Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Medos International Sarl

Sean Lilienfeld

Thomas M DiMauro

Mohamed Attawia

Chantal Holy

Jeffrey Karl Sutton

Michael Ward

Michael J O'Neil

Hassan A Serhan

Joern Richter

Thomas J Gamache

Daniel Thommen

Eric Buehlmann

Michael White

Terri Kapur

Stephane Gully

Jan Klett

William Kane

Judith Flock

Joseph Amaral

Thomas M Di Mauro

John Wesley Canady

Veronique Christine Zollman

John Canady

Devices and methods for surgical retraction are described herein, e.g., for retracting nerve tissue, blood vessels, or other obstacles to create an unobstructed, safe surgical area. In some embodiments, a surgical access device can include an outer tube that defines a working channel through which a surgical procedure can be performed. A shield, blade, arm, or other structure can be manipulated with respect to the outer tube to retract an obstacle. For example, an inner blade can protrude from a distal end of the outer tube to retract obstacles disposed distal to the outer tube. The inner blade can be movable between a radially-inward position and a radially-outward position. The radially-inward position can allow insertion of the blade to the depth of the obstacle to position the obstacle adjacent to and radially-outward from the blade. Subsequent movement of the blade to the radially-outward position can retract the obstacle in a radially-outward direction. The blade can be manipulated remotely, e.g., from a proximal end of the access device or a location disposed outside of the patient. The blade can be manipulated in various ways, such as by rotating the blade relative to the outer tube, translating the blade longitudinally relative to the outer tube, sliding an expander along the blade, driving a wedge between the blade and the outer tube, actuating a cam mechanism of the access device, and/or pivoting the blade relative to the outer tube.

Devices and methods for surgical retraction

An intracranial, light-emitting implant for providing therapy to a patient having Alzheimer's Disease.

Light-based implants for treating Alzheimer's disease

A method of correcting spinal deformity, which includes locating pharmaceutical-loaded implants adjacent to targeted spinal growth plates, and then eluting the pharmaceutical onto the growth plates. Preferably, the method involves correcting spinal deformity by simply inserting a pharmaceutical-eluting pedicle screw onto the concave side of a scoliotic curve. In some embodiments, the screw has a cannulated internal reservoir that contains a growth-inhibiting pharmaceutical (such as a tetracycline) and at least one fenestration that allows the pharmaceutical to elute onto the vertebral body growth plate.

Methods and devices for correcting spinal deformity with pharmaceutical-eluting pedicle screws

This invention relates to an implantable device that delivers an effective amounts of red light to the substantia nigra as a treatment for Parkinson's Disease (PD).

Red light implant for treating Parkinson's disease

A method of treating disease in which intranasal red light devices are used to shine red light upon the brain structures in the basal prefrontal cortex.

Intranasal red light probe for treating alzheimer's disease

A device for iontophoretically delivering a charged curcuminoid across the skin of an Alzheimer's Disease patient.

Iontophoretic delivery of curcumin and curcumin analogs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Increasing intranasal lymphatic circulation as a means of decreasing intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury.

Intranasal delivery of compounds that reduce intrancranial pressure

A method of delivering a curcuminoid to a patient, which includes iontophoretically delivering a charged curcuminoid across the skin of an Alzheimer's Disease patient.

Iontophoretic delivery of curcumin and curcumin analogs for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Co-administration of an effective amount of autoantigen and UV light to mucosal associated lymphatic tissue (MALT) in a patient.

Methods of enhancing the immune response to autoantigens in mucosal associated lymphatic tissue

A method of treating Alzheimer's Disease in which intranasal red light devices are used to shine red light upon the brain structures.

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Sharon, MA, United States of America

Sean Lilienfeld