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7601155 Instruments and method for minimally invasive surgery for total hips  
An intramedullary femoral broach aligns two instruments. A femoral neck resector guide slides over the broach and centers on the patient's femoral head to determine the height and angular rotation...
7582090 Bone preserving total hip arthroplasty using autograft  
Methods and instruments for use of a patient's native and existing cancellous bone as a packing material for the intramedullary canal in total hip arthroplasty and subsequent revision hip surgery....
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...
7488324 Femoral guide for implanting a femoral knee prosthesis  
Disclosed is a modular femoral sizing guide which facilitates the selection and rotational orientation of a femoral prosthetic for a resected femur. The femoral sizing guide has a base which is...
7445595 Endoscopic bone debridement  
The invention described includes an osteoendoscopic cylinder for tamponading bleeding along a longitudinal canal surface of an osteocentral canal of a femoral neck so as to allow endoscopic...
7427272 Method for locating the mechanical axis of a femur  
There is described a method for determining a mechanical axis of a femur using a computer aided surgery system having an output device for displaying said mechanical axis, the method comprising:...
7425214 Hip arthroplasty trialing apparatus with adjustable proximal trial and method  
Apparatus and method are described for interoperatively determining, during a trailing procedure conducted in connection with total hip arthroplasty, a combination of neck length and femoral head...
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...
7182767 Navigated lateral/medial femoral resection guide  
A multi-piece knee resection instrument for use in forming an anterior cut, an anterior chamfer cut, a posterior cut and a posterior chamfer cut on a distal femur which has already had a distal...
7160307 Hip replacement incision locator  
Methods and devices for performing hip replacement surgery are described. According to one embodiment, a method comprising providing an incision locator comprising a first wing and a second wing,...
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...
7104998 Hip joint robot system and robot mounting apparatus  
A robot mounting apparatus for a hip joint operation robot capable of firmly attaching a hip joint operation robot to a femur in order for operation robot to perform an accurate femoral canal...
6928742 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...
6916325 Femoral sizing guide  
A sizing guide for facilitating the sizing of prosthetic devices that are implanted. The sizing guide is designed for consistent mounting at a fixed anatomical reference point to facilitate...
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,...
6827720 System and method for treating osteonecrosis  
A system and method for treating a necrotic section of bone. At least one channel is drilled into a bone from a common point. Each channel has a distal end that terminates proximate the necrotic...
6814735 Device for aligning a guide template  
A device for aligning a guide template used in resecting a distal femur in a one-compartment joint replacement. The device includes first and second support members ( 12;5 ), at least one rod-like...
6780190 Method and apparatus for resecting a greater tubercle from a humerus of a patient during performance of a shoulder replacement procedure  
A surgical assembly for resecting a greater tubercle from a humerus of a patient during performance of a shoulder replacement procedure. The surgical assembly includes a cutting tool for resecting...
6706072 Modular prosthesis having a stem component with a counterbored cavity defined therein and associated method  
A modular femoral prosthesis includes a stem member adapted to be implanted into a medullary canal of a femur. The stem member has a continuously tapered elongated bore and a threaded aperture...
6702822 Method and apparatus for fitting a prosthesis to a bone  
A prosthesis ( 13 ) is provided which includes at least two intersecting cone-like bodies ( 18,20 ) whose outer surfaces engage the end of a patient's bone ( 28 ). Cavities ( 180,200 ) for...
6645214 Apparatus and method for bone positioning  
An apparatus for use in an arrangement for measuring the relative position of two bones during surgery includes a clamp and a measurement arm. The clamp is adapted to engage and secure to an anchor...
6607561 Biaxial core compression  
The invention describes a surgical implant for providing stabilization of an intraosseous circumferential fracture within a femoral neck of a proximal femur. The surgical implant includes a bone...
6605080 Method and apparatus for the selective targeting of lipid-rich tissues  
A method and apparatus are provided for targeting lipid-rich tissue to effect a desired, the method/apparatus involving irradiating the lipid-rich tissue with energy at a wavelength preferentially...
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...
6503255 Cutting guide instrument  
The invention relates to a cutting guide instrument and method for enabling high-precision resection of the head (caput femoris) ( 8 ) of the neck ( 5 ) of a human femur (collum femoris) at a...
6440140 Ancillary apparatus for knee prosthesis  
Apparatus to guide blades or saws of femoral cuts for knee prosthesis, consisting of four blocks, two blocks which move only vertically and two blocks which move only horizontally. Cams are...
6322564 Proximal alignment insertion guide and method therefor  
A kit for centering proximally an implant within a canal formed in a femur is provided. The kit includes a cutter apparatus adapted to form a reference in a resected surface of the femur and a...
