Endonetics, Inc.

Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

Vasogen Ireland Limited

Forcast Orthopedics, Inc.

Tack Surgical, LLC

Covidien LP

Flex Partners, Inc.

Xpandortho, Inc.

Philip J Simpson

John E Ashley

Keir Hart

David G Matsuura

Walter Dean Gillespie

Evan Epstein

John T Kilcoyne

Dennis Crandall

Thomas Grotz

Damien J Shulock

Jeffrey Paul Castleberry

Jacob A Moebius

Jeffrey J Loos

George A Mansfield, Jr

Jared Ruben Hillel Foran

Charles P Chalekson

Adam Hattan

Joseph Marrocco

Darryl D D'lima

Leo Whiteside

John N Mitchell

Nelson Siu

George A Iii Mansfield

Jr Clifford W Colwell

George A Mansfield

Walter D Gillepie

Thomas R Grotz

A spinal implant which is configured to be deployed between adjacent vertebral bodies. The implant has at least one extendable support element with a retracted configuration to facilitate deployment of the implant and an extended configuration so as to expand the implant and effectively distract the disc space, stabilize the motion segments and eliminate pathologic spine motion. The implant has a minimal dimension in its unexpanded state that is smaller than the dimensions of the neuroforamen through which it typically passes to be deployed within the intervertebral space. The implant is provided with a locking system having a plurality of linked locking elements that work in unison to lock the implant in an extended configuration. Bone engaging anchors also may be provided to ensure secure positioning.

Lockable spinal implant

The present invention relates to tissue approximation and fixation, and surgical staples and staple placement devices for surgery. The present invention includes surgical staples having solid first and second legs for anchoring into respective tissue portions, and an elastically deformable bridge monolithically formed with the first leg and the second leg, the legs each forming respective angles greater than 90 degrees with respective portions of said elastically deformable bridge. The present invention also includes staple insertion device comprising a handle portion and substantially parallel insertion portions extending from the handle, the insertion portions each having an interior lateral channel, and each insertion portions having a terminal point.

Flexible surgical stapler and staple insertion device

An implantable externally driven fluid delivery system for localized delivery of medical agents and drugs, such as antibiotics, may be provided herein. The fluid delivery system includes a housing that incorporates a filling septum connected to a flexible internal reservoir. The reservoir is connected to a miniature diaphragm pump with coupled magnetic components. The entire fluid delivery system is implantable into a body cavity or surgically formed location that provides for local medical agent delivery. The reservoir is filled via percutaneous injection through the skin into the septum. Fluid delivery is achieved through proximity of the external controller that generates an oscillating or reversing magnetic field suitable to actuate the pump's diaphragm resulting in controlled fluid flow. Once local drug delivery treatment is complete, the controller can be discarded.

Implantable externally driven fluid delivery system

Syringe adaptor

A biopsy device for acquiring more than one tissue sample comprises an elongated, flexible actuator shaft which is slidable within an outer sleeve. A jaw portion is coupled to the actuator shaft and the outer sleeve in such a manner as to open when the shaft is moved in a first direction relative to the sleeve and close when the shaft is moved in a second direction relative to the sleeve.

Multiple sample biopsy device

An articulated medical device as disclosed, incorporated in one embodiment into a biopsy device. The biopsy embodiment comprises an elongated actuator shaft which is slidable within an outer sleeve. A jaw portion coupled to the actuator shaft and the outer sleeve opens when the shaft is moved in a first direction relative to the sleeve and closes when the shaft is moved in a second direction relative to the sleeve.

Articulated medical device

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Escondido, CA, United States of America

Philip J Simpson