Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090287165 | Cannulated Device with Atraumatic Tip for Delivering Local Depot to a Joint Space and Methods of Use Thereof - Devices for delivery of a pharmaceutical depot is provided. Exemplary device may comprise a cannula defining a working channel between a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the distal end comprises an atraumatic tip. The atraumatic tip may comprise a rounded tip or a soft tip. The cannulated delivery device may include a docking member proximally adjacent to the distal end of the lumen. Methods of using such devices to deliver pharmaceutical depot into a joint space are also provided. | 11-19-2009 |
20100094229 | SPINAL FLUID INTRODUCTION - A fluid introduction system includes an introducer configured to create a pressure of at least 69 kPa within a spine, and an operator configured to actuate the introducer to introduce fluid into the spine according to a predetermined fluid introduction profile. The system can include a computer readable medium having code for receiving fluid introduction data indicative of a fluid introduction parameter, and for receiving response data indicative of a response of the patient at a time related to a time of the fluid introduction data. A method for introducing fluid includes positioning a first introducer in a first portion of a spine, positioning a second introducer in a second, different portion of the spine and, without removing the first and second introducers, introducing fluid into the first portion of the spine with the first introducer and introducing fluid into the second portion of the spine with the second introducer. | 04-15-2010 |
20100111829 | FLOWABLE COMPOSITION THAT HARDENS ON DELIVERY TO A TARGET TISSUE SITE BENEATH THE SKIN - Flowable compositions and methods are provided for delivering a therapeutic agent at or near a target tissue site beneath the skin of a patient, the flowable composition comprising (i) a solvent and (ii) an effective amount of the therapeutic agent, the flowable composition being capable of hardening to form a drug depot at a physiological temperature or as solvent contacts bodily fluid at or near the target tissue site, wherein the drug depot is capable of releasing the therapeutic agent over a period of at least one day and the target tissue site comprises at least one muscle, ligament, tendon, cartilage, spinal disc, spinal foraminal space near the spinal nerve root, facet or synovial joint, or spinal canal. In some embodiments, an implantable drug depot for delivering a therapeutic agent is provided, the implantable drug depot comprising (i) a chamber; and (ii) a flowable composition comprising an effective amount of a therapeutic agent disposed within the chamber of the drug depot, the flowable composition capable of hardening when the drug depot is delivered at or near the target tissue site. | 05-06-2010 |
20100211174 | Method For Repairing A Rotator Cuff - A method of repairing a rotator cuff is disclosed. The method includes accessing a surgical site including a humerus and a rotator cuff tendon, debriding the rotator cuff tendon and creating a defect in the humerus. The method further includes providing a bone-tendon assembly including at least one graft tendon and at least one bone segment, attaching the at least one bone segment of the bone-tendon assembly within the bone defect such that the at least one graft tendon extends from the humerus and attaching the at least one graft tendon to the rotator cuff tendon. | 08-19-2010 |
20110108644 | Method of Making Demineralized Bone Particles - Demineralized bone particles are obtained by demineralizing whole bone and thereafter subdividing the demineralized bone to provide the demineralized bone particles. | 05-12-2011 |
20120065594 | SPINAL FLUID INTRODUCTION - A fluid introduction system includes an introducer configured to create a pressure of at least 69 kPa within a spine, and an operator configured to actuate the introducer to introduce fluid into the spine according to a predetermined fluid introduction profile. The system can include a computer readable medium having code for receiving fluid introduction data indicative of a fluid introduction parameter, and for receiving response data indicative of a response of the patient at a time related to a time of the fluid introduction data. A method for introducing fluid includes positioning a first introducer in a first portion of a spine, positioning a second introducer in a second, different portion of the spine and, without removing the first and second introducers, introducing fluid into the first portion of the spine with the first introducer and introducing fluid into the second portion of the spine with the second introducer. | 03-15-2012 |
20120273548 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN VIVO - A monitoring system is disclosed for in vivo monitoring of preselected physiological parameters associated with acute and/or chronic tissue compromise or failure in one or multiple tissue/organ sites in real time. In one method, a body portion of a surgical stapling device is positioned adjacent a first tissue section, an anvil assembly adapted to engage the body portion is positioned adjacent a second tissue section, and a monitoring device is positioned adjacent the first and/or second tissue sections. The monitoring device includes a sensor adapted to measure a preselected physiological parameter and a transmitter for transmitting signal to an extracorporeal receiving unit. The surgical stapling device is fired to mechanically secure the first and second tissue sections with at least one staple and the preselected physiological parameter is monitored via the information transmitted from the monitoring device to the receiving unit. | 11-01-2012 |