| 18th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
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| 20120109224 | BONE ANCHORING DEVICE - A bone anchoring device includes a receiving part for receiving a rod, the receiving part has a first bore coaxial with a longitudinal axis and a second bore, and an anchoring element having a first end for insertion into the bone and a second end positionable within a second bore, the anchoring element being movable relative to the receiving part in limited angular range about the longitudinal axis, the angles lying in a single plane. The bone anchoring device further includes a fixation element cooperating with the receiving part to lock the anchoring element relative to the receiving part. The anchoring element is pivotable relative to the receiving part around one rotational axis transverse to the longitudinal axis. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109225 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT INSERTER WITH REMOVABLE JAWS - An orthopedic implant inserter is provided with removable jaws. The jaws are connected to handles of the inserter by retainers. Each retainer includes a shaft and a latch. The shaft is configured to be received within mounting bores of a jaw and the associated handle. The latch is connected to the shaft and movable between a release configuration and a retaining configuration. In the release configuration, the shaft is removable from the mounting bores and the jaw is thereby removable from the associated handle. In the retaining configuration, the shaft is secured within the mounting bores and the jaw is thereby secured to the associated handle. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING WITH ARRANGEMENT OF A STOCK INSTRUMENT WITH RESPECT TO A PATIENT TISSUE - A stock instrument includes at least one guide interacting feature. A lower instrument surface of the stock instrument is placed into contact with the patient tissue. A guide has a lower guide surface contoured to substantially mate with at least a portion of an upper instrument surface of the stock instrument. A predetermined instrument orientation upon the patient tissue is defined, which is preselected responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue. The guide and instrument are mated in a predetermined relative guide/instrument orientation wherein at least one guide interacting feature of the instrument is placed into engagement with at least one instrument guiding feature of the guide. The guide is moved into a predetermined guide orientation with respect to the patient tissue and concurrently the instrument is moved into a predetermined instrument orientation with respect to the patient tissue. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109227 | Bone Collection System - A bone collection system includes a plunger, a tube, and a manifold. The plunger has a bore therethrough, an insertion portion, and an inlet that accepts material being harvested from a patient. The insertion portion includes a filter to prevent passage of bone fragments. The tube accepts the insertion portion, defining a first and a second chamber of the tube. The filter separates the first and second chambers of the tube. The manifold is accepted by the tube, and has an outlet accepted by a suction source. The inlet of the plunger is in fluid communication with the first chamber, the first and second chambers are in fluid communication through the filter, and the second chamber is in fluid communication with the outlet. Material being harvested is drawn through the bone collection system, and bone fragments of the desired size collected in the first chamber. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109228 | REDUCED INVASIVITY FIXATION SYSTEM FOR TRACKERS IN COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY - The invention relates to a surgical navigation device, for the purpose of adjusting a cutting plane to a desired position with respect to a bone of a patient, the device comprising: | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109229 | HIP JOINT INSTRUMENT AND METHOD - A surgical instrument for operating hip joint osteoarthritis in a human patient is provided. The hip joint comprises an acetabulum, being a part of the pelvic bone, and a caput femur, being the proximal part of the femoral bone. The surgical instrument is adapted to assist in the operating of the hip joint osteoarthritis from the abdominal side of the pelvic bone of said human patient. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109230 | Neurostimulation system and method for graphically displaying electrode stimulation values - An external control device for use with a neurostimulation system having a neurostimulation lead carrying a plurality of electrodes capable of conveying an electrical stimulation field into tissue in which the electrodes are implanted. The external control device comprises a user interface including one or more control elements and a display screen, and a processor configured for individually assigning stimulation amplitude values for selected ones of the electrodes in response to actuations of the one or more control elements and for displaying on the display screen representations of the electrodes and a plurality of first non-alphanumeric indicators of the stimulation amplitude values in graphical association with the respective representations of the selected electrodes. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109231 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR BIOPACEMAKER MATURATION - The present invention includes systems, devices, and methods relating to the monitoring of the functional maturation of biological interventions effecting cardiac pacing. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109232 | THERMOSTIMULATION APPARATUS - A thermostimulation apparatus is disclosed that includes heating and cooling means, and in various embodiments the heating and cooling means are heating and cooling pads, or at least one pad capable of both heating and cooling, the latter possibly being one or more Peltier elements. Certain embodiments also include heat sink means and heat exchanger means, and/or electrical stimulation, and the cooling means can include a refrigerant. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109233 | PORTABLE COMBINED STIMULATION DEVICE FOR ALLEVIATING MENSTRUAL PAIN - The present invention relates to a portable device for alleviating menstrual pain through transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and thermal stimulation. More particularly, the present invention relates to a portable device for alleviating menstrual pain by applying transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to the abdominal and back area of a user through the use of a planar heart embedded in the stimulating electrode pad. The stimulating electrode pad is a patch type one which is attachable/detachable to/from any body part with menstrual pain. The portable device for alleviating menstrual pain in the public area of the user according to the present invention comprises, a menstrual pain alleviating unit and a main body unit. The menstrual pain alleviating unit includes a transcutaneous stimulating electrode pad portion provided with a transcutaneous stimulating electrode to apply transcutaneous stimulation to the abdominal or back area of the user, and a planar heater portion provided with a planar hater to apply thermal stimulation to the abdomen of the user. The main body unit includes a power portion for supplying power to the menstrual pain alleviating unit, and an operation processing portion for generating a transcutaneous stimulating electrode control signal for controlling the transcutaneous stimulating electrode pad portion and a planar heater control signal for controlling the planar heater portion. The menstrual pain alleviating unit further includes a temperature sensing portion provided with a temperature sensor mounted on the planar heater portion to sense the temperature of the planar heater portion, and an A/D converting portion for converting the signal output from the temperature sensing portion into a digital signal. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109234 | METHOD OF STIMULATING FASTIGIUM NUCLEUS TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS - A method of treating a neurological disorder comprises introducing an electrical stimulation lead within a patient's head, locating the stimulation lead within the 4 | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109235 | CAPTURE DETECTION IN RESPONSE TO LEAD RELATED CONDITIONS - Various techniques for detecting cardiac capture in response to a detected lead related condition are described. One example method described includes delivering a pacing therapy to a heart of a patient, periodically determining whether the pacing therapy captures the heart of the patient, detecting a lead related condition, and, in response to the detected lead related condition, increasing a frequency of determining whether the pacing therapy captures the heart. