Moximed, Inc.

Acclarent, Inc.

Abbott Laboratories Corporation

Tusker Medical, Inc.

Lasser, Amelia

Shumer, Daniel H.

Hahn Juergen Anton

Jen, Jimmy

Schneider, Ralph

Clifford, Anton G.

Grathwohl, Hartmut

Volkl, Claus

Pappas, Jeffrey Madsen

Huang, Howard H.

Anton G Clifford

Joshua Makower

Michael E Landry

Mary O'Connell

John Y Chang

Clinton Neal Slone

Richard G Vecchiotti

John H Morriss

David Lowe

William M Facteau

Alan Chung Regala

Ketan P Muni

Eric A Goldfarb

Greg Liu

Stefan Gabriel

Hung V Ha

Julia D Vrany

Randy S Chan

Earl A Bright, Ii

William Gregory Tammen

Heber Saravia

David R Schiff

Erik James Shahoian

Michael Jurgen Strasser

Imraan Aziz

Thomas Edward King

Brett W Cryer

Randolf Von Oepen

Travis Richard Yribarren

Keith R Cromack

John K Morris

John L Toner

Peter J Tarcha

Sandra E Burke

Donald J Verlee

Amelia Lasser

William E Bolger

Jeff Pappas

Erik Eli

Josef L Friedmann

Nga K Van

Howard Huang

Joseph Roberson

Kevin Kang

Andrew H Jones

Daniel W Pfautz

Michael Rode

Ezra T Schiff

Paul Tornetta

Daniel H Shumer

Benjamin Toru Mino

Lisa Weldon

Charles Jack Fisher

Eugene Young

Toru Mino

Des Regan

Juergen Anton Hahn

Ralph Schneider

Nathaniel Skinner

David L Lowe

Jeff M Pappas

Claus Volkl

Jimmy Jen

Hartmut Grathwohl

Jeffrey Madsen Pappas

Howard H Huang

Gregory Liu

Paul Iii Tornetta

Justin Saliman

A system and method for sharing and absorbing energy between body parts. In one particular aspect, the system facilitates absorbing energy between members forming a joint such as between articulating bones. In one embodiment, there is provided a system for manipulating energy transferred by members defining a joint, the members collectively defining a path of motion and having a cartilage having an energy absorption component configured therebetween.

Extra-articular implantable mechanical energy absorbing systems

A system and method for sharing and absorbing energy between body parts. In one particular aspect, the system facilitates absorbing energy between members forming a joint such as between articulating bones.

A system for manipulating energy transferred by members defining a joint. The system includes a first attachment structure configured to be attached to a first member of the joint and a second attachment structure configured to be attached to a second member of the joint. There is also an adjustable energy absorbing device attached to the first attachment structure and second attachment structure, wherein adjusting the energy absorbing device changes the load manipulating characteristics of the energy absorbing device.

Absorber designs for implantable device

A system and method for sharing and absorbing energy between body parts. In one particular aspect, the system facilitates absorbing energy between members forming a joint such as between articulating bones. In an exemplary embodiment, a coil spring or elastic member is positioned around a piston, and together act to transfer load around a joint during a portion of its range of motion.

Extra-articular implantable load sharing systems

Implant apparatus and methods are directed toward treating conditions involving the knee joint, and the patella specifically, maintain alignment or address misalignment of a patella through a full range of motion of the knee joint Exemplary devices include an elastomeric, Y-shaped device which is secured to the femur and patella on opposite ends thereof by bone anchors. The elastomeric device can be either rotatably or non-rotatably connected to the bone anchors.

Structures for treating patello-femoral osteoarthritis

A system and method for sharing and absorbing energy between body parts. In one aspect, the method involves identifying link pivot locations, fixing base components and minimally invasive insertion techniques. In one particular aspect, the system facilitates absorbing energy between members forming a joint such as between articulating bones.

Extra-articular implantable mechanical energy absorbing systems and implantation method

An apparatus and related method for controlling a load on a human ankle joint during normal gait while preserving motion. The approach is intended to treat osteoarthritis and pain of the ankle without substantially resisting an angular displacement associated with full mobility of the ankle joint. In one particular embodiment, the device includes a first load transmission support, a second load transmission support and an implantable compressible absorber.

Implantable device for relieving ankle pain

Various embodiments are directed to base components that are usable with implantable mechanical energy absorbing systems. According to one embodiment, the base component includes a low-profile body having a elongate, straight portion at a first end and a curved body portion at a second end. The second end is elevated as compared to the first end. An inner surface of the low-profile body has a raised portion extending along the elongate, straight portion of the low-profile body. The base component also includes a plurality of openings positioned along the low-profile body for alignment and purposes of affixation to body anatomy.

Femoral and tibial base components

Methods and devices for providing a gas pathway between the nasopharynx and the Eustachian tube are provided. One device may include a lumen with a valve. A portion of the valve may be tethered to adjacent muscle. Another portion of the valve may be tethered to adjacent cartilage. When the muscle contracts the valve may open through movement of the tethers, and provide a gas pathway between the nasopharynx and the Eustachian tube.

System and method for treatment of non-ventilating middle ear by providing a gas pathway through the nasopharynx

Adjustable absorber designs for implantable device

Systems and methods for treating target tissues within the ears are disclosed. Systems include a device including a cutting edge configured to form an incision in a tympanic membrane, a pressure equalization tube positionable within an interior space of the device in a compressed configuration and configured to expand into an expanded configuration when released from the interior space, and an elongate positioning element configured to release the pressure equalization tube from the interior space such that the pressure equalization tube is deployed in the incision formed in the tympanic membrane.

System and method for treatment of target tissues within the ears

An implantable assembly () for a knee joint includes a force absorber assembly () connected to a first attachment structure () for a tibia and a second attachment structure () for a femur. The absorber assembly includes a cylinder body () connected to the first attachment structure and a piston () connected to the second attachment structure. The piston includes a first portion () connected to the second attachment structure and a second portion receivable in a cylinder body opening () of the cylinder body, the second portion of the piston being of greater flexibility than the first portion of the piston.

Implantable assembly for a knee joint and method for mounting an implantable assembly for a knee joint

Implant apparatus and methods directed toward treating conditions involving the knee joint are disclosed. Full range of motion of the knee joint and tissue integrity are maintained in treatment approaches. In one particular approach, osteoarthritis of the knee joint is addressed by unloading one or more of the lateral and medial compartments.

Active and passive devices for redistributing forces for the medial and lateral knee

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Anton G Clifford