Medos International Sarl

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Medos International

Daniel Thommen

Joern Richter

Salman Chegini

Eric Buehlmann

Thomas J Gamache

Peter Senn

Michael White

Veronique Christine Zollmann

Richard Assaker

William Taylor

Christoph Mehren

William Kane

Richard G Fessler

Jörn Richter

Seang Beng Tan

Judith Flock

J Riley Hawkins

Michael Y Wang

Michael J O'Neil

Roman Lomeli

Nicholas Pavento

Joseph Peterson

Eric D Kolb

Markus Hunziker

Thomas E Martin

Jacques Teisen

Felix Aschmann

John Conidi

Stefan Saladin

Serge Cyril Roux

Markus Kraft

Ashley Lauren Whitney

Martin Oswald

Leonard Bryant Guffey

Richard Kocharian

Markus Weber

Roman Randegger

Florian Kaufmann

Gabriel Emmett Greeley

Piet Hinoul

Matthew Brian De Nardo

Marc Puls

John C Voellmicke

Paul S Maguire

James Murray

James Paiva

John Divincenzo

Jae Stelzer

Clara Cheung

Joseph Amaral

Michael Wang

John Riley Hawkins

Thomas M DiMauro

Roger Berger

Sean Lilienfeld

John DiVincenzo

Jan Klett

Stephane Gully

John Pracyk

John Wesley Canady

Bill Horton

John Wright

Veronique Christine Zollman

John DeVincenzo

Jorn Richter

Tan Seang Beng

John Canady

Michael J O'NEIL

An access device for accessing an intervertebral disc having an outer shield comprising an access shield with a larger diameter (˜16-30 mm) that reaches from the skin down to the facet line, with an inner shield having a second smaller diameter (˜5-12 mm) extending past the access shield and reaches down to the disc level. This combines the benefits of the direct visual microsurgical/mini open approaches and the percutaneous, 'ultra-MIS' techniques.

Multi-shield spinal access system

A retractor member is configured for insertion through a channel of an access member and for moving soft tissue at a treatment site that is accessible through the channel. The retractor includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end and spaced from each other along a longitudinal direction. The distal end defines a retractor blade and the body defines a first surface and a second surface opposite each other along a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The retractor includes an attachment device configured to selectively attach the body to a portion of the access member such that the body is extendable through the working channel while the body is attached to the portion of the access member.

Retractor members, and related systems and methods

A flexible surgical access port is provided that includes a flexible body. The flexible body is configured to elastically expand in response to passage of a surgical equipment therethrough, and thus retracts as the surgical equipment moves past. Thus, the flexible body can provide a surgical access path through Kambin's Triangle, and large surgical equipment passed through the flexible body does not compress the exiting nerve or the traversing nerve root for a prolonged period of time.

Flexible surgical access port

A flexible auger design for low-torque transmitting drive shafts, which allows effective tissue material transport through curved, flexible tubes and channels. A hollow auger has a hollow center, so that the helical member hugs the inner wall of the tube and material is transported along the center axis and the inner wall of the tube. The hollow flexible auger allows for transportation of material from an operative location in the patient (material removal) as well as to operative location in the patient (material delivery).

Flexible transport auger

Surgical visualization systems and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for providing visualization during surgical procedures. Systems and methods herein can be used in a wide range of surgical procedures, including spinal surgeries such as minimally-invasive fusion or discectomy procedures. Systems and methods herein can include various features for enhancing end user experience, improving clinical outcomes, or reducing the invasiveness of a surgery. Exemplary features can include access port integration, hands-free operation, active and/or passive lens cleaning, adjustable camera depth, and many others.

Surgical visualization systems and related methods

Percutaneous disc clearing device

In an embodiment, a system attaches a patient reference array of a computer-assisted surgery system to a patient. The system includes a fixation post having a shaft having proximal and distal ends that are offset from. A threaded fastener is coupled to the shaft at the distal end that rotates relative to the shaft so as to engage internal threads of a pedicle screw, thereby causing the distal end of the shaft to translate in the anchor seat and urge the pedicle screw to transition from an unlocked configuration to a locked configuration. The attachment assembly has an arm that supports the patient reference array, and a coupler supported by the arm. The coupler has a fixation body that defines a recess that receives at least a portion of the fixation post, and an actuator that secures the attachment assembly to the fixation post.

Assembly for coupling a patient reference array to a medical implant such as a pedicle screw

Connectors for connecting or linking one instrument or object to one or more other instruments or objects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a connector can include a first arm with a first attachment feature for attaching to a first object, such as a surgical access device, and a second arm with a second attachment feature for attaching to a second object, such as a support. The connector can have an unlocked state, in which the position and orientation of the access device can be adjusted relative to the support, and a locked state in which movement of the access device relative to the support is prevented or limited. Locking the connector can also be effective to clamp or otherwise attach the connector to the access device and the support, or said attachment can be independent of the locking of the connector.

Surgical instrument connectors and related methods

Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for surgical systems comprising an applicator having a first shaft, an implant having a first member pivotably and detachably coupled to the first shaft, and a second member for converting rotational motion of the implant to a translational offset, and at least one of a sensor for determining the offset or an indicator for indicating the offset, provided that the indicator is not a protrusion located at an end of the applicator. A controller may be provided, the controller being configured to receive offset data from the sensor, determine an angle of the implant in a patient using dimensions of the implant and the offset, and display a current position of the implant relative to patient anatomy. The applicator may have a second shaft slidably disposed on the first shaft along an axis defined by a longitudinal axis of the applicator.

Surgical implant position detection

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Liestal, Switzerland

Daniel Thommen