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109236 | LEADLESS CARDIAC PACEMAKER WITH CONDUCTED COMMUNICATION - A leadless pacemaker for pacing a heart of a human includes a hermetic housing and at least two electrodes on or near the hermetic housing. The at least two electrodes are configured to deliver energy to stimulate the heart and to transfer information to or from at least one external device. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109237 | SUPRAVENTRICULAR STIMULATION TO CONTROL VENTRICULAR RATE - Various techniques for delivering atrial pacing and supraventricular stimulation to achieve a desired ventricular rate and/or cardiac output are described. One example method described includes delivering a pacing signal configured to cause an atrial depolarization to a heart of a patient, wherein the atrial depolarization results in an associated refractory period during the cardiac cycle, and delivering a signal to a supraventricular portion of the heart of the patient subsequent to the atrial refractory period and during a ventricular refractory period of the cardiac cycle. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109238 | AUTOMATIC PERSONALIZATION OF PARAMETER SETTINGS AND ALGORITHMS IN A MEDICAL DEVICE - A system includes a data retrieval module and a determination module. The data retrieval module receives a command from a user, the command indicating a first implantable medical device (IMD) and a second IMD. The data retrieval module also retrieves a first set of data from the first IMD in response to the command and retrieves a second set of data from a datastore. The second set of data includes data retrieved from the first IMD and stored in the datastore prior to receiving the command. The determination module determines a third set of data based on the first and second sets of data and transfers the third set of data to the second IMD. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109239 | DEFIBRILLATOR WITH MUTABLE SOUND PROMPTS - Defibrillators, software and methods are provided, for issued verbal prompts to rescuers. A defibrillator may receive a muting input and, responsive thereto, cause a verbal prompt to not be issued or to be issued less loudly relative another verbal prompt. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109240 | AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF ARRHYTHMIA DETECTION PARAMETERS - Methods and/or devices for initiating an automatic adjustment of arrhythmia detection parameters (e.g., upon delivery of cardiac therapy after detection of VT/VF). | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109241 | Enhancement of Biological Functioning by the use of Electromagnetic and Magnetic Fields - Systems and methods are provided for treating a living being with multiple, concurrent, superimposed non-phase-locked signals, at physiologically acceptable intensities and duty cycles such that the signals entrain the tissue. Preferred signals are electromagnetic, and at least one of the frequencies is selected from the list consisting of 7.6 Hz +/−2 Hz. 70.25 Hz+/−0.25 Hz, 71.25 Hz+/−0.25 Hz, and 3040 Hz +/−10 Hz. Among other things, it is contemplated that the signals can be used to create a subjective reduction in pain, mood improvement, to treat osteoporosis, to enhance cardiac function, and/or affect the hypothalamic pituitary axis. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109242 | ROUTING OF PACING SIGNALS - An apparatus includes a sensing unit and control circuitry. The sensing unit is connected to a channel that delivers Electro-Physiological (EP) signals from a cardiac catheter to an EP recording system and pacing signals from the EP recording system to the catheter. The sensing unit is configured to automatically identify time intervals during which the pacing signals are delivered. The control circuitry is configured to route the EP signals on the channel from the catheter to the EP recording system via an intervening system that is detrimental to the pacing signals, to switch the channel to an alternate path that bypasses the intervening system during the identified time intervals, and to route the pacing signals from the EP recording system to the cardiac catheter over the alternate path. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109243 | HEART FAILURE MONITORING AND NOTIFICATION - Techniques for generating a heart failure risk score with detected patient metrics are described. An implantable medical device (IMD) may collect and store patient data regarding therapy use statistics, thoracic impedance, heart rate, patient activity, and other patient metrics. Based on the number of patient metrics exceeding their respective metric thresholds, the IMD may automatically generate a risk score that indicates the likelihood that the patient will suffer from heart failure. The risk score may identify a patient as requiring immediate medical attention to reduce the risk of heart failure. The IMD may push an alert of the heart failure risk score to a clinician, and the clinician may review the patient metric data on an external device. In some examples, a clinician may prioritize patient treatment with a presented list ranking patients with the most severe heart failure risk scores. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109244 | PARAMETERS IN MONITORING CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY RESPONSE - An exemplary method includes analyzing data from multiple parameters detected by an implantable cardiac device and determining an extent of heart failure (HF) progression. The parameters may include electrical synchrony, mechanical synchrony, and/or electromechanical delay (EMD). A change in a width of the native and/or paced QRS complex may provide a measure of electrical synchrony. Characterization of a delay between local cardiac impedance (CI) and global CI may provide a mechanical dyssynchrony index. A delay between the timing of a peak of the QRS complex and LV contraction (e.g., detected by SVC-CAN impedance) may provide a measure for EMD. Each of the parameters may be analyzed independently or collectively to assess HF progression. Based on the analysis, one or more pacing delays (e.g. AV/PV and/or VV) of the implantable cardiac device may be modified. Other exemplary methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109245 | CARDIAC THERAPY BASED UPON IMPEDANCE SIGNALS - Methods and/or devices are disclosed herein for monitoring cardiac impedance signal and delivering therapy to a patient's heart based upon the monitored cardiac impedance. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109246 | ASSESSING A LEAD BASED ON HIGH-FREQUENCY RESPONSE - In general, this disclosure is directed to techniques and circuitry to determine characteristics of an implantable lead associated with an implantable medical device (IMD). The implantable lead may be designed to be MRI-safe by having one or more components that attenuate frequencies associated with an MRI that, if left unreduced, may interfere with the performance of the lead and/or cause harm to the tissue in which the lead is implanted. The circuitry may transmit a signal through the lead and receive a response signal. The device may determine the lead characteristics by comparing the transmitted signal with the received signal. In addition to determining whether the lead is MRI-safe, the techniques of this disclosure may be also utilized to determine whether the lead is faulty. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109247 | PACING INTERVAL DETERMINATION FOR VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY - A left-ventricular pacing interval and a right-ventricular pacing interval for timing the delivery of pacing pulses to a left ventricle and a right ventricle of a heart, respectively, may be based an intrinsic conduction time interval between at least one of an atrial sensing event or an atrial pacing event of an atrial chamber of a heart and a ventricular sensing event of a ventricular chamber of the heart. In some examples, the left-ventricular pacing interval is based on the time interval, where the left-ventricular pacing interval is less than the time interval. In some examples, the right-ventricular pacing interval is based on the time interval, where the right-ventricular pacing interval is greater than the left-ventricular pacing interval and less than the time interval. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109248 | BATTERY DISCHARGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A battery discharge measurement device for determining the state of discharge for a battery has a battery voltage measurement unit adapted to measure and store a battery voltage and a battery usage activity detector for detecting a predefined battery usage activity draining current from the battery and triggering a voltage recovery period. A processor unit is provided for estimating a battery voltage of the battery during the voltage recovery period based on the measured and stored battery voltage and the number of predefined battery usage activities detected since the battery voltage measurement unit measured the battery voltage of the battery. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109249 | MULTIMODE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BREATHING - A device and method is provided for therapeutic stimulating, augmenting, manipulating and/or controlling breathing, in combination with stimulation of auxiliary respiratory nerves or muscles including the upper airway tract, chest wall muscles or abdominal muscles. Stimulation may be provided, for example, to augment breathing or to prevent closing of the upper airway during therapeutic stimulation. Stimulation may be also provided to the Hypoglossal nerve during exhalation. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109250 | IMPLANT TOOL AND IMPROVED ELECTRODE DESIGN FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE - Devices and methods of use for introduction and implantation of an electrode as part of a minimally invasive technique. An implantable baroreflex activation system includes a control system having an implantable housing, an electrical lead, attachable to the control system, and an electrode structure. The electrode structure is near one end of the electrical lead, and includes a monopolar electrode, a backing material having an effective surface area larger than the electrode, and a releasable pivotable interface to mate with an implant tool. The electrode is configured for implantation on an outer surface of a blood vessel and the control system is programmed to deliver a baroreflex therapy via the monopolar electrode to a baroreceptor within a wall of the blood vessel. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109251 | TRANSCRANIAL ELECTROSTIMULATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a transcranial electrostimulation device for treating different illnesses. In an exemplary embodiment, the transcranial electrostimulation device includes a bipolar pulse source for generating an electrical current and a patient physiological status processor that provides a biofeedback mechanism for adjusting the applied electrical stimulation. The device further includes electrodes positioned on a patient's skin at a retro-mastoidal location for delivering bipolar electrical pulses to induce transcranial electrostimulation. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109252 | Method and Apparatus For Electrical Cortex Stimulation - A method for cortex stimulation is disclosed which may include the steps of collecting electric signals by a control system from the cortex through an electrode array; determining signals by a virtual neural field having a virtual array corresponding the electrode array, the virtual array receiving the collected signals as an input and the virtual neural field being adapted to control the frequency spectrum of neural activity in the cortical target, each stimulation signal being determined by a value of the virtual potential at each point of the virtual array; and emitting the stimulation signals in the cortex through the electrode array. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109253 | Refillable Reservoir Lead Systems - Medical electrical lead systems and related methods are described. The medical electrical lead systems may be configured to be at least partially implanted in a body of a subject. Some variations of the medical electrical lead systems may comprise a lead body comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a lumen extending at least partially therebetween, at least one electrode in the proximity of the distal end of the lead body, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the lumen, where the reservoir is located at a position removed from the distal end of the lead body. Certain variations of the medical electrical lead systems may comprise a lead body comprising a proximal end and a distal end and first and second lumens extending at least partially therebetween, and at least one electrode in the proximity of the distal end of the lead body. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109254 | IMPEDANCE-BASED STIMULATION ADJUSTMENT - Techniques for adjusting stimulation are disclosed. A medical device measures an impedance associated with one or more electrodes, e.g., the impedance presented to the medical device by a total electrical circuit that includes the one or more electrodes, the conductors associated with the electrodes, and tissue proximate to the electrodes. The medical device stores at least one patient-specific relationship between impedance and a stimulation parameter, and adjusts the value of the stimulation parameter based on the measured impedance according to the relationship. The medical device may store multiple relationships, and select one the relationships based on, for example, an activity level of the patient, posture of the patient, or a current stimulation program or electrode combination used to deliver stimulation. By adjusting a stimulation parameter, such as amplitude, according to such a relationship, the stimulation intensity as perceived by the patient may be kept substantially constant. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109255 | Retina Stimulation Apparatus and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The invention discloses a retina stimulation apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof The apparatus comprises a pixel unit, a power supply module and a flexible package. The pixel unit and power supply module are disposed on and covered by the flexible package, and the power supply module can supply power to the pixel unit after being charged. Each pixel unit comprises a photosensor, a signal processing and driving unit and a stimulating electrode. The photosensor detects an incident light and provides a sensing signal to the signal processing and driving unit, and the processing unit generates a stimulation signal with an appropriate waveform to the stimulating electrode according to the sensing signal. Through the stimulating electrode, a stimulation current is used to stimulate retina ganglion cells. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109256 | MAGNETIC INDUCTION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A communication system for an active implantable medical device. The communication system includes an isolation transformer a coil coupled to the isolation transformer, and first and second communication components each coupled to the isolation transformer such that the first and second communication components are electrically isolated from the coil, and such that the isolation transformer enables the first and second communication components to communicate, via magnetic induction (MI) using the coil, with at least one external component. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FLUID REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF REGION OF TISSUE ACTIVATION - A system for a tissue stimulator coupled to an array of electrodes. The system comprises a user-controlled input device configured for generating control signals, and at least one processor configured for generating a plurality of stimulation parameter sets in response to the control signals that, when applied to the electrodes, will shift electrical current between electrodes to modify a region of tissue activation. The processor(s) is further configured for computing an estimate of the region of tissue activation, and for generating display signals capable of prompting a monitor to display an animated graphical representation of the computed estimate of the region of tissue activation. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109258 | DETERMINATION OF DIPOLE FOR TISSUE CONDUCTANCE COMMUNICATION - Aspects of the present disclosure include a medical device system including an implantable medical device and an external device with three or more electrodes configured to contact a patient's skin. The external device either transmits or receives a test signal to or from the implantable medical device using a plurality of possible receive dipoles, where each possible receive dipole is formed by a pair of electrodes. A signal quality monitor, either at the implantable medical device or at the external device, measures a signal quality for the possible receive dipoles. