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Globus Medical, Inc.

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C. R. Bard, Inc.

Imds Corporation

Zimmer Gmbh

Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC

Facet Solutions, Inc

Osteomed LLC

Medicinelodge Inc.

Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC

Linvatec Corporation

Zimmer Technology, Inc.

Hzo, Inc.

T Wade Fallin

Andrew R Fauth

Robert W Hoy

Joel R Helgerson

E Marlowe Goble

Alan Chervitz

Daniel F Justin

Daniel E Gerbec

Douglas M Lorang

Carlyle J Creger

Ephraim Akyuz

Eddie K Burnside

Nicholas Slater

Joel Dever

Kevin W Sheetz

Joshua Butters

Darin Ewer

Bryan Patrick Howard

Nathan J Erickson

Robert A Hodorek

Dylan M Hushka

David Skinlo

Thomas Howard Myers

Karen E Mohr

Brady R Shirley

Corbett W Stone

Kelly B Powers

Jason R Stats

Hyun W Bae

M Mary Sinnott

Catherine C Breiter

Jordan P Diamond

Adrian Edward Park

Thierry Millard

Marc C Yap

Joshua A Butters

Edwin P Su

Neil Etherington

Cortny Robison

Stuart Goble

Jason W Nascone

Robert O'Toole

Daniel Hayes

Vernon Raymond Hartdegen

Daniel Sayger

David K