Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Synthes Gmbh

Philip Watt

Steven Greco

Richard Healey

Jeffrey Loftus-Vergari

David Moszak

Danielle Rossi

Daniel Frank Cheney

Bryan James Griffiths

Todd R Beaupre

Kory Smith

Dirk Kerstan

Adam Nelson

Miriam Chapman

Timothy Josephson

Bryan Griffiths

A bone fixation system includes a first anchor, a second anchor, and a third anchor. The first anchor is configured to be inserted into a first target location within a bone. The first anchor including a first head and a first shaft that extends from the first head and is configured to couple the first anchor to the first target location. The first head defines a head bore extending therethrough along a head bore axis. The first shaft defines a shaft bore extending therethrough along a shaft bore axis. The second anchor is sized to extend through the head bore and out of the head bore so as to couple to a second target location within the bone. The third anchor is sized to extend through the shaft bore and out of the shaft bore to a third target location within the bone.

Screw-in-screw bone fixation system

An orthopedic fixation system including an orthopedic implant transitionable between a natural shape and an insertion shape. The orthopedic implant includes a bridge deformable to move the orthopedic implant between the natural shape and the insertion shape, a claw extending from the bridge at a first end thereof, and an anchor extending from the bridge at a second end thereof. The orthopedic implant when in the insertion shape affixes a bone fragment and a bone in that the anchor implants in the bone, the bridge extends over the bone and the bone fragment to position the claw at the bone fragment, and the claw captures the bone fragment. Moreover, upon an attempted transition of the orthopedic implant from the insertion shape to the natural shape, the orthopedic implant delivers energy stored therein to the bone fragment and the bone thereby affixing the bone fragment with the bone.

Orthopedic fixation system

A slotted washer configured to secure a K-wire to a native bone, including: an upper arm with a screw hole; a lower arm with a screw hole; a connector connecting the upper arm with the lower arm; and a K-wire opening between the connector, lower arm, and upper arm configured to receive and compress the K-wire.

K-wire implants for fractures

A single use disposable sterile kit, including a sterile sealed container including a first module configured to fit within the sterile sealed container including a single bone plate including a plurality of fastener apertures, and a fastener housing including a plurality of protrusions on the top of the fastener housing, a plurality of stairs extending downward from the top of the fastener housing and a plurality of concave depressions located on the top surface of the plurality of stairs for housing a plurality of fasteners, each of the plurality of fasteners including a head and a shaft.

Single use disposable sterile kit

A torque limiting driver system, including: a torque limiting driver including: a handle with a locking cap engagement protrusion; a shaft with a cam portion including a cam mating feature; and a locking cap including: a mating recess including a plurality of scallops along the outer edge of the mating recess and wherein the plurality of scallops are configured to interface with the first mating feature; a through-hole with through-hole mating feature configured to interface with the cam mating feature, wherein the locking cap is configured to engage the torque limiting driver to lock the rotation of the shaft with respect to the handle.

Torque limiting locking cap

A single use disposable surgical kit, including a sterile sealed container including a module configured to fit within the sterile sealed container including surgical instruments housed in a bottom tray including a first fastening feature; and a lid including a second fastening feature congruently aligned with the first fastening feature, wherein the first fastening feature is one of a tab portion and a mating slot, the second fastening feature is the other of the tab portion and the mating slot, and the second fastening feature is configured to engage with the first fastening feature.

Single-use disposable sterile kit

A bone screw driving system includes a screw having a head and a shaft extending from the head. The screw includes a stepped opening extending in the shaft that includes a first portion and a second portion having a greater cross-sectional dimension than the first portion. The bone screw driving system further includes a screw driver having a driver shaft that defines a tip configured to engage the screw head. The driver further includes a pin extending from the tip and sized to fit within the opening. The pin includes an abutment movable to a locked configuration in the second portion of the opening, wherein the abutment defines a cross-sectional dimension greater than that of the first portion of the opening.

Screw with variable diameter cannulation and driver

A screw delivery system is provided. Such a system may include a carrier including a carrier body, a driver, and a nose. The carrier may define a bore that extends at least partially through the carrier body. The driver may be configured to be at least partially disposed in the bore. The driver may include a head that is configured to mate with a head of a fastener. At least a first guide member may be carried by the carrier body. The nose may be operably aligned with the bore, and may include at least a second guide member that is configured to engage the first guide member. The system may be configured such that insertion of the driver from the bore into the nose causes the first and second guide members to engage so as to cause the nose to rotate relative to the carrier body.

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West Chester, PA, United States of America

Philip Watt