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109259 | LOW-POWER SYSTEM CLOCK CALIBRATION BASED ON A HIGH- ACCURACY REFERENCE CLOCK - Various techniques are described for periodically performing a calibration routine to calibrate a low-power system clock within an implantable medical device (IMD) based on a high accuracy reference clock also included in the IMD. The system clock is powered continuously, and the reference clock is only powered on during the calibration routine. The techniques include determining a clock error of the system clock based on a difference between frequencies of the system clock and the reference clock over a fixed number of clock cycles, and adjusting a trim value of the system clock to compensate for the clock error. Calibrating the system clock with a delta-sigma loop, for example, reduces the clock error over time. This allows accurate adjustment of the system clock to compensate for errors due to trim resolution, circuit noise and temperature. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109260 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE TELEMETRY IN DISRUPTIVE ENERGY FIELD - An implantable medical device may include a telemetry module, a sensing module, a therapy delivery module, and a processor. The processor may be configured to detect a patient event based on data generated by the sensing module, operate the IMD in a first mode in which the telemetry module is disabled and the therapy delivery module is at least partially disabled when the patient event is not detected, and operate the IMD in a second mode in which the telemetry module is enabled and the therapy delivery module is at least partially disabled when the patient event is detected. In some examples, the processor is configured to, in the second mode, generate a notification of the cardiac arrhythmia and transmit the notification to an external device via the telemetry module. The external device may reside inside an MRI room or outside the MRI room, and may communicate with other devices. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109261 | PROTECTING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FROM EFFECTS CAUSED BY AN INTERFERING RADIATION FIELD - Techniques are described for protecting an implantable medical device (IMD) from effects caused by interfering radiated fields. An IMD incorporating these techniques may include a telemetry conduction path that includes a first end electrically coupled to a telemetry antenna and a second end electrically coupled to a telemetry circuit disposed within a housing of the IMD. The IMD may further include a stub filter electrically coupled to the telemetry conduction path and configured to attenuate an interfering signal induced in the telemetry conduction path. The stub filter may include a dielectric and a conductor disposed within the dielectric. The conductor may include a first end electrically coupled to the telemetry conduction path and a second end configured in an open circuit configuration. The conductor may have an electrical length approximately equal to one-quarter wavelength of the interfering signal when propagating through the stub filter. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109262 | Multi-Electrode Neurostimulation Device - A neurostimulation device is provided comprising an input, a neurostimulation probe, a stimulation unit and a distribution calculation module. At the input stimulation data is received comprising information relating to a stimulation preferability and an orientation of at least one fiber bundle. The neurostimulation probe comprises an array of stimulation electrodes which are coupled to the stimulation unit. The stimulation unit, in accordance with a specified current distribution, provides currents to the respective stimulation electrodes for generating an electric field gradient. The distribution calculation module is coupled to the input and the stimulation unit for based on the stimulation data determining a preferred position and orientation for the electric field gradient, and based on the preferred position and orientation for the electric field gradient, calculating the specified current distribution. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109263 | Medical Instrument for Delivery of High Voltage Pulses and Method of Delivering the Same - An instrument | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109264 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TISSUE TREATMENT ACROSS A LARGE SURFACE AREA - Light sources and methods for spreading a beam of electromagnetic radiation. The light sources include a scattering element with an outlet and an angular-selective element with an inlet spatially disposed between the outlet of the scattering element and an electromagnetic radiation source. The beam enters the inlet traveling in a direction of propagation and propagates through the beam spreader to the outlet for transmission from the outlet. The scattering element includes a scattering medium configured to scatter the electromagnetic radiation in the beam to provide a two-dimensional spatial distribution for intensity that is substantially uniformly across the outlet. The angular-selective element is configured to reflect a majority of the electromagnetic radiation of the first beam scattered by the scattering medium in a direction opposite to the propagation direction and reaching the angular-selective element. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109265 | Fungal Infection Therapy Device with Low Level Laser - A portable, small-footprint laser device contains one or more housings in which a laser energy source and an optical arrangement are disposed. The housing produces a laser beam spot that may be rotated and scanned to apply laser energy to a target area. The laser device receives treatment parameters and uses them to program a treatment regimen in which activation and movement of the housings is automated. The laser device may be used to apply a treatment regimen to a patient's hands or feet that are infected by Onychomycosis. In the treatment regimen, certain wavelengths of laser energy are applied at a predetermined duration. The treatment may be repeated, and a topical anti-fungal medication may be applied to aid in the efficacy of the treatment. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109266 | DEVICE FOR HEATING SKIN - A device for heating skin including an energy source for generating heat and light energy, a reflector arranged to direct heat generated by the energy source towards a skin interface element, the skin interface element having a skin interface area sufficient for producing a heat penetration depth into skin in accordance with a treatment plan, and wherein the skin interface element includes one or more light conduits for light energy generated by the energy source to pass therethrough to skin and one or more elements for conducting heat energy generated by the energy source to the skin, wherein the light conduits are formed as at least two separate patterns separated by at least one gap surface, the gap surface arranged to direct thermal energy to the skin. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109267 | HEATING SYSTEM FOR A HYPERTHERMIA APPARATUS - A heating system for a hyperthermia apparatus may include a heater having a plurality of independently controllable heater elements located on one or more surfaces of the heater, and a temperature sensor associated with one or more of the heater elements. Each of the surfaces may be proximate to a reservoir cartridge. The heating system may include a computing device in communication with the temperature sensor. The computing device may be configured to adjust an amount of electrical current to the one or more heater elements associated with the temperature sensor based on a temperature reading received from the temperature sensor. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109268 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES FOR TREATMENT OF GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE - Apparatus and methods for treating tissue at or near a sphincter provide for transluminal introduction of an energy delivery device. The device includes a tissue compression member to compress target tissue at or near the sphincter. A radiofrequency energy source is coupleable to the delivery device to deliver radiofrequency energy to the target tissue. Energy is delivered to heat the tissue to a desired temperature. The desired temperature is selected to induce an injury-healing response or to inducing shrinkage of collagen fibers in the target tissue to thereby reduce laxity in the target tissue. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109269 | PATIENT WARMING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system for keeping a patient warm, particularly a veterinary patient, during care. An apparatus is provided for delivering conditioned air across a barrier, such as a wire cage, to a blanket arrangement for providing conditioned air to the patient. A first duct and a second duct part are provided either side of the barrier mounted together across the barrier, so a duct is provided for ducting conditioned air across the barrier. