Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
606331000 | Composed of particular material | 14 |
20080288004 | TISSUE SUSPENSION DEVICE - The present invention is an apparatus for suspending a soft tissue near a bone opening, which includes a bone anchor, a soft tissue anchor, a spacer, and a depth stop. The device of the present invention allows soft tissues to change positions and be held until sufficient healing has occurred. | 11-20-2008 |
20110022099 | Shape-Transforming Implant Device - A shape-transforming implant device for joining and holding in place a severed sternum. The device includes a bridge portion, two or more legs extending from the bridge portion, shoulder portions, and feet portions. The bridge portions have a thickness that is sized such that it can be cut with a pin cutter. The two or more legs extend from the bridge portion at a first angle when the bridge and the two or more legs are at a first temperature. The shoulder portions are defined by a first angle between the bridge portion and the two or more legs and define a transition from the bridge portion to the two or more legs. The feet portions are at an end of the two or more legs that is opposite from the shoulder portions. Each of the feet portions include an inwardly angled portion that extends toward the remaining feet portions. | 01-27-2011 |
20120191142 | Elongated Fixation Element - A fixation device, comprises an elongated element extending along a central axis, having a total length L and including a proximal section formed of a material that is substantially non-absorbent for electromagnetic radiation within a preselected wavelength range and a distal section formed of a material that is substantially non-absorbent for electromagnetic radiation within the preselected wavelength range in combination with a middle section axially arranged between the proximal and distal sections, the middle section formed of a material that is substantially absorbent for electromagnetic radiation in the preselected wavelength range. | 07-26-2012 |
20120209338 | DEVICE FOR CORRECTION OF BONE AND SOFT TISSUE DISORDERS - A device for correction of bone and/or soft tissue disorders and methods for obtaining the device, the device comprising an elongated wire entirely made of a shape-memory alloy and thermally treated and mechanically deformed to have at least one portion exhibiting a shape memory characteristic and a desired shape, and at least one remaining portion without exhibiting the shape memory characteristic. | 08-16-2012 |
20120226327 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF FIXATING BONE - Apparatus and methods of fixating bone include repairing or remodeling a hard tissue defect with a composite bone structure. The composite bone structure includes at least two hard tissues or bones and a scaffold material fixed together by an adhesive component. The apparatus and methods include positioning the hard tissues/bones, conforming the scaffold material to at least a portion of a surface of the hard tissues/bones, contacting the adhesive component with the hard tissues/bones and the scaffold material, and changing the material state of the adhesive component to another material state at which the adhesive component fixes together the hard tissues/bones and the scaffold material, thereby forming a composite bone structure having a desired rigidity. | 09-06-2012 |
20120277807 | Methods, Devices and Compositions for Adhering Hydrated Polymer Implants to Bone - A method of attaching an implant to a bone, the implant comprising a hydrated polymer comprising a lubricious hydrated surface and an attachment surface comprising accessible chemical functional groups. The method includes the steps of treating the implant or the bone with an isocyanate-containing compound; placing the attachment surface in apposition to the bone; and allowing the isocyanate-containing compound to cure to bond the implant to the bone. The invention also includes a medical implant having a hydrated polymer comprising an attachment surface comprising a thermoplastic material, the hydrated polymer having an interpenetrating polymer network with at least two polymers, the hydrated polymer having a low coefficient of friction on at least one surface. | 11-01-2012 |
20130066384 | IMPLANTS FOR CREATING CONNECTIONS TO TISSUE PARTS, IN PARTICULAR TO SKELETAL PARTS, AS WELL AS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTATION THEREOF - Implants for forming a positive connection with human or animal parts include a material, such as thermoplastics and thixotropic materials, that can be liquefied by means of mechanical energy. The implants are brought into contact with the tissue part, are subjected to the action of ultrasonic energy while being pressed against the tissue part. The liquefiable material liquefies and is pressed into openings or surface asperities of the tissue part so that, once solidified, the implant is positively joined thereto. The implantation involves the use of an implantation device that includes a generator, an oscillating element, and a resonator. The generator causes the oscillating element to mechanically oscillate, and the element transmits the oscillations to the resonator. The resonator is used to press the implant against the tissue part to transmit oscillations to the implant. | 03-14-2013 |
