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7578834 |
Devices and methods for the preservation of spinal prosthesis function
A barrier is placed across a portion of or across the totality of a spinal implant. The barrier can serve a variety of purposes, including, for example: (1) to keep tissue away from the implant and...
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7566346 |
Prosthetic implant and method
An implant having a first member having a first elongated channel and a second member having a second elongated concave channel that becomes generally opposed when the first and second members are...
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7566345 |
Prosthesis for the replacement of a posterior element of a vertebra
A prosthetic replacement for a posterior element of a vertebra comprising portions that replace the natural lamina and the four natural facets. The prosthetic replacement may also include portions...
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7563282 |
Method of supporting nucleus pulposus
Systems for minimally invasive disc augmentation include an anulus augmentation component and a nucleus augmentation component. Both are suited for minimally invasive deployment. The nucleus...
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7556649 |
Methods and compositions for treating intervertebral disc degeneration
A fluid matrix comprising cross-linked remodelable collagen from a donor vertebrate animal is useful for regenerating hydrodynamic function in damaged intervertebral discs in vivo. The matrix may...
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7553329 |
Stabilized intervertebral disc barrier
Presented are new resilient sheet-like surgical meshes that may be compressed for minimally invasive delivery in the intervertebral discs. According to one or more embodiments, the surgical mesh...
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7553330 |
Methods of reinforcing an intervertebral disc annulus
Methods of reinforcing annulus fibrosis tissue within an intervertebral disc include the implantation of a support member also functioning as a barrier to resist damage to the tissue or herniation...
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7553313 |
Apparatus and method for preparing a spinal implant surgical site for receiving a spinal fusion implant
An apparatus is provided for preparing a spinal implant surgical site for receiving a spinal fusion implant. The apparatus includes a drive shaft, a handle, and a hollow, cylindrical cutting body....
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7550008 |
Intervertebral spacer having a flexible wire mesh vertebral body contact element
A porous intervertebral spacer having a flexible wire mesh as a vertebral body contact surface, the flexible wire mesh preferably being a convex titanium mesh laser-welded at its perimeter to the...
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7550011 |
Osteogenic packing device and method
An osteogenic material packing device is used to pack osteogenic material onto a spinal fusion device. The packing device has a cavity defined therein, which is adapted to receive the spinal fusion...
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7547319 |
Mechanical apparatus and method for artificial disc replacement
The present invention relates to a device and method to 1) facilitate disk fusing, 2) perform an artificial replacement of the nucleus, 3) perform an artificial replacement of the annulus, or 4,...
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7547325 |
Space keeper with adjustable axial length
A space keeper for insertion between two vertebrae which has a variable axial length is provided. The space keeper possesses a sleeve-like first member ( 2 ) and a second member ( 3 ) guided in the...
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7547326 |
Disc annulus repair system
A repair system including a closure prosthesis and deployment device, and associated methods for repairing any imperfection including a flaw, hole, tear, bulge, or, in some cases, a deliberate cut...
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7540882 |
Artificial spinal fusion implant with asymmetrical leading end
An interbody spinal implant made of a material other than bone adapted for placement across an intervertebral space formed across the height of a disc space between two adjacent vertebral bodies....
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7537617 |
Bone strip implants and method of making same
The present invention provides an implant for use in fusing adjacent bony structures. The implant comprises a plurality of bone pieces formed into at least one load bearing layer.
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7537616 |
Impacted orthopedic bone support implant
This invention relates to a porous bone implant ( 10, 110 , and 210 ), a method of manufacturing the implant and a method of orthopedic treatment. The mesh implant can be manufactured using...
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7534267 |
Methods of installing a vertebral defect device
A vertebral defect device includes a housing having a convexly tapered distal end, a convexly tapered proximal end, a top, a bottom, an anterior side, a posterior side and an outer surface having...
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7527649 |
Intervertebral implant and related methods
An intervertebral implant (mesh cage) for placement between adjacent vertebral bodies and dimensioned to receive osteogenetic or bone growth inducing material for promoting fusion of the adjacent...
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7524333 |
Method of anchoring an implant in an intervertebral disc
Methods of securing an implant within an intervertebral disc are provided. In some embodiments, systems for minimally invasive disc augmentation include an anulus augmentation component and a...
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7520900 |
Intervertebral disc nucleus implants and methods
Nucleus pulposus implants that are resistant to migration in and/or expulsion from an intervertebral disc space are provided. In one form of the invention, an implant includes a load bearing...
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7513911 |
Method of implanting dynamically stable spinal implant
Devices for implantation into an intervertebral disc can include a membrane support member to augment a disc having a defect. A defect in the anulus of a disc can be repaired using a prosthesis...
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7507253 |
Implantable brace for a fracture and methods
An implantable brace for immobilizing a fracture and promoting osteogenesis is placed in an osteotomy. The implantable brace may be preformed or made by a method in which the implantable brace is...
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7507255 |
Insertion tool for use with trial intervertebral distraction spacers
A trial spacer kit has a plurality of trial spacers of varying heights. Each spacer includes a disc having a top surface and a bottom surface defining a height of said spacer, an annular groove...
