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20080234765 | ROD REDUCTION METHODS AND DEVICES - The present invention provides methods and devices for reducing a rod disposed within or adjacent to a rod-receiving head of a spinal implant. In general, a rod reduction device is provided that can removably mate to the rod-receiving head of a spinal implant and be effective to reduce a rod disposed within or adjacent to the rod-receiving head. In an exemplary embodiment, the rod reduction device can include a clamping member that is adapted to removably mate to a rod-receiving head of a spinal implant and a rod-reducing arm that is rotatably matable to the clamping member. The rod-reducing arm can be configured such that rotation of the arm with respect to the clamping member is effective to reduce a rod into the rod-receiving head of the spinal implant that is mated to the clamping member. | 09-25-2008 |
20110077689 | Methods and Devices for Manipulating a Vertebra - Methods and devices are provided for manipulating a vertebra. In one embodiment, a surgical device can include a frame configured to couple two or more surgical instruments attached to one or more vertebrae. Coupling the two or more surgical instruments together, the frame and/or at least one of the surgical instruments can be manipulated to move at least one of the surgical instruments, thereby effecting movement at least one of the vertebra or vertebrae to which the surgical instruments coupled to the frame are attached. In this way, the surgical device can be used to facilitate rotation of a vertebra relative to another vertebra to correct the angular relationship of the vertebrae. | 03-31-2011 |
20140155896 | Instrument and Method to Enhance Articular Cartilage Regeneration - A perforation instrument and method of using same, including a shaft capable of being inserted into a joint of a patient, having a longitudinal axis, and carrying at least one piercing member, each piercing member having a tip suitable to pierce sub-chondral bone. The instrument is capable of being altered between an exposed condition wherein the tip of the at least one piercing member is exposed and a safety condition wherein the tip of the at least one piercing member is not capable of piercing tissue. | 06-05-2014 |
20140188136 | METHODS FOR PASSING MULTIPLE SUTURES THROUGH TISSUE - Methods for passing multiple sutures through tissue are provided herein. In particular, the methods described herein allow multiple sutures to be passed through tissue without removing a suture passing instrument from a patient's body. In one embodiment, a method for passing a suture through tissue is provided that includes loading first and second suture limbs into a suture passing instrument, positioning the instrument within a patient's body, actuating the instrument to pass a portion of the first suture limb through the tissue, pulling the first suture limb through the tissue, pulling the second suture limb to reload the suture passing instrument without removing the instrument from the patient's body, actuating the instrument a second time to pass a portion of the second suture limb through the tissue, and pulling the second suture limb through the tissue. | 07-03-2014 |
20140214039 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FORMING HOLES IN BONE TO STIMULATE BONE GROWTH - Methods and devices are provided for forming holes in bone to stimulate bone growth. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical instrument set can include a driver having a first mating element, and a bone pick have a second mating element configured to releasably mate with the first mating element at any of a plurality of angular orientations. When releasably mated together, the driver and the bone pick can be configured to be adjustably positioned relative to one another with three degrees of freedom, e.g., pitch, yaw, and roll. The bone pick can include a piercing tip configured to form a hole in a bone, such as in microfracture. When the driver and the bone pick are releasably mated together, the driver can be configured to be struck, impacted, or otherwise manipulated to drive the piercing tip into the bone. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214042 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REMOVING ABNORMALITIES FROM BONE - Various exemplary methods and devices are provided for removing abnormalities from bone. In general, the methods and devices can be used to allow excess bone to be scraped from a bone surface. In an exemplary embodiment, a scraper tool is provided that includes an elongate shaft having a plurality of blades movably disposed therein. The blades can be configured to move as a unit between a retracted configuration, in which the blades can be entirely disposed within the elongate shaft, and an advanced configuration, in which at least a portion of the blades can extend distally from the elongate shaft and/or flare away from one another. A distal portion of each of the blades can have a radius of curvature corresponding to a radius of curvature of the bone to be scraped. | 07-31-2014 |
