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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128632 | Delivery of multicomponent compositions The invention relates to devices and kits for the controlled delivery of viscous, multi component compositions. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118813 | Bone graft delivery system for a vertebral interbody device A surgical delivery system that has particular application for providing bone graft material to an interbody device that restores disc space height during spinal fusion surgery. The bone graft delivery system includes a body portion and a shaft coupled thereto. An a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8066712 | Systems for delivering bone fill material The disclosure relates in certain embodiments to medical devices, systems and methods for use in osteoplasty procedures, such as vertebral compression fractures. One system for delivering a bone fill material to a bone includes an elongated introducer configured for... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7938835 | Systems and methods for treating vertebral bodies A system for treating a vertebral body comprises a cannula leading into a vertebral body and a cavity creating device. The cavity creating device comprises a shaft having a distal end portion sized to extend through the cannula, an expandable body that undergoes exp... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7879041 | Systems and methods for internal bone fixation Internal bone fixation devices and methods for using the devices for repairing a weakened or fractured bone are disclosed herein. According to aspects illustrated herein, there is provided a device for repairing a fractured bone that includes a delivery catheter hav... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7794468 | Middle ear reconstruction process and apparatus for performing the process Erosion of elements of the ossicular chain in the middle ear, resulting in hearing loss, is corrected by creating a bridge between the eroded elements, employing a bone cement formed as a paste of a self-hardening material, which is molded into an elongated bridge, ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7771431 | Systems and methods for placing materials into bone A method for delivering material into bone deploys a cannula through soft tissue to establish a subcutaneous path into bone. The method deploys a cavity forming instrument through the cannula to form a cavity in cancellous bone. The method introduces a material into... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766919 | Devices for mixing and extruding medically useful compositions This invention provides devices and methods for mixing and extruding compositions which are medically and non-medically useful. The devices are particularly useful for mixing substances which are relatively inert when alone but become reactive when mixed. A common f... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7740632 | Vibratory syringe apparatus and in vivo delivery method An apparatus and a method configured for the efficient delivery of a viscous material, such as bone cement, to a surgical site are described. A housing removably receives a large gauge syringe which is filled with the viscous material. The apparatus is a syringe-typ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7722620 | Bone treatment systems and methods The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling th... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7708742 | Methods for placing materials into bone Cancellous bone is accessed through a subcutaneous access path in soft tissue. A cavity is formed in cancellous bone by a cavity forming tool that is advanced through the subcutaneous access path into cancellous bone and manipulated to form the cavity. A measured vo... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7682364 | Method for treating a bone A method provides a void creation device including an expandable structure adapted to undergo expansion in the cancellous bone volume of a bone selected for treatment. The expandable structure has at least one dimension so that the expandable structure will assume a... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7608097 | Bone screw with fluid delivery structure A device and method to mechanically strengthen bone matrix and deliver tissue reinforcement material to weakened areas in skeletal structures. A preferred embodiment is an orthopedic screw configured to receive and directionally disperse a therapeutic fluid through ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7591822 | Retrograde plunger delivery system Cannulas are provided for delivering therapeutic material to a treatment site. The cannula includes a cannula body with a plurality of openings at the distal end, including a longitudinal opening and a plurality of transverse openings that are axially spaced from ea... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7544196 | System and kit for delivery of restorative materials Novel kits are provided for the delivery of restorative or injectable compositions into an intraosseous space or surgical defect comprising cannulae for accessing an intraosseous space, mandarins insertable into the cannulae and movable therein, one or more catheter... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7513901 | Graft syringe assembly The invention relates, according to one embodiment, to a graft syringe assembly for delivering bone graft material is disclosed. The graft syringe assembly comprises a syringe subassembly including a syringe barrel having an inner chamber adapted for receiving bone ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7354442 | Bone anchor and methods of using the same A bone anchor including a bone engaging portion and an elongate guiding portion. In one embodiment, the bone engaging portion includes a cannula passage extending at least partially through the bone engaging portion, and at least one transverse opening in communicat... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7316689 | Apparatus for depositing bone grafting material An apparatus for depositing bone graft material into a mammalian body comprises a barrel member having an inner surface with internal threads. The barrel includes an exit port through which bone graft material placed into the barrel exits the barrel. A plunger membe... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316532 | Screw with integrated screwdriver A screw with an integrated screwdriver, the screw having a screw shaft with a thread, a screw head, and a longitudinal axis, and the screwdriver being connected coaxially with the longitudinal axis over a specified breaking point with the screw head, characterized i... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311436 | Apparatus for mixing and dispensing components Apparatus and methods for mixing and dispensing components. The methods and apparatus of the invention are particularly advantageous to mix the components of radiopaque bone cement and inject the resulting radiopaque bone cement into skeletal structures. The apparat... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7294132 | Radially ported needle for delivering bone graft material and method of use A radially ported bone graft needle, particularly useful in minimally invasive procedures, is provided. The bone graft needle delivers bone graft material to a bone defect area by extruding the bone graft material both axially and radially simultaneously. