Smith + Nephew

Smith & Nephew Dyonics, Inc.

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Inc.

Smith & Dyonics, Inc.

Smith & Nephews Dyonics, Inc.

Georgoulis, Anastasios Dimitrios

Graham Smith

Paul Alexander Torrie

Jeffrey Wyman

Ettore Taverna

Douglas D Sjostrom

Peter M Cesarini

Daniel B Ellis

Steven E Ek

Ruth Cheng

Philip B Sample

Alexander D Grinberg

Gary Robert McCarthy

Mark F Smith

Fraser Harvie

Jon-Paul Rogers

Paul V Lucey

Stephen John Curran

Adam Graham James

Daniel Zahynacz

Mark Howard

C Vaughan Seifert

William D Obendorf

Peter Richardson

Timothy P Callahan

Kelsey Jean Carvell

Drew Burdon

Dan Ellis

Anastasios Dimitrios Georgoulis

Kenneth W Krause

Scott W Trenhaile

Steven B Woolfson

John R Donahue

Michael A Fritschy

Steve Bowman

Elizabeth Finnie

Peter M Cessarini

William G McGee

Gary R McCarthy

Alexander John Gutteridge

James Richard Robinson

Elisabeth Hutson

Eduardo Antonio Canizares, Jr

Anthony Catacchio

Sally L Carter

Will Obendorf

Scott Trenhaile

Phillip B Sample

Mark Smith

Devices to secure the hand of a patient to a limb positioning device while evenly distributing the applied traction load across the patient's hand and wrist are disclosed. The hand is placed in the open position into a soft mitten, while an anatomically-shaped plate is attached to the mitten for supporting the palm of the hand in the open position. Straps are then secured around the patient's wrist and hand. Finally, the entire device is overwrapped an elastic bandage and secured to the limb positioning device. When traction is applied, the shape of the plate, the construction of the mitten, and the straps combine to allow low-contact pressure across the patient's hand and wrist.

Surgical hand wrap and sterile connector

An apparatus that controls the rotation of an operative limb during shoulder surgery is composed of three parts: 1) a mechanism that is part of the durable apparatus, and which allows the limb to be suspended from the system and traction weights applied, but is configured in such a manner that the cable or other connecting member does not rotate about its axis; 2) a sterile connector that acts as the interface between the non-sterile durable apparatus and a sterile patient-contacting disposable drape; and 3) the disposable drape which is secured to the patient's operative arm. One of the sterile connector and the disposable drape contains a feature that allows the physician to rotate and hold the limb in any desired position, without requiring that it be manually held in place.

Surgical limb positioning apparatus

A medical device for repairing soft tissue is disclosed. The medical device includes a cannulated probe positionable a tear in the soft tissue and a stop. The cannulated probe has an inlet about a proximal end and at least one outlet about a distal end with a lumen therethrough. The inlet is operatively connectable to an adhesive source to receive the adhesive therein. The outlet(s) is/are positionable about the tear to emit the adhesive about the tear. The stop is disposable about a periphery of the probe a distance from the inlet, and is positionable adjacent a surface of the soft tissue to terminate advancement of the cannulated probe into the soft tissue whereby a delivery portion of the cannulated probe is positionable about the soft tissue to deliver the adhesive about the tear.

Medical device for repairing soft tissue and method of using same

A surgical assembly, the assembly including a first guidewire, a second guidewire, in which each of the first guidewire and the second guidewire are configured to be received by a bone block, a first suture loop, a second suture loop, a first locking component, and a second locking component, in which the first locking component is coupled to the first suture loop and the second locking component is coupled to the second suture loop.

Implant retaining loop and guide wire extension

A surgical assembly includes a first guidewire and a second guidewire, in which each of the first guidewire and the second guidewire are configured to be received by a bone block, a first suture loop, a second suture loop, a first locking component, and a second locking component, in which the first locking component is coupled to the first suture loop and the second locking component is coupled to the second suture loop. The locking component has a hole formed therethrough, in which the hole of the locking component is configured to receive the suture, and may be tethered to a suture by knots engaging a counterbore at opposed ends of a bore defined by the hole.

Bone graft placement device

The methods and devices disclosed herein are effective in the promoting the reattachment of delaminated cartilage to bone. The methods (and related devices) are effective in the removal of the acellular layer of the delaminated cartilage or effective in the indentation of the acellular layer of the delaminated cartilage thereby exposing the underlying chondrocyte cells and thereby allowing the promotion of the reattachment of the delaminated cartilage.

Methods and devices suitable for improved reattachment of detached cartilage to subchondral bone

The present disclosure relates to a tissue collection apparatus including a housing defining an inlet and an outlet and a tissue scaffold suitable for disposal within the housing, the tissue scaffold configured to be loaded with the tissue under the application of an aspiration force applied through the tissue collection apparatus.

Tissue harvesting

The methods and compositions disclosed herein are effective in the promoting the reattachment of delaminated cartilage to bone. The methods (and related compositions) comprise the removal of the acellular layer of the delaminated cartilage thereby exposing the underlying chondrocyte cells thereby allowing the promotion of the reattachment of the delaminated cartilage.

Methods and compositions suitable for improved reattachment of detached cartilage to subchondral bone

A graft attachment apparatus including at least two separately formed filament loops, and a fixation member comprising at least one opening configured to receive the at least two separately formed filament loops. The at least two separately formed filament loops are continuous loops.

Double-loop endobutton, ovoid tunnel guide, and method of ACL re-construction using the ovoid tunnel guide and the double-loop endobutton

The present invention provides a surgical instrument for guiding a drill into bone, the surgical instrument comprising; an elongate body comprising a shaft having a handle towards its proximal end and a head towards its distal end, wherein the head comprises a mouth and jaw assembly, and the shaft comprises a lumen aligned with the longitudinal axis of the shaft and extending from the proximal end of the surgical instrument to the mouth of the shaft, wherein the lumen is suitable for receipt and passage of a drill, and the jaw assembly comprises a pair of opposed reciprocating arms.

Guide for drilling an irregular-shaped body

An acromioclavicular joint guide for forming multiple drill tunnels spaced apart by a predetermined distance employs two drill guides in a pivoting arrangement allowing one drill guide to pivot around the axis of the other. The drill guides are each disposed in a respective sleeve of a pivot block for insertion toward the surgical member along nonintersecting axes defined by the sleeve. An elongated arm attaches to the pivot block at a proximate end and has a aimer point at a distal end, in which the arm may extend around the surgical member via an inverted portion or bend such that the aimer point is on the insertion axis of the primary drill guide. In this manner the aimer point locates an exit of the hole from the insertion point defined by the primary drill guide, and the pivotal drill guide defines a second tunnel at the predetermined distance.

Reconstructive joint tunnel drilling locator

A hinged pivoting guide for positioning a femoral tunnel in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction locates a drilling hole for placement that optimally penetrates a minimal depth of soft tissue (skin, muscle, etc.) yet directs drilling into a sufficiently rigid and structurally sound area of the femur. The hinged guide allows placement of an aimer point at a desired drilling exit location on the femur. The hinge is adapted to secure the aimer at a degree of rotation about an axis defined by the hinge rotation, such that the axis passes through the aimer point throughout rotation of the hinge while maintaining the aimer point in line with an insertion guide slideably movable through the aperture in the handle, the aperture defined by an insertion axis extending toward the aimer point such that the aimer point remains disposed at the intersection of the hinge axis and the insertion axis.

Surgical aiming device

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Newburyport, MA, United States of America

Graham Smith