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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130376 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND METHODS OF USE FOR IMPLANTING A PROSTHESIS A tissue resection guide for use with a datum includes a base releasably engagable with the datum. The tissue resection guide has a first frame fixed relative to the base and the first frame has at least one integral first guide path that is sized and configured to at l... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120022540 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USE OF EXPANDABLE MEMBERS IN SURGICAL APPLICATIONS In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an elongated member, an expandable member coupled to the elongated member, and an outer sheath. The outer sheath, which can be constructed from a different material than the expandable member, is disposed about the expandable m... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110270258 | METHOD FOR SCULPTING THE SURFACE OF A JOINT Methods and devices for sculpting bones, particularly in preparation for implanting prosthetic devices to replace articulating bone joint surfaces. Improved bone removal devices including burr mills driven by gears and loop drives are provided. Reciprocating cutters and... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110270257 | Spondylolisthesis correction apparatus and method An apparatus and method are provided that allow for the realignment and stabilization of adjacent vertebrae. An implant of this invention both repositions adjacent vertebrae and remains in situ to maintain the new position. The implant has two halves which are interlock... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110257655 | INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING THE DISTRACTION PRESSURE BETWEEN VERTEBRAL BODIES An instrument for measuring the distraction pressure between vertebral bodies comprises a control device (34, 36; 64, 66) for introducing a pressure force onto surfaces of opposing vertebral bodies and a measuring device (50; 84) associated with the contro... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110251619 | HIP JOINT ACCESS USING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL WIRE AND BALLOON The devices disclosed herein can provide access to the central compartment by accessing the medial-inferior side of the acetabulum, where a gap in the labrum exists. A distending device access the peripheral compartment of a hip joint. The device can then be circumferen... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110245836 | MINIMAL INCISION MAXIMAL ACCESS MIS SPINE INSTRUMENTATION AND METHOD A minimal incision maximal access system allows for maximum desirable work space exposure within the incision along with maximum access to the operative field utilizing a minimum incision as small as the width of the working tube. Instead of multiple insertions of dilat... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110196496 | Interbody Fusion Device An interbody spacer includes concave lateral surfaces extending at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. In one aspect, the interbody spacer includes upper and lower convex surfaces defined by an arc extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoin... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110196378 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRACTING A JOINT, INCLUDING THE PROVISION AND USE OF A NOVEL FLUID JOINT SPACER A fluid joint spacer comprising a body having means for receiving a pressurized fluid from an external source and applying that pressurized fluid against a joint element so as to create a flowing fluid bearing within the joint.... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110190774 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN ARTHROSCOPIC PROCEDURE USING SURGICAL NAVIGATION The method for performing an arthroscopic procedure on a joint using surgical navigation. A 3-D virtual model of the anatomy is created from a scan of the anatomy. The 3-D virtual model is then used to reproduce motion of the joint and plan the arthroscopic procedure. T... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110184422 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR INTERBODY SPINAL STABILIZATION Methods and instruments for preparing a disc space and for forming interbody devices therein are provided. The instruments include distractors having enlargeable portions positionable in the disc space for distracting the disc space. The enlargeable portions can also pr... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110166580 | Bone Compression And Distraction Apparatus A bone compression and distraction apparatus comprising a body, a worm screw and left and right wire attachments. The body defines an elongated tubular member with a first end and a second end. The worm screw is positioned within the body. The worm screw has right hand ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110166611 | COMBINATION DISTRACTER AND INSERTER INSTRUMENT A combination distracter and inserter instrument is provided. The instrument may comprise a pair of paddles configured to be inserted in between vertebral bodies. Each paddle may be attached at one end to a control handle and terminate at an opposite end in a tapered ti... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110166579 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ACCESS INTO A JOINT Devices and methods are disclosed for providing access to a central compartment of a hip joint. The devices can access the central compartment by distracting all or a portion of the labrum. The labrum can be distracted by advancing a device underneath the bottom edge of... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110130836 | Compositions and Methods for Use of Scar Tissue in Repair of Weight Bearing Surfaces Compositions and methods are provided for weight bearing surface, i.e., intervertebral disc (“disc”), between spinous processes and articular cartilage, repair. Compositions include fibrosis inducing agents for facilitating fibrosis in or on the site in need of repa... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110106094 | MANDIBULAR DISTRACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE A mandibular distraction system and method for treating temporomandibular joint disorders by stretching and relaxing the periarticular muscles of the temporomandibular joint. The system includes a head immobilization device, a patient support device and a facial harness... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110098759 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR BONE MANIPULATION An expandable bone tamp for performing a minimally invasive surgical procedure includes a coil connected between an inner shaft and an outer shaft. Rotating the inner shaft relative to the outer shaft can then cause the coil to expand or collapse around the inner shaft.... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110098821 | Transforaminal Prosthetic Spinal Disc Replacement and Methods Thereof The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The present invention also relates to prosthetic spinal disc designs that are implanted using a transf... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110077655 | Vertebral Body Spool Device A mandrel is inserted into the tissue to be distracted and a filament is repeatedly wrapped around the mandrel to make a spool. As the mandrel turns, the filament coils around the mandrel to create of spool of increasing diameter. This spool can be used as a distractor,... