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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7399306 | Hand-held instruments that access interior body regions Apparatus and methods provide a tool comprising a trocar and a cannula in which the trocar engages the cannula to form a composite instrument. The trocar includes a handle and a lumen through the trocar and the trocar handle that accommodates passage of a functional... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7335203 | System and method for immobilizing adjacent spinous processes A system and method for immobilizing adjacent spinous processes in accordance with the present invention can supplement primary fusion devices and methods by immobilizing spinous processes while bone from adjacent vertebral bodies grows together. The system requires... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7278778 | System for mixing and transferring flowable materials A plurality of bone filler devices receive bone filling material from an apparatus that receives components of the bone filling material in an unmixed condition, mixes the components of the bone filling material, and dispenses the mixed components of the bone fillin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273523 | Strontium-apatite-cement-preparations, cements formed therefrom, and uses thereof Calcium-strontium-hydroxyphosphate (strontium-apatite-) cement preparations are described, comprising a powder mixture, which contains molar quantities of the components calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr) and phosphate (P) in the mixture in the ranges 1.00 | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261720 | Inflatable device for use in surgical protocol relating to fixation of bone A balloon for use in compressing cancellous bone and marrow (also known as medullary bone or trabecular bone). The balloon comprises an inflatable balloon body for insertion into said bone. The body has a shape and size to compress at least a portion of the cancello... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252671 | Systems and methods for treating vertebral bodies A filler instrument comprises a first chamber section having a first cross sectional area and a second chamber section having a second cross sectional area less than the first cross sectional area. The second chamber section communicates with the first chamber secti... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241303 | Devices and methods using an expandable body with internal restraint for compressing cancellous bone Devices and methods compress cancellous bone. In one arrangement, the devices and methods make use of an expandable body that includes an internal restraint coupled to the body. The internal restraint directs expansion of the body. In one arrangement, a method for t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7166121 | Systems and methods using expandable bodies to push apart cortical bone surfaces Systems and methods insert an expandable body in a collapsed configuration into a space defined between cortical bone surfaces. The space can, e.g., comprise a fracture or an intervertebral space. The systems and methods cause expansion of the expandable body within... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160020 | Methods for mixing and transferring flowable materials A method mixes and transfers a bone filling material. The method makes use of a receptacle for receiving components in an unmixed condition. A mixing element can be inserted into the receptacle to mix the components. An actuator having a drive member and a driven me... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156861 | Expandable structures for deployment in interior body regions Apparatus for deploying an expandable structure in interior body regions provide an outer catheter tube, an inner catheter tube sized and configured to be received within the outer catheter tube, and an expandable structure having a distal end and a proximal end. Th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153306 | Systems and methods for reducing fractured bone using a fracture reduction cannula Systems and methods provide for the fixation of osteoporotic and non-osteoporotic long bones, especially Colles' fractures. A cannula having a circumferential opening is inserted into cancellous bone and directed such that the circumferential opening faces the fract... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153307 | Systems and methods for placing materials into bone Systems and methods for delivering material into bone deploy a cannula through soft tissue to establish a subcutaneous path into bone. A material is introduced into bone through the cannula. The systems and methods advance a tamping instrument through the cannula to... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7115163 | Magnesium ammonium phosphate cement composition This invention relates to a cement, which comprises in its main phase of microcrystalline magnesium ammonium phosphate and nanoapatite after hardening and thus at the same time has considerable strength. The material is biologically degradable and is suitable for ap... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7081122 | Hand-held instruments that access interior body regions A composite instrument is provided comprising a first functional instrument and a second functional instrument when the first functional instrument is coupled with the second functional instrument. A composite handle for the composite instrument is provided comprisi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7063703 | Slip-fit handle for hand-held instruments that access interior body regions A first surgical instrument has a bore extending therethrough and includes a handle attachment site. A second surgical instrument is sized and configured for passage through the bore of the first instrument. The handle is adapted for manipulating the first instrumen... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7044954 | Method for treating a vertebral body A structure adapted to assume an expanded geometry having a desired configuration when used in bone includes material that limits the expanded geometry. The structure undergoes stress when expanded during its first use in bone. As a result, the structure can not be ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7018089 | Apparatus and methods for mixing two components The apparatus for production of mixtures from two components has a container for each and devices to combine the components in the mixing space and for extrusion of the mixture. The powdered component (4) is situated in the lower part of the inner space (2... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6981981 | Inflatable device for use in surgical protocol relating to fixation of bone Systems for treating a bone, e.g. a vertebral body, having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone provide a first tool, a second tool, and a third tool. The first tool establishes a percutaneous access path to bone. The second tool is size... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6979341 | Expandable preformed structures for deployment in interior body regions An expandable structure made from an elastomer material is preformed to a desired geometry by exposure to heat and pressure. The structure undergoes controlled expansion and further distention in cancellous bone, with controlled deformation and without stress failur... | 12/27/2005 |
