Medos International Sarl

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Centinel Spine, LLC

Medos International S&#xe0;rl

Synthes Gmbh

Centinel Spine Schweiz Gmbh

Joern Richter

Daniel Thommen

Roger Berger

Eric Buehlmann

Salman Chegini

Michael White

David K Koch

Peter Senn

Richard Assaker

Rainer Ponzer

William P McDonough

William L Strausbaugh

Thomas Kueenzi

Jacques Teisen

Thomas Pepe

Christopher M Bonner

William Taylor

Michael Jeger

Christoph Mehren

Ralph Meili

Thomas J Gamache

Roman Lomeli

Richard G Fessler

Markus Hunziker

Seang Beng Tan

J Riley Hawkins

Rudolf Bertagnoli

Michael Y Wang

Richard Kocharian

Shaun B Hanson

David Gerber

Veronique Christine Zollmann

John Paul Furda

Jan Klett

Stephane Gully

Fabian Haller

Stefanie Kaufmann

Michael J O'Neil

Joseph Peterson

Thomas E Martin

Felix Aschmann

Matthias Wesselmann

Bodo Quint

Serge Cyril Roux

Ashley Lauren Whitney

Gabriel Emmett Greeley

Matthew Brian De Nardo

Stefan Mueller

Piet Hinoul

Mark T Hall

Michael Guetlin

Tom Overes

Nicholas Pavento

John C Voellmicke

Paul S Maguire

Bruno Laeng

John Divincenzo

James Paiva

Lukas Giger

William Kane

Jann-Paul Suedkamp

Jae Stelzer

Clara Cheung

Reto Halbeisen

Simon Kamber

Marco Messias

Joseph Amaral

Michael Wang

Thomas M DiMauro

Sean Hamilton Kerr

Mark T Fulmer

Marc Reichen

Sean Lilienfeld

John DiVincenzo

Marc Puls

Markus Kraft

Judith Flock

Roman Randegger

Martin Schnider

Didier Gonzalez

John Pracyk

Samantha Popa

John Wesley Canady

Rado Marjanovic

Bill Horton

John Wright

John DeVincenzo

Rudolph Bertagnoli

Laura Naikauskiene

Richard Fessler

Veronique Christine Zollman

David Koch

William P Mcdonough

Christopher Bonner

Ralfph Meili

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 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

Percutaneous disc clearing device

An implant for insertion into a disc space between vertebrae, wherein the implant includes a spacer portion, a plate portion coupled to the spacer portion, two bone fixation elements for engaging the vertebrae and a retention mechanism for preventing the bone fixation elements from postoperatively backing-out of the plate portion. The retention mechanism may be in the form of a spring biased snapper element that is biased into communication with the bone fixation elements so that once the bone fixation element advances past the snapper element, the snapper element is biased back to its initial position in which the snapper element interfaces with the bone fixation elements. Alternatively, the retention mechanism may be in the form of a propeller rotatable between a first position in which the bone fixation elements are insertable to a second position where the bone fixation elements are prevented from backing-out.

Zero-profile interbody spacer and coupled plate assembly

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

User interface systems for sterile fields and other working environments are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a user interface system can include a projector that projects a graphical user interface onto a data board or other substrate disposed within a working environment. The system can also include a camera or other sensor that detects user interaction with the data board or substrate. Detected user interactions can be processed or interpreted by a controller that interfaces with equipment disposed outside of the working environment, thereby allowing user interaction with such equipment from within the working environment. The data board can be an inexpensive, disposable, single-use component of the system that can be easily sterilized or another component suitably prepared for use in a sterile field.

User interface systems for sterile fields and other working environments

A flexible tubular member for guiding insertion of instrumentation to a bone screw affixed within bone includes a tubular body that is flexible, constructed of textile material, and defines a longitudinal axis. The tubular body also defines a proximal end and a distal end opposite each other along the longitudinal axis. The tubular body further defines a guide channel that extends from a proximal opening at the proximal end to a distal opening at the distal end. An attachment member is located at the distal end of the tubular body and is configured to couple the distal end to a proximal portion of the bone screw. The attachment member has an annular shape around the guide channel and is configured to expand responsive to a predetermined tensile force applied to the tubular body for decoupling from the bone screw.

Flexible sleeve for bone fixation, and related systems and methods

Systems, devices, and methods are provided for trajectory guidance using instrument position data and planned trajectories into or through a patient's body or an object. Lasers are emitted from a laser system toward the patient's body or object at an area within or proximate to the instrument operator's line of sight. Information about the instrument, including the position of its proximal and distal ends, and the position of the patient's body or object, are used to direct the emission of the lasers in real-time during operation of the instrument. The emitted lasers function as visual cues indicating the manner in which to position the distal and proximal ends of the instrument to properly align with the planned trajectory. A guidance map on the instrument can be used to output visual cues about the position of the distal and proximal ends of the instrument relative to a planned trajectory.

Systems, devices, and methods for providing surgical trajectory guidance

Adjustable-length surgical access devices are disclosed herein, which can advantageously allow an overall length of the access device to be quickly and easily changed by the user. The access devices herein can reduce or eliminate the need to maintain an inventory of many different length access devices. In some embodiments, the length of the access device can be adjusted while the access device is inserted into the patient. This can reduce or eliminate the need to swap in and out several different access devices before arriving at an optimal length access device. This can also reduce or eliminate the need to change the access device that is inserted into a patient as the depth at which a surgical step is performed changes over the course of a procedure. Rather, the length of the access device can be adjusted in situ and on-the-fly as needed or desired to accommodate different surgical depths.

Devices and methods for providing surgical access

Surgical access port stabilization systems and methods are described herein. Such systems and methods can be employed to provide ipsilateral stabilization of a surgical access port, e.g., during spinal surgeries. In one embodiment, a surgical system can include an access port configured for percutaneous insertion into a patient to define a channel to a surgical site and an anchor configured for insertion into the patient's bone. Further, the access port can be coupled to the anchor such that a longitudinal axis of the access port and a longitudinal axis of the anchor are non-coaxial. With such a system, a surgeon or other user can access a surgical site through the access port without the need for external or other stabilization of the access port, but can instead position the access port relative to an anchor already placed in the patient's body.

Surgical access port stabilization

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Joern Richter