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7387643 Method for installation of artificial hemi-lumbar interbody spinal fusion implant having an asymmetrical leading end  
An artificial interbody spinal implant adapted for placement across an intervertebral space formed across the height of a disc space between two adjacent vertebral bodies is disclosed. The implant...
7377942 Posterior elements motion restoring device  
A prosthetic device for interposition in a space left by one or more excised vertebral posterior structures. The prosthetic device comprises a lamina bridge having an inferior portion for replacing...
7361193 Devices and techniques for a posterior lateral disc space approach  
This invention relates to methods and instruments for performing disc space preparation and implant insertion from a unilateral approach to the spine through a posterior lateral opening to the disc...
7361192 Spinal disc prosthesis and methods of use  
The subject invention provides a modular six-degrees-of-freedom spatial mechanism for spinal disc prosthesis, with three rotational and three translational degrees-of-freedom within the entire...
7354453 Nucleus replacement securing device and method  
There is disclosed systems and methods for spinal nucleus replacement by constructing channels through vertebral segments on either side of an area into which the spinal nucleus is to be...
7354452 Spinal bone implant  
Implantable devices useful for creating bony fusion particularly in intervetebral spinal fusion. The device is formed of bone and has a body portion with an upper flange member and an opposite...
7351262 Bone implants and methods of making same  
The present invention provides an implant for use in fusing adjacent bony structures. The implant comprises a plurality of pieces of bone and a flexible mechanism including one or more flexible,...
7344564 Expandable spinal stabilization device  
The present invention relates to an expandable spinal stabilization device that may be inserted into the space between two vertebrae, normally occupied by a disc, in order to stabilize the spine...
7344539 Intervertebral connection system  
An intervertebral connection system having a fabric-based conformable ligament is disclosed herein.
7341601 Woven orthopedic implants  
The present invention relates to orthopedic implants made from a mesh material. The mesh material can be treated in order to promote bone growth, to provide antibiotics, or to provide other...
7341600 Cylindrical fiber reinforced implant  
The cylindrical fiber reinforced implant is designed to be inserted between two adjacent vertebrae. The implant having an outer wall with a general cylindrical or oval shape and preferably an open...
7338525 Methods and apparatus for preventing the migration of intradiscal devices  
Barriers are used to hold prosthetic components, including intradiscal devices, in position while allowing natural movement within a “safe zone.” In the preferred embodiments, the barrier is in...
7329282 Revision methods for a vertebral device  
Embodiments of devices and methods for correcting a vertebral member and/or repositioning a vertebral device relative to the vertebral member. A vertebral device has been previously positioned...
7326248 Expandable interbody spinal fusion implant with expansion constraining member and method for use thereof  
An implant cap is disclosed for preventing the over-expansion of an expandable spinal implant and method for use therewith. An implant cap also is disclosed for moving an expandable spinal implant...
7323011 Cortical and cancellous allograft cervical fusion block  
A sterile composite bone graft for use in implants comprising a T shaped cortical bone load bearing member mated to a cancellous member. The crosspiece of the T defines an inner planar surface and...
7318840 Intervertebral disc treatment devices and methods  
Intervertebral disc treatment devices and methods are provided. An intervertebral disc treatment device includes a fibrous body sized for introduction into a disc cavity of a damaged disc wherein...
7306628 Interspinous process apparatus and method with a selectably expandable spacer  
The present invention is an interspinous process implant with a selectably expandable spacer that can be placed between adjacent spinous processes.
7297146 Orthopedic distraction implants and techniques  
An implant for stabilizing a bony segment includes a flexible body sized and shaped to extend intravertebrally between at least first and second bony portions. In use the body is attachable...
7291171 Artificial disc replacement (ADR) using elastic tether member  
Artificial disc (ADR) and joint replacement components, particularly those associated with the knee and hip, use compressible, resilient materials to approximate natural kinematics, often in...
7291170 Intersomatic cage with unified grafts  
An intervertebral cage includes a thin main wall having two return parts at opposite ends of the wall. The wall has an approximately constant thickness. The return parts are extended by facing end...
7288114 Medical implant  
The medical implant is constructed of a fiber reinforced plastic. That fibers ( 50 a, 50 b ) are generally aligned in layers (C, D, E), wherein the fibers of at least two different layers having...
7285134 Vertebral body replacement implant  
A vertebral replacement implant assembly for inserting in a space left by one or more removed vertebrae between adjacent intact vertebrae, according to which at least two elongated members are...
7282064 Apparatus and method for connecting spinal vertebrae  
An orthopedic implantable device articulately connecting a first spinal vertebra to an adjacent second spinal vertebra includes a pair of first components adapted to be attached to locations left...
7276082 Artificial spinal discs and associated implantation and revision methods  
An intervertebral device comprises a first endplate assembly including a first exterior surface, a second endplate assembly including a second exterior surface, and a bone in-growth area located on...
