Sicage LLC

Asfora Ip, LLC

K2m, Inc.

Other

Activortho, Inc.

Vm-robot, Inc.

Spine Wave, Inc.

Depuy Acromed, Inc.

Silicon Valley Bank

Highgate Orthopedics, Inc.

Skeletal Design Partnership, LLC

Daniel Stephen Savage

Wilson Theophilo Asfora

Carl Michael Nilsson

Spanky Raymond

Allen L Carl

Robert F Beisel

Josef K Winkler

Jason John Gromek

Alex Alden Peterson

Paul Hindrichs

Michael P Brenzel

Andrew K Palmer

Randall Feldman Lee

William F Ogilvie

Alan W Rorke

Nathan Jeffrey Pierce

Alistair D Black

Adam C Sclafani

Joseph N Logan

Tyler Lipschultz

John A Pafford

Steve Wysocki

Mark D LoGuidice

Richard J Manzi

Paul J Mraz

Stefano Boriani

Robert David Paxson

Honghan Wu

Mark H Bilsky

Patrick J Boland

Dawn Abens Lissy

T Glenn Pait

Spanky Allen Raymond

Robert Floyd Beisel

Compression devices for joining tissue and methods for using and fabricating the same.

Active compression apparatus, methods of assembly and methods of use

Disclosed are system and methods that use at least one non-threaded anchor and an implant with at least one aperture to join boney structures, where the interaction of the head of the anchor with the implant aperture causes the anchor to move transversely with respect to an initial trajectory. This movement causes compression or distraction of the boney structures which are coupled to the anchors.

System and method for joining boney structures

Disclosed herein is a parallel spacer for parallel spacing of a guide wire/pin during surgery. The parallel spacer incudes a parallel spacer body having a top surface and a bottom surface. The parallel spacer also includes a first aperture extending through the body and defined by one or more internal walls that extends to the opening in the top surface. The aperture is sized to receive a first guide and hold the first guide in a first orientation. A second aperture extends between a second opening in the top surface and a second opening in the bottom surface. The second aperture is defined by one or more walls located within the spacer body. The one or more walls connect the second opening in the top surface to the second opening in the bottom surface. The aperture is sized to receive another guide and hold the other guide in a parallel orientation to the first orientation at a first distance from the first aperture. A third aperture extends between a third opening in the top surface and a third opening in the bottom surface. The third aperture is defined by one or more walls located within the spacer body. The one or more walls connect the third opening in the top surface to the third opening in the bottom surface. The aperture is sized to receive another guide and hold the other guide in a parallel orientation to the first orientation at a second distance from the first aperture. The parallel spacer also includes at least two spacer markings. A first spacer marking is positioned adjacent to the second aperture and a second spacer marking is positioned adjacent to the third aperture. Each of the two spacer markings mark the first distance and the second distance.

Parallel guide for surgical implants

A method for using a robot on the web is disclosed. The method may include assigning a goal to a robot. The robot may then direct a web browser to code corresponding to a URL. Using the code, the web browser may render a webpage comprising a plurality of rendered elements. The robot may identify each rendered element by using OCR or an OCR equivalent or by positioning a virtual mouse in a plurality of locations on the webpage and obtaining, from the code, element-identification information corresponding to each location. The robot may map each rendered elements with an element type selected from a closed set of element types stored within a knowledge base accessible by the robot. The robot may further select, from a set of possible actions, an action corresponding to each rendered element that is most likely to lead toward the goal and implement each such action.

Web browsing robot system and method

Systems, methods and devices for spinal fusion are disclosed. In particular, certain disclosed embodiments are configured to permit the addition of lordosis to a spinal fusion cage after implantation through the use of various expansion mechanisms to spread arms of the spinal fusion cage. Disclosed embodiments may include the use of a threaded wedge to expand the arms, the use of a keel within a series of detents, the use of supplemental fixation screws, and the use of a rotating cam.

Vertebral cage

Bone screw

A device for placement between two adjacent spinous processes of a spinal column to treat a spinal condition, and a method for performing a procedure on a spine of a patient, are provided. The device may include a first member, a second member mounted onto the first member, and a locking plug configured to restrict movement of the second member relative to the first member. The method may include positioning a portion of a first member between two adjacent spinous processes of the spine, advancing a second member along a length of the first member, and restricting the second member from moving relative to the first member.

Interspinous process device and method

Disclosed herein is a surgical press for setting a surgical device into bone. The surgical press system includes an elongated shaft having a distal portion and a proximal portion. The shaft is configured for insertion into a guide. The surgical press system includes threads extending along an axial portion of the distal end of the shaft. The threads are configured to pull the shaft into bone as the shaft rotates. The surgical press system includes a press element associated with a proximal portion of the shaft such that as the shaft is rotated, the threads pull the shaft into the bone causing the press element to press the surgical device into the bone. The surgical press system includes a collection region located in the distal portion of the shaft and configured to receive bone material removed from the bone due to advancement of the shaft. The surgical press system includes a locating element configured to position the surgical device in a predetermined orientation with respect to the shaft as the press element presses the surgical device into the bone.

Press system for setting a surgical device

Disclosed herein is a bone cage that includes a shaft extending from a head to a tapered tip and including threads disposed on an external surface of the shaft. The cage also includes a plurality of fenestrations defining a row disposed in at least a first helix along at least a portion of the shaft, each of the plurality of fenestrations extend directly through a natural portion of the thread. The cage also includes a cannula positioned within the shaft and extending from an opening in the head to another opening in the tip. Each of the fenestrations are defined by a wall that extends from the exterior of the shaft to the cannula.

Bone cage with helically arranged fenestrations

Disclosed herein is a parallel spacer for parallel spacing of a guide wire/pin during surgery. The parallel spacer includes a parallel spacer body having a top surface and a bottom surface. The parallel spacer also includes a first aperture extending through the body and defined by one or more internal walls that extends to the opening in the top surface. The aperture is sized to receive a first guide and hold the first guide in a first orientation. A second aperture extends between a second opening in the top surface and a second opening in the bottom surface. The second aperture is defined by one or more walls located within the spacer body. The one or more walls connect the second opening in the top surface to the second opening in the bottom surface. The aperture is sized to receive another guide and hold the other guide in a parallel orientation to the first orientation at a first distance from the first aperture. A third aperture extends between a third opening in the top surface and a third opening in the bottom surface. The third aperture is defined by one or more walls located within the spacer body. The one or more walls connect the third opening in the top surface to the third opening in the bottom surface. The aperture is sized to receive another guide and hold the other guide in a parallel orientation to the first orientation at a second distance from the first aperture. The parallel spacer also includes at least two spacer markings. A first spacer marking is positioned adjacent to the second aperture and a second spacer marking is positioned adjacent to the third aperture. Each of the two spacer markings mark the first distance and the second distance.

Parallel surgical guide spacer

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Brecksville, OH, United States of America

Daniel Stephen Savage