Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Sdgi Holdings, Inc.

Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc.

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Medtronic Navigation, Inc.

Nuvasive, Inc.

Saint Louis University

Medtronic, Inc.

Kt Corporation

Biothread LLC

Danek Medical

Biodlogics, LLC

Sofamor Danek Holdings, Inc.

Warsaw Othopedic, Inc.

Vector Unlimited, LLC

Kevin Thomas Foley

Roy K Lim

Michael C Sherman

Maurice Mell Smith

Mingyan Liu

John B Clayton

Jeff R Justis

Charles L Branch

Kurt R Smith

Joseph Moctezuma

Thomas E Roehm, Iii

Anthony J Melkent

Bradley T Estes

Jeffrey D Moore

David Anthnoy Simon

Richard D Bucholz

Loic Josse

Ricardo C Sasso

Matthew M Morrison

Thomas Andrew Carls

Lawrence M Boyd

Regis W Haid

James E Van Hoeck

Newton Metcalf

Harald Ebner

Mark W Hunter

Gregory C Marik

Bradley J Coates

Stephen M Papadopoulos

Todd Pope

Udo Wiedenmaier

Joseph Chaudoin

Stephen E Heim

Michael F Hoey

Jonathan M Dewey

Corbett W Stone

Robert A Farris

John L White

T Andrew Simonton

Jeffrey Wade Poyner

Troy McDonald

Eugene C Eckstein

Tony Melkent

Jay P Tapper

Lawrence A Blaustein

Charles Peter Althoff

Harold S Taylor

Greg C Marik

David A Mire

Jens Johnson

Timothy R Brahm

Boris Kontorovich

James P Duncan

Newton H Metcalf, Jr

Daniel C Bass

William Barry Null

Danish Siddiqui

Scott Andrew Singer

Jaleh Factor

Dusty Anna Needham

Brian A Burd

Arjun S Kurian

Lulin Ding

Cameron N McPherson

Thomas Wiedenmaier

Stacy Sprouse

Eric Finley

Keith E Miller

James F Marino

Daniel Paxton Wall

David L Brumfield

William David Armstrong

Jeffrey L Scifert

Troy B Woolley

David G Matsuura

Nicholas M Benson

Roger J Malcolm

Richard L Brown

Jared Arambula

Jamil Elbanna

Mark E Henschel

Craig M Squires

Richard Quinn Brown

Larry Earl Tyler

Larry Dale Estes

Randall N Allard

Sean M Haddock

William R Sears

Tom J Francis

Kidong Yu

Tyler S Stevenson

Peter Francis McCombe

Michael William Barror

Richard W Franks

Newt Metcalf

Aure Bruneau

Alan Curtis Stone

Sreenivas Chowdiah

Rob Ellins

Thomas E Roehm Iii

An article of footwear is configured to be worn so as to at least partially cover a wearer's foot. The footwear includes at least one optical fiber on an internal surface of the footwear. The at least one optical fiber is configured to project radiation having a therapeutic wavelength through the at least one optical fiber and toward at least one of the wearer's foot, ankle or leg when the footwear is being worn so as to at least partially cover the wearer's foot.

Footwear having therapeutic light source

An energy transfer system includes a spinal implant having an antenna, an antenna extender attached to a portion of the spinal implant in proximity to the antenna, and a reader device configured to send energy to the spinal implant via the antenna extender. The antenna extender extends away from the spinal implant. The spinal implant is configured to be positioned within a spinal area of a patient.

Energy transfer system for spinal implants

Techniques and systems for distracting a spinal disc space and supporting adjacent vertebrae are provided. Trial instruments are insertable into the disc space to determine a desired disc space height and to select a corresponding implant. Implants can be also be self-distracting and the implant providing the desired disc space height can be implanted in the spinal disc space.

Systems and techniques for restoring and maintaining intervertebral anatomy

An energy transfer system includes a spinal implant having one or more antennae, and the spinal implant is configured to be positioned within a spinal area of a patient, and a relay device configured to be positioned within the patient between the implant and the skin of the patient when implanted. The relay device is configured to receive energy from a reader device located externally to the patient and convey at least a portion of the received energy to the one or more antennae of the spinal implant.

A device includes a first endplate having an engagement surface and first and second extensions. The first extension has a first ramp and the second extension has a first slot. A second endplate includes a second engagement surface and third and fourth extensions. The third extension has a second ramp and the fourth extension has a second slot. A wedge is positioned between the endplates and includes a first inclined portion that engages the first ramp and a second inclined portion that engages the second ramp. The wedge has first and second apertures. A first pin extends through the first aperture and the first slot. A second pin extends through the second aperture and the second slot. The wedge is movable relative to the endplates to move the device from a first height to an increased second height. Methods of use are disclosed.

Expanding interbody implant and articulating inserter and methods of use

Apparatus and methods for spinal surgery include a retractor with an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis between a distal end and an opposite proximal end. The retractor defines a passage between the distal and proximal ends and a window opening into the passage adjacent to the distal end. The apparatus also includes a guide member extending laterally from the proximal end of the retractor and the guide member includes a body extending along an arc. The body defines a number of trajectories each intersecting the window of the retractor. The apparatus further includes an instrument removably mounted to the guide member and the instrument is movable along the guide member and securable to the guide member in any one of the number of trajectories so that the instrument can be moved along the selected trajectory through the window.

Systems and methods for guiding anchors for facet fixation

A device to space vertebral members with first and second members that may have at least one ramped section. The first and second members may be positioned in a vertically overlapping arrangement with interior sides of the members facing together. The device may be positionable between a first orientation with the ramped section of the first member positioned away from the ramped section of the second member, and a second orientation with the ramped section of the first member positioned against the ramped section of the second member. The device may include a greater height measured between the exterior sides in the second orientation than in the first orientation.

Expanding interbody implant and articulating inserter and method

A spinal implant includes an implant body including a first endplate and a second endplate. A plurality of electrodes include at least one electrode disposed with the first endplate and at least one electrode disposed with the second endplate such that the electrodes conduct an electric current to stimulate tissue growth adjacent the implant body. Systems, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.

Spinal implant system and method

A device includes an upper endplate having an engagement surface, an inner surface and first projections extending from the inner surface. The first projections each include a first inclined surface. A lower endplate includes an engagement surface, an inner surface and second projections extending from the inner surface. The second projections each include a second inclined surface. A wedge is positioned between the endplates. The wedge includes first mating parts that engage the first inclined surfaces and second mating parts that engage the second inclined surfaces. The wedge is movable relative to the endplates to move the device between a first configuration having a first height between the engagement surfaces and a second configuration having an increased second height between the engagement surfaces. Methods of use are disclosed.

A mixing and delivery device for osseous tissue and method of use is provided. A kit for use by a medical professional is also provided.

Osseous tissue delivery device

A method for sterilely recovering amniotic fluid is provided. The amniotic fluid is used for regenerative medicine purposes. The method utilizes a suction device that does not harm the infant.

Method of sterile collection of amniotic fluid

The present invention relates to a brace installation instrument placement that is mounted to anchors secured in an animal subject. The installation instrument includes anchor extensions coupled to the anchors. The instrument is movable with respect to the anchors to position a brace in a position more proximate the anchors. The brace can be indexed for insertion at a predetermined orientation with respect to the installation instrument. Methods and techniques for using the installation instrument are also provided.

Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures

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Germantown, TN, United States of America

Kevin Thomas Foley