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7591850 |
Surgical methods for anchoring and implanting tissues
A surgical method of anchoring tissues in a target location, comprising tracking a cannulated dilator on a suture protruding from the target location and forming an enlarged opening in the target...
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7585323 |
In vitro mechanical loading of musculoskeletal tissues
Musculoskeletal tissues produced in vitro are optimized in response to an externally applied mechanical load. The load applied may vary from tissue to tissue, depending upon the response desired,...
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7578844 |
Graft ligament anchor and method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone
A graft ligament anchor comprises a ligament engagement member in the form of an expandable elastomeric sleeve of substantially cylindrical shape for disposition in an opening in a bone alongside...
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7572275 |
System and method for anchoring suture to bone
A system for attaching soft tissue to bone includes an anchor, a suture, and a tissue retainer. The anchor may have a threaded tip that engages the bone, and a suture retention portion with...
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7569059 |
Method and apparatus for surgical repair
A method and apparatus for performing a surgical repair may involve the use of a guide to form a passageway through the body portion, such as bone. In addition, or alternately, the guide may be...
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7530990 |
Endobutton continuous loop for bone tendon with double loop knot
A method of securing a tissue graft within a bone passage includes providing a graft fixation member comprising a closed double-loop having a pair of differently sized loop sections and capturing...
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7531004 |
Pliable conformable bone restorative
A pliable bone restorative having an osteoconductive foam that at least partially surrounds a biocompatible mesh and the foam comprises a biocompatible, resorbable polymer and calcium phosphate.
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7513910 |
Soft and calcified tissue implants
Disclosed herein is processed dermis graft for use in orthopedic surgical procedures. Specifically exemplified herein is a processed dermis graft comprising one or more bone blocks having a groove...
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7494506 |
Method for fixing traction threads to ends of a prosthetic ligament
Method for production of a prosthetic ligament ( 1 ), for the replacement of a natural joint ligament, having a global cylindrical form and including a medial intra-articular section ( 3 ) between...
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7422900 |
System and method for forming a connective tissue construct
A system and method are provided for forming a connective tissue construct, such as a tendon construct, in vitro. A substrate is provided with at least two anchors secured thereto in spaced...
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7407511 |
Methods and materials for connective tissue repair
This invention is generally directed to methods and materials for connective tissue repair. The invention is more specifically related to methods and materials for the repair of tendons and...
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7344539 |
Intervertebral connection system
An intervertebral connection system having a fabric-based conformable ligament is disclosed herein.
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7329281 |
Graft ligament anchor and method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone
A graft ligament anchor comprises a graft ligament engagement member disposed in an opening in a bone, the graft ligament engagement member being arranged to receive a graft ligament alongside the...
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7195642 |
Method and apparatus for fixing a graft in a bone tunnel
A graft ligament for cross-pinning in a bone tunnel, the ligament comprising a tendon having first, second and third portions in series along the length thereof. The first and third portions are...
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7144413 |
Graft fixation system and method
A graft fixation device, system and method are disclosed for reconstruction or replacement of a ligament or tendon preferably wherein a soft tissue graft or a bone-tendon-bone graft is received and...
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7115142 |
Method of repairing a bone joint
A method of repairing a bone joint by using a simple and flexible artificial ligament which easily conforms to a patient's anatomy and can be used independently or in combination with an...
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7112221 |
Prosthesis
A prosthetic implant is described for surgical implantation in a hand of a patient comprising an elongate flexible member ( 24; 32; 51 ) for passing snugly around a surgically exposed bone ( 21 )...
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7101398 |
Prosthetic facet joint ligament
This invention relates to a spinal facet joint ligament.
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7083638 |
Method and apparatus for attaching connective tissues to bone using a knotless suture anchoring device
An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing soft tissue, such as tendons, to bone, which permit a suture attachment that lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface. Advantageously, the...
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7066960 |
Intervertebral disk replacement
An intervertebral disk prosthesis in a preferred embodiment has a matrix of bioincorporable fabric, and a nuclear core centrally mixed into the matrix. The core is formed by impregnating the fabric...
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7052514 |
Methods and reagents for tissue engineering of cartilage in vitro
The present invention makes available an optimal concentration of a hedgehog polypeptide for modulating growth and/or cartilage production by chondrocytes. The present invention allows for...
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6997950 |
Valve repair device
A valve repair device and method of repair for the mitral valve of the heart is disclosed. The valve repair device includes a leaflet portion, a muscle portion, and a plurality of chords connecting...
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6936069 |
Muscle stripping device
A tendon graft stripping device for use in removing the muscle attachments to a tendon while the tendon is being prepared for use as a graft during ligament and tendon reconstruction surgery is...
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6886569 |
Method for reconstructing a ligament
A method for reconstructing a ligament. In one form of the invention, there is disclosed a method for securing a graft ligament in a bone tunnel, the method comprising the steps of: (1) forming a...
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6861211 |
Stabilization of implantable bioprosthetic devices
The invention relates to methods of stabilizing glycosaminoglycans in a biological tissue (e.g. a bioprosthetic implant) in conjunction with cross-linking of protein in the tissue. The methods of...