7276081 Bone grafts  
A spinal spacer 300 for engagement between vertebrae is provided which includes a body 301 formed of a bone composition. The body 301 includes a first end 311 , an opposite second 315 end,...
7270679 Implants based on engineered metal matrix composite materials having enhanced imaging and wear resistance  
This invention relates to an implantable medical device to treat a patient. The implantable device can be an orthopedic device such as a spinal implant including, but not restricted to, a disc or...
7267690 Interlocked modular disc nucleus prosthesis  
A method and apparatus for repairing a damaged intervertebral disc nucleus in a minimally invasive manner utilizes a modular disc prosthesis. The modular disc prosthesis preferably comprises at...
7267689 Lordotic spinal implant  
A lordotic implant has a frusto-conical shape with external threads. Prior to placement of the implant, vertebrae are distracted in a manner to provide a desired lordosis between the vertebrae. The...
7267688 Biaxial artificial disc replacement  
An artificial disc replacement (ADR) is designed to protect a cushioning component from excessive force. Physical features on the front and back of the ADR enable the device to replicate the normal...
7267687 Spinal implant and method of use  
A spinal implant having a smaller transverse cross-sectional dimension in the radially compressed configuration than in a first expanded configuration and a more linear configuration in the second...
7252685 Fusion implant and method of making same  
The present invention provides an implant for use in fusing adjacent bony structures. The implant comprises at least one structural member combined with at least one flexible planar member to...
7250060 Hybrid intervertebral disc system  
A vertebral implant for interposition between two vertebral endplates comprises a first endplate assembly for engaging a first vertebral endplate, a second endplate assembly for engaging a second...
7247169 Kit of spine gauge blocks and a tool assembly  
An assembly of a gauge block and tool for determining the size and shape of space between two adjacent vertebrae. There are a plurality of gauge blocks of different sizes and shapes for determining...
7244275 Orthopedic implant surface configuration with a projection having a back cut  
The present invention is a specialized orthopedic implant having an exterior surface for engaging bone. The surface comprises arrayed projections having at least one forward facing facet directed...
7241313 Surgical implant  
A surgical implant comprises a core region and a porous surface region extending over at least part of the core region. The surface region has a predetermined pore volume fraction. A method of...
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...
7238206 Fusion implant  
A fusion implant apparatus, in for the replacement of a vertebra or an intervertebral disc, having at least one biocompatible structure. The structure is made of a composite material having...
7238205 Universal interference cleat  
A vertebral implant comprises a tubular body sized to fit between two vertebral endplates and a pair of ring-shaped cleat assemblies. Each cleat assembly comprises an outer end wall, an inner end...
7238204 Shock-absorbing intervertebral implant  
The invention relates to an intervertebral implant comprising a spacer designed to be applied between two spinous processes of two vertebrae. The spacer comprises: two elements ( 10, 12 ) made of a...
7238203 Bioactive spinal implants and method of manufacture thereof  
A bioactive spinal implant used in cervical fusion, Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF), Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF), and Transforaminal Interbody Fusion (TLIF), having properties...
7238186 Interbody fusion device and method for restoration of normal spinal anatomy  
An interbody fusion device in one embodiment includes a tapered body defining a hollow interior for receiving bone graft or bone substitute material. The body defines exterior threads which are...
7235101 Revisable prosthetic device  
A modular prosthetic device is described. The modular prosthetic device is provided with an anchoring device having first and second end members, the first and second end members cooperating to...
7235074 Ligament shim  
A shim for placement in a bone tunnel during ligament reconstruction.
7232464 Intervertebral implant  
The intervertebral implant is in the form of a three-dimensional structure ( 10 ) comprising (a) a top side ( 1 ) and an underside ( 2 ) which are designed to rest against the end plates of two...
7232463 Intervertebral cage designs  
Cage systems that improve upon the prior art in various ways. In the preferred embodiments, devices are radiolucent, with markers, thereby allowing visualization of placement without excessive...
7229477 Spinal fusion implant  
An improved prosthetic implant for forming a rigid structure between adjoining vertebrae in a spinal column. The prosthetic implant includes a cage having a top, bottom, front end, back end, first...
7226482 Multipiece allograft implant  
An allogenic implant for use in intervertebral fusion is formed from two parts. The first part, composed of cortical bone, provides mechanical strength to the implant, allowing the proper distance...
7226481 Expandable porous mesh bag device and methods of use for reduction, filling, fixation, and supporting of bone  
The invention provides a method of correcting numerous bone abnormalities including bone tumors and cysts, avascular necrosis of the femoral head, tibial plateau fractures and compression fractures...
7226480 Disc prosthesis  
The invention provides a spinal disc implant comprising two side walls which are opposed and substantially parallel spaced apart by a front wall and a back wall to define an interior space. The...
7226452 Instrumentation and methods for use in implanting a cervical disc replacement device  
A method of securing a retaining clip for an intervertebral disc replacement device comprising the steps of removingly engaging the retaining clip to a first end of a first applicator arm of an...
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