Depuy Spine, Inc.

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Shinikequa White

Richard C Pellegrino

Shawn D Stad

Thomas J Gamache

Nicholas Pavento

William J Frasier

Sara Dziedzic

Douglas Raymond

Thomas E Martin

Connie Marchek

Anthony R Carlone

Brooke Mastrorio

Stephen Connolly

Brian Murphy

Height-adjustable devices suitable for insertion between posterior spinal processes that allow the surgeon to post-operatively adjust the height of the implant.

Adjustable posterior spinal column positioner

Devices for implanting a prosthetic device, such as an artificial spinal implant, are provided. The installation tool can include a body, a pair of opposed levers, an optional implant holder disposed between the levers, a drive rod at least partially disposed within the body and able to be coupled to the implant holder and/or implant, and a female threaded member associated with the body and selectively engageable with the drive rod. As the drive rod translates along a longitudinal axis of the installation tool, the implant holder and/or implant separates the levers and distracts adjacent vertebral bodies to position a prosthetic device therebetween. The implant holder and/or implant can be longitudinally advanced in rotation and/or translation modes.

Medical device installation tool

An expandable port for minimally invasive surgery includes a first section, a second section, and at least one intermediate section. The port is expandable from a closed configuration in which the first section is proximate the second section along at least a portion of a length of the first section to an expanded configuration in which the first section is spaced apart from the second section. The intermediate portion spans a gap between the first section and the second section when the port is in the expanded configuration.

Expandable ports and methods for minimally invasive surgery

Growing community of inventors

Dorchester, MA, United States of America

Shinikequa White