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7503936 |
Methods for forming and retaining intervertebral disc implants
Nucleus pulposus implants that are resistant to migration in and/or expulsion from an intervertebral disc space are provided. In one form of the invention, an implant includes a load bearing...
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7500991 |
Banana cage
A banana shaped intevertebral fusion cage having a domed profile, an internal planar wall defining first and second graft chambers, asymmetrically disposed leading and trailing insertion, and an...
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7488330 |
Modular static intervertebral trial
A modular, static intervertebral trial having interchangeable base members having different heights, and interchangeable endplates having different footprints and angles.
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7481839 |
Bioresorbable interspinous process implant for use with intervertebral disk remediation or replacement implants and procedures
A device for implantation between interspinous processes made of bioresorbable materials is described. The implant has a spacer that can be placed between adjacent spinous processes to limit the...
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7479530 |
Polymer having charged units
A polymer comprising one or more macromonomer units selected from the group consisting of polysiloxane, perfluoroalkylpolyether (PFPE), fluorinated poly(meth)acrylate, polyalkyl (meth)acrylate,...
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7479160 |
Interbody fusion grafts and instrumentation
This invention relates to implants formed from donor bone for use in lumbar interbody fusion procedures and instruments for performing such procedures. The implants are formed to include a concave...
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7476252 |
System and techniques for restoring and maintaining intervertebral anatomy
Techniques and systems for distracting a spinal disc space and supporting adjacent vertebrae are provided. Trial instruments are insertable into the disc space to determine a desired disc space...
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7473276 |
Intervertebral implant with joint parts mounted on roller bodies
An intervertebral implant ( 1 ), including an upper section ( 10 ) provided with a ventral side area ( 11 ), a dorsal side area ( 12 ), two lateral side areas ( 13,14 ), a top apposition surface (...
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7470273 |
Tool for intervertebral implant manipulation
A tool for inserting or removing an intervertebral implant. The tool includes a first arm having a curved tip adapted for engaging a side wall groove of the intervertebral implant and a second arm...
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7455692 |
Hemi-artificial contoured spinal fusion implants made of a material other than bone
An interbody spinal implant made of a material other than bone adapted for placement across an intervertebral space formed across the height of a disc space between two adjacent vertebral bodies....
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7445634 |
Annulus repair systems and methods
Systems and methods for repairing annulus defects include scaffold ( 30 ), attachment members ( 40 ), and anchors ( 20 ). The scaffold ( 30 ) acts as a plug to substantially fill the annulus...
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7445637 |
Vertebra stabilizing assembly
The invention concerns an assembly comprising: a rear damping implant ( 10 ), configured to be laterally placed at the blade-spinal junction of two vertebrae ( 2, 3 ) treated without resection of...
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7442209 |
Implant with trailing end adapted to receive bone screws
A spinal fusion implant for insertion between adjacent vertebral bodies has opposed upper and lower surfaces adapted to contact each of the adjacent vertebral bodies from within the disc space, a...
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7442208 |
Interspinal prosthesis
A prosthesis for use in maintaining an interspinal space is disclosed. The prosthesis may be provided as first and second substantially symmetrical halves. The first and second halves may each have...
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7435262 |
Contoured cortical bone implants
An interbody spinal implant made of cortical bone or a bone composite adapted for placement across an intervertebral space formed across the height of a disc space between two adjacent vertebral...
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7431735 |
Expandable interbody fusion cage
An expandable intervertebral device including a body extending generally along a longitudinal axis and including at least two branch portions coupled together adjacent an end portion of the body....
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7429270 |
Intervertebral implant
Disclosed is an intervertebral implant ( 1 ) comprising a central axis ( 2 ), a bottom cover plate ( 3 ) and a top cover plate ( 4 ), which are respectively provided with an exterior surface ( 7; 8...
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7427295 |
Spinal fill for disk surgery
The invention is based on the use of polyisobutylmethacrylate instead of PMMA as an adhesive or spinal fill material for treating diseases of the spine. Polyisobutylmethacrylate has several...
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7419506 |
Artificial spinal discs and methods
An artificial disc includes a top vertebra-attachment portion and a lower spacer support connected to the top vertebra-attachment portion; a bottom vertebra-attachment portion and an upper spacer...
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7410501 |
Radially expanding interbody spinal fusion implants, instrumentation, and method of insertion
Interbody spinal fusion implants being at least in part radially expandable at one of the leading or trailing ends to expand both the height and at least a portion of the width of the implant, and...
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7407513 |
Artificial spinal disk
An artificial spinal disk comprises a central capsule that is configured to slide laterally within the disk space with one or more of flexion, extension, and lateral bending of the spine so as to...
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7402176 |
Intervertebral disc prosthesis
Intervertebral disc prostheses are provided. More particularly, the invention provides disc prostheses that have adjustable disc heights, that are readily converted into fusion prostheses and that...
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7381178 |
Treatment of spinal metastases
A radiotherapy system, and preferably a brachytherapy system, for delivering radiation to tissue surrounding an interstitial space is provided. While the system can be used for a variety of...
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7383164 |
System and method for designing a physiometric implant system
A system improves the design of artificial implant components for use in joint replacement surgeries. The system includes an anthropometric static image data analyzer, an implant model data...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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