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110034777 | EXPANDABLE RETRACTOR AND METHODS INCORPORATING THE SAME A surgical instrument, generally in the form of an expandable elongate conduit, for use as a distractor and/or retractor. The conduit generally includes a first elongate trough and a second elongate trough movable between an expanded state and a collapsed state wherein ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110015638 | SPINAL-COLUMN DISTRACTOR A spinal-column distractor (10) comprises a first pusher plate (1) intended to bear on a vertebra, a second pusher plate (2) intended to bear on an adjacent vertebra, and a slide (3). The slide (3) is connected to the first pusher plat... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009870 | apparatus for spinal fusion An apparatus and method for distracting, in a given direction, and supporting two tissue surfaces. An expandable implant includes a plurality of elements are consecutively inserted between the two tissue surfaces to create a column of elements. The column of elements is... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004217 | Apparatus and Method for Injecting Fluent Material at a Distracted Tissue Site A system and method is provided for distracting opposite surfaces from the interior of a bone, such as a vertebral body. A working channel cannula provides a working channel through which an inserter and an injection cannula can simultaneously pass. The inserter transpo... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331845 | Methods and instruments for interbody surgical techniques This invention relates to methods and instruments for performing a surgical procedure in a disc space between adjacent vertebrae. The instruments include a distractor and a cutting instrument. In one embodiment the distractor includes a body portion and a pair of flange... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100331849 | SPINE DISTRACTION AND COMPRESSION INSTRUMENT A surgical instrument for moving tissue, such as bone segments, and more specifically vertebrae of a spinal column, is provided. In particular, a spine compression and/or distraction instrument that can be used to reposition vertebrae is provided. Further, methods for u... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100312248 | DISTRACTION DEVICE A device, kit, and method are provided for distracting bone. The device can comprise a bar and at least one connection interface. For example, the bar can comprise a first connection interface configured for releasable connection of the bar to at least one fixture inser... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100312179 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRACTING A JOINT, INCLUDING THE PROVISION AND USE OF A NOVEL JOINT-SPACING BALLOON CATHETER AND A NOVEL INFLATABLE PERINEAL POST A method for creating space in a joint, the method comprising:
| 12/09/2010 |
| 20100286701 | DISTRACTION TOOL FOR DISTRACTING AN INTERSPINOUS SPACE Distraction tools for distracting an interspinous space formed between spinous processes. The distraction tool may include first and second handles connected together at a pivot between first and second ends. First and second prongs may extend outward from the handles. ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100280519 | IMPLANTABLE DISTRACTOR WHOSE LENGTH CAN BE MODIFIED WITHOUT REOPERATION AND WHICH HAS A J-SHAPE This distraction device comprises a rod (1), a second rod (2) and means to control the translation of one rod relative to the other (3), so as to cause the desired distraction or compression. Each rod (1) and (2) has a first end, respe... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100274252 | VERTEBRAL BODY REDUCTION INSTRUMENT AND METHODS RELATED THERETO Featured is a reduction instrument being configured and arranged to allow correction of vertebral translation and applying distraction across a segment in an independent fashion. Such a reduction instrument embodies one or more identical modules that are configured as n... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100262200 | Methods and instrumentation for vertebral interbody fusion Methods and instrumentation for vertebral interbody fusion are provided. Sleeve assemblies can be provided with a reduced width portion adjacent the distal end to limit the amount of retraction of the surrounding vascular and neural structures required for the procedure... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100241128 | SPINOUS PROCESS RETRACTOR A specialized spinous process retractor surgical instrument comprises a pair of opposing proximal handles coupled to a pair of opposing distal jaws through a joint such that when the handles are compressed the jaws spread apart, the handles defining a plane when viewed ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100241230 | LAMINOPLASTY METHODS AND DEVICES A vertebral implant is provided that includes a distraction member having a first end configured to pivotally couple to a first cut portion of a vertebra and a second end configured to mate with a base member configured to couple to a second cut portion of the vertebra.... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100241127 | Methods and instrumentation for distraction of a disc space Methods and instrumentation for surgical procedures relating to preparation of vertebral bodies and a disc space for insertion of spinal implants is disclosed. One instrument is a shim having a blade and a shaft having a first end connected with the blade. The blade is ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100217271 | SPINAL DISTRACTION SYSTEM A spinal distraction system includes a distraction rod having a first end and a second end, the first end being configured for affixation to a subject's spine at a first location, the distraction rod having a second end containing a recess having a threaded portion disp... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100198226 | Method and instrumentation for posterior interbody fusion A method and instrumentation for spinal interbody fusion is disclosed. The instruments and methods are particularly adapted for interbody fusion from a posterior approach to the spine. One instrument is a retractor having a lockable pivotally mounted handle. Another ins... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100198225 | SHAPE MEMORY SPINE JACK The present invention relates to a method of repairing vertebral bodies and of controlling vertebral height augmentation. In particular, the invention relates to a spine jack and more particularly to a spine jack comprising shape memory material for use in the method of... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100191241 | Vertebral joint implants and delivery tools A spinal joint distraction system for treating a facet joint including articular surfaces having a contour is disclosed and may include a delivery device including a generally tubular structure adapted to engage a facet joint, an implant adapted to be delivered through ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100179558 | Apparatus And Methods For Inter-Operative Verification Of Appropriate Spinal Prosthesis Size And Placement A distractor and measuring device includes a first handle operatively connected to a first paddle and a second handle operatively connected to a second paddle. The first and second handles are pivotally connected to one another such that movement of the handles relative... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100145343 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCULPTING THE SURFACE OF A JOINT Methods and devices for sculpting bones, particularly in preparation for implanting prosthetic devices to replace articulating bone joint surfaces. Improved bone removal devices including burr mills driven by gears and loop drives are provided. Reciprocating cutters and... | 06/10/2010 |
