| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 623200160 | Including bone augmentative means | 19 |
| 20100057201 | PROSTHETIC VALVE WITH VESSEL ENGAGING MEMBER - Medical devices for implantation in a body vessel are provided. Each medical device comprises a main body, a valve, and a vessel engaging member. The vessel engaging member is disposed on an outer surface of the main body. Kits including a plurality of vessel engaging members for use with one or more valve members are also provided. The vessel engaging members have varying radial dimensions, allowing assembly of medical devices having varying radial dimensions. Methods of treating a patient using medical devices according to the invention are also provided. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20120035720 | Method of Cutting Tissue Using a Laser - A prosthetic heart valve assembly comprises a plurality of leaflets configured to replace the function of a native heart valve. Each leaflet comprises laminar pericardium tissue. Each leaflet has a coaptation edge formed by laser cutting. The tissue layers of each leaflet are fused together along an entire length of the coaptation edge, and tissue adjacent each coaptation edge does not have significant thermal energy damage. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20080243257 | Method and apparatus for performing an open wedge, low femoral osteotomy - Apparatus for performing an open wedge, low femoral osteotomy, the apparatus comprising an osteotomy guide, a hinge pin and an osteotomy implant, the osteotomy guide comprising: anterior and posterior tissue shields having (i) openings for receiving the hinge pin and defining the hinge pin axis, and (ii) profiles configured to enable fluoroscopic alignment of the hinge pin axis parallel to the sagittal plane of the patient, a cutting guide comprising a cutting slot for defining a cutting plane extending parallel to, and through, the hinge pin axis, and a drill guide comprising a hole for forming a guide hole in the femur which extends substantially perpendicular to the cutting plane, the hinge pin comprising an elongated body, and the osteotomy implant for positioning in a wedge-shaped opening formed about the cutting plane and for receiving a screw extending through the guide hole. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20100076565 | Porous Titanium Femoral Sleeves and Their Use in Revision Knee Surgery - The invention concerns monolithic foam sleeves that comprises titanium or titanium alloy foam having a porosity of 50 to 85% and possess a proximal end, a distal end, an interior wall that defines an interior channel and extends from the proximal end to the distal end; and a terraced outer surface that tapers such that said sleeve is widest at the distal end and most narrow at the proximal end. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100125337 | Trial implant and method of use - Disclosed is a trial implant having a body and a tab. The body may include a recess and may be sized to closely approximate a permanent implant. The tab may be more durable than the body, and may be disposed within the body and wholly contained within the recess. Also disclosed is a method of performing a trialing procedure including providing a trial implant as described, providing a tool to attach to the tab, inserting the implant onto a resected joint, evaluating and extracting the implant. The same procedure may then be performed with a second implant. The method may further include a tool having an attachment portion that is substantially or wholly contained within the recess. A kit is disclosed including a plurality of trial implants of incrementally different shapes and sizes. The kit may further include a tool. Also disclosed is a method of making the described implant. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20120185053 | Spacer Apparatus and Method for Achieving Improved Fit and Balance in Knee Joints - A spacer apparatus and method of using the same can be employed to achieve improved fit and balance in a knee joint in knee arthoplasty without requiring multiple cuts to the distal femur or proximal tibia. The spacer apparatus is composed of a biocompatible material in a lattice structure. The spacer apparatus can be pre-selected or pre-shaped, or can be selected or shaped at the time of use to have a thickness and shape appropriate to be used as a spacer to improve knee fit, or as a shim to improve knee balance. The spacer apparatus can be used in connection with a femoral implant, a tibial implant, or both. The spacer apparatus can be shaped to alter the orientation of a femoral or tibial implant in the varus/valgus orientation, the anterior/posterior orientation, or both. The spacer apparatus can be used singly or in combination with other spacer implants to improve fit and balance. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20130006370 | TRIALING SYSTEM FOR A KNEE PROSTHESIS AND METHOD OF USE - An orthopaedic surgical instrument system that includes an orthopaedic surgical instrument adapted to be positioned on a proximal end of a patient's tibia, and a tibial bearing trial assembly configured to be coupled to the orthopaedic surgical instrument. The tibial bearing trial assembly includes a plurality of tibial bearing surface trial components and at least one shim. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130013076 | DYNAMIC KNEE BALANCER WITH PRESSURE SENSING - A device for performing a surgical procedure on a knee includes an adjustable femoral portion, a tibial. portion and at least one sensor coupled with the femoral and/or tibial portions to sense pressure exerted by the a moral and tibial portions against one another. The femoral portion is adapted for removably coupling with a distal end of a Femur to adjust tension in soft tissue adjacent the knee and has at least one positioning feature adapted to move relative to the distal end of the femur as the femoral portion is adjusted, thus helping position a femoral prosthetic on the distal end of the femur. The sensor(s) may he adapted to sense pressure at medial and lateral sides of the knee, and relative pressures may he displayed as data on a visual display. Adjustments to the femoral member may be made to balance pressure at flexion and extension of the knee. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130338781 | Implants/Procedures Related to Tibial Tuberosity Advancement - A tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA) system is configured to maintaining a tuberosity in an advanced position relative to a tibial body. The TTA system includes an implant, a spacer, and a spacer fixation member. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140114426 | KNEE JOINT DEVICE AND METHOD - A medical device for implantation in a knee joint of a human patient is provided. The medical device comprises: an inner surface ( | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140207243 | Implants for Altering Wear Patterns of Articular Surfaces - Methods and devices for correcting wear pattern defects in joints. The methods and devices described herein allow for the restoration of correcting abnormal biomechanical loading conditions in a joint brought on by wear pattern defects, and also can, in embodiments, permit correction of proper kinematic movement. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140236306 | METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR FORMING NON-CIRCULAR CARTILAGE GRAFTS - Techniques and instruments for knee replacement surgery that allow for the removal of an oval oblong-shaped allograft bone and cartilage plug from a donor distal femur. The instruments include (i) sizing guides to match the recipient's femoral size and curvature to that of a donor femur (the sizing guides also acting as a wide pin placement template for the donor distal femur); (ii) osteotomes that cut the curved and straight portions of the implant shape (these may be disposable or reusable); and (iii) templates that fit over the guide pins and have openings to allow the osteotomes to cut the donor femur plug to the correct size, shape and depth. The instruments allow for a non-circular shape to be extracted from a donor femur for use in a bone-saving osteoarthritis distal femur resurfacing procedure. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140257500 | RESILIENT KNEE IMPLANT AND METHODS - This disclosure is directed to a resilient interpositional arthroplasty implant for application into a knee joint to pad cartilage defects, cushion a joint, and replace or restore the articular surface, which may preserve joint integrity, reduce pain and improve function. The implant may endure variable joint compressive and shear forces and cyclic loads. The implant may repair, reconstruct, and regenerate joint anatomy, and thereby improve upon joint replacement alternatives. Rather than using periosteal harvesting for cell containment in joint resurfacing, the walls of this invention may capture, distribute and hold living cells until aggregation and hyaline cartilage regrowth occurs. The implant may be deployed into debrided joint spaces, molding and conforming to surrounding structures with sufficient stability to avoid extrusion or dislocation. Appendages of the implant may repair or reconstruct tendons or ligaments, and an interior of the implant that is inflatable may accommodate motions which mimic or approximate normal joint motion. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140277528 | KNEE AUGMENT - A knee prosthesis kit includes an implant and an augment. The implant has a base and a stem extending from the base, and the augment has a base and a conical, cylindrical, or anatomic portion extending from the base. The augment base has at least two openings for receiving fasteners for securing the knee augment to the implant. The portion and the base define a bore for receipt of the implant post. A coupler includes a mating portion for receipt in a bore of an implant post, and a cone-shaped portion extending from the mating portion. A method of providing fixation of knee implants includes securing an augment to an implant and positioning a conical, cylindrical, or anatomic portion of the augment within the intramedullary canal of the tibia or femur. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140277529 | REMOVABLE AUGMENT FOR MEDICAL IMPLANT - An orthopaedic augment includes a porous material, which is removably attached to a medical implant. The porous material has a bone ingrowth surface for interfacing with an existing bone material and another surface for interfacing with the medical implant. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140350685 | BONE-DERIVED IMPLANTABLE DEVICES FOR SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT OF JOINT PAIN - Implantable devices for the surgical treatment of bone, and particularly to a bone defect at a joint region, and even more particularly at the subchondral bone level of the joint region, are disclosed. The implantable devices may be formed of a bone material, and configured to serve the dual functions of providing mechanical strength and structural integrity to the area to be treated, while also facilitating the dispersal of a flowable material in the same area. Associated delivery tools are also provided. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20160058560 | TIBIAL AUGMENTS FOR USE WITH KNEE JOINT PROSTHESES, METHOD OF IMPLANTING THE TIBIAL AUGMENT, AND ASSOCIATED TOOLS - A tibial augment for use with a knee joint prosthesis, composed of annular members of different stock sizes, each size being configured to fit within a cavity formed in a human tibia. The augment may include a stepped distal surface. A provisional (temporary) tibial augment used to ensure a proper fit for the permanent augment is also provided. The provisional may include grooves configured to cooperate with a set of ribs on a tong-like holder used for removing the provisional from the cavity. A pusher for use implanting the tibial augment is also provided. In addition, a system for creating a cavity in a human tibia is also described. The system preferably includes a guide with a slot therein and a set of osteotomes that are inserted within different portions of the slot. Methods for using the tools and/or implanting the prosthetic devices discussed above are also described. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160151160 | Implants/Procedures Related to Tibial Tuberosity Advancement | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160193052 | PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENTS | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160250026 | METHOD FOR AMELIORATING JOINT CONDITIONS AND DISEASES AND PREVENTING BONE HYPERTROPHY | 09-01-2016 |
| 20170231774 | VOID FILLING JOINT PROSTHESIS AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTS | 08-17-2017 |