| D512506 | Hand held surgical instrument for creating cavities in interior body regions | 12/06/2005 |
| 6923813 | Devices for creating voids in interior body regions and related methods Several embodiments of cutting tips for tools for creating voids in interior body regions are provided. The cutting tips provide for rotational and translational cutting. An actuator mechanism for deploying a cutting tip converts the rotational movement of a wheel i... | 08/02/2005 |
| D506828 | Y-adapter | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908506 | Magnesium ammonium phosphate cement composition This invention relates to a cement, which comprises in its main phase of microcrystalline magnesium ammonium phosphate and nanoapatite after hardening and thus at the same time has considerable strength. The material is biologically degradable and is suitable for ap... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6899719 | Systems and methods for treating fractured or diseased bone using expandable bodies Systems and methods treat fractured or diseased bone by deploying more than a single therapeutic tool into the bone. In one arrangement, the systems and methods deploy an expandable body in association with a bone cement nozzle into the bone, such that both occupy t... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6863672 | Structures and methods for creating cavities in interior body regions Tools carry structures that are deployed inside bone and, when manipulated, cut cancellous bone to form a cavity. ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6814736 | Methods for injecting flowable materials into bones A tube body includes an interior bore to carry a material flow into bone. The tube body includes a dispensing end having an opening communicating with the bore to dispense the material flow. One embodiment provides a cutting element, which extends in the opening to ... | 11/09/2004 |
| D495417 | Slip-fit handle for hand held surgical instruments | 08/31/2004 |
| D492775 | Impact handle for hand held surgical instruments | 07/06/2004 |
| D492032 | Impact handle for hand held surgical instruments | 06/22/2004 |
| D490159 | Hand-held mixer for flowable materials | 05/18/2004 |
| 6726691 | Methods for treating fractured and/or diseased bone The present invention relates to devices and methods for treating fractured and/or diseased bone. More specifically, the present invention relates to devices and methods for repairing, reinforcing and/or treating fractured and/or diseased bone using various devices,... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6719773 | Expandable structures for deployment in interior body regions An expandable structure carried at the end of a catheter tube assembly can be contracted and/or wrapped to present a reduced profile during deployment and/or removal from a targeted tissue site. ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6719761 | System and methods for injecting flowable materials into bones A tube body includes an interior bore to carry a material flow into bone. The tube body includes a dispensing end having an opening communicating with the bore to dispense the material flow. One embodiment provides a cutting element, which extends in the opening to ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6716216 | Systems and methods for treating vertebral bodies Systems and methods treat at least two vertebral bodies in a spinal column. The systems and methods make use of first and second tool assemblies operable to treat an interior region of, respectively, a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body in the spinal c... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6663647 | Inflatable device for use in surgical protocol relating to fixation of bone A balloon for use in compressing cancellous bone and marrow (also known as medullary bone or trabecular bone) against the inner cortex of bones whether the bones are fractured or not. The balloon comprises an inflatable, non-expandable balloon body for in... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6645213 | Systems and methods for injecting flowable materials into bones Systems and methods provide greater control over the placement of cement and other flowable liquids into bone.... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641587 | Systems and methods for treating vertebral bodies A filler instrument comprises a first chamber section having a first cross sectional area and a second chamber section having a second cross sectional area less than the first cross sectional area. The second chamber section communicates with the first ch... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6623505 | Expandable structures for deployment in interior body regions Devices intended for deployment into interior body regions employ a catheter tube, which carries an expandable structure. The catheter tube extends along a first axis, while the expanded geometry of the structure is oriented about a second axis, which is ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6613054 | Systems and methods for placing materials into bone Systems and methods for delivering material into bone deploy a cannula through soft tissue to establish a subcutaneous path into bone. A material is introduced into bone through the cannula. The systems and methods advance a tamping instrument through the... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6607544 | Expandable preformed structures for deployment in interior body regions An expandable structure made from an elastomer material is preformed to a desired geometry by exposure to heat and pressure. The structure undergoes controlled expansion and further distention in cancellous bone, with controlled deformation and without fa... | 08/19/2003 |
