Zimmer Gmbh

Ethicon, Gmbh

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Gmedelaware 2 LLC

Depuy Mitek, Inc.

Zimmer Technology, Inc.

Imds Corporation

Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

Stryker Spine

Stryker Corporation

Smith + Nephew

Globus Medical, Inc.

Stryker European Holdings I LLC

Linvatec Corporation

Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC

Daniel F Justin

T Wade Fallin

E Marlowe Goble

Alan Chervitz

Robert A Hodorek

Robert W Hoy

Thomas Wade Fallin

Carlyle J Creger

Joel Dever

Daniel E Gerbec

Joshua Butters

Thomas F Winters

Gordon M Baker

Kingsley R Chin

Richard F Wenstrom, Jr

Karen E Mohr

Hyun W Bae

Daniel Reed Baker

Nicholas Slater

Dylan M Hushka

Charles E Larsen

J Dean Cole

Peter Morris Stevens

Michael D Ries

Greta Jo Hays

Nathan Stewart Cauldwell

Andrew R Fauth

Rickey D Hart

Nicholas A Theodore

M Mary Sinnott

Richard B Caspari

Chad Wayne Lewis

Matthew T Harmon

Roelof Trip

Rick B Delamarter

Joseph H Sklar

Ephraim Akyuz

Darin Ewer

Douglas M Lorang

Steven Mark Bowman

David A McGuire

Christopher McDonnell

Matthew C Summitt

Eugene Marlowe Goble

Andrew S Levy

Kevor Shane TenHuisen

Donald M Smucker

Kingsley Richard Chin

Brent E Stucker

David W Meibos

Nathan A Hammond

Daniel J Triplett

James D Stoneburner

Mojan Goshayesh

Lytton A Williams

Morteza M Farr

Daniel A Perkins

Marc Yap

Mark A Munt

Durga Janaki Ram Gabbita

Jude Paganelli

Thomas M Coon

Victor F Janas

M Todd Miller

Toby N Farling

Bryan Patrick Howard

Michael A Serra

Jeffrey Oren Brown

Richard R Van Zile

Joshua A Butters

Jeremy D Borchert

Alfred J Tria, Jr

Warren Scott Gareiss

Raymond H Pierson, Iii

Ryan E Yearsley

Jason M Glad

Jeffrey G Roberts

Margaret Mary Sinnott

Nathan Jeffrey Pierce

Randall Porter

Joseph A Fritz

David Britt

Michael Guidera

Michael A Dube

Carlye J Creger

Marlowe E Goble

Ahmad Fouad Bayomy

Frederick Marciano

Eeric Truumees

Raymond Joseph Gardocki

Gordon Baker

Daniel Gerbec

Gordon J Baker

Margaret M Sinnott

Wayne K Auge

Wayne K Ii Auge

Nickolas Slater

Superior and/or inferior facets of one or more facet joints may be replaced by superior and/or inferior facet joint prostheses. In one embodiment, a kit of superior or inferior prostheses is provided, in which the prostheses have at least two dimensions that vary among members of the kit independently of each other. Each prosthesis may have a bone engaging surface having a surface that is polyaxially rotatable against a corresponding resection of a vertebra. Each prosthesis may also have an articulating surface shaped such that, after attachment to the spine, the replaced or partially replaced facet joints provide a larger medial-lateral range of motion when the spine is flexed than when the spine is extended. Crosslinks may be used to connect left and right prosthesis together in such a manner that they are stabilized in a position in which they are seated directly against the vertebra.

Linked bilateral spinal facet implants and methods of use

Spinal facet joint implant

A guide template for use in resurfacing a portion of a bone includes a body adapted for positioning over a natural or resected articulation surface of the bone. The body has a top surface and an opposing bottom surface that each extend between a proximal end and an opposing distal end. The body at least partially bounds an opening extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. At least a portion of the top surface or the bottom surface has a convex curvature or a concave curvature that extends between the proximal end and the opposing distal end. At least three spaced apart supports project below the bottom surface of the body such that the body can be supported by the supports. Fasteners are provided for securing the body to the bone.

