Depuy Spine, Inc.

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

James J Roveda

Christopher W Sicvol

Sean P Selover

Douglas Raymond

Timothy Beardsley

Anthony R Carlone

Douglas Bireley

Michael J O'Neil

Hassan A Serhan

Christopher L Ramsay

Michael Andrew Slivka

Mark T Hall

Shawn D Stad

Nicholas Pavento

William J Frasier

David D Konieczynski

Ramon Alberto Ruberte

Thomas E Martin

Namal Nawana

Bryan S Jones

William C Horton

Robert E Sommerich

John Paul Griffin

Jonathan Bellas

Erasmo A Lopez

Matthew Parsons

Christopher Andrew Nordstrom

Jennifer DiPietro

James Paiva

Cody Cranson

Michelle LeClerc

Max Reinhardt

Mary Louise Fowler

Brian Murphy

Various systems and methods are provided for surgical and interventional planning, support, post-operative follow-up, and functional recovery tracking. In general, a patient can be tracked throughout medical treatment including through initial onset of symptoms, diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, and recovery from the surgical treatment. In one embodiment, a patient and one or more medical professionals involved with treating the patient can electronically access a comprehensive treatment planning, support, and review system. The system can provide recommendations regarding diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, and recovery from the surgical treatment based on data gathered from the patient and the medical professional(s). The system can manage the tracking of multiple patients, thereby allowing for data comparison between similar aspects of medical treatments and for learning over time through continual data gathering, analysis, and assimilation to decision-making algorithms.

Systems and methods for surgical and interventional planning, support, post-operative follow-up, and, functional recovery tracking

The present invention provides minimally invasive devices and methods for delivering a spinal connector to one or more spinal anchor sites in a patient's spinal column. In one embodiment, a spinal implant and access device is provided that includes a U-shaped receiver member, a bone-engaging member, and an extension member. The U-shaped receiver member can have a recess formed therein that is adapted to seat a spinal connector. The bone-engaging member can extend distally from the receiver member and it can be adapted to engage bone to thereby mate the receiver member to bone. The extension member can extend proximally from the receiver member and it can include a frangible portion formed thereon that is adapted to break when a predetermined force is applied thereto thereby allowing at least a portion of the extension member to be separated from the receiver member.

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A method for introducing a spinal fixation element between two bone anchors includes engaging a spinal fixation element to a shaft of an instrument, positioning the shaft of the instrument through a sidewall opening of a first percutaneous access device connected to a first bone anchor and through a side wall opening of a second percutaneous access device connected to a second bone anchor, the spinal fixation element extending in an orientation substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of at least one of the first percutaneous access device and the second percutaneous access device, and pivoting the instrument to change the orientation of the spinal fixation element and position the spinal fixation element in proximity to the first bone anchor and in proximity to the second bone anchor.

Devices and methods for inserting a spinal fixation element

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North Attleboro, MA, United States of America

James J Roveda