Smith + Nephew

Greatbatch Medical S.a.

Venturemd Innovations, LLC

Vital 5, LLC

Precimed S.a.

New Generation Devices, Inc.

Greatbatch Ltd.

Spinelab Ag

Swiss Pro Orthopedic Sa

Patrick Michel White

T Wade Fallin

M Mary Sinnott

Thomas Wade Fallin

Kwan-Ho Chan

Jean-Sebastien Merette

James Murphy

Kern Singh

André Lechot

Gary C Victor

Yves Desarzens

Frank M Phillips

Robert Allan Young

Ezzedine Mahmoud

Reto Braunschweiler

Philippe Fehlbaum

Fabrice Chenaux

Thomas Zehnder

Kurt S Schulz

Didier Guelat

Gary Thau

Michael O Khowaylo

Steve Forbes

Sarah Claude

Michael Khowaylo

Robert A Young

Jean Sebastien Merrette

Implants, instruments, and methods are presented for fixing adjacent bone portions to promote fusion of the bone portion.

Fusion implant

Implants, instruments, and methods are presented for fixing adjacent bone portions to promote fusion of the bone portions.

Fusion Implant

Suture anchors are disclosed having suture locking features able to lock multiple suture ends extending from a body tissue, such as from a bone tunnel, with a single device.

Suture anchor

Devices and methods are provided to conduct fluid away from or deliver fluid to an area of a treatment site of a patient's body. In one aspect of the invention, a catheter includes a terminal end with a fluid exchange portion. The terminal end may further include a diffuser. The terminal end may further include a barrier.

Catheter assembly

Suture anchors and associated methods are disclosed having suture locking features able to lock multiple suture ends extending from a body tissue, such as from a bone tunnel, with a single device.

Method of anchoring a suture

Methods and instruments for reconstructing soft tissues of a skeletal joint such as for example of the foot or hand are presented.

Soft tissue reconstruction

Techniques and instruments for surgical transosseous attachment to a bone include a guide able to guide the formation of intersecting bone tunnels and a retriever able to retrieve a suture through the bone tunnels.

Transosseous attachment

Devices and methods are provided to conduct fluid away from or deliver fluid to an area of a treatment site of a patient's body. In one example, a catheter includes a fluid exchange portion and a member attached to the fluid exchange portion for biasing fluid flow at the treatment site.

Barrier catheter

Instruments and techniques to pass a suture are presented. In one illustrative example, a suture passer includes a drill guide and is able to form a tunnel in a bone and pass a suture through the tunnel so formed.

Orthopedic suture passer and method

A guide and method for cutting bones adjacent a joint at locations referenced to the joint anatomy is presented.

Orthopedic guide and method

Catheter

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Patrick Michel White