Smith + Nephew

Smith & Nephew Richards Inc.

Richards Medical Company

Wilson, Darren James

Mark S Gosney

Sied William Janna

Gene Edward Austin

Joseph Michael Ferrante

John Rose

Nathaniel Kelley Grusin

James K Rains

Darren Wilson

Darin S Gerlach

Henry B Faber

John E Herzenberg

Roy Werner Sanders

Thomas A Russell

Anthony H James

David Lee Evans

John R Pepper

Robert N Hotchkiss

Dror Paley

James E Orsak

Arthur Woodward

Donna D Holland

Paul J Wisnewski

William D McLeod

David Evans

John Popken

Leonel Dominguez

Marietta I Crosslin

Darren James Wilson

John Nmi Rose

A multi-layer, fiber-reinforced composite orthopaedic fixation device having a design selected based on a desired characteristic of the orthopaedic fixation device. The design may be selected according to a model of the device, the model defining design constraints, and the design may comprise a pattern of the fiber angle for each layer. The selection of a design may be analyzed using finite element analysis to determine whether the design will comprise the desired characteristic.

Composite internal fixators

A multi-layer, fiber-reinforced composite orthopedic fixation device having a design selected based on a desired characteristic of the orthopedic fixation device. The design may be selected according to a model of the device, the model defining design constraints, and the design may comprise a pattern of the fiber angle for each layer. The selection of a design may be analyzed using finite element analysis to determine whether the design will comprise the desired characteristic.

An intramedullary nail apparatus includes an elongated nail body having a longer section and a shorter section. A detachable connection affixes the larger and shorter sections together end to end, using a taper lock connection, for example. The shorter section can provide transverse openings therethrough for enabling one or more fasteners to attach it to bone tissue, depending upon the medical indication. The nail includes a bow that consists of two tangent radii. This bow allows for the anterior bow of the femur and the relative straightness of the tibia. Thus, the apparatus of the present invention enables the same stems to be used in the treatment of femoral and tibial fractures. A stem is selected for any indication based on the desired diameter and length. The bow allows for a simplified surgical technique and a reduction in inventory of the nail system.

Intramedullary nail hybrid bow

A drill guide and method for guiding placement of external fixation pins in the bone of a human limb to avoid an implanted intramedullary nail with the drill guide having a plurality of guide holes adapted to guide and receive a bone drill bit and bone pins. The drill guide also includes connecting for connecting the drill guide to one end of a drill guide handle connected to an intramedullary nail implanted in the bone and for aligning the guide holes in a fixed position relative to the nail so that the hole centerlines are oriented to avoid the nail.

Drill guide and method for avoiding intramedullary nails in the

A device for treating and preventing injuries and contractures of the elbow joint, particularly supination-pronation contractures and proximal radial head fractures. The device includes bracing sections for fixing the device to the radius and the ulna, and for permitting movement of the attached radius continually along a path which is adapted and adjusted to be aligned with the kinematic axis of the proximal radial-ulnar joint.

Supination-pronation device

This invention relates to a device and method to externally fix bone fractures and bone deformities by moving an arc gear member, which is attached to a first bone segment, through an arc shaped path so as to place the first bone segment in the desired position relative to a second bone segment.

Fixation brace with focal hinge

A knee replacement prosthesis includes a tibial component and a femoral component with improved articular surface geometries. The improved geometries allow substantial internal rotation of the tibial component with respect to the femoral component during at least the first twenty degrees (20.degree.) of flexion. The tibial and femoral components are capable of flexing about an axis that reaches an inclination of from about ten degrees (10.degree.) to about fifty degrees (50.degree.) to the horizontal.

Knee joint prosthesis articular surface

An instrument for determining the variation in tension of a ligament graft extending between first and second proposed fixation sites positioned on first and second articulated bones, respectively, comprises a yoke which carries a device for securing the yoke to one of the first and second bones. A yoke plate is rotatably carried by the yoke. A main housing is adapted for connection to the yoke plate. A sled is slidably carried by the main housing. The sled is adapted for connection to the ligament graft. A mechanism is provided for adjusting the position of the sled relative to the housing so as to place a desired degree of tension on the ligament graft. A transducer is associated with the mechanism for adjusting for determining changes in tension, if any, from the desired degree of tension as the first and second bones are moved relative to one another.

Apparatus and method for determining the tension on a ligament graft

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Cordova, TN, United States of America

Mark S Gosney