| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 606283000 | Flexible plate | 30 |
| 20090043341 | DYNAMIC EXTENSION PLATE FOR ANTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION - An osteosynthetic plate assembly and a method of installing the osteosynthetic plate assembly is disclosed. The osteosynthetic plate assembly comprises a dynamic extension plate having a first end portion for connection to a first vertebrae, a second end portion for connection to a second vertebrae, and a dynamic flexible portion extending between the first and second end portions. The dynamic extension plate is configured for coupling with a cervical fusion plate. A method of installing the dynamic extension plate to adjacent vertebrae comprises the steps of engaging a connector of the dynamic extension plate with a coupling of a cervical fusion plate, and mounting the dynamic extension plate to the adjacent vertebrae. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090306723 | Bone Plate Comprising at Least One Screw to Be Fixed at a Stable Angle - Disclosed is a bone plate comprising at least one screw that is to be fixed at a stable angle to at least one through-hole and at least one bone screw which is provided with an external thread in the top region. Said external thread tapers more in the screwing direction than a mating thread of the through-hole embodied as an internal thread such that the top of the bone screw is clamped in a stable direction in a torsion-proof manner when the bone screw is screwed in. The bone plate is configured elastically in at least one area adjoining the through-hole such that the material of the bone plate is not deformed in the ductile area because of the expansion resulting from the head of the bone screw being screwed in. As a consequence, the area surrounding the through-hole is not overstretched in any position of the bone screw along the entire length of the threads because of the interaction between the external thread of the top of the bone screw and the internal thread of the plate while the torsion-proof condition is maintained. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090318976 | IMPLANTABLE BRACE FOR PROVIDING JOINT SUPPORT - Internal braces and methods of implanting same. A brace can be implanted on one side of a joint, or a pair of braces can be implanted, one on each opposite side of a joint. Each brace supports the joint over at least a portion of its range of motion. Distraction may be provided, or load sharing can be accomplished without distraction. Relative axial rotation of the bones connected by the brace may be permitted. One or more compliant members may be provided in the brace. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20110054540 | Craniotomy Closures and Plugs - Strip fasteners and cranial plugs for use in reattaching a skull flap removed during brain surgery and methods of using the same. The strip fasteners are flexible and can be shaped to follow the perimeter contour of the skull flap. The cranial plugs can be used to reattach the skull flap or they can be installed after the skull flap is reattached using the strip fasteners. In some embodiments, the cranial plug(s) and strip fasteners can be installed at the same time. The strip fasteners and cranial plugs are designed to encourage bone growth and healing of the skull flap and they can be used to deliver medication and bone growth enhancement compositions to the surgical site. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120226320 | EXPANDABLE BONE FIXATION IMPLANT - Bone fixation devices, assemblies, and methods are provided. An expandable bone fixation implant can be implanted into a patient and attached to an underlying bone via a percutaneous or alternative fixation procedure in order to provide fixation and stabilization of the underlying bone. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120245643 | SCAPHOLUNATE STABILIZATION IMPLANT - A scapholunate stabilization graft is made up of an oblong plate, made of a material having a resilient deformation capability. The ends of the plate are provided with at least one hole enabling an attachment screw to pass therethrough, and the central portion of which has an opening defined by two opposite sides. A spring connects two remote points of said sides, said spring being placed along the diagonal within said opening. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130046347 | BENDABLE BONE PLATE FOR EXTERNAL FIXATION - The present invention relates to a bendable bone plate for external fixation, comprising a main body made of flexible materials, wherein the end of the main body has a larger surface area. There are several perforations running the length of the bone plate body and more located on the larger proximal end. The characteristics of the present invention, a bendable bone plate for external fixation, deal with remote end fracture, proximal end fracture, central fracture or comminuted fracture of an upper limb long bone. Furthermore, the bendable bone plate for external fixation can be manipulated for averting the nerve plexus and traumatic wounds, allowing for external fixation surgery. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130138155 | Bone Regeneration Membrane and Method for Forming a Bone Regeneration Membrane - A bone regeneration membrane comprising:
| 05-30-2013 |