6206884 Reduction-based joint replacement apparatus and methods  
A reduction-based orthopedic system facilitates the installation of a properly oriented prosthetic component of the type having an articulating surface adapted to co-act in a joint. A trialing...
6110211 Hip replacement methods and apparatus  
A hip replacement is performed by separating a femoral head from a femoral neck in a patient's body, fragmenting of the femoral head and removing the fragments from the body, and molding in-situ in...
6096082 Modular instrument system for knee joint prostheses  
With the invention a modular instrument system for knee joint prostheses is shown. A shaft (1), which can be provisorily but rotationally fixedly anchored along the anatomical axis (4) of 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...
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,...
5980526 Wedge osteotomy device including a guide for controlling osteotomy depth  
The present invention encompasses a device for providing a wedge osteotomy comprising an osteotomy guide having a guide body that provides reference slots at specific angles to one another and...
5935132 Surgical guide and cutting system  
A guide and cutting system is provided that is effective to accurately and efficiently resect a bone, such as the femur, to accept joint prosthesis components. In particular, the guide and cutting...
5916221 Notch/chamfer guide  
A notch/chamfer guide has chamfer and trochlear recess cutting slots and a notch, corresponding to the intercondylar box of a femoral implant, with a removable notch slot attachment. With the notch...
5885295 Apparatus and method for positioning an orthopedic implant  
An apparatus and method for positioning an orthopedic implant within a cavity in a bone, including a plug member which is inserted into the cavity in the bone. A cutter movably engages the plug...
5860981 Guide for femoral milling instrumention for use in total knee arthroplasty  
The milling instrumentation of this invention provides a milling guide connected to the femur for accommodating a milling device. The milling instrumentation includes an alignment guide which is...
5817098 Drill guide instrument  
The invention relates to a drill guide instrument and method for guiding a drill tool (24) when drilling a longitudinal bore (4) through the neck (collum femoris) (5) of a human femur (9),...
5800556 Adjustable bipolar-unipolar adaptor for a head trial  
An adaptor is provided to convert a bipolar shell trial to and from a unipolar head trial adaptor. A preferred embodiment provides a spring-loaded, snap-in adaptor and a neck length adjusting...
5776136 Method and system for finish cutting bone cavities  
Methods and systems for finish cutting of bone cavities rely on making a plurality of axial finish cuts along the cavity wall. Finish cuts are made using a rotary cutter, and a sufficient number of...
5769854 Instrument system for preparing a distal femur for a posteriorly stabilized femoral component of a knee prosthesis  
An instrument system and method are disclosed for preparing a distal femur for the implant of a femoral component of a knee prosthesis by the removal of natural bone in the intercondylar area of...
5749876 Apparatus for resection of the condyles of the knee for putting a prosthesis into place, and method for putting such an apparatus into position  
Apparatus for resectioning knee condyles, enabling a prosthesis to be fitted, comprising a femoral cutting device (12) comprising a support element (14), a femoral cutting blade guide (21, 24, 30)...
5733292 Arthroplasty trial prosthesis alignment devices and associated methods  
An adjustable trial prosthesis or prosthetic component provides a surgeon with the capability of efficiently and accurately examining a joint's functioning without having to remove a trial...
5720752 Distal femoral cutting guide apparatus with anterior or posterior referencing for use in knee joint replacement surgery  
A distal femoral sizing instrument includes an intramedullary rod for referencing the patient's intramedullary canal. A valgus module mounts to the intramedullary rod at a bore of the valgus. The...
5690637 Guide for patellar cuts  
Guide which allows a precise patellar cut to be made for fitting the prosthetic patella of a knee prosthesis using a trial femoral component, having a sliding plate (20) of a pin guide (30), a pin...
5683398 Distal femoral cutting block assembly  
A composite cutting block for preparing a patient's distal femur to receive a knee prosthesis includes a first block body having a triangular cross section that engages the patient's distal femur...
5674224 Bone mulch screw assembly for endosteal fixation of soft tissue grafts and method for using same  
An apparatus and a method for providing initial mechanical fixation of a hamstring graft and subsequent biologic bonding of the graft to the walls of a femoral tunnel. The apparatus includes a...
5665090 Bone cutting apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for preparing a bone for receiving a prosthetic implant (74) having a body portion (75) including a plurality of fins (78, 80, 82) arranged in a predetermined pattern and a...
5649928 Device for determining resection surfaces of femur and tibia in preparation for implantation of total knee endoprosthesis  
A device for determining resection surfaces on the femur (20) and on tibia (10) in preparation for implantation of a total knee endoprosthesis includes a femoral saw template (12) and a removable...
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