20130226252 | METHOD AND IMPLANT FOR STABILIZING TWO BONE PORTIONS SEPARATED BY A CUT OR FRACTURE - In a human or animal patient, two bone portions separated by a cut or fracture are stabilized in a desired position relative to each other by bringing the two bone portions into this desired position, by pulling them against each other, by providing an opening having a mouth on a bone surface and reaching across the cut or fracture and walls in both bone portions, by inserting an implant into the opening and anchoring the implant in the walls of the opening with the aid of a material having thermoplastic properties and energy transmitted into the implant for in situ liquefaction of at least part of the material having thermoplastic properties. One exemplary application of the stabilizing procedure concerns the two tibial bone portions separated by tibial plateau leveling osteotomy in a canine patient suffering from cranial cruciate ligament damage or rupture in a stifle joint. | 08-29-2013 |
20140172028 | SURFACE TREATMENT PROCESS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A surface treatment process for improving the hydrophilicity of at least part of an implantable medical device. The process comprises applying to the surface of the implantable medical device a solution of a non-ionic substance having at least one polar covalently-bonded group and drying the implantable medical device to form a hydrophilic deposition of the substance on the surface of the implantable medical device. | 06-19-2014 |
20150320468 | IMPLANT SYSTEM AND SECURING ELEMENT FOR AN IMPLANT SYSTEM - A fixing element for an implant system includes at least two fixing elements that are fixable to bone parts or the like and at least one connecting element that is fixable to the at least two fixing elements. The fixing element includes a distal end fixing part having a fixing section and a seating part which is connected to the fixing part. The seating part includes a connecting element seating for accommodating the connecting element and a fixing element for fixing the fixing element in the connecting element seating. The seating part is formed from a seating part material. The seating part includes at least one reinforcement element which is formed from a reinforcement element material that has at least one of a greater stiffness and strength than the seating part material. | 11-12-2015 |
20160022863 | HIGH-STRENGTH AND BIO-ABSORBABLE MAGNESIUM ALLOYS - A microalloyed magnesium material for absorption in the body of a human or animal. The microalloyed magnesium material consists of: 0.85 to 1.4 percent by weight of zinc (Zn), 0.2 to 0.5 percent by weight of calcium (Ca), 0.2 to 0.5 percent by weight of manganese (Mn) with the remainder being magnesium (Mg) and inevitable impurities. | 01-28-2016 |
20160100869 | Laser Type Fixation Member Securement Device and Activation System, and Related System and Methods - A laser device having a proximal end and a distal end spaced from the proximal end, the distal end configured to receive a fixation member to be affixed to a target surgical site. The laser device includes a laser source supported by the laser device body and capable of emitting a laser beam to the distal end, wherein the laser source is responsive to at least one input so as to selectively switch between an inactive configuration whereby the laser source does not emit the laser beam, and an active configuration whereby the laser source emits the laser beam. | 04-14-2016 |
20160157907 | BONE IMPLANTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFECTION - Described herein are devices, systems and methods for treating disease and/or infection by the release of silver from an implant over an extended period of time. In particular, the devices described herein may be used to treat infections such as osteomyelitis by the controlled release of silver ions from multiple sites of an extended-use implant. This implant typically includes a plurality of arms that both anchor and help distribute the released ions within the tissue. Power may be applied to release the silver ions into the tissue. | 06-09-2016 |
20180021139 | SOFT TISSUE IN-GROWTH OF POROUS, THREE-DIMENSIONALLY PRINTED, TRANSCUTANEOUS IMPLANTS OF VARYING MATERIAL AND PORE GEOMETRY | 01-25-2018 |