| 20130245698 | CRANIOTOMY CLOSURES - Craniotomy closures comprising surgical fasteners are described for use in reattaching a skull flap removed from the skull of a patient during brain surgery. Methods of using the same are also described. Surgical strips used in combination with the fasteners are shaped to follow the perimeter contour of the skull flap. The craniotomy closures are designed to encourage bone growth and healing of the skull flap and they can be used to deliver medication and bone growth enhancement materials to the surgical site. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140180343 | Anatomically Customized Plantar Bone Plate and Bone Plate System - An anatomically customized plantar hone plate and system for an angularly stable fixation for the arthrodesis of the tarsometatarsal I joint. The bone plate has a distal plate portion which extends in the longitudinal direction and in which a distal bore is formed for receiving a bone screw at a stable angle, a proximal plate portion which extends transverse to the longitudinal direction, and a central plate portion which extends between the distal and the proximal plate portions and which is made with a curved plate portion with at least one bending zone for the purpose of anatomical customization. A plantar bore for receiving a bone screw to be fixed to the sole of the foot at a stable angle and a bore that is medially inclined for receiving a bone screw to be fixed in a medially inclined manner at a stable angle are arranged in the proximal plate portion adjacently to each other transverse to the longitudinal direction. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20150148851 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for Acetabulum Repair - Systems for repairing acetabulum fractures can include a bone plate that has openings therein and one or more bolts sized to fit through the openings. The bone plate can cooperate with the head portions of the bolts to prevent them from spinning within the holes as screws are attached to the bolts. Such arrangements can assist in reverse implantation methods in which the bone plate is introduced into the true pelvis of a patient. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20160157905 | FLEXIBLE LOCKED PLATE FIXATION - A bone fixation device is disclosed that permits some movement of different portions of a fractured bone when the device is affixed thereto. Various embodiments are disclosed, including bone plates that have fixed holes and floating holes therethrough for receiving bone screws, and bone plates including oblong holes allowing for screw movement. | 06-09-2016 |
| 606284000 | Shapeable plate (e.g., in situ) | 18 |
| 20110276097 | System for Treating Bone Fractures - According to one example embodiment, a bone fixation plate may include a metaphysis portion, a central column portion, and a lateral column portion. The metaphysis portion is configured to conform to a metaphysis of a volar side of a radius bone. The central column portion is configured to conform to a central column of a diaphysis of the volar side of the radius bone. The lateral column portion is configured to conform to a lateral column of the diaphysis of the volar side of the radius bone. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120330365 | In-Situ Deformable Mini-Bone Plate - A bone plate provided in the present invention has an elongated strip, and a series of repeating units are provided on the elongated strip. Each repeating unit has two crowns, two necks, and four bridges, wherein the two crowns and the two necks are connected by the four bridges to from a symmetrical ring structure, and wherein a width of the bridge (BW) is greater than a width of the crown (CW), a maximum distance between inner sides of the two crowns (ID) is greater than a width of the neck (NW), a maximum distance between outer sides of two opposite bridges of the four bridges (OD) is greater than a unit length between two adjacent repeating units (UL), and the crown width (CW) is | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130172943 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING POLYAXIAL PLATES - Certain embodiments of the invention provide plates for treating periarticular fractures or other non-full body weight bearing applications that combine polyaxial fixation with a low profile and enhanced contouring that more closely conforms to bone. Such plates can be designed to achieve buttressing effect and/or to be used in a reinforcement mode. Other features can be combined with these. Such plates can be created for use on bone sites such as on a tibia, fibula, metatarsal, calcaneous, other foot bone, humerus, radius, ulna, spinal, maxillofacial, as well as sites on other bones. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140031877 | LOW PROFILE PERIARTIULAR TENSION BAND PLATING SYSTEM WITH SOFT TISSUE NEUTRALIZATION CABLE TUNNEL/CHANNEL FOR USE ON THE OLECRANON - A bone plating system comprising: a plate, where the plate is low-profile and capable of contouring to a bone; a variable number of screw holes, locking or non-locking; at least one channel or tunnel through the plate; and at least one flexible device passing through the channel or tunnel and passing through soft tissue attached to the bone. The low profile plate, in combination with the flexible device passing through the surrounding soft tissue, functions as a tension band and acts to neutralize the muscle forces tending to pull the bone apart at a fracture. The low profile tension band plating system is targeted for periarticular tensile fractures for repair of the olecranon. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140031878 | LOW PROFILE PERIARTIULAR TENSION BAND PLATING SYSTEM WITH SOFT TISSUE NEUTRALIZATION CABLE TUNNEL/CHANNEL FOR USE ON THE GREATER TUBEROSITY OF THE HUMERUS - A bone plating system comprising: a plate, where the plate is low-profile and capable of contouring to a bone; a variable number of screw holes, locking or non-locking; at least one channel or tunnel through the plate; and at least one flexible device passing through the channel or tunnel and passing through soft tissue attached to the bone. The low profile plate, in combination with the flexible device passing through the surrounding soft tissue, functions as a tension band and acts to neutralize the muscle forces tending to pull the bone apart at a fracture. The low profile tension band plating system is targeted for periarticular tensile fractures for repair of the greater tuberosity of the humerus. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140296922 | COMPLIANT OSTEOSYNTHESIS FIXATION PLATE - A bendable polymer tissue fixation device suitable to be implanted into a living body, consisting of a highly porous body, made from a polymer, the porous body having a plurality of pores, such that the device is capable of being smoothly bent, wherein the bending collapses a portion of the pores to form a radius curve, and the polymer fixation device is rigid enough to protect a tissue from shifting. Preferably, the polymer fixation device may be capable of being gradually resorbed by said living body. In one embodiment, the polymer fixation device consists of a plurality of layers distinguishable by various characteristics, such as structural or chemical properties. In another embodiment, the polymer fixation device may feature additional materials which serve to reinforce or otherwise alter the structure or physical characteristics of the device, or alternatively the additional materials serve to deliver therapies to the living being. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150032167 | BIOABSORBABLE ,ORIENTED, DEFORMABLE FIXATION MATERIAL AND PLATE - A bioabsorbable surgical osteosynthesis plate operable to be secured by at least one fastener through at least one fastener opening formed in the plate to a bone. The plate includes a flat section having first and second surfaces defining a main plane of the plate. The plate includes a polymer material that is oriented multiaxially and is substantially rigid and substantially deformable at a first thermochemical state. In the multiaxially oriented structure of the plate the polymer material is arranged according to at least three different orientation axes along the main plane of the plate as a result of solid state drawing of the plate. The polymer material of the plate has isotropic mechanical tear properties in different directions along the main plane of the plate. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150142064 | Plate Benders and System - A pair of plate benders is provided for bending a bone plate having a plurality of screw holes and a plurality of tubular drill guides removably preassembled into the screw holes. Each plate bender has a first end, a second end, and a handle extending between the first and second ends. The first end has a lower table on which the plate is received, an upper retaining structure which is adapted to engage the tubular drill guides, a recess defined between the lower table and upper retaining structure into which a portion of the plate is received such that the plate extends over a portion of the table and below a portion of the retaining structure. The retaining structure engages the periphery of the tubular drill guides to secure the plate relative to the bending tool. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150297273 | PLATES WITH COUNTERSINKS - A resorbable bone plate includes an elongated base member with a plurality of countersinks formed on the top surface. The countersinks provide a location for screw holes to be drilled through the plate and into a bone. Screws can then be inserted through the holes and into the bone. The countersinks allow the screw heads to remain flush or close to flush to the top surface of the bone plate, thereby reducing the overall profile of the system. The bottom surface of the bone plate is solid to provide significant resistance to deformation. The bone plate can have countersinks formed in a variety of configurations to provide a multitude of options for a surgeon to select a screw insertion location. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160374742 | CLAVICLE BENDING TEMPLATES - A reference guide tool for conforming a bone plate can include a series of bone templates, each having a distinct three-dimensional shape that replicates portions of various clavicles. Each bone template of the series of bone templates can have a plate engaging surface that is configured to engage a bone plate and provide a reference for the bone plates during structural modification of the bone plate. | 12-29-2016 |
| 606285000 | With pliable or malleable elements or having a meshlike structure (e.g., small strips for craniofacial surgery) | 8 |
