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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182486 | Guided reamer system for reshaping bone A reamer system is provided which includes a cannulated reamer handle, and a corresponding cannulated reamer, which, when assembled and operated over a drill pin secured in a manner axially aligned with the stem of the femoral joint, enables the accurate and control... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177787 | Disposable battery pack for a surgical drill; and method A surgical procedure is disclosed utilizing a cordless surgical handpiece powered from a sterile battery pack that contains a battery in condition for immediate use without further charging or sterilization. The battery chemistry is based upon lithium/manganese diox... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177788 | In-line milling system Embodiments of the present invention provide a milling system and method that provides a precise triangular cut in a patient's proximal femur. The system allows the surgeon to mill in a single direction, that is, the drill is in the same or similar longitudinal plac... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172845 | Drill bit and method for producing a drill bit A drill bit including a shaft which has a pyramidal shaped end defining a drill tip with a plurality of edges defining the pyramidal shape. One or more recesses are provided for directing away debris produced while drilling, the at least one recess having a f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172846 | Method for performing high speed surgical procedures A method for performing a surgical procedure on tissue at a target site of a patient includes providing a surgical cutting instrument including an outer tube, inner wire assembly and a cutting tip. The outer tube defines a curved segment. The inner wire assembly is ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8162945 | Drill bit and method for producing a drill bit A drill bit including a shaft which has a pyramidal shaped end defining a drill tip with a plurality of edges defining the pyramidal shape. One or more recesses are provided for directing away debris produced while drilling, the at least one recess having a f... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152809 | Flat cut bit for cranial perforator Described herein is a cranial surgery drill bit having a safety self stopping mechanism for use on bone material to prevent or repair skin erosion and infection which may result from the placement of a cap for holding the lead from Deep Brain Stimulation surgery. Th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8123750 | Apparatus and methods for removal of intervertebral disc tissues Apparatus and methods for removing tissue from an intervertebral disc are disclosed. The apparatus can include an elongated guide tube, a rotary cutting member and a drive shaft. Other apparatus can include an elongated guide tube, an inner guide tube, a cutting hea... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8092457 | Drilling device and drilling procedures for surgical purposes A medical drilling device for drilling of human or animal tissue carries a drill (7) that is electrically contacted by a bore electrode (9) and a backing electrode (10). Both electrodes (9, 10) are charged by a resistance-measuring device... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8075563 | Resurfacing reamer with cutting struts Disclosed is a guided orthopedic bone reamer (10a) for cutting a profile relief shape (21a) into a joint bone (20). The reamer (10a) has a cutting head (30a) and an axial guide assembly (70). The ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075564 | Piezotome for maxillary sinus operation A piezotome operation unit for lifting a maxillary sinus at a position of placement of an implant upon lifting the maxillary sinus, which forms and enlarges the vertical hole with ease in a remaining bone of the maxillary sinus though vertical approaching, and upon ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8057477 | Guided reamer system for reshaping bone A reamer system is provided which includes a cannulated reamer holder, and a corresponding cannulated reamer, which, when assembled and operated over a drill pin secured in a manner axially aligned with the stem of the femoral joint, enables the accurate and control... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052688 | Electromagnetic apparatus and method for nerve localization during spinal surgery An electromagnetic pedicle awl utilizes a tightly focused time-varying magnetic flux to create a localized electromotive force (EMF) near the tip of a pedicle awl. The localized EMF creates localized eddy currents in nearby nerves which in turn excite ionic nerve ch... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052687 | Calcar planar A kit for removing calcar bone from a resected face around a bone canal of a long bone prepared to receive an orthopaedic implant is provided. The kit includes a trial for insertion into the bone canal of the long bone and a fixture. The fixture has a connector for ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048079 | Retrograde cutting instrument An instrument for retrograde cutting of sockets or tunnels in bone for arthroscopic tenodesis. A retrograde cutter is used to form a recipient site socket from the inside out, i.e., using a retrograde technique, with minimal incisions of distal cortices and reduced ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048078 | Tool for making drill-holes in bones or removing cylindrical drill-hole cores from bones of the human body A tool (1) is constructed for single use for making drill-holes in bones or removing cylindrical drill-hole cores from bones of the human body with a tubular tool body (2) which can be inserted into a receiving bore (8) of a tool holder (4 | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038679 | Reaming device A bone reamer has an ablation device for forming cavities in body tissue, the ablation device is movable with respect to a head of the reamer, and is capable of protruding at least partially beyond a surface of the head. The amount of protrusion the ablation device ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038678 | Arthroscopic unicompartmental knee and method of formation A two sided cylindrical chondral resurfacing implant that covers areas of the highest contact between the tibia and femur. A dual-sided rotary drill cutter is employed to create a tibial socket from outside in. A full femoral trough is made with the opposite side of... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029509 | Countersink for use in orthopedic surgery A drill having a head that has a modified egg shape. The distal most end of the drill head is rounded and has a smaller diameter with a cutting bevel which flares into an area having a maximum diameter that is slightly larger than the diameter of the corresponding s... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029510 | Surgical machine and method for controlling and/or regulating a surgical machine In order to so improve a surgical machine comprising a housing and a surgical drive that maintenance of the machine is simplified, it is proposed that the drive and the housing be directly on indirectly connectable in a detachable manner. A method for control... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025662 | Bidirectional reaming cutter A surgical rotary reamer including a shaft and a cutting head connected to the shaft. The cutting head has a plurality of cutting teeth. At least one cutting tooth has a forward portion, a rearward portion and a mid-portion therebetween. The forward portion has a fi... | 09/27/2011 |