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270667 | Device for the manual metering of a medical fluid, particularly bone cement A device for the manual metering of a medical fluid, such as a hardening resin of the bone cement type, comprises a chamber for the fluid to be metered (2, 102) with an end opening (6), a gripping handle (7, 107), a piston (10, 110) which... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261220 | Cordless DC caulk gun A cordless device for dispensing a viscous material including housing components for a product cartridge, a DC motor, an air pump, and a rechargeable battery. The device has a pressure limiting switch that maintains a pre-determined pressure of compressed air in a g... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258692 | Method and apparatus for reducing femoral fractures An improved method and apparatus for reducing a hip fracture utilizing a minimally invasive procedure which does not require incision of the quadriceps. A femoral implant in accordance with the present invention achieves intramedullary fixation as well as fixation i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252671 | Systems and methods for treating vertebral bodies A filler instrument comprises a first chamber section having a first cross sectional area and a second chamber section having a second cross sectional area less than the first cross sectional area. The second chamber section communicates with the first chamber secti... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252672 | Use of vibration with orthopedic cements Methods of employing bone defect filling, e.g., orthopedic cements, such as calcium phosphate cements and the like, are provided. A feature of the subject methods is that vibration is employed in conjunction with the use of the cement, e.g., in preparation of the ce... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244241 | Method and means for cementing a liner onto the face of the glenoid cavity of a scapula A tool for cementing a liner to the glenoid cavity of a scapula. The tool comprises an elongated, hollow, rigid tube having distal and proximal ends with the distal end of the tube having either an angular portion or a curved portion which has a plurality of opening... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226615 | Expandable foam-like biomaterials and methods Liquid, injectable, aqueous solutions are transformed in situ to an expandable foam-like, space filling, and adherent biomaterial. Preferably, the foam-like biomaterial is the reaction product of a two-part liquid system to achieve the in situ formation thereof. The... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7188753 | Pressure release connection and pneumatic dispensing device An inlet is adapted to receive pressurized gas from a CO2 gas cartridge. A variable compression member has a normal height, under normal operating temperature conditions, adapted to provide a normal compressive force between the gas cartridge and the inle... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7163532 | Surgical instrument with near-axial geometry A surgical instrument with near-axial geometry includes a linearly elongated handle portion having a handle axis defined along its length. The handle portion is joined to a linearly elongated working portion by an offset portion. The working portion includes a worki... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153306 | Systems and methods for reducing fractured bone using a fracture reduction cannula Systems and methods provide for the fixation of osteoporotic and non-osteoporotic long bones, especially Colles' fractures. A cannula having a circumferential opening is inserted into cancellous bone and directed such that the circumferential opening faces the fract... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153307 | Systems and methods for placing materials into bone Systems and methods for delivering material into bone deploy a cannula through soft tissue to establish a subcutaneous path into bone. A material is introduced into bone through the cannula. The systems and methods advance a tamping instrument through the cannula to... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144398 | Method for forming a hardened cement in a bone cavity The present invention discloses a method of hardening a bone cement under an exerted pressure in a bone cavity including preparing a cement paste; injecting said cement paste into a pocket placed in a bone cavity; and allowing the cement paste to harden in the pocke... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135027 | Devices and methods for mixing and extruding medically useful compositions This invention provides devices and methods for mixing and extruding compositions which are medically and non-medically useful. The devices are particularly useful for mixing substances which are relatively inert when alone but become reactive when mixed. A common f... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125328 | Glass grinding bit A glass grinding bit includes a monolithic plastic body having a first end, a second end and a central longitudinal axis. A central bore formed as part of the body in alignment with the longitudinal axis for receiving a drive shaft. An outer surface is formed as par... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112205 | Apparatus and methods for delivering compounds into vertebrae for vertebroplasty An apparatus for delivering bone cement into a vertebra includes a cannula and a syringe pivotally coupled to the cannula. Preferably, the syringe is pivotally coupled to the cannula by a pivot fitting that may be detachable from one or both of the cannula and the s... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100804 | Dispenser with a metering device A pressure medium-operated dispenser for dispensing a mass from a storage and dispensing container and including a housing, a dispensing device (13) supported in the housing (12) and having a pressure medium-operated plunger (15) with at least o... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7066942 | Bendable needle for delivering bone graft material and method of use A bone graft needle, particularly useful in minimally invasive procedures, is provided. The bone graft needle as well as its corresponding penetrating member may be made from bendable materials so that the combined instrument can more easily access hard to reach are... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044954 | Method for treating a vertebral body A structure adapted to assume an expanded geometry having a desired configuration when used in bone includes material that limits the expanded geometry. The structure undergoes stress when expanded during its first use in bone. As a result, the structure can not be ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025776 | Arteriotomy closure devices and techniques An arterial closure system includes an arterial closure device (“ACD”) and a deployment tool. The arterial closure device includes a first member forming an enlargement around the circumference of the arterial closure device and being configured to be received a... | 04/11/2006 |