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109270 | MEDICAL LEAD COIL CONDUCTOR WITH SPACER ELEMENT - Medical electrical leads equipped with spacer elements and configured for use during medical procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are disclosed. An illustrative medical electrical lead includes a proximal connector, an insulated lead body including at least one electrode, a helically coiled conductor wire, and a helically coiled spacer element interstitially disposed between adjacent turns of the conductor wire. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109271 | REINFORCED SILICONE INSULATION FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL ELECTRICAL LEADS - An improvement to silicone insulation for implantable medical electrical leads includes a plurality of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene multi-filament fibers, wherein each of the plurality includes approximately 25 monofilaments and has a titer of approximately 25. The plurality of fibers are embedded within a wall of the insulation that has a thickness of no greater than approximately 0.008 inch. A first fiber of the plurality preferably extends helically, and a second fiber of the plurality preferably extends linearly such that the second crosses over or under and directly adjacent to the first at a plurality of points, which are spaced apart from one another along an overall length of the silicone insulation. The aforementioned wall thickness is maintained, since, at least at each crossing point of the first and second multi-filament fibers, a coincident cross-section of each of the fibers is compressed in the radial direction. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109272 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH COMPRESSIBLE FIXATION MEMBER - An implantable medical device and method of implanting a medical device, the device including a housing surrounding an operative component and a resiliently deformable fixation member. The fixation member includes a ring shaped annulus circumscribing the housing and a plurality of elongated struts having a proximal end affixed to the housing and a distal end affixed to the annulus. The fixation member may be comprised of a hydrogel such that it may be in a smaller, dehydrated form during implantation, and then may absorb fluid to expand to a larger, hydrated form after insertion to engage the surrounding tissue. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109273 | IMPLANTABLE LEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING A PLURALITY OF INDUCTORS - An implantable lead assembly includes an elongated body, a bobbin, and a conductor. The elongated body includes a distal end having an electrode and a proximal end having a header connector portion for coupling the elongated body with an implantable medical device. The bobbin is disposed in the elongated body. The conductor is disposed in the elongated body and is electrically coupled with the header connector portion and the electrode. The conductor is wound around the bobbin to form first and second inductive coils that are axially separated from each other by an inter-coil gap formed from the bobbin. The first and second inductive coils have different self resonant frequencies. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109274 | ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND SYSTEMS FOR INSERTING SAME - Electrode arrays and systems for inserting same are disclosed. In some embodiments, electrode arrays are provided, the electrode arrays comprising: a passive-bending portion; an active-bending portion coupled to the passive bending portion; a plurality of electrodes located in at least one of the passive-bending portion and the active bending portion; and an actuator that causes the active-bending portion to deflect from the passive-bending portion. In some embodiments, systems for inserting an electrode array in the body are provided, the systems comprising: an insertion module for controllably inserting the electrode array in the body and sensing forces applied to the electrode array; a monitor for providing information to a user; and a controller coupled to the insertion module and the monitor, wherein the controller causes the insertion module to control an amount of force that is applied to the electrode array. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109275 | STENT WITH RADIALLY ASYMMETRIC FORCE DISTRIBUTION - An expandable stent comprising a tubular main body with a lumen along a longitudinal axis, characterized in that the main body has at least one radially asymmetrically expandable portion, wherein the radially asymmetrically expandable portion has an expandability which is increased in comparison to the average expandability in the rest of the main body of the stent. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109276 | CATHETER, SYSTEM FOR APPLYING AN INTRALUMINAL ENDOPROSTHESIS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention relates to a catheter comprising a balloon ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109277 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PENETRATING AND ENLARGING ADJACENT TISSUE LAYERS - A catheter for penetrating and dilating a passage from a first body lumen to a second body lumen comprises a catheter body, a tapered dilating tip at a distal end of the catheter body, a reciprocatable needle carried in a central passage of the catheter body, a deployable anchor carried near a distal end of the needle, and an advanceable blade carried in a slot at the distal end of the catheter body and advanceable in a track formed axially along the needle. The catheter can be used to penetrate adjacent luminal walls by first advancing the needle, and advancing the dilator over the needle followed by deploying the anchor, applying proximal tension to hold the adjacent tissue layers together, and then advancing the dilator with the exposed blade to fully dilate the passage. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109278 | NEUROTOXIC AGENTS AND MEDICAL DEVICES THEREFOR - Devices and methods to treat atrial fibrillation via inhibition of nerves which innervate the pulmonary vein are provided. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109279 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLACEMENT OF A GRAFT OR GRAFT SYSTEM - A fenestrated graft deployment system, with a delivery catheter having a catheter body, An endoluminal prosthesis having a main graft body, the main graft body having a lumen therethrough and a first opening laterally through a wall of the main graft body. A first guidewire prepositioned within the delivery catheter extending through at least a portion of the catheter body into a main lumen of the endoluminal prosthesis and through the first opening in the wall of the prosthesis when the delivery catheter is in a predeployed configuration. A first fenestration alignment device is configured to extend through at least a portion of the delivery catheter and is configured to be axially moveable relative to the first guidewire. The first fenestration alignment device has an end portion having an outside perimeter configured such that when an end portion of the fenestration alignment device moves toward the first opening of said main graft body the outside perimeter of the first opening is smaller than the outside perimeter of the first fenestration alignment device and prevents it from passing through the first opening and causes the main graft body adjacent to the first opening to move with the end of the first fenestration alignment device to act as alignment tool to allow an operator to align the first opening in the side of the endoluminal prosthesis with an ostium of a target branch vessel into which said first opening is to extend and act as a guide and seal for a subsequently delivered branch graft endoluminal prosthesis. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109280 | Torsion Constrained Stent Delivery System - A stent delivery system and a method are provided. The stent delivery system includes an inner and outer elongate shaft. The outer shaft is coaxially positioned over at least a portion of the inner shaft and the inner shaft is rotatably positionable relative to the outer shaft about a longitudinal axis from a first to a second rotational position. The stent delivery system also includes a stent positioned on at least a portion of the inner shaft and having a constrained and an expanded configuration. Proximal and distal constraining members releasably connected to the stent. The proximal and the distal constraining members cooperatively apply a torsional force to at least a portion of the stent in the constrained configuration and the inner and outer shafts in the first rotational position. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109281 | Sheaths Used in Polymer Scaffold Delivery Systems - A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold. The sheath is removed before the medical device is implanted within the body. