Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Joseph M Childs

Thomas J Gamache

Kevin Flaherty

Shawn D Stad

Michael C Gorhan

Derek Shaw

Jonathan Howe

Christopher L Ramsay

Michael Alan Fisher

David D Konieczynski

Raymond F Murphy

Paul S Maguire

Matthew Parsons

Christine Rusbarsky

Payman Afshari

Christopher Ramsey

An angled fixation device, such as an angled screw. This angled fixation device may be used by the surgeon to secure a spacer to a spinal disc space. The proximal end portion of the angled fixation device is driven perpendicular to the anterior wall of the spacer, and so is parallel to the vertebral endplates and in-line with the inserter. The distal end portion of the angled fixation device is oriented at about a 45 degree angle (plus or minus 30 degrees) to the vertebral endplate it enters.

Stand alone intervertebral fusion device

Methods for securing a intervertebral cage to one or more levels of the spine with fixation. The fixation, which is typically a staple, is intended to be driven perpendicular to the proximal face of the cage and in-line with the inserter. After the cage is placed and positioned according to surgeon preference, a single piece fixation clip is then deployed and fixed in a manner that produces a zero-profile device.

Fusion cage with in-line single piece fixation

Disclosed herein are devices for minimally invasive vertebral augmentation and restoration of spinal lordosis using a steerable cannula assembly. When deployed, the articulating cannula, including an outer cannula and an inner cannula extending into a central lumen of the outer cannula and coupled to each other at their distal ends, can be manipulated to curve/bend the body of the articulating cannula. This manipulation is used to create a void within the interior body and may also be used to control delivery of a treatment element to the interior body.

Steerable needle assembly for use in vertebral body augmentation

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Middleboro, MA, United States of America

Joseph M Childs