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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043298 | Tool system for adapting a bone plate A tool system for working on a bone plate is described. The tool system includes a first tool and a second tool, used at the same time as the first tool to shorten or bend the bone plate. Each of the two tools includes one or more introduction openings with which in... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7935126 | Bone plate shaping system Removable guide tips are pre-assembled into threaded holes of a fracture fixation plate. The guide tips may be used with or without drill guides to guide a drill along the axes of threaded holes defined in the plate. In addition, the tips may be used with bending to... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7771433 | Bone fracture fixation plate shaping system Removable guide tips are pre-assembled into threaded holes of a fracture fixation plate. The guide tips may be used with or without drill guides to guide a drill along the axes of threaded holes defined in the plate. In addition, the tips may be used with bending to... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7740634 | Method of bone plate shaping Removable guide tips are pre-assembled into threaded holes of a fracture fixation plate. The guide tips may be used with or without drill guides to guide a drill along the axes of threaded holes defined in the plate. In addition, the tips may be used with bending to... | 06/22/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7276073 | Straightening tools having guide templates for angled tissue cutting instruments and methods of using the same A straightening tool for straightening an elongate angled member of an angled tissue cutting instrument in which the elongate angled member has a proximal length portion and an initial bend connecting the proximal length portion to a distal length portion extending ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7243580 | Torque limiting driver with easily disassembled components for sterilization A driver has components that are easily disassembled for cleaning and/or sterilization. Once disassembled, the limited number of components allows for easy reassembly. The driver utilizes a cam that rides on spring fingers for determining the level of producible tor... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7229446 | Tool system for adapting a bone plate A tool system for working on a bone plate is described. The tool system includes a first tool and a second tool, used at the same time as the first tool to shorten or bend the bone plate. Each of the two tools includes one or more introduction openings with which in... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216573 | Portable shear A portable shear comprises at least two shear blades. The shear blades are in close proximity with one another, and each shear blade has a cut-out. A force apparatus applies a force to at least one of two blades such that the blades move relative to each other. In a... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7131975 | Apparatus and methods for straightening angled tissue cutting instruments A straightening tool is disclosed for straightening angled tissue cutting instruments including an outer member having a proximal length portion and a pre-formed bend connecting the proximal length portion with a distal length portion extending from the bend at an a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7090676 | Adjustable bone plates Bone plates having an adjustable joint, and methods of using the bone plates to fix bones. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070596 | Electrosurgical apparatus having a curved distal section Apparatus and methods for advancing and retracting a medical instrument within an introducer device, wherein the instrument includes a distal tip, a distal linear portion, a first distal curve, a substantially linear inter-curve portion, and a second proximal curve.... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6929476 | Dental apparatus A dental equipment for cutting teeth, forming root canals and so on. The dental apparatus includes: an actuator for actuating a cutting tool; a load sensor for sensing a load worked in the cutting tool; and a load indicator for making an operator know the load sense... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6827720 | System and method for treating osteonecrosis A system and method for treating a necrotic section of bone. At least one channel is drilled into a bone from a common point. Each channel has a distal end that terminates proximate the necrotic section of bone. A volume of bone growth inducing compound is introduce... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6743239 | Devices with a bendable tip for medical procedures An improved device for performing medical procedures, preferably minimally invasive medical procedures, includes a shaft with a proximal and distal end and a bendable tip extending from the distal end of the shaft. In some preferred embodiments, a fastener applicato... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6706013 | Variable length drug delivery catheter A catheter for insertion in a physiological lumen is provided which includes two balloons, wherein the distance between the balloons can be adjusted. The catheter can be used for the delivery of a therapeutic substance for the treatment of conditions such as resteno... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6673070 | Sphincter treatment apparatus A sphincter treatment apparatus includes an elongated member having at least one lumen including an inflation lumen and a basket assembly with first and second arms. The basket assembly is coupled to the elongated member and has deployed and non-deployed ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6322565 | Avascular neucrosis instrument and method An avascular neucrosis instrument includes a drill guide member, an extension member attached to an end of the drill guide member, an indexing member attached to the drill guide member, and a flexible drill member extending along the drill guide member an... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6245061 | Tissue heating and ablation systems and methods using self-heated electrodes Systems and methods using an electrode able to transmit heating or ablation energy into tissue include first and second sensing elements associated with the electrode for measuring first and second temperatures. The electrode also includes a heating eleme... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6238390 | Ablation catheter system having linear lesion capabilities An improved catheter system having a rollable electrode at its tip section capable of treating a tissue of a patient. A catheter suitable for radiofrequency ablation of cardiac tissues comprises a catheter shaft having a distal section with an open groove... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6126682 | Method for treating annular fissures in intervertebral discs A percutaneous method of repairing a fissure in the annulus pulposus includes placing an energy source adjacent to the fissure and providing sufficient energy to the fissure to raise the temperature to at least about 45-70° C. and for a sufficient time t... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6077271 | Bone plate vise A vise to aid in bending a bone plate. The vise includes an elongate handle and a first clamp mechanism. The clamp mechanism includes a plate-receiving slot having an axis perpendicular to the long axis of the handle and rotationally fixed to the handle. ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6044846 | Method to treat esophageal sphincters A method of treating a sphincter provides a catheter means and an energy delivery device means coupled to the catheter means. The energy delivery device means has a tissue piercing distal end. The catheter means is introduced into an esophagus. A sphincte... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5941911 | Orthopedic prosthesis employing bone screws and cement A prosthetic system is provided for secure mounting of a prosthetic component to a bone, and particularly to a bone that may be diseased, damaged or deteriorated. The prosthetic system includes a plurality of screws that are mounted to healthy bone stock.... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5910141 | Rod introduction apparatus An introduction apparatus for approximating a longitudinal member and an implant to permit fixation therebetween. The introduction apparatus having a gripping nose for securely engaging an implant, a lateral approximation mechanism for laterally aligning ... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5904684 | Device and method for simultaneous bilateral pelvic osteotomies A method and device facilitates the procedure of a transverse osteotomy of both ilium and a secondary osteotomy through the pelvic symphysis. A plate is utilized which has facility for attachment of eight screws into the, animal bone tissue to more secure... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5810822 | Apparatus for correcting long bone deformation The apparatus of the invention includes at least a first device (21) with a rigid elongated body (1) including two main sections angularly coupled with each other by an angular coupling region forming an angle substantially equal to the angular correction... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5785713 | Surgical fixation apparatus A fixation apparatus including a body portion and a plurality of leg portions extending from the body portion. The body portion is resiliently deformable between an initial orientation and an insertion orientation upon application of a force to the body p... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5725533 | Torsional tightener for bone anchoring or implant elements/tools A compact torsional tightener system for anchoring tools or implants in bone or dentine or elements in implants anchored in bone or dentine sufficiently compact to be inserted into a patient's mouth includes a transformerless electric motor with a small r... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5634926 | Surgical bone fixation apparatus A bone fixation apparatus for anchoring a surgical member to bone for the fixation of bone or soft tissue to bone. The bone fixation apparatus includes a post device having a leg portion slidably insertable into a hole formed in bone. The leg portion is o... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5395311 | Atherectomy catheter An atherectomy catheter including an expandable cutter head having spaced apart blades radially extending from a cutter sleeve at a leading end of the cutter head. A torque tube is attached to and surrounds the blades at an expanding end of the cutter hea... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5389099 | Keyhole rod bender A pair of surgical in situ rod benders having keyhole notches to prevent slipping off the rod while in use. The in situ benders also have a 20° offset angle to allow a criss-cross pushing tension during bending. A flat tapered handle helps the surgeon co... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5374235 | Marrow nail A marrow nail engagable with a plurality of screws for securing the nail in a bone of a patient. The marrow nail includes a plurality of recesses defined proximate one end of an elongated rod. Each of the plural recesses is formed as a notch and is operab... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5314431 | Surgical instrument used in conjunction with fixation of fractures or surgical osteotomies A pair of pivotally attached handles are normally displaced away from each other via a spring biasing arrangement, and are displaced toward each other as by squeezing the handles against the spring bias. A wire or pin is introduced into a fixed fracture o... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5113685 | Apparatus for contouring spine plates and/or rods A plurality of instruments or members are provided to plastically deform spine plates or rods to a configuration which corresponds to a desired configuration for connection with a spinal column. A pair of flat benders have slots which are engageable with ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4516322 | Shearing apparatus A mechanically operated cutter assembly adapted to shear bar or rod stock, such as bone pins, even though both ends of the rod are fixed, along a plane perpendicular to its axis, includes a body member having an elongated interior channel within which a r... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4506681 | Surgical implant A precursor device is provided for forming a surgical implant for prosthetic surgery. The device has a body or matrix of biocompatible material which is thermoplastic and electrically insulating. Embedded in the matrix is a plurality of electrically condu... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4443941 | Intramedullary pin cutting instrument An instrument for cutting elongated pins used in orthopedic surgery includes a housing having a reduced diameter portion in which is disposed a piston reciprocable in a fluid chamber. An enlarged diameter portion of the housing forms a further part of the... | 04/24/1984 |
| 3972116 | Shear A pin shear for shaping and cutting bone pins and other elongate elements to the desired length is described. A pneumatically operated, coaxial cutter assembly includes a cutter plug having pin passageways therethrough positioned inside a cutter body havi... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3960147 | Compression bone staples and methods of compressing bone segments An apparatus and method are provided for placing adjacent bone ends under end to end compression using a staple having spaced apart prongs adapted to be forced into adjacent bone ends, said prongs being connected at one end by a head member having at leas... | 06/01/1976 |
