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Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

University of Florida Research Foundation Inc

University of South Florida

Boston Scientific Corporation

Nexgen Medical Systems, Incorporated

Matthew S Solar

Thomas I Miller

James Grant Skakoon

Rudy A Mazzocchi

Mark Stephen Freas

Kari Parmer

John David

Frank Murdock

Charles Loeb Truwit

Thomas L Bridges

David Hatcher

Charles R Slater

Thomas O Bales, Jr

Jurgen A Kortenbach

Dana W Ryan

Jeffrey M Waynik

Kevin W Smith

Albert Dacosta

Saul Gottlieb

Eric Welch

Roberto De Mezerville

Peter K Kratsch

Juan José Chacón Quirós

Thomas Chang

Michael Houghton

Matthew A Palmer

Ronald David Adams

Jose Luis Francese

Marc O Schurr

Roy H Sullivan, Iii

Vincent A Turturro

Kevin D Taylor

Gerhard F Buess

George A Nunez

Raghu Raghavan

David H Turkel

Lauren O Main

Thomas B Freeman

John C Hancock

Martin Lee Brady

Herbert Cohen

Robert Sixto

Kenneth P Grace

Devin Lee Moore

David S Rowley

Kirk William Charles

Frank A Scarfone

Frans L H Gielen

David P Gordon

John Kucharczyk

David M Lee

Timothy Alan Parmer

Robert Wharen

Andrew N Csavoy

Nathalia Araujo

Richard Acevedo

Scott Jones

Gerald W Mills

Patrick R Helmer

Keith Sootsman

Glenn D Perry

John Jairo Damarati

Nicholas Lewin

Craig J Pagan

Dan J Hammersmark

Juan J Arias

Solange Vindas

Joe Kopp

Lionel Gillespie

Ariel Seidner H

Eckart Holst

Jose Pablo Viquez

Thomas Fuller

Anthony Adam-Henry Wittfeldt

Daniel J Kasprzyk

Cecily M Hillsman

David Wurmfeld

Philip Smith

Peter Appenrodt

Thomas Sangiovanni

Thomas A Gallagher

Gregory J Murphy

Timothy J Wood

William Krauss

Juan Jose Chacon Quiros

Glenn Perry

John Lennox-Gentle

Pedro P Llaneza

John G Stine

Boyce D Richardson

John Hancock

Chris Ross

Juan José CHACÓN QUIRÓS

Roy H Iii Sullivan

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a medical implant introducer () and methods of its use. The introducer () may include a handle (), an implant-holding cavity disposed distally from the handle (), a fluid supply conduit () fluidly coupled to an interior portion of the implant-holding cavity, and a distal nozzle () having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a middle portion in between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the middle portion having a tapered profile such that the proximal portion is larger than the distal portion, and a distal opening (), wherein an implant in the implant-holding cavity may be expelled from the introducer () through the distal opening ().

Introducer devices and methods of use thereof

A medical device may include a shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft may include a lumen therein. The medical device may include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and may include a mode selector. The mode selector may be adapted to transition between a first mode and a second mode of the medical device. The medical device may further include a compressed fluid source. In the first mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a negative pressure in at least a portion of the lumen. In the second mode, the compressed fluid source may be fluidly coupled with the shaft so as to impart a positive pressure in the at least a portion of the lumen.

Apparatuses for the implantation of medical devices and methods of use thereof

A device is provided for delivery of a therapeutic agent to the anal and perianal regions. The device includes a deployable internal anchor adapted to comfortably anchor the device in the anal canal, a shaft adapted to store and release the agent to the anal canal, and an external bumper adapted to store and release the agent to the perianal tissue and externally anchor the device.

Anal and perianal therapeutic substance delivery device

This document discusses, among other things, examples of a low profile instrument immobilizer and means for positioning the same. In one example, the low profile instrument immobilizer grasps, secures, and immobilizes an electrode or other instrument that extends through a burr hole in a skull to a target location in a patient's brain.

Low profile instrument immobilizer

An instrument guiding trajectory guide can include a ball-and-socket motion constrained by an arch. Z-height adjustment of a trajectory guide lumen can be provided, with or without a ball-and-socket, such as to permit target-centered alignment of the trajectory to a target. A polar-offset or x-y stage can be included. Contrast-enhanced imageable fiducial marker concentric rings can be used to help align the trajectory to the target. The concentric rings can be progressively smaller in a direction along the trajectory.

Skull-mounted instrument trajectory guide

A device or substance (e.g., a breast implant material) can be introduced through a port placed in a skin incision. A blunt blade can extend laterally with respect to a distal opening of the port. The blade can be rotated with respect to the port beneath a layer of skin, such as to separate the skin from underlying tissue. A device or substance can be introduced through a proximal port opening and then through a distal port opening and into the subject via a channel provided by the port. Rotating the blade can include rotating a first blade with respect to a second blade, such as can be performed by a user with one hand manipulating handles associated with the device.

Introducer with rotatable retractors and optional implant material delivery device

Devices and methods provide accurate targeting, placement, and/or stabilization of an electrode or other instrument(s) into the brain or other body organ, such as to treat severe tremor or other neurological disorders. Targeting is performed using any form of image-guidance, including real-time MRI, CT, or frameless surgical navigation systems.

Device for immobilizing a primary instrument and method therefor

Reamer sleeves, reamer assemblies, and methods of assembling the reamer assemblies are disclosed. The reamer sleeves include a base portion with a top surface and a bottom surface and a securement mechanism extending away from the top surface of the base portion. The securement mechanism includes an opening, at least one engagement member adjacent the opening, and at least one engagement protrusion extending away from the engagement member into the opening. The opening extends through the securement mechanism to the bottom surface of the base portion. The bone reamer assembly including a reamer and a reamer sleeve removably coupled to the reamer. The reamer including a shaft with a first and second end, a cutting member coupled to the second end of the shaft, and a groove near the second end of the shaft. A method of assembling a hard tissue reamer assembly is also disclosed.

Bone implants and cutting apparatuses and methods

Implant devices and cutting clamp apparatuses and methods for creating the implants for insertion into a patient's joint to restore anatomic length and assist in final positioning of the bones following removal of cartilage and/or bone in preparation for fusion. A first implant is a biplanar implant having a shape to mimic the normal anatomical shape of the bones the implant is configured to mate with. The first implant may be cut using a cutting clamp and jig having the anatomical shape of the bones the implant will be inserted within or between. A second implant is a cylindrical piece of bone having a convex end and a concave end for mating with bones reamed to have the opposite mating surfaces. The second implant is created using cup and cone reamers having dimensions corresponding to the size of the patient's bones. Surgical methods for inserting the implants within a patient.

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