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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172884 | Bone plate with at least two elongate holes and bone plate system A bone plate particularly suited for fractures that require the intraoperative correction in rotational and lengthwise axis described. The bone plate comprises a first, linear plate portion having a longitudinal axis and a first elongate hole extending in a directio... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8109877 | Method for determining a position of an object utilizing and ultrasonic imaging device A system is disclosed for determining a position and a change in the position of an anatomical structure. The system utilizes a surgical navigation system and a substrate that is capable of being removably mounted to an outer surface of a patient's body. The substra... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7927098 | Surgical anchor device An orthodontic anchor device (10) for a surgical traction element is described. The anchor device includes a fixing device (12), which can be fixed in or to a bone in the mouth region, as well as a clamping device (18) coupled to the fixing devi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920162 | Display method and system for surgical procedures A method and system includes multiple displays that can be separately controlled by users who are part of a surgical team. The first display will include information to assist a first user through the steps of a surgical procedure and the second display will assist ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7794483 | Compression bone screw A compression bone screw is described, with a shank having two opposite shank sections along its axial extent, a first thread being connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the shank in the region of the first shank section. The shank has at least one latching el... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7736371 | Trajectory guide A trajectory guide includes a guide body defining a selected trajectory through an entry aperture or opening, engagement surfaces for insertion into the entry aperture, and a fixing mechanism coupling the guide body with the engagement surfaces. The engagement surfa... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7670357 | Surgical instrument for manipulating a bent wire What is described is a surgical instrument for manipulating a bent surgical wire. The surgical instrument is particularly suitable for inserting one or both ends of a wire, which is bent in the shape of a U, in apertures provided for that purpose in a bone plate. Th... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7657298 | System, device, and method for determining a position of an object A system is disclosed for determining a position and a change in the position of an anatomical structure. The system utilizes a surgical navigation system and a substrate that is capable of being removably mounted to an outer surface of a patient's body. The substra... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7637929 | Self-drilling bone screw A self drilling bone screw (10) comprises a shank (16) provided with a thread (14), a pitch of the thread (14) being in the region of approximately 0.7 to 1.0 mm. A tip angle is selected such that a thread flank (20) of a first fli... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7567833 | Enhanced illumination device and method A light source illuminates a field of interest that includes an illumination module capable of projecting illumination light to the field of interest and a light projector associated with the illumination module. The light source also includes an input device associ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7473257 | Bending pliers for perforated bone plates and bending-pliers system Bending pliers are described for perforated bone plates with two jaws movable relative to one another. A receiving jaw has two spaced receptacles for insertion into holes of a bone plate to be received. A pressure-exerting jaw comprises a pressure-exerting element w... | 01/06/2009 |