| RE42757 | Expandable reamer An expandable reamer for forming a space within a vertebral disc includes a pair of opposing blades which have a expanded state and a retracted state. The blades being pivotally positioned at the distal end of a shaft assembly. A shaft housing being substantially di... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8002775 | Methods and instruments for treating pseudoarthrosis Methods, instruments, and kits for treating spinal pseudoarthrosis are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes delivering to a location of spinal pseudoarthrosis an effective amount of an osteoinductive composition that includes an injectible osteoinductive c... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002799 | System and method for spine fixation A system for attaching first and second fixation elements at a predetermined angle relative to each other to first and second locations of a vertebra, respectively includes a first guide wire configured to be inserted into the first location of the vertebra, an angu... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7981114 | Drilling tool guide wire alignment device A device for installation of a guide wire for a drilling tool in a correct positional arrangement in a bone. The device includes a tissue protection sleeve, which has at one end a laterally projecting grip or handle. A trocar is provided, which trocar can be introdu... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7955338 | Apparatus and method for preparing bone for anti-rotational implantation of an orthopedic endoprosthesis An apparatus and method for reaming a bone, facilitating pre-implantation alignment of a prosthesis using trial components, and preparing a bone site for anti-rotational implantation of the prosthesis is provided. The apparatus includes a boring end, a mating end di... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7935117 | Expandable proximal reamer A reamer for reaming a portion of a long bone cavity for use in implanting a joint prosthesis. The reamer is used in cooperation with a portion of an orthopaedic implant component and includes an expandable body that is adapted to adjust between a plurality of diame... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7927332 | Bone reamer Systems, including apparatus, methods, and kits, for reaming bones with bone reamers. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922720 | Orthopaedic cutting instrument and method An orthopaedic cutting instrument and associated methods are presented. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918856 | Guided reamer system for reshaping bone A guided reamer (10) has a central cannulation (12, 12a) adapted to receive a drill pin (14) secured in a manner which is axially aligned with the stem (22) of the bulbus bone joint (20). The reamer (10)has a profile ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7896880 | Apparatus and method for tissue removal Percutaneous tissue removal apparatus comprises a flexible drill shaft, a cutting tip mounted on the shaft for placement adjacent a tissue mass for cutting the tissue, means for transmitting motion to the shaft to move the cutting tip against the tissue to cut tissu... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892235 | Drill bit and method for producing a drill bit A drill bit including a shaft which has a pyramidal shaped end defining a drill tip with a plurality of edges defining the pyramidal shape. One or more recesses are provided for directing away debris produced whilst drilling, the at least one recess having a first p... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7867233 | Transpedicular intervertebral disk access methods and devices Methods and devices for treating diseases and conditions that change the spacial relationship between the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks, or that cause instability of the vertebral column, or both, and a method and devices that allow the surgeon to ac... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867234 | Reamer bushing A kit including tools or instruments for reaming a series of progressively larger bores in a work piece has as least two reamers of different reamers. Each of the reamers has a plurality of cutting flutes extending radially from a central shaft of the reamer. The fl... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862567 | Retrodrill technique for insertion of autograft, allograft or synthetic osteochondral implants Osteochondral sockets are formed using a retrograde drill assembly. The retrograde drill assembly includes a guide pin having a fluted tip and an externally threaded portion. A removable cutter head has internal threads that engage the threads of the guide pin. The ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7833228 | Method and instrumentation for performing minimally invasive hip arthroplasty A broach instrument for preparing the proximal medullary canal of a femur for receiving a hip stem implant includes lateral and medial broach segments that may be assembled and disassembled along a longitudinal plane of separation defined by longitudinal sliding sur... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828804 | Transpedicular intervertebral disk access methods and devices Methods and devices for treating diseases and conditions that change the spacial relationship between the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks, or that cause instability of the vertebral column, or both, and a method and devices that allow the surgeon to ac... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828803 | Device for reaming the intramedullary canal of a bone and a system for implementing this device The present invention concerns a device for reaming the intramedullary canal of a bone, including a body elongated along an axis roughly parallel to the longitudinal axis of the canal, with variable cross section, and of a shape that can cooperate with the inner wal... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7803158 | Navigated pin placement for orthopaedic procedures Systems and methods are provided for navigated placement of bone engaging elements, such as support pins used to support a cutting block on a bone for resection. In one embodiment, a guide apparatus is configured to be mounted to a bone and provides multi-degree of ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803159 | Disc space preparation device for spinal surgery A disc space preparation device that has particular application for removing disc material during spinal fusion surgery. The disc preparation device includes a body portion that houses a motor having a shaft attached thereto that is rotated by the motor. The shaft e... | 09/28/2010 |
