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7601157 |
Devices and methods for the restoration of a spinal disc
A system and method is provided for maintaining a proper intervertebral disc height during the replacement or augmentation of the spinal disc. In one embodiment, a cannulated distractor is used to...
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7597714 |
Inflatable nuclear prosthesis
The nucleus of an intervertebral disc is replaced with a construct including a distendable sack or balloon which, following insertion at a surgical site, is inflated with a hardenable material and...
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7596254 |
Intra-operative 3-D reconstruction of bone cement boli using X-rays
The present invention provides method of generating a 3-D image of at least one cement bolus in relation to a bone comprising acquiring a plurality of fluoroscopic images of the bolus during or...
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7591822 |
Retrograde plunger delivery system
Cannulas are provided for delivering therapeutic material to a treatment site. The cannula includes a cannula body with a plurality of openings at the distal end, including a longitudinal opening...
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7578823 |
Delivery tool and method for delivering bone growth material
A delivery tool and method for placing bone growth material at an operative location a patient is provided. The delivery tool includes a housing having a chamber for receiving the bone growth...
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7575577 |
Devices and methods for the restoration of a spinal disc
A system and method is provided for maintaining a proper intervertebral disc height during the replacement or augmentation of the spinal disc. In one embodiment, a cannulated distractor is used to...
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7572263 |
High pressure applicator
A pressure applicator for applying pressure to a flowable implant material, e.g., PMMA. A pressure applicator or driver includes a pair of columns which are engageable with one another, preferably...
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7563265 |
Apparatus for strengthening vertebral bodies
An apparatus and method for performing vertebroplasty are provided. In one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a kit for performing vertebroplasty having two trays, each tray having the...
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7559932 |
Bone treatment systems and methods
The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating osteoplasty procedures such as vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention...
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7544196 |
System and kit for delivery of restorative materials
Novel kits are provided for the delivery of restorative or injectable compositions into an intraosseous space or surgical defect comprising cannulae for accessing an intraosseous space, mandarins...
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7513901 |
Graft syringe assembly
The invention relates, according to one embodiment, to a graft syringe assembly for delivering bone graft material is disclosed. The graft syringe assembly comprises a syringe subassembly including...
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7507243 |
Devices and method for augmenting a vertebral disc
A vertebral disc prosthesis, a method of implanting a prosthesis and a deployment device is provided. The prosthesis may be implanted into the interior region of the vertebral disc so as to...
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7488320 |
Orthopaedic implant fixation using an in-situ formed anchor
An orthopaedic implant fixation using a surgically created bone cavity as a mold for forming an anchor from an in-situ hardenable material. An in-situ formed anchor of the present invention is...
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7465318 |
Cement-directing orthopedic implants
A cement-directing structure for use in cement-injection bone therapy includes a collapsible, self-restoring braided structure with regions of differential permeability to the bone cement. The...
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7427283 |
Surgical fixation device
A bone anchoring device, the device including a body having a first end affixable with a bone; and an engagement device engageable with a settable compound brought into contact with the engagement...
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7371241 |
Multi-use surgical cement dispenser apparatus and kit for same
The present invention is directed to a system and method for percutaneous delivery of bone cement during a surgical procedure. The system of the present invention has a plunger assembly 100 ,...
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7354442 |
Bone anchor and methods of using the same
A bone anchor including a bone engaging portion and an elongate guiding portion. In one embodiment, the bone engaging portion includes a cannula passage extending at least partially through the...
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7306611 |
Device for delivering a biomaterial
A device for delivering small spheres of biomaterial into a determined portion of a bone including a cylindrical hollow body of inside diameter D 1 having a filling first end and a second end...
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7306610 |
Method and device for forming a hardened cement in a bone cavity
The present invention discloses a method of hardening a bone cement under an exerted pressure in a bone cavity including preparing a cement paste; injecting said cement paste into a balloon placed...
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7294132 |
Radially ported needle for delivering bone graft material and method of use
A radially ported bone graft needle, particularly useful in minimally invasive procedures, is provided. The bone graft needle delivers bone graft material to a bone defect area by extruding the...
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7261718 |
Use of vibration with polymeric bone cements
Methods of employing bone defect filling, e.g., polymeric bone cements, are provided. A feature of the subject methods is that vibration is employed in conjunction with the use of the cement, e.g.,...
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7261717 |
Methods and devices for delivering orthopedic cements to a target bone site
Methods and devices are provided for delivery an orthopedic, e.g., calcium phosphate cement to a target bone site. In practicing the subject methods, a flowable cement composition is delivered to a...
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7252672 |
Use of vibration with orthopedic cements
Methods of employing bone defect filling, e.g., orthopedic cements, such as calcium phosphate cements and the like, are provided. A feature of the subject methods is that vibration is employed in...
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7250055 |
Method and apparatus for cement delivering buttress pin
An implant assembly including a main implant and a secondary implant to fix the main implant in a relative position. The secondary implant being passable into a unprepared bone structure to...
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7238209 |
Bone replacement material
A bone replacement material for use in a treatment for repairing a vertebral body compression fracture is formed into a pellet having a roughly polyhedral shape. Each pellet having the roughly...