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109282 | Energized Stents and Methods of Using the Same - The present disclosure relates to surgical systems including energized/energizable stents, and methods of using the same in the prevention of restenosis. A surgical system for treating a stenosis and/or a restenosis site s provided. The surgical system includes an electrosurgical generator; an energy transmitting conduit connectable to the electrosurgical generator; and a stent positionable in a body lumen at a site of a stenosis. The stent is fabricated from an electrically conductive material and adapted to electrically communicate with the electrosurgical generator, and the energy transmitting conduit delivers electrosurgical energy to the site of the stenosis. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109283 | STENT HAVING ADJACENT ELEMENTS CONNECTED BY FLEXIBLE WEBS - A stent incorporating flexible, preferably polymeric, connecting elements into the stent wherein these elements connect adjacent, spaced-apart stent elements. Preferably the spaced-apart adjacent stent elements are the result of forming the stent from a helically wound serpentine wire having space provided between adjacent windings. Other stent forms such as multiple, individual spaced-apart ring-shaped or interconnected stent elements may also be used. The connecting elements are typically web-shaped and result from creating slits or apertures in a covering of graft material applied to the stent and then, for example, applying heat to cause the slits or apertures to enlarge. The remaining graft material forms the interconnecting webs between the adjacent stent elements. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109284 | BARE METAL STENT WITH DRUG ELUTING RESERVOIRS HAVING IMPROVED DRUG RETENTION - Implantable medical devices may be utilized to locally delivery one or more drugs or therapeutic agents to treat a wide variety of conditions, including the treatment of the biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the implantable medical device. These therapeutic agents may be released under controlled and directional conditions from a stent having reservoirs so that the one or more therapeutic agents reach the correct target area, for example, the surrounding tissue. Features may be incorporated into the walls and bases of these reservoirs to improve securement of the drug construct. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109285 | METHOD FOR MASS TRANSER OF MICRO-PATTERNS ONTO MEDICAL DEVICES - This invention is directed to a new method of mass-transfer/fabrication of micro-sized features/structures onto the inner diameter (ID) surface of a stent. This new approach is provided by technique of through mask electrical micro-machining. One embodiment discloses an application of electrical micro-machining to the ID of a stent using a customized electrode configured specifically for machining micro-sized features/structures. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109286 | ANTIMICROBIAL COATINGS - The present invention relates to methods for forming antimicrobial coatings, and to compounds suitable for forming the antimicrobial coatings, and to substrates coated with the antimicrobial coatings. The coatings are formed by vapour phase plasma polymerisation of metal ion complexes each having at least one polymerisable ligand, which includes a polymerisable moiety such as a C—C double bond or a C—C triple bond. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109287 | METHOD OF ELECTROPLATING A CONVERSION ELECTRON EMITTING SOURCE ON IMPLANT - Methods for preparing an implant coated with a conversion electron emitting source (CEES) are disclosed. The typical method includes cleaning the surface of the implant; placing the implant in an activating solution comprising hydrochloric acid to activate the surface; reducing the surface by H | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109288 | Reconfiguring Heart Features - Among other things, a heart tissue support has gripping elements, each element having a free end that is sharp enough to penetrate heart tissue when pushed against the tissue, and a feature to resist withdrawal from the tissue after the sharp free end has penetrated the tissue. Among other things, the shape of a heart valve annulus is corrected in a catheter laboratory by orienting a tip of a catheter holding a heart tissue support that has gripping elements at the valve annulus, applying a radial force from the catheter against the annulus by opening a structure at the tip of the catheter, and while the structure is opened, forcing the support onto the annulus. Among other things, the shape of a heart valve annulus is corrected during a surgical procedure by pushing a heart tissue support that has gripping elements onto the annulus. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109289 | Reconfiguring Heart Features - Among other things, a heart tissue support has gripping elements, each element having a free end that is sharp enough to penetrate heart tissue when pushed against the tissue, and a feature to resist withdrawal from the tissue after the sharp free end has penetrated the tissue. Among other things, the shape of a heart valve annulus is corrected in a catheter laboratory by orienting a tip of a catheter holding a heart tissue support that has gripping elements at the valve annulus, applying a radial force from the catheter against the annulus by opening a structure at the tip of the catheter, and while the structure is opened, forcing the support onto the annulus. Among other things, the shape of a heart valve annulus is corrected during a surgical procedure by pushing a heart tissue support that has gripping elements onto the annulus. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109290 | PROSTHESIS FOR REPAIRING HEART VALVES - The present invention relates to a prosthesis and a method for extending the valve leaflets ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109291 | Artificial Valve Prosthesis with a Free Leaflet Portion - One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable valve prosthesis. The valve prosthesis includes a frame defining a lumen extending between a proximal frame end and a distal frame end along a longitudinal axis, and a first valve leaflet positioned within the lumen and having a distal edge attached to the frame and a proximal edge free of the frame. The first valve leaflet comprises a first and a second slit extend distally from the proximal edge and defining a free portion of the first valve leaflet between the first and second slits. The first valve leaflet is movable between a first position that allows fluid flow in a first, antegrade, direction and a second position that restricts flow in a second, retrograde direction. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109292 | INFRA-ORBITAL IMPLANT - An infra-orbital implant is provided for surgically altering the appearance of an infra-orbital region of an associated human eye. The implant includes a body made from a biocompatible material adapted for use with human tissue. The body includes an anterior surface and a posterior surface. The anterior surface of the body includes a skin tone correction surface. The skin tone correction surface of the infra-orbital implant cooperates with the overlying skin to correct a skin tone of the infra-orbital region when the implant is introduced beneath the skin portion of the infra-orbital region of the associated human eye. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109293 | Biological artificial cornea and method of making - An artificial cornea for implantation into a human body is made by a method that includes the steps of providing a natural animal cornea that has a substrate, crosslinking and fixing the substrate, minimizing the antigens from the substrate, and coupling an active layer to the substrate. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109294 | VISION CORRECTION SYSTEM - A vision correction system comprising an intraocular lens having a lens body and one or more haptics is provided. The lens body may be configured to be positioned posteriorly to an iris of an eye and may have a convex anterior surface, a concave posterior surface, and a circumferential edge having a rounded anterior portion and a rounded posterior portion. Haptics may extend at an anterior angle from the lens body and be configured to contact the ciliary sulcus of an eye. The haptics may secure the intraocular lens in the eye in a relatively fixed position and prevent rotation of the lens over time. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109295 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONFIGURING ARTIFICIAL RETINA DEVICES - Methods and apparatuses for configuring an implantable device to interface with retina cells are described. The device may comprise an array of pixel units capable of stimulating the retina cells are described. The pixel units may operate in a mode of operation selected from a plurality of modes including a normal mode and a calibration mode. A control circuitry of the device may be configured to switch the mode of operation for the pixel units. In one embodiment, the pixel units may be configured to receive light for stimulating the retina cells during the normal mode to enable perception of the light. During the calibration mode, the pixel units may be configured to adjust amount of stimulation to the retina cells. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109296 | FLEXIBLE ARTIFICIAL RETINA DEVICES - An implant apparatus comprising a plurality of photo sensors, a plurality of micro electrodes and circuitry coupled to the photo sensors and the micro electrodes are described. The photo sensors may receive incoming light. The circuit may drive the micro electrodes to stimulate neuron cells for enabling perception of a vision of the light captured by the photo sensors. The apparatus may be implemented in a flexible material to conform to a shape of a human eyeball to allow the micro electrodes aligned with the neuron cells for the stimulation. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109297 | UNIVERSAL IMPLANT - A universal implant for an implantable medical device, the universal implant including a plurality of functional components, having a plurality of hardware components disposed in a housing, and an auxiliary component interface disposed in a surface of the housing and configured to electrically connect any one of a plurality of auxiliary components to said hardware components. The universal implant further includes a determinator configured to identify one or more of the auxiliary components, select one or more of said functional components based on the identified auxiliary components, and adapt said selected functional components for operation with the identified auxiliary components. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109298 | NASAL IMPLANT INTRODUCED THROUGH A NON-SURGICAL INJECTION TECHNIQUE - A method for non-surgically treating an internal nasal valve of a patient comprising, injecting a working device into the internal nasal valve of the patient, wherein the injected working device in the nasal tissue causes an alteration of an internal or external nasal valve. A device introduced by injection into the nose, allowing for structural support or filling of defects in the nose, and causing a change in external shape of the nose. The device and inserts and implants described also have use in cosmetic applications relating to the facial tissue. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109299 | System and Method for Ligament Reconstruction - Systems and methods for ligament reconstruction provides an implant configured to position ligaments in the anatomic positions to thereby to restore the native anatomy and function of the reconstructed area. The implant includes a sheath, a first ledge, a second ledge, a first anchor and a second anchor. The sheath has an exterior surface and an interior surface, wherein the interior surface of the sheath forms a lumen configured to receive a sheath expander. The first ledge and the second are configured to separate the ligaments and acts as an anchor for the sheath in the bone tunnel. The first anchor and the second anchor are configured to engage the ligaments and be expandable outwards away from the lumen to provide fixation in a bone tunnel. When the implant receives the sheath expander, the ligaments can be separated, positioned, and secured in the bone tunnel. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109300 | SKIN SUBSTITUTE MEMBRANE, MOLD, AND METHOD OF EVALUATING EXTERNAL PREPARATION FOR SKIN - A skin substitute membrane includes a surface on one side including a groove-shaped depressed portion and a planar portion, the depressed portion having a cross section having a chamfered V-letter shape, the surface having an arithmetic mean roughness Sa of more than or equal to 10 μm to less than or equal to 50 μm. The depressed portion has a width of more than or equal to 50 μm to less than or equal to 500 μm and a depth of more than or equal to 30 μm to less than or equal to 150 μm. A spectral transmittance for light of more than or equal to 290 nm to less than or equal to 400 nm in wavelength is more than or equal to 50% and less than or equal to 100%. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109301 | Modified Polymeric Materials And Methods Of Modifying Polymeric Materials - Methods of forming polymeric articles using plasma treated polymer resins, and orthopedic implants comprising a polymeric article wherein the polymeric article has reactive groups bonded to polymer molecules in an interior region of the polymeric article. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109302 | MEDICAL IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERPY - An implant and method for insertion between adjacent vertebral members. The implant comprises an implant body with a base section having a plurality of base extensions, and an end cap adapted for selective axial positioning at a selected point on the base section. The end cap comprises a locking apertures and positioning apertures configured to engage corresponding base extensions, and a variable aperture slot extending through the end cap which is adapted to enable the end cap to resiliently deform as the end cap is positioned on the base section. The locking apertures and positioning apertures will prevent rotational movement of the end cap relative to the base section once the end cap is secured to the base section. The implant imparts end cap height and angulation to an adjacent vertebral body at the selected or desired point when the implant is positioned in the intervertebral space. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109303 | IMPLANT ASSEMBLIES, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING STABILIZATION BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND VERTEBRAE - Systems, methods and devices for providing stabilization between first and second vertebrae are provided. More particularly, in one form an implant assembly includes first and second end members configured to engage with the first and second vertebrae, respectively, and a support body configured to extend between and engage with the end members. In one aspect of this form, one or both of the end members is configured to facilitate injection of a material into one or both of the vertebrae. In another aspect, one or both of the end members includes a mesh material extending across a hollow interior to facilitate bone growth through the end member toward the support body. In another form, techniques for providing stabilization and support to vertebrae on opposite sides of a space created by removal of one or more vertebral elements are provided. However, different forms and applications are also envisioned. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109304 | MEDICAL IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY - Embodiments of the invention include a medical implant for delivering photodynamic therapy. A device that includes a vertebral interbody device, alone or in combination with other complimentary elements, may be configured to deliver one or more therapeutic substances in combination with light emissions to provide photodynamic therapy. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109305 | Intervertebral cage having flexibility - An intervertebral cage having flexibility is provided wherein a housing itself has a plate spring form having proper elasticity. The housing can have a shape memory characteristic to obtain a modulus of elasticity suitable for differing spinal loads according to each patient, thereby absorbing a shock applied to a spine. A distance between disks is restored by the intervertebral cage to sufficiently secure a disc height, thereby relieving spinal nerve stress. The intervertebral cage may be converted from a simple fusion application into a functional cage adequate for a physiological biomechanics. The flexible intervertebral cage includes a housing having a closed sectional surface with an empty hollow therein. The housing itself has proper elasticity so that it absorbs a load by a stress applied in a vertical direction of a spine by a dynamic motion due to an upright walk of a patient to serve as a normal disk. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109306 | SPINAL IMPLANT - A spinal implant configured for implantation in an intervertebral disc space is disclosed. The implant comprises a section for engaging a vertebral body. The section comprises a bone-engaging surface configured to engage at least a portion of a vertical surface and/or an endplate surface of the vertebral body. The section further comprises a metal component and a polymer component that are bonded together, wherein each of the metal component and the polymer component comprises at least one structural element configured to promote fixation between the polymer component and the metal component. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109307 | VERTEBRAL IMPLANT END CAP - An implant and method for insertion between adjacent vertebral members. The implant comprises an implant body with a base section having a plurality of base extensions, and an end cap adapted for selective axial positioning at a selected point on the base section. The end cap comprises locking apertures and positioning apertures configured to engage corresponding base extensions, the locking apertures comprises a resilient aperture finger adapted to deform to permits the locking aperture to deform as the end cap is positioned on the base section. The locking apertures and positioning apertures will prevent rotational movement of the end cap relative to the base section once the end cap is secured to the base section. The implant imparts end cap height and angulation to an adjacent vertebral body at the selected or desired point when the implant is positioned in the intervertebral space. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109308 | Intervertebral Implant - An intervertebral implant includes a three-dimensional body and a securing plate. The three-dimensional body includes a front surface and a rear surface. The three-dimensional body further includes a plurality of boreholes for accommodating fixation elements. The intervertebral implant also includes a front plate disposed at the front surface of the three-dimensional body and having a plurality of boreholes. A securing plate can be fastened to the front plate. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109309 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT - The intervertebral three-dimensional structure comprises a top side, an underside, a front face, a rear face, and a plurality of boreholes designed to receive affixation elements. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109310 | Intervertebral Implant - The intervertebral three-dimensional structure comprises a top side, an underside, a front face, a rear face, and a plurality of boreholes designed to receive affixation elements. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109311 | Intervertebral Implant - The intervertebral three-dimensional structure comprises a top side, an underside, a front face, a rear face, and a plurality of boreholes designed to receive affixation elements. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109312 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT - The intervertebral three-dimensional structure comprises a top side, an underside, a front face, a rear face, and a plurality of boreholes designed to receive affixation elements. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109313 | Intervertebral Implant - The intervertebral three-dimensional structure comprises a top side, an underside, a front face, a rear face, and a plurality of boreholes designed to receive affixation elements. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109314 | Method of Using an Anti-Growth Matrix as a Barrier for Cell Attachment and Osteo-Inductive Factors - The present invention generally relates to a method of using a matrix as a barrier for unwanted cell attachment and bone formation in unwanted areas of the human body during implant procedures. More specifically, a growth-inhibiting matrix may be used to prevent migration of osteo-inductive agents or bone tissue from an intervertebral disc space through the outer bands of annulus fibrosis that abuts the spinal tissue, canal, and other surrounding areas. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109315 | TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT DEVICE - An intervertebral implant for implantation between an upper vertebra and a lower vertebra having a central axis. The implant may have a first member with a top surface for contacting at least a portion of the upper vertebra and a bottom surface as well as a second member with a top surface and a bottom surface for contacting at least a portion of the lower vertebra. An elastic spacer may be disposed between the first member and the second member. Contraints may be employed to to limit the amount of lateral movement between the first and second members. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109316 | Intervertebral Implant, Insertion Tool and Method of Inserting Same - An intervertebral implant, alone and in combination with an insertion tool for inserting same and a method for inserting same. The implant has upper and lower parts which have universal movement relative to each other. Each of the upper and lower parts also has a surface engaging an adjacent vertebrae. Each part has a keel extending from said surface into a cutout in the adjacent vertebrae, and each keel has an anterior opening recess therein. An insert tool has a pair of arms which are received in the recess of the keels through the anterior opening to securely hold and insert the implant. Projections and matching indentations in each arm and the base of its recess securely attached each arm within its keel. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109317 | DEVICE FOR DISTRACTING BODY TISSUE - An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior plates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of expansion members or wafers. The superior and inferior plates include features that at least initially interlock the two plates until the superior plate is dislodged by pressure from the growing wafer stack. The wafers include features on their top and bottom surfaces that interlock the wafers in multiple degrees of freedom so that the wafer stack is not disrupted when the fusion device is fully expanded. Each wafer also includes features that interlock with the inferior plate until the wafer id dislodged by sequential introduction of another wafer. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109318 | Prosthetic intervertebral discs - Prosthetic intervertebral discs, systems including such prosthetic intervertebral discs, and methods for using the same are described. The subject prosthetic discs include upper and lower endplates separated by a compressible core member. The subject prosthetic discs exhibit stiffness in the vertical direction, torsional stiffness, bending stiffness in the sagittal plane, and bending stiffness in the front plane, where the degree of these features can be controlled independently by adjusting the components, construction, and other features of the discs. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109319 | INTERBODY CAGE - The invention relates to an interbody cage, including a cage body ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109320 | SET OF GLENOID COMPONENTS FOR A SHOULDER PROSTHESIS - This set (J) comprises glenoid components (S | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109321 | Modular Humeral Head Resurfacing System - A set of surgical components for use in a joint arthroplasty to reconstruct a head of a joint is provided. The set of surgical components can include a head member having a first articulating surface opposite a first fixation surface. The first fixation surface can define a first portion that extends outwardly from the first fixation surface. The set of surgical components can include a base member having a fixation peg with three generally triangular fins and a second fixation surface defined as a recess within a top surface of the fixation peg. The first portion of the head member can be received within the recess of the base member to couple the head member to the base member. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FRACTURE REPLACEMENT OF COMMINUTED BONE FRACTURES OR PORTIONS THEREOF ADJACENT BONE JOINTS - The system and method serves in facilitating replacement of comminuted bone fractures or portions thereof adjacent bone joints. The system and method employs a prosthesis to replace at least a portion of the comminuted bone fractures. The prosthesis serves in reproducing the articular surface of the portion or portions of the comminuted bone fractures that are replaced. In doing so, the prosthesis serves in restoring joint viability and corresponding articulation thereof. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120109323 | Modular Prosthesis And Use Thereof For Replacing A Radial Head - A tool provides for coupling a first prosthetic to a second prosthetic. The tool can include a first arm having a first concave bearing surface configured to apply a force in a first direction. The tool can also include a second arm having a hook shaped member. The hook shaped member can have a second concave bearing surface configured to apply a force in a second direction opposite the first direction. The first arm and the second arm can be generally parallel, and the first arm can be translatable with respect to the second arm. The tool can include a translation force mechanism, which can apply force to the first arm and the second arm so as to cause generally parallel translation of the first arm and second arm. | 2012-05-03 |
