Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

Osteomed LLC

Coorstek Medical LLC

Stuart Goble

Andrew R Fauth

T Wade Fallin

Corbett W Stone

Douglas M Lorang

Ephraim Akyuz

Bryan Patrick Howard

Joshua Butters

Nicholas Slater

M Mary Sinnott

Carlyle J Creger

Chad Wayne Lewis

Mark J Mooradian

Karen E Mohr

Greta Jo Hays

Jeremy D Borchert

A minimally invasive dilation device includes a plurality of rigid arms radially arrayed about a center and a dilating member positioned between the arms. A stylus may occupy the center. An outer flexible sleeve may be circumferentially secured to the arms, lying within or without the plurality of arms. An inner mesh may surround the stylus and dilating member. The device may be introduced into tissue toward a targeted area, while in a closed configuration. The dilating member may be a balloon, wherein upon inflation of the balloon, the arms are pushed radially outward, expanding the device and dilating the surrounding tissue. The dilating member may be a tube, wherein upon insertion of the tube, the arms are pushed radially outward. A cannula may be inserted inside the plurality of arms to keep the arms in an open configuration, and the dilating member may be withdrawn, providing an open passageway through the device to the targeted area. The device may be used with a neural monitoring system.

Lateral access system for the lumbar spine

A line lock system may include a line routed through a plate. The plate may have an elongated body with a plurality of passageways. The line is routed to form at least one one-way slide so no knots are required. The system may include filaments routed through the passageways of the plate or around a dogbone feature of the plate. The filaments may be used to toggle the plate after passage through a hole to prevent withdrawal of the plate back through the hole. The system may include a line lock stabilizer or counter-tension tool to stabilize the line lock as the line is adjusted. The system may include a compression limiter to selectively reduce compression in the one-way slide to facilitate adjustment of the line. The line lock stabilizer, counter-tension tool, or compression limiter may be a filament.

Systems and methods for intra-operative tension and fixation of zipknot ACL fixation

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Stuart Goble