| 20090240288 | IMPLANTABLE PLATE AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - An implantable reinforcement plate ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20140135847 | Methods for Repairing Craniomaxillofacial Bones Using Customized Bone Plate - Bone plates and methods of using the bone plates for adjoining bone fragments are disclosed herein. A device for adjoining at least two bone fragments includes a delivery catheter having an elongated shaft with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of at least one filling material and an inner lumen for passage of a light source; a conformable bone plate releasably engaging the distal end of the delivery catheter, wherein the conformable bone plate has a first surface, a second surface, a proximal end, and a distal end and at least one aperture extending from the first surface to the second surface for receiving a fastener; and an adapter releasably engaging the proximal end of the delivery catheter for receiving the light source and a delivery system housing the at least one filling material. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140296923 | ORTHOPEDIC PLATES FOR USE IN CLAVICLE REPAIR AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - The present invention relates to a series of orthopedic plates for use in repair of a bone. The plate has a Y-shaped profile or an X-shaped profile which includes an elongate central trunk with a complex contour and either one or two terminal pairs of arms that have a first arm and a second arm that form differing angles and lengths relative to the trunk portion of the plate. The arms include locking screw holes where the screws converge toward each other to provide for multiplanar fixation but which do not impinge. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140309701 | ORTHOPEDIC PLATES FOR USE IN CLAVICLE REPAIR AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - The present invention relates to a series of orthopedic plates for use in repair of a bone. The plate has a Y-shaped profile or an X-shaped profile which includes an elongate central trunk with a complex contour and either one or two terminal pairs of arms that have a first arm and a second arm that form differing angles and lengths relative to the trunk portion of the plate. The arms include locking screw holes where the screws converge toward each other to provide for multiplanar fixation but which do not impinge. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20160015434 | Cap Device, Particularly for Closing A Burr Hole - The present invention relates to a cap device for closing a hole, particularly a burr hole, in a bone, particularly a skull, of a human or an animal, comprising a frame member for fastening the cap device to the bone, and a cap member for covering the hole. According to the invention, the cap member is integrally connected to the frame member, so that the cap member can be bent away from the frame member, particularly for allowing passage of a catheter through said hole. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160045234 | ORTHOPEDIC PLATE - The present disclosure provides an orthopedic plate, in particular a plate for osteosynthesis. The plate ( | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160045235 | BONE FIXATION DEVICE - A bone fixation device includes a plastically deformable bone fixation body having a screw receiving aperture extending therethrough. The shape of the aperture is defined by a side wall having a first threaded portion, a second smooth walled portion extending from the first threaded portion, and a third smooth walled portion extending from the second portion. The aperture has a step change in cross section between the second and third portions defining a lip. The second and third portions are connected by a lip face extending substantially normal to the aperture length with the edge of the lip face defining the lip. The device further includes at least one bone fixation screw having a shaft and a head. The shaft engages with the first threaded portion of the aperture and the head abuts the lip with an abutment force being directed substantially radially outwards so producing a tight fit. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160183990 | POROUS PLATE FOR MEDICAL USE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF POROUS PLATE FOR MEDICAL USE - To provide a porous plate for medical use which can suppress bending along a row direction and, even if a local crack occurs, can inhibit the crack from growing and leading to a fracture. One aspect of the present invention is a porous plate for medical use which is a thin-plate substrate provided with a pore perforation section having a plurality of pores perforated therein and a frame section surrounding the pore perforation section. In this porous plate, the pore perforation section has crosspieces which extend lengthwise and crosswise in continuity with the frame section and partition the pore perforation section into a plurality of parts, and a plurality of pore perforation cells each surrounded by the crosspieces. The pores perforated in the pore perforation cells have a pore diameter calculated as an equivalent circular pore diameter of 1 to 50 μm, and the center-to-center distance between the adjacent pores is 2 to 200 μm. | 06-30-2016 |
