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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6565570 | Bone plate and retractor assembly A system for performing osteotomies includes a bone plate and a retractor assembly. The bone plate generally includes a first mounting portion for attachment to a first bone portion, a second mounting portion for attachment to a ssecond bone portion, and ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6352537 | Method and apparatus for spinal fixation An apparatus for a spinal fixation generally includes a hook member and a linkage. The hook member includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion has a generally arcuate shape and defines an aperture passing therethrough. The lower porti... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6296665 | Method and apparatus for spinal fixation An apparatus for spinal fixation has a longitudinally extending core which provides structural integrity and allows for bone growth along the center column of the spine. The apparatus for spinal fixation further includes upper and lower platform members r... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6292699 | Direct current stimulation of spinal interbody fixation device A spinal fusion stimulator comprising an interbody fusion cage or other interbody fixation device adapted to be implanted in the intervertebral disc space of a patient's spine, the interbody fusion cage in the preferred embodiment having a hollow body wit... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6277118 | External fixator including an angular correction module and related method An external fixator for securing a bone through a first bone screw connected to a first portion of the bone and a second bone screw connected to a second portion of the bone. The external fixator includes a first bone screw clamping assembly for receiving... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6277119 | External fixation system An external fixation system for securing a first bone portion in a fixed relationship with respect to a second bone portion. The fixation system includes at least one cylindrical support rod and a plurality of universal clamp assemblies for engagement wit... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6152925 | Method and apparatus for external fixation of an elbow An apparatus for adjustably securing the humerous, which is on a proximal side of elbow joint, relative to the ulna on the distal side of the elbow joint. The apparatus includes a central body having inner and outer ring members interconnected for relativ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6112122 | Preformed extendable mesh cathode for implantable bone growth stimulator An implantable bone growth stimulator comprising an electrical signal generator having an anode connected thereto along with a prefabricated flexible wire mesh cathode that is extendable to at least twice its preformed initial length. The cathode in a pre... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6010501 | Method and apparatus for external fixation of small bones An external fixator for securing a first bone portion in a fixed relationship with respect to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a bone screw clamping assembly for receiving a first bone screw which is connected to the first bone portion and whic... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5941879 | Method and apparatus for external fixation of bones An external fixator for adjustably securing a first bone portion in a position relative to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a first clamping assembly for receiving a first bone screw connected to the first bone portion and a second clamping ass... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5743898 | Method and apparatus for external fixation of small bones An external fixator for securing a first bone portion in a fixed relationship with respect to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a bone screw clamp for receiving a first bone screw which is connected to the first bone portion and which includes a... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5662650 | Method and apparatus for external fixation of large bones A fixator for securing a first bone portion in a position relative to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a first bone screw clamp that serves as a template for drilling a hole in a first bone portion and that secures the first bone screw to the f... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5458627 | Electrochemically controlled faradic stimulation of osteogenesis Invented are methods and an apparatus for faradic stimulation of osteogenesis by control of electrochemical reactions through maintenance of a stimulus between a cathode and anode yielding only beneficial electrochemical reactions at the cathode, the site... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5338286 | Electromagnetic bioresponse by selective spectral suppression in pulsed field stimulation A noninvasive apparatus for treating living tissue and cells by means of a pulsed electromagnetic field, and particularly suitable for bone growth stimulation. A treatment coil is noninvasively mounted in proximity to an afflicted body part to be treated,... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5056518 | Optimization of bone formation at cathodes A method including applying varying signals to a first electrode at the tissue site and a second electrode remote from the tissue site and monitoring the results to determine a distinctive transition in the current-voltage characteristics of the electrode... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4841956 | Apparatus for inducing venous-return flow from the leg Venous blood flow in a non-ambulating human leg is involuntarily promoted in a repeating cycle of successively actuated venous pumps, in imitation of the pump-actuating sequence which characterizes normal walking. Specifically, in the preferred embodiment... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4721101 | Medical appliance The invention contemplates a non-invasive technique and apparatus for artificially stimulating the venous-return flow of blood from the foot by inducing fast-rising pulsed squeezing or necking-down of the vessels of the venous-pump mechanism within the fo... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4702232 | Method and apparatus for inducing venous-return flow Venous blood flow in a non-ambulating human leg is involuntarily promoted in a repeating cycle of successively actuated venous pumps, in imitation of the pump-actuating sequence which characterizes normal walking. Specifically, in the preferred embodiment... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4696289 | Method of promoting venous pump action The invention contemplates a non-invasive technique and apparatus for artificially stimulating the venous-return flow of blood from the foot by inducing fast-rising pulsed squeezing or necking-down of the vessels of the venous-pump mechanism within the fo... | 09/29/1987 |