Guide templates for surgical implants and related methods

A system for accessing a spine from a curved postero-lateral approach may include a curved cannula positioned along a curved path from an opening in the skin to a location proximate the spine. The location may be at the L4-L5 vertebral level, and the curved path may lie in a plane oblique to the transverse, coronal and sagittal planes of the spine, and avoid the iliac crest. A targeting post may be inserted adjacent the spine to determine the location, and a guide member may be inserted to establish the curved path. A micrometer assembly may adjust a cephalad-caudal displacement between the post and the guide member. One or more intermediate cannulas may be inserted over the guide member to dilate tissues prior to insertion of the main cannula. An interbody device may be implanted into an intervertebral space through the cannula.

Spinal access systems and methods

There is disclosed a device and method for stabilizing a bone. The device includes a polymer with a glass transition temperature. The polymer is relatively deformable at a temperature above the glass transition temperature and relatively rigid at a temperature below the glass transition temperature. The device, while the polymer is above the glass transition temperature, is responsive to a bending force to bend during insertion into the intramedullary canal of the bone. The device, while the polymer is below the glass transition temperature, is relatively rigid and able to provide reinforcement to the bone.

Bone stabilization device and method

A system for spinal surgery includes a prosthesis comprising a plurality of bone anchors which engage an intervertebral construct for fusion or motion preservation. The fusion construct comprises a spacer optionally encircled by a jacket. The motion preservation construct may comprise an articulating disc assembly or an elastomeric disc assembly. Any of the constructs may occupy the intervertebral disc space between adjacent vertebrae after removal of an intervertebral disc. The anchors slidingly engage the construct to securely fix the prosthesis to the vertebrae. The anchors and jacket of the fusion construct provide a continuous load path across opposite sides of the prosthesis so as to resist antagonistic motions of the spine.

Intervertebral implant with integrated fixation

An orthopedic fastener is designed to attach an implant to bone in such a manner that, until the fastener is tightened, the implant may be rotationally adjusted against the bone. The implant may have a semispherical bone apposition surface that permits polyaxial rotation of the implant against the bone. The orthopedic fastener has an interpositional member and a compression member. The interpositional member may be a split ring with a conical exterior surface that mates with a conical surface of the implant. The compressing member has a threaded bore that engages a proximal end of a fixation member implanted in the bone such that, in response to rotation of the compression member, the interpositional member is sandwiched securely between the implant and the compression member. The conical surface of the implant compresses the interpositional member about a semispherical surface of the compression member, thereby restricting rotation of the implant.

Polyaxial orthopedic fastening apparatus

An implantable spinous process fixation device includes a k-shaped component comprising an elongated plate and top and bottom deformable plates extending at first and second angles from a first surface of the elongated plate, respectively, thereby defining first and second spaces between the elongated plate and the top and bottom deformable plates and a compression element configured to compress and move the first and second deformable plates toward the elongated plate and to change the first and the second angles, respectively. The first and second spaces are configured to receive first and second spinous processes, respectively. Compressing and moving the first and second deformable plates toward the elongated plate results in engaging the first surface of the elongated plate and first surfaces of the top and bottom deformable plates with lateral surfaces of the first and second spinous processes, respectively.

Spinous process fixation implant

Spinal facet implant with spherical implant apposition surface and bone bed and methods of use

A method for correcting an angular deformity in a bone includes positioning a link across a physis of the bone, the link having a first portion with a first opening, a second portion with a second opening, and a central portion extending between the first portion and the second portion, the central portion being more flexible than the first portion or the second portion. A first bone engager and second bone engager are advanced through the first opening and the second opening, respectively, and into the bone on opposing sides of the physis. The physis is allowed to generate more physeal tissue on a side of the bone opposite the link so as to reduce the angular deformity.

Methods for bone alignment

Apparatus and method for reconstructing a ligament.

Apparatus and method for reconstructing a ligament

A suture anchor and inserter arrangement, including a suture anchor for implanting in hard tissue, such as bone, and an inserter device for installing the suture anchor in hard tissue. The suture anchor carries thereon a suture-engaging structure formed from suture, which structure cooperates with working suture associated with the inserter device so as to attach the working suture to the suture anchor.

Suture anchor having a suture engaging structure and inserter arrangement

A prosthesis for the replacement of at least a portion of the bone of a facet located on a mammalian vertebra, comprising: an articulating surface that articulates with another facet; a bone contacting surface that contacts a surface of the vertebra, the articulating surface being connected to the bone contacting surface; and a fixation element that attaches the bone contacting surface to the vertebra, the fixation element being adapted for implantation into an interior bone space of a pedicle of the vertebra; wherein the prosthesis is configured so that no portion of the prosthesis contacts the posterior arch of the vertebra.

Facet joint replacement

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