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7179264 |
Cemented prosthetic kit
A kit ( 10 ) for use in implanting a stem ( 12 ) into a long bone ( 36 ) for use in joint arthroplasty is provided. The kit ( 10 ) includes a stem ( 12 ) for implantation into the long bone ( 36 ),...
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7153307 |
Systems and methods for placing materials into bone
Systems and methods for delivering material into bone deploy a cannula through soft tissue to establish a subcutaneous path into bone. A material is introduced into bone through the cannula. The...
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7153306 |
Systems and methods for reducing fractured bone using a fracture reduction cannula
Systems and methods provide for the fixation of osteoporotic and non-osteoporotic long bones, especially Colles' fractures. A cannula having a circumferential opening is inserted into cancellous...
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7144414 |
Surgical procedures and instruments
Surgical instruments and methods are provided. In one aspect, a method of securing a fixation device within an opening in a tissue is provided, including delivering a material in a flowable state...
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7144398 |
Method for forming a hardened cement in a bone cavity
The present invention discloses a method of hardening a bone cement under an exerted pressure in a bone cavity including preparing a cement paste; injecting said cement paste into a pocket placed...
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7141054 |
Method and apparatus for intramedullary delivery of a material
A method and apparatus to apply a selected material to the intramedullary canal of a selected bone. The apparatus generally includes a reservoir area from which the selected material can be...
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7135027 |
Devices and methods for mixing and extruding medically useful compositions
This invention provides devices and methods for mixing and extruding compositions which are medically and non-medically useful. The devices are particularly useful for mixing substances which are...
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7112205 |
Apparatus and methods for delivering compounds into vertebrae for vertebroplasty
An apparatus for delivering bone cement into a vertebra includes a cannula and a syringe pivotally coupled to the cannula. Preferably, the syringe is pivotally coupled to the cannula by a pivot...
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7066942 |
Bendable needle for delivering bone graft material and method of use
A bone graft needle, particularly useful in minimally invasive procedures, is provided. The bone graft needle as well as its corresponding penetrating member may be made from bendable materials so...
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7025771 |
Tool to direct bone replacement material
A fill tool for directing bone replacement material into an expandable bag within a reamed out disc includes a deflector at its distal end which deflects the flow of such material to a one or more...
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7004945 |
Devices and methods for the restoration of a spinal disc
A system and method is provided for maintaining a proper intervertebral disc height during the replacement or augmentation of the spinal disc. In one embodiment, a cannulated distractor is used to...
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6979336 |
System and method for delivering biological materials to a prosthesis implantation site
In one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided including the steps of preparing an opening in the bone sized to receive a prosthesis therein and then inserting an apertured temporary...
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6960215 |
Tactical detachable anatomic containment device and therapeutic treatment system
Devices and methods for the controlled delivery of therapeutic agents into bone and soft tissue to prevent the unintentional migration of therapeutic agents from the treatment site. The containment...
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6899715 |
Power-driven osteotome tools for compaction of bone tissue
The invention set forth includes a set of tools which compact bone tissue as they develop a bore in the bone tissue and a driving mechanism for providing movement to the tools. The tools have...
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6884264 |
System and methods for reducing interfacial porosity in cements
The present invention provides a system and a method for reducing pores, or air pockets, that form at the interface between the material used to attach or adhere the surface of a component, such as...
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6875219 |
Bone access system
Instruments and methodology for nonlinear access to bone tissue sites are described. Embodiments disclosed include a conduit for delivering material or a medical device to a site and a core member...
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6840942 |
Prosthetic implant cement deflector and method of implantation
A prosthetic implant cement deflector is provided for use in prosthetic surgery when employing an implant in the form of a cannulated phantom or trial prosthesis in combination with a cannulated or...
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6814736 |
Methods for injecting flowable materials into bones
A tube body includes an interior bore to carry a material flow into bone. The tube body includes a dispensing end having an opening communicating with the bore to dispense the material flow. One...
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6805697 |
Method and system for fusing a spinal region
A method and system for fusing a region in the spine involve the use of at least one guide tube ( 10 a ) to pass instruments and substances into the spinal region in a minimally invasive manner. In...
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6793660 |
Threaded syringe for delivery of a bone substitute material
The invention relates to a syringe for delivery of a bone substitute material. The syringe includes a barrel for holding the material, a plunger receivable within the barrel and having a threaded...
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6780191 |
Cannula system
A surgical kit for inserting a biological material into a portion of the body by a minimally invasive technique has several components which are manually operated using a universal handle. The kit...
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6755835 |
Bone screw
In order to produce a bone screw having a screw body which is provided with an external thread and which comprises a flow-through mechanism for bone cement that is used for the production of a...
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6752809 |
System and method for reinforcing bone in preparation for screw implantation
A system and method for reinforcing bone in preparation for screw implantation. One system embodiment comprises a threaded and centrally bored cannula with a perforated distal end, a cannula...
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6733472 |
Sealant applicator tip and application method
Multipurpose fluid applicators and applicator tips, particularly suitable for surgical purposes, are disclosed. The applicators and applicator tips are specifically designed for dispensing various...
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6719761 |
System and methods for injecting flowable materials into bones
A tube body includes an interior bore to carry a material flow into bone. The tube body includes a dispensing end having an opening communicating with the bore to dispense the material flow. One...
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