20150257771 | Methods and Devices for Removing Abnormalities from Bone - Various exemplary methods and devices are provided for removing abnormalities from bone. In general, the methods and devices can be used to allow excess bone to be scraped from a bone surface. In an exemplary embodiment, a scraper tool is provided that includes an elongate shaft having a plurality of blades movably disposed therein. The blades can be configured to move as a unit between a retracted configuration, in which the blades can be entirely disposed within the elongate shaft, and an advanced configuration, in which at least a portion of the blades can extend distally from the elongate shaft and/or flare away from one another. A distal portion of each of the blades can have a radius of curvature corresponding to a radius of curvature of the bone to be scraped. | 09-17-2015 |
20150272609 | Instrument and Method to Enhance Articular Cartilage Regeneration - A perforation instrument and method of using same, including a shaft capable of being inserted into a joint of a patient, having a longitudinal axis, and carrying at least one piercing member, each piercing member having a tip suitable to pierce sub-chondral bone. The instrument is capable of being altered between an exposed condition wherein the tip of the at least one piercing member is exposed and a safety condition wherein the tip of the at least one piercing member is not capable of piercing tissue. | 10-01-2015 |
20160095607 | Methods and Devices for Forming Holes In Bone to Stimulate Bone Growth - Methods and devices are provided for forming holes in bone to stimulate bone growth. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical instrument set can include a driver having a first mating element, and a bone pick have a second mating element configured to releas ably mate with the first mating element at any of a plurality of angular orientations. When releasably mated together, the driver and the bone pick can be configured to be adjustably positioned relative to one another with three degrees of freedom, e.g., pitch, yaw, and roll. The bone pick can include a piercing tip configured to form a hole in a bone, such as in microfracture. When the driver and the bone pick are releasably mated together, the driver can be configured to be struck, impacted, or otherwise manipulated to drive the piercing tip into the bone. | 04-07-2016 |
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20130048265 | VARIABLE TEMPERATURE CHILLER COILS - A chiller coil system for an asymmetric gas turbine filter house includes a plurality of chiller coil modules arranged in a substantially vertical array, each chiller coil module provided with a cooled fluid inlet pipe and a fluid outlet pipe. Each outlet pipe is connected to a common return pipe and at least some of the inlet pipes are connected to the common return pipe. A mixing control valve is provided for controlling an amount of cooling fluid in the common return pipe to be added to at least some of the inlet pipes. | 02-28-2013 |
20130051994 | RETRACTABLE GAS TURBINE INLET COILS - A gas turbine inlet heat exchange coil assembly includes a gas turbine inlet housing formed to include an inlet and an outlet and a flow path therebetween. A plurality of adjacent coils are located in proximity to the inlet, and moveable between a closed operative position where the coils are aligned substantially in a plane so as to maximize resistance to flow along the flow path, and an open inoperative position where said coils are individually rotated substantially 90° such that the coils lie in individual, parallel planes so as to minimize resistance to flow along the flow path. | 02-28-2013 |
20130087045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING AIR FLOW TO A GAS TURBINE - A system for conditioning air flow to a gas turbine includes a filter housing and a conditioning media inside the filter housing to adjust the temperature of the air flowing through the filter housing. At least one of a depth or a density of the conditioning media varies across the filter housing. A method for conditioning air flow to a gas turbine includes flowing air through a filter housing connected to the gas turbine and flowing the air across a conditioning media in the filter housing. The method further includes conditioning the air flow to reduce the temperature difference of the air exiting the filter housing across a dimension of the filter housing. | 04-11-2013 |
20130097990 | ROTARY OIL DEGRADATION BYPRODUCTS REMOVAL SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure include an oil degradation byproducts removal system. The oil degradation byproducts removal system includes a plurality of electrostatically-charged drum assemblies configured to pass through an oil flow. The oil degradation byproducts removal system is configured to be disposed within an accessory module of a turbine engine system. | 04-25-2013 |
20130098767 | OIL DEGRADATION BYPRODUCTS REMOVAL SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure include an accessory module for a turbine engine system comprising a lubricating oil reservoir and an oil degradation byproducts removal system. The oil degradation byproducts removal system includes electrostatically-charged collecting plates configured to remove oil degradation byproducts from lubricating oil flowing through the lubricating oil reservoir, wherein the oil degradation byproducts removal system is configured to be disposed internal to the lubricating oil reservoir. | 04-25-2013 |