge, low femoral osteotomy, the apparatus comprising an osteotomy guide, a hinge pin and an osteotomy implant, the osteotomy guide comprising: anterior and...
8083746 Open wedge osteotomy system and surgical method  
A system and method for performing an opening wedge osteotomy in a tibia, the system and method comprising (i) a positioning guide configured for aligning a portion of the positioning guide with a...
8083745 Surgical tools for arthroplasty  
A patellar 3-D guidance tool includes a template. The template includes at least one contact surface for engaging a surface of the patella. The at least one contact surface substantially conforms...
8083803 Arthroscopic unicompartmental knee technique and instrumentation  
A method and apparatus for arthroscopic unicompartmental knee surgery which include a femoral component and a tibial component. The femoral component is installed in a trough in the femoral condyle...
8077950 Methods for determining meniscal size and shape and for devising treatment  
The present invention relates to methods for determining meniscal size and shape for use in designing therapies for the treatment of various joint diseases. The invention uses an image of a joint...
8070752 Patient specific alignment guide and inter-operative adjustment  
A method of preparing a joint for a prosthesis in a patient. The method includes obtaining scan data associated with the joint of the patient, preparing a three-dimensional image of the joint based...
8066708 Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools  
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...
8062301 Method and apparatus for performing a high tibial, dome osteotomy  
A method for performing a high tibial, dome osteotomy to adjust the lateral and/or angular disposition of the tibial plateau relative to the lower portion of the tibia, the method comprising:...
8057478 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...
8057479 Surgical orientation system and method  
A system and method for detecting and measuring changes in angular position with respect to a reference plane is useful in surgical procedures for orienting various instruments, prosthesis, and...
8057482 Surgical orientation device and method  
A device for detecting and measuring a change in angular position with respect to a reference plane is useful in surgical procedures for orienting various instruments, prosthesis, and implants with...
8052692 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...
8052687 Calcar planar  
A kit for removing calcar bone from a resected face around a bone canal of a long bone prepared to receive an orthopaedic implant is provided. The kit includes a trial for insertion into the bone...
8043292 Surgical sagittal saw blade including a guide bar, a blade head and drive rods for pivoting the blade head  
A surgical sagittal saw blade that including a guide bar shaped to be releasably secured in a static position to a complementary surgical sagittal saw. A blade is mounted to the guide bar to pivot...
8038681 Modular femoral orthopaedic surgical instrument  
A femoral orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a posterior femoral trial having a cutting guide defined therein and an anterior femoral trial removably coupled to the posterior femoral trial....
8025663 Augments for surgical instruments  
A system for establishing a prosthetic gap between first and second bones at a joint comprises an instrument for positioning within the gap between the first and second bones, and an augment for...
8021369 Navigated femoral neck resection guide and method  
A femoral neck resection guide assembly for use in minimally invasive hip surgery is disclosed. The assembly includes a guide portion having at least two spaced resection guide surfaces for guiding...
8021368 Methods and apparatus for improved cutting tools for resection  
A cutting tool is provided with an arcuate cutting blade that preferably engages a guide tool to create a curved resected surface during an arthorplasty procedure. In one embodiment, a depth of the...
8016833 Femoral cutting block  
A cutting block assembly comprising first and second interlocking blocks for resecting a distal femur. The first block has a first surface for providing a guiding surface for making an anterior...
8002777 Instrumentation and method for implanting a curved stem tibial tray  
A punch assembly for preparing a tibia bone for a prosthesis includes a static component configured to be supported by the tibia bone and a dynamic component that includes a punch having a stem....
7993341 Navigated orthopaedic guide and method  
A navigated orthopaedic guide is provided for establishing datums used to position subsequent components during an orthopaedic surgical procedure.
7985227 Knee aligner for surgery  
Generally described the invention relates to methods and apparatuses for aligning the lower extremities of a patient with a mechanical axis. More specifically, the present invention provides an...
7985226 Distal femoral cutting guide  
A device and a method for establishing a position and orientation for a preliminary saw cut in a distal end of a femur to prepare the femur for installation of a prosthetic knee joint. A guide...
7967823 Method and apparatus for performing an open wedge, high tibial osteotomy  
Apparatus for performing an open wedge, high tibial osteotomy, the apparatus comprising: a wedge-shaped implant for disposition in a wedge-shaped opening created in the tibia, wherein the...
7967824 Bone cutting fixture assembly with guide appendages  
A bone cutting fixture assembly for use as guide for a cutting blade in shaping a distal end of a femur to receive a component of a knee prosthesis is provided. The assembly has a centrally...
7967822 Methods and apparatus for orthopedic implants  
Methods and apparatus for orthopedic implants.
7963968 Distal femoral trial with removable cutting guide  
Various embodiment of the present invention provide a distal femoral trial that allows a surgeon to cut the central box geometry of a distal femur using an implant-shaped trial. The trial includes...
7963969 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...
7959637 Distal femoral cutting guide  
A system locates a femoral cutting guide on a distal end of a femur. The femoral cutting guide establishes at least a first reference plane to perform a distal femoral planar cut. The system...
7959635 Limited incision total joint replacement methods  
The present invention relates to limited incision total joint replacement methods for performing surgery on a joint in a patient's body, such as a knee. In one embodiment, an incision is made in a...
7938833 Adjustable resection guide  
A resection guide having an alignment barrel with holes that pass through the entire cross-section of the alignment barrel is disclosed. An alignment guide is mounted on the alignment barrel....
7935120 Posterior femur rough cut guide for minimally invasive knee arthroplasty  
A method of preparing the proximal tibial and distal ends of the femur for the implantation of prosthetic components, including the steps of exposing the joint; resecting the distal end of the...
7931655 Methods and 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...
7927336 Guide assembly for guiding cuts to a femur and tibia during a knee arthroplasty  
An assembly for guiding resection of a femur and tibia of a knee joint in preparation for installing a femoral and tibial knee components. For example, the assembly can include tibial and femoral...
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