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6808528 |
Apparatus and method for securing a graft ligament in a bone tunnel
Apparatus and method are disclosed for reconstructing a ligament. The method includes the steps of forming a first bone tunnel and a second bone tunnel transverse to, and intersecting one another;...
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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...
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6723125 |
Device for conditioning a ligament to be implanted
The device for conditioning an organic ligament to be implanted, in particular a ligament as a cruciate ligament replacement, is equipped with first and second receiving elements for receiving and...
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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...
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6663656 |
Torque driver for interference screw
A torque driver includes a torque measurement assembly for indicating the amount of torque being applied during implanting of an interference screw. The torque measurement assembly includes a...
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6645211 |
Orthopedic support system and method of installation
A tensioned cord ( 208 ) formed into a closed loop is secured to adjacent bone structures ( 201, 203 ), and a flexible patch ( 236 ) is secured to the cord in tension so that the combined,...
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6599319 |
Prosthetic ligament
A prosthetic ligament includes a cord of thermotropic liquid crystal filaments. The cord preferably comprises multi-filament thermotropic liquid crystal filaments. The cord has an eye spliced at...
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6585769 |
Artificial spinal ligament
A simple and flexible artificial ligament which easily conforms to a patient's anatomy and can be used independently or in combination with an intervertebral graft, implant or prosthesis to return...
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6569200 |
Plasticized soft tissue grafts, and methods of making and using same
The present invention provides a plasticized dehydrated or freeze-dried bone and/or soft tissue product that does not require special conditions of storage, for example refrigeration or freezing,...
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6562044 |
Soft tissue fixation device
Method and apparatus are described for a soft tissue fixation device for being biased between a soft tissue graft and an interference screw in a bone tunnel. The device has a contoured body portion...
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6545042 |
Acellular biological material chemically treated with genipin
A method for promoting autogenous ingrowth of damaged or diseased tissue selected from a group consisting of ligaments, tendons, muscle and cartilage, the method comprising a step of surgically...
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6537313 |
Surgical prostheses
A biomaterial is provided which is suitable for use in surgery in a human patient. It includes a coherent layer of non-human collagenous tissue which has been subjected to glutaraldehyde tanning so...
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6533802 |
Endobutton continuous loop for bone-tendon-bone
A method of securing a tissue graft within a bone passage includes providing a graft fixation member comprising a closed-loop having a pair of opposing loop sections and capturing a first loop...
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6514257 |
Device for anchoring an elongated tensile flexible element for reconstruction of a torn ligament
A device for anchoring an end of an elongated tensile flexible element guided along a tunnel provided through the bones of a joint for reconstruction of a ligament, comprising a female element,...
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6497726 |
Materials and methods for improved bone tendon bone transplantation
Disclosed herein is an improved Bone Tendon Bone graft for use in orthopedic surgical procedures. Specifically exemplified herein is a Bone Tendon Bone graft comprising one or more bone blocks...
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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...
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6440134 |
Device for the femoral fixation of the semitendinosus and gracilis tendons for the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee
A device for the femoral fixation of the ST and G tendons for the reconstruction of the ACL of the knee, comprises an elongated body ( 1 ), passage ( 2 ) for anchoring the tendons to the body ( 1...
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6387129 |
Bicortical tibial fixation of ACL grafts
A method of securing a graft in a bone tunnel, in which graft is secured within the tunnel at both the entrance and the exit ends of the tunnel to provide bicortical fixation of the graft in the...
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6379361 |
Endosteal anchoring device for urging a ligament against a bone surface
An endosteal anchoring device for urging a ligament graft against a bone surface comprising an anchoring body, a means for resisting slippage of the anchoring body into the periphery of a bone...
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6371985 |
Prostheses restrained by immediate attachment while ingrowth proceeds naturally over time
The invention is a surgically implantable bone and bone joint prosthesis which is designed to be directly attached during surgery and which includes ingrowth receptive zones or stationing sites for...
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6352603 |
Loop attachment to apertured device
A winding device ( 10 ) for use in the simultaneous formation and attachment of a loop ( 11 ) to an apertured implantable device ( 12 ), in which the loop is formed from a loosely structured fiber...
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6344042 |
Bone augmentation device
A bone augmentation device for attachment of soft tissue to bone by sutures includes a bone plate having top and bottom surfaces spaced equidistant from a central plane. At least one hole extends...
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6332779 |
Method of hard tissue repair
A method for promoting the growth of bone, periodontium, or ligament in a warm-blooded vertebrate, the method comprising: producing a surgical flap to expose the bone, periodontium or ligament;...
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6306138 |
ACL fixation pin and method
A pin (20) and method for use are provided for securing a replacement ligament (24) inside a tunnel (10) of a receptor bone (36). A threaded section (30) of the pin (20) engages and anchors the pin...
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6302886 |
Method and apparatus for preventing migration of sutures through transosseous tunnels
An improved method for attaching soft tissue to bone by passing a suture through an opening in the bone, e.g., a transosseous tunnel, and affixing the soft tissue with the suture. The improvement,...
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