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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182541 | Extended articulation orthopaedic implant A prosthesis (20) for use in performing joint arthroplasty is provided. The prosthesis (20) is to be fitted to a long bone (3). The prosthesis includes a first body (22) having a first body articulating surface (24) defining a gene... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182517 | Fracture fixation plate for the olecranon of the proximal ulna A system for the internal fixation of a fractured bone of an elbow joint of a patient includes at least one bone plate, each bone plate having a plurality of holes and generally configured to fit an anatomical surface of the fractured bone. The at least one plate is... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182490 | Adjustable angle targeting device for an intramedullary nail and method of use An adjustable angle targeting device for an intramedullary nail includes a frame, a drill guide, and a holding member with both the drill guide and the holding member supported by the frame. The holding member includes a spherical upper surface, a lower surface, a f... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182484 | Orthopaedic trauma hip screw assembly A fracture reduction assembly and method for insertion of the assembly through a surgical site in one embodiment includes a base portion including a bone contacting surface and an upper surface, a barrel with a first end portion connected to the bone contacting surf... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177851 | Prosthetic liner for an acetabular prosthesis A prosthetic liner includes a convex exterior surface, a concave interior surface and a rim portion connecting the interior surface and the exterior surface. The liner includes a plurality of recesses and a plurality of fingers. Each of the plurality of recesses is ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177786 | Orthopaedic trauma hip screw assembly and associated method A hip screw assembly for fixation of a fractured femur is provided. The hip screw assembly includes a screw for engagement with the femur. The hip screw assembly also includes a barrel defining a cavity in the barrel. The barrel is fixedly secured to the plate. The ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176922 | System and method for bidirectional communication with an implantable medical device using an implant component as an antenna A system and method enables data to be communicated from a position within a human body to an external data device. The system includes a wireless communication module that is electrically coupled to an implant component having a metal surface so that the implant co... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175683 | System and method of designing and manufacturing customized instrumentation for accurate implantation of prosthesis by utilizing computed tomography data A method and system may be used to design and control the manufacture of a surgical guide for implanting a prosthetic component. The system includes a bone surface image generator, a surgical guide image generator, and a surgical guide image converter. The bone surf... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172886 | Bone plate with pre-assembled drill guide tips Removable drill guide tips are pre-assembled into threaded holes of a bone plate. The tips may be used with an extension to together function as a conventional drill guide. After drilling, the extension or another tool is used to remove the tips from the plate. Acco... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167882 | Minimally invasive bone miller apparatus A miller assembly for creating a cavity in a bone. The cavity has a cross section which has a generally triangular profile having a first side generally parallel with an axis of the bone and a second side forming an acute angle with the first side, and is contiguous... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163027 | Tibial insert having a reinforced keel A tibial insert includes a platform defining an upper bearing surface and a bottom surface. A keel of the tibial insert is coupled to the bottom surface of the platform and a rod of the tibial insert extends through a portion of the keel. A surgical method for knee ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8153015 | Ultra-passivation of chromium-containing alloy and methods of producing same The invention concerns article having a surface oxide layer up to 20 nm thick, the surface oxide layer comprising chromium and cobalt oxides where the atomic ratio of Cr/Co is more than 3. The invention also concerns methods for treating a chromium containing materi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152814 | Separator tool for a modular prosthesis A tool for separating components of a modular prosthesis includes an upper and lower body, each defining opposing bills at one end that are sized to fit in juxtaposed relation within an initial gap between the components. The upper body is provided with a handle so ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148978 | Magnetic sensor array A magnetic sensor array includes a first three-dimensional magnetic sensor secured to a substrate in a central location of the substrate. A number of second three-dimensional magnetic sensors are secured to the substrate at a first distance from the first magnetic s... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147558 | Mobile bearing assembly having multiple articulation interfaces A mobile tibial assembly includes a tibial tray, a tibial insert, and a platform separate from the tibial tray and the tibial insert. The platform is configured to be coupled to the tibial insert and the tibial tray. The tibial insert is movable relative to the plat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147557 | Mobile bearing insert having offset dwell point A mobile tibial assembly includes a tibial tray and a tibial insert configured to move relative to the tibial tray. The tibial insert includes a platform having an upper bearing surface defining a dwell point of the upper bearing surface. The dwell point is spaced-a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142510 | Mobile bearing assembly having a non-planar interface A mobile tibial assembly includes a tibial tray and a tibial insert. The tibial tray includes a track that is defined in an upper surface, and the track has a bottom wall that is flat in the medial-lateral direction and convex in the anterior-posterior direction. Th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133233 | Bone protector, kit and method A surgical kit includes an orthopaedic implant, an orthopaedic trial and a bone protector. All three components have bone-contacting surfaces sized and shaped to be placed against a resected bone surface. The orthopaedic implant and trial are thicker than the bone p... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128703 | Fixed-bearing knee prosthesis having interchangeable components A fixed-bearing prosthesis includes a femoral component having a medial condyle surface and a lateral condyle surface. The knee prosthesis also includes a bearing having a medial bearing surface configured to articulate with the medial condyle surface of the femoral... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8114165 | Tibial insert and method for implanting the same A tibial insert includes a platform defining an upper bearing surface and first and second keels extending downwardly from the platform. Each of the first and second keels includes an angled anterior face. A surgical method for knee arthroplasty is also disclosed. | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114087 | Humeral rotating burr guide A cutting guide for removal of bone during arthroplasty. The cutting guide includes a housing having a three-dimensional guide path and an arm coupled to the housing and extending through the guide path. The arm includes a burr. As the arm is slid along the path, th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114080 | Flexible bone fixation device A bone fixation device bone fixation device includes a first construct comprising a plurality of first flexible plates configured to bend when a first threshold force is applied to the first construct and the plurality of first flexible plates are in an unlocked rel... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114079 | Intramedullary nail with coupled shafts A nail assembly for use in trauma surgery is provided. The nail assembly includes an intramedullary shaft including a first transverse passage and a second transverse passage in the shaft. The first transverse passage and the second transverse passage do not contact... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112869 | Avascular necrosis cage manufacturing process A method for manufacturing a spherical cage. The method includes providing a wire braid and inserting a spherical ball inside the wire braid. The wire braid and spherical ball are placed inside a mold. Excess wire braid is trimmed from the mold, creating trimmed end... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8105387 | Mobile/fixed prosthetic knee systems A prosthetic knee system includes a tibial tray, a non-rotating tibial insert, and a rotating tibial insert. The non-rotating tibial insert and the rotating tibial insert are selectively coupleable to the tibial tray such that a fixed or a mobile orthopaedic prosthe... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105385 | Procedure for the treatment of cuff tear arthropathy A medical procedure for use in connection with a patient suffering from cuff tear arthropathy is disclosed. The medial procedure includes providing a humeral prosthesis having a prosthetic head component, wherein (i) the prosthetic head component includes a glenoid-... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105327 | Punch, implant and associated method An instrument for preparing a cavity for a stem of a prosthetic implant for use in performing joint arthroplasty on a head of a long bone is provided. The instrument includes a body and a punch extending from the body. The punch includes a portion of the punch havin... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100982 | Modular diaphyseal and collar implant A modular implant system includes a set of anatomically-designed diaphyseal fitting and filling modular implant components and collars. The diaphyseal component connects with a selected intramedullary stem and with a selected collar component. The collar component c... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100911 | Fracture fixation apparatus An apparatus for treating a bone fracture comprises an intramedullary rod extending through a first bone segment of a fractured bone. A lag screw assembly extends through a first transverse aperture in the rod, while a control member extends through a second transve... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092544 | Implantable patella component having a thickened superior edge An orthopaedic implant includes a patella component having a posterior bearing surface configured to articulate with the femoral condyles of a femur, and an anterior surface having a number of pegs extending outwardly therefrom. The superior edge of the patella comp... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092529 | Meniscus regeneration device Methods and devices are provided for regenerating a meniscus. The devices comprise a layer of toughened naturally occurring extracellular matrix. The devices may, optionally, further comprise a biologic material to provide a framework for meniscus regeneration. The ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092412 | Apparatus, system, and method for transcutaneously transferring energy An apparatus for transcutaneously transferring an amount of energy to an implantable orthopaedic device includes a primary coil. The primary coil has a resonant frequency matched to a resonant frequency of a secondary coil, which may form part of the implantable ort... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8080064 | Tibial tray assembly having a wireless communication device A tibial tray assembly includes a platform having a stem extending downwardly from a bottom surface and a stem extension couple to the an end of the stem. The stem extension is electrically insulated from the stem. The tibial tray assembly also includes a wireless c... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075629 | Orthopaedic prosthesis having a seating indicator An orthopaedic prosthesis includes a curved outer surface configured to abut a patient's bone when the orthopaedic prosthesis is implanted therein. The outer surface may or may not be electrically conductive. A channel is defined in the outer surface and extends fro... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075627 | System and method for transmitting orthopaedic implant data A system and method for transmitting implant data includes an orthopaedic implant, a wireless receiver, and a processing circuit electrically coupled to the wireless receiver. The orthopaedic implant is configured to transmit implant identification data and implant ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075626 | Orthopaedic knee prosthesis having increased axial-rotation An orthopaedic prosthesis includes a tibial bearing and a femoral component configured to articulate with the tibial bearing. The tibial bearing and the femoral component are configured to promote outward axial rotation of the femoral component with respect to the t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070755 | Joint arthroplasty kit and method A method for providing joint arthroplasty includes providing a gauge for making a measurement of the contour of a long bone, making a measurement of the contour of a long bone with the gauge, providing a plurality of joint prostheses, selecting one of the plurality ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068648 | Method and system for registering a bone of a patient with a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system A method and system for registering a bone of a patient with a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system includes retrieving an image of the bone having indicia of the position of a magnetic source coupled thereto, determining first data indicative of the positio... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067069 | Strontium-substituted apatite coating An implantable article including a biocompatible substrate and a bioactive strontium-substituted calcium phosphate ceramic apatite coating chemically bonded to at least a portion of the surface of the biocompatible substrate, wherein the strontium-substituted calciu... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066770 | Sintered coatings for implantable prostheses The present invention concerns articles having an outer surface that bears at least two layers of metal particles, wherein the at least two layers comprise an outermost layer and an intermediate layer; the outermost layer consisting essentially of aspherical metalli... | 11/29/2011 |
