Medtronic, Inc.

Zimmer Spine, Inc.

Andrew Olson

Roderick E Briscoe

Douglas H Gubbin

Tom P Daigle

Michael J Hobday

Christopher Plott

Patrick Cloutier

Mark T Stewart

Paul T Rothstein

David E Francischelli

Steven C Christian

Christopher P Olig

Daniel Charles Haeg

David J Kim

Tessy Kanayinkal

Robert Reetz

Adam Podbelski

William Steinberg

Joseph E Cardinal

Gerard C Forest

Leonard H Leuer

Christopher W Smith

Jessica L Foley

Hugh D Hestad

Jack A Dant

Eric P Jerke

Eric J Lundequam

David W Castleman

Peter G Schulte

An adjustable apparatus for guiding medical instruments used in attaching bone plates. The apparatus has a handle assembly, guide member, a spacer, and an actuation member. The actuation member extends from the handle assembly and actuates the spacer between a position adjacent the guide member and a position spaced from the guide member. The spacer has a through hole that may axially align with a lumen extending through the guide member when in the first position and which is moved out of axial alignment with the lumen in the second position. The spacer may function as a depth stop to control the maximum depth a drill bit can extend from the guide member.

Drill guide for installing a bone plate

A novel occluder application and clip device for treatment of embolic stroke caused by atrial fibrillation uses multiple sutures in a non directional handle to affix the occlusion device to the applicator and manipulate the occluder from an open and receiving position to a closed and occluding position. The occluder is retained in place by a clamping means related to locks retainers, resilient material or otherwise. An actuator mechanism is used to manipulate the occluder to a locked or occluding position. The applicator with the occluder attached has a low profile and remote manipulations to allow the occluder to be delivered to the clamping location within a patient through a small incision or delivery port such as a trocar cannula or the like.

Methods and devices for occlusion of an atrial appendage

The invention provides a system for occluding a left atrial appendage of a patient. The system can include a ring occluder that can be positioned around the left atrial appendage and a ring applicator to position the ring occluder with respect to the left atrial appendage. The system can also provide a tissue-grasping tool that is separable from the ring applicator tool.

Device for occlusion of a left atrial appendage

Tissue stabilizers including a clamp assembly, a turret assembly, an articulating arm having a tension element extending therethrough, a collet assembly and a head-link assembly are disclosed. Methods of stabilizing tissue are also disclosed.

Methods and devices for stabilizing tissue

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Champlin, MN, United States of America

Andrew Olson