Medshape, Inc.

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Ric Investments, Inc.

Aristotech Industries Gmbh

Jeremy Webster Blair

Courtney Lynne Kline

Jack C Griffis, Iii

Donald Kenneth Griffin, Ii

Ryan Walter O'Flaherty

Douglas Adam Whitcher

Douglas Whitcher

Don Griffin

Jack Cabell Griffis

Emmanuel Anapliotis

Joseph Thomas Dolensky

Bradley Stewart Koeppel

Bernhard Lewis Haberland

Douglas Pacaccio

David Lee Safranski

Brian Edward Dickerson

Robert J Maddox, Jr

Laurent Brouqueyre

Marvin Norman Zeigler

Joseph Thomas Dolenski

Gerry Dean Richardson

Clay Williams

Low profile staple

According to particular embodiments, the present staple includes a low-profile bridge and has the capacity for high sustained compression. In some embodiments, the staple includes a bridge with a continuous cross-section, legs with teeth cut therein (e.g., opposed to protruding from, as discussed herein), and legs including an angle of about 24 degrees.

Low profile staple and methods for using same

Orthopedic compression device

According to particular embodiments, the present staple includes a low-profile bridge and has the capacity for high sustained compression. In some embodiments, the staple includes a bridge with a continuous cross-section, and one or more pairs of legs with teeth cut therein, the inner legs and outer legs each including an angle of about 16 degrees.

Low profile staple and methods for using the same

A medical device can include a first anchor for attachment to a first bone fragment and a second anchor for attachment to a second bone fragment. The second anchor attachment can be coupled to the first anchor via a compression element between the first anchor and the second anchor. The medical device can include a resorbable element maintaining the first anchor and the second anchor at a first distance. The resorbable element can be configured to at least partially resorb after insertion into a patient. After the resorbable element is at least partially resorbed, the compression element forces the first anchor and/or the second anchor to translate such that the first anchor and the second anchor are at a second distance, thereby compressing the first bone fragment and the second bone fragment.

Resorption-controlled compression devices and processes for making and using the same

Dynamic compression device

An instrument for drilling a hole for a bone screw comprises a shaft having a primary drill fluted portion, a shank, and a middle portion there between. Part of an outer surface of the shaft's middle portion is non-curved. A sleeve surrounds the shaft. The sleeve has an inner surface that is complementary to the outer surface of the shaft's middle portion such that the sleeve slides with respect to the shaft. The sleeve's inner surface contacts the outer surface of the shaft's middle portion at the non-curved part such that the shaft can transmit torque to the sleeve. A countersink drill bit is provided at an end of the sleeve proximate the shaft's primary drill fluted portion. A locking mechanism selectively holds the sleeve in a fixed position with respect to the shaft, locating the countersink drill bit at a selected position with respect to the shaft's drilling end.

Instruments for drilling holes for bone screws

A compression device may include, but is not limited to, a threaded body, a sliding element, and a compression element connecting the threaded body and the sliding element. According to one embodiment, upon implantation, the threaded body contacts a first bony fragment and the sliding element contacts to a second bony fragment. In at least one embodiment, upon being engaged, the compression element applies sustained tension to the sliding element and opposing tension to the threaded body, thereby compressing the first bony fragment and the second bony fragment along a plane of contact promoting healing.

Dynamic compression devices and processes for making and using same

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Jeremy Webster Blair