Medtronic Navigation, Inc.

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc.

Other

Smith + Nephew

Warsaw Othopedic, Inc.

Discgenics

Direct External Carotid Access LLC

Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

Medtronic/surgical Navigation Technologies

Foley, Kevin T.

Sasso, Ricardo

Sasso, Ricardo C.

Kevin T Foley

Anthony J Melkent

Michael C Sherman

Roy K Lim

Richard G Fessler

Matthew M Morrison

Jonathan M Dewey

Maurice Mell Smith

Arjun Siby Kurian

Thomas Andrew Carls

Keith E Miller

Nicholas M Benson

David Anthnoy Simon

Charles L Branch

John B Clayton

Kurt R Smith

Sean M Haddock

Richard D Bucholz

Richard L Brown

Lance M Middleton

James P Duncan

Thomas E Roehm, Iii

Newton H Metcalf, Jr

Larry Earl Tyler

Daniel C Bass

William R Sears

Catalina J Carroll

Newton Metcalf

Tyler S Stevenson

Kidong Yu

Todd Pope

Udo Wiedenmaier

Thomas Wiedenmaier

David Fiorella

Adam S Arthur

Lara Ionescu Silverman

Lance Middleton

Peter M Klara

Keith Maxwell

David Anthony Simon

Calvert S Bontemps

Thomas A Simonton

David A Simon

Thomas R Iii Roehm

Thomas E Iii Roehm

Peter Mccombe

Willliam D Armstrong

Newton H Metcalf

Ricardo C Sasso

Ricardo Sasso

A system for accessing one or more artery in a head and neck area of a patient includes an access sheath including a tubular shaft having a distal end and a proximal end and a sheath lumen extending therethrough, the distal end of the shaft configured for placement through a puncture in skin and an adjacent arterial wall of a superficial temporal artery of a subject and to extend retrogradely within a portion of the superficial temporal artery of the subject, the proximal end of the shaft including a first connection portion, an intermediate portion of the sheath located between the distal end of the shaft and the proximal end of the shaft, the intermediate portion forming a curve of the sheath lumen, a resilient access-extension tube having an extension lumen extending therethrough, the extension lumen having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the extension lumen configured to hydraulically couple to the sheath lumen at the first connection portion, and sealable opening carried by the access-extension tube and spaced from the distal end of the extension lumen, the sealable opening configured to allow insertion of an elongate medical device into the extension lumen for advancement through the extension lumen when the access-extension tube is coupled to the access sheath, for passage through the extension tube and the sheath lumen, and into the superficial temporal artery of the subject.

Systems and methods for arterial access, diagnosis, and therapy

A system for assessing a status of a spinal implant includes a wearable apparatus having an electronics system and one or more spinal implants in communication with the wearable apparatus. The electronics system includes a first short-range receiver, a first short-range transmitter, and an inertial measurement unit. The wearable apparatus is configured to constrain one or more movements of a wearer when worn. The one or more spinal implants include one or more sensors configured to measure one or more characteristics of a fusion status of the spinal implant, a second short-range receiver, and a second short-range transmitter. The one or more spinal implants are configured to communicate one or more of the measured characteristics to the wearable apparatus via the second transmitter.

Motion limiting apparatus for assessing status of spinal implants

A medical implant identification system is disclosed. The implant identification system may include a probe reader extending from a proximal end to a distal end and the distal end may include a faraday cage. The probe reader may be in communication with an operating room computer and/or a display. The implant identification system may include at least one digital set screw comprising an antenna disposed in an antenna portion of the digital set screw. In various embodiments, the faraday cage may have a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of the antenna portion of the digital set screw. Additionally, the antenna may be configured to transmit identity information to the probe reader, and the identify information may be displayed by the display and/or stored in a data store of the operating room computer.

Faraday cage for digital set screw probe reader

The present disclosure relates to discogenic cell populations, methods of deriving, and methods of using them. The presently described discogenic cell populations may be used to restore or regenerate damaged, diseased, or missing intervertebral discs of a subject. The presently described discogenic cell populations can be derived from and administered or implanted into a subject, or may be derived from an unrelated donor.

Isolated discogenic cells, methods of using, and methods of preparing same from mammalian tissue

A trackable medical instrument for use in a computer assisted image guided medical and surgical navigation systems that generate images during medical and surgical procedures, includes a guide member having an emitter array for being tracked by the system and a drive shaft contained within the guide member having a proximal and a distal end, the drive shaft being rotatable within the guide member while being fixable axially inside the guide member, the proximal end of the drive shaft having a first connector for interchangeably receiving at least one drive source, and the distal end having a second connector for interchangeably receiving at least one instrument tip.

Image guided awl/tap/screwdriver

Methods and devices for performing percutaneous surgery in a patient are provided. A retractor includes a working channel formed by a first portion coupled to a second portion. The first and second portions are movable relative to one another from an unexpanded configuration to an expanded configuration to increase the size of the working channel along the length of the working channel while minimizing trauma to skin and tissue.

Devices and methods for percutaneous tissue retraction and surgery

An apparatus and procedures for percutaneous placement of surgical implants and instruments such as, for example, screws, rods, wires and plates into various body parts using image guided surgery. The invention includes an apparatus for use with a surgical navigation system, an attaching device rigidly connected to a body part, such as the spinous process of a vertebrae, with an identification superstructure rigidly but removably connected to the attaching device. This identification superstructure, for example, is a reference arc and fiducial array which accomplishes the function of identifying the location of the superstructure, and, therefore, the body part to which it is fixed, during imaging by CAT scan or MRI, and later during medical procedures.

Percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigation

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Germantown, TN, United States of America

Kevin T Foley