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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110257756 | TALAR IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF USE Implant devices, and method of using the same, are provided. The implant devices have a head and a stem. The head has an upper surface, an anterior surface, a posterior surface, a lateral surface and a lower surface. The anterior surface, the lateral surface, and the lo... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110093085 | ARTIFICIAL JOINT AND INSERT An artificial joint utilizes a ball in socket joint structure, an insert and arms or side walls which are exterior to the bone. The insert may be configured to adjust joint distance and/or correct joint angle by adjusting thickness and tapering. The resulting joint prov... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110093084 | ARTIFICIAL JOINT PRESERVING TENDON AND/OR SESAMOID BONE STRUCTURE An artificial toe joint utilizes a ball in socket joint structure and arms or side walls which are exterior to the bone, the side walls extending around depressions in the metatarsal bone or phalangeal bone, respectively so as to not interfere with sesamoid bones or the... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110087334 | ARTIFICIAL TOE JOINT An artificial toe joint utilizes a ball in socket joint structure and arms or side walls which are exterior to the bone. The resulting joint provides improved strength and durability, and may be used to repair joints which are not suitable for installation of a prior ar... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110082561 | SURGICAL IMPLANT A surgical implant having an elliptically-shaped base, a bottom surface, a peripheral rim and a top surface, the top surface having a concave portion. The stem extends from the bottom surface, and includes a core, a first wing portion extending laterally outwardly from ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20100331984 | PROSTHETIC JOINT COMPONENT WITH ROTATION-REGULATING STRUCTURE An elongate, longitudinally oriented outer sleeve includes an outer sleeve surface and has a sleeve body. A stem-receiving cavity extends from a distal sleeve end into the sleeve body. The distal sleeve end includes a sleeve interference protrusion extending from the di... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100262254 | METATARSAL BONE IMPLANT A metatarsal implant (212) for insertion into a stem aperture (25) in a metatarsal (14) bone of a foot and to form a joint with the proximal phalanx (16) of the great toe, includes a head (226) and a stem (228). The head (226... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20080221698 | Semi-Constrained 1st Carpometacarpal Implant Arthroplasty A first carpometacarpal joint implant. One embodiment of the invention includes proximal and distal components. The proximal component includes a fixation portion for attachment to one or more elements of a patient's distal carpal row, a ball-type joint portion cantilev... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080221697 | Hemi-implant for first metatarsophalangeal joint An improved implant for use primarily within the first metatarsophalangeal joint. The implant includes an elliptical, concave, joint surface positioned on a stem and is designed to be placed into a prepared proximal face of the phalanx. The implant is sized according to... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20070213831 | FINGER OR TOE PROSTHESIS The invention relates to a finger or toe prosthesis having an intracorporal implant and an external modular frame constituting the core of the finger or toe prosthesis with a certain number of modules or components, each with its own function, e.g. a joint, which will b... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070142920 | Metatarsal implant An implant that may be surgically positioned proximate a metatarsal may include a body having an exterior portion and two interior (or center) portions positioned on opposite sides of the body. Apertures suitable for accepting sutures to secure the implant in position m... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070078518 | Cannulated hemi-implant and methods of use thereof The present invention provides a cannulated hemi-implant with a base and a threaded stem for fixing the stem of the implant within a medullary canal of a phalanx or other bone in the foot. The implant includes a tri-part head capable of both cutting bone and self-thread... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20060241778 | Interpositional biarticular disk implant An interpositional biarticular disk implant (11) having a circular peripheral rim, a generally toroidal axial center opening (13) and convex upper and lower surfaces (15, 17) is implanted between resected concave surfaces of the metacarpal base and ... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060149261 | Implant for reconstruction of joints A spacer member (1) is intended to be placed between the ends of the bones which are to be connected, one end of the spacer member being designed to form a joint surface against one of the bone ends (6,7). A joint-stabilizing connection (2,3) is arr... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060074492 | Endoprosthesis for a metatarsophalangeal joint An endoprosthesis for a metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint, especially a basal joint of a large toe, a toe joint or a finger joint, has a prosthesis-half defining a concave or convex prosthetic sliding surface, and means arranged eccentrically with respect to the prostheti... | 04/06/2006 |
