Imds Corporation

Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC

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Chow Ip, LLC

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Engage Medical Holdings, LLC

Coorstek Medical LLC

Synergy Disc Replacement, Inc.

Kyocera Medical Corporation

Amplify Surgical, Inc.

Engage Uni LLC

Proception Medical, LLC

Kyocera Corporation

Ries, Michael D.

Nicholas Slater

Joshua Butters

Dylan M Hushka

Hyun W Bae

Rick B Delamarter

T Wade Fallin

Jeffery D Arnett

Brian Schumacher

Bjorn N Rindal

William W Cross, Iii

Kevin T Stone

Brian K Berelsman

Andrew R Fauth

Carlyle J Creger

Nathan M Sautter

Björn N Rindal

James C Chow

Daniel F Justin

Michael D Ries

Ephraim Akyuz

Mark J Mooradian

Sigurd H Berven

Edwin P Su

Neil Etherington

Cortny Robison

Brady R Shirley

Daniel Hayes

Navid Mahpeykar

Gregory J Denham

Neil Duggal

Karen E Mohr

Nathanael K Conner

Jordan A Hoof

Brad Anthony Niese

Justin Hyer

Jared M White

Takatoshi Miyashita

M Mary Sinnott

Chad Wayne Lewis

Darin Ewer

Trevor K Lewis

Greta Jo Hays

Joshua A Butters

Nathan Oliver Plowman

Stuart Goble

Josef J Geldwert

Jeremy D Borchert

Jens Kather

Bradford J Coale

David A Rupp

Atsushi Kuroshima

Shion Fujimura

Noboru Kazumi

Takao Ida

Hyun c/o Howmedica Osteonics Corp Bae

Bjorn Rindal

Melissa D Scott

Brian Scott Schumacher

William W Cross Iii

A fusion cage may include an upper endplate directly hinged to a lower endplate. The fusion cage may be adjustable to provide various angles between the endplates. An insert may be coupled between the endplates to lock the endplates at a selected angle. Fasteners may extend through the fusion cage into adjacent bone portions. An instrument may couple to an endplate so that the hinged-together endplates may be inserted between bone portions. The instrument may be used to adjust the angle between the endplates and to couple the insert between the endplates.

Intervertebral cage

An implant for fusing a joint between first and second bone portions. The implant includes a screw member, and a washer polyaxially rotatable relative to the screw member. The screw member includes a head, a lag zone, and a threaded engagement zone. The implant includes a fusion zone for joint compression, extending from the washer to the proximal end of the engagement zone. Fenestrations may be present in the fusion zone. The length of the fusion zone ranges from about 10 mm to about 37 mm. Different surface finishes including roughened and non-roughened may be applied selectively to selected portions of the implant. In an embodiment, the joint is a sacro-iliac joint, and upon implantation the implant extends from the exterior of the ilium, across the joint and into the sacral vertebral body. Instrumentation and methods for preparing the joint and implanting the implant are disclosed.

Joint fusion implant and methods

A surgical instrument and method are provided for removal of a spinal implant from the intervertebral disc space. The instrument includes a carriage body for interfacing with the implant, a housing for interfacing with the vertebrae, and a handle portion having a first portion rotatably coupled with a proximal end of the housing and a second portion rotatably engageable with a proximal attachment portion of the carriage body. A central passage of the housing extends between the proximal end and a distal engagement surface of the housing. The central passage is dimensioned to mate with the carriage body. Rotation of the handle portion about an axis causes translational movement of the carriage body along the axis. A modular inserter/distractor apparatus and method and an anchor remover and method are also provided.

Intervertebral implant with integrated fixation

Implants include fixation features which slidingly receive fixation elements. The fixation features may be negative or positive features, such as undercut channels or posts. Examples include unicompartmental tibial trays having a ridge protruding from the bone-facing side, an undercut channel formed within the ridge. Instruments are disclosed for preparing a ridge-receiving feature in bone. Implants and fixation elements are configured for implantation without penetrating a cortical wall of a bone. Instruments and surgical methods are disclosed.

Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

Implants, systems and related methods for correcting bunions are disclosed. The implants, systems and methods may include a first bone engaging implant configured to couple to a first bone, and a second bone engaging implant configured to couple to a second bone that is adjacent the first bone. The implants, systems and methods may further include a flexible cable member extending between the first and second implants that allows motion between the first and second implants but for movement of the first and second implants away from each other. The length of the cable member may draw the first bone towards the second bone and decrease an angle formed between therebetween. The cable member may be rigidly or slidably coupled to the first and second implants.

Implants and related methods for bunion correction

Systems for joint arthroplasty include prostheses which are secured to bone with sliding anchors. Examples include unicondylar and bicondylar knee prostheses for hemi-arthroplasty and total arthroplasty. Instruments guide the anchors into proper engagement with the prosthetic components. Methods of using the prostheses and instruments are disclosed.

Arthroplasty systems and methods

A soft tissue repair device can include a housing having a handle, a deployment system having an actuation member, and an insertion system having an inserter and a slider. The slider can be coupled to the actuation member and movable relative to the inserter between deployed and retracted positions. First and second anchors can be carried on an external surface of the slider such that the anchors are spaced apart and portions of the anchors are coaxial with the slider and each other. A flexible strand can couple the anchors. The insertion system can cooperate with the deployment system to move the slider to the deployed position to deploy the first anchor upon activating the actuation member a first time, and to move the slider to the deployed position from the retracted position to deploy the second anchor upon actuating the actuation member a second time after the first time.

Soft tissue repair device and method

Expandable fusion cages are disclosed which may be expandable in two substantially mutually perpendicular directions.

Expanding fusion cages

Systems and methods for joint preparation and fusion are disclosed. The system includes a cutting device having a handle, and rigid blade member. The blade member may include cutting edges on first and second sides, and may be curved in one or more planes. The blade member may be deployed to project outside of an outer tube, and the cutting device may be rotated to create a circular cavity. In a method of use, a cannula provides access to a procedure site such as a joint. A pathway to the joint is created, and the cutting device is inserted and deployed to undercut a cavity in the joint. A fusion device may be implanted across the joint to provide compression and fuse the joint. The system may also include instrumentation for creating access to a joint, bone graft insertion and implant insertion.

Joint fusion instrumentation and methods

A surgical instrument and method for inserting a spinal implant in the intervertebral disc space between two adjacent vertebrae and an anchor engageable with the implant and an adjacent vertebra are provided. The instrument includes an inserter having an engagement portion including a distal engagement surface for interfacing with the implant and a handle portion. The engagement portion includes a track for slidably translating the anchor toward the engagement surface. A kit is provided including the inserter and a tamp to force the anchor into engagement with the implant and the adjacent vertebra. The kit may also include a cutter for piercing the adjacent vertebra.

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Chandler, AZ, United States of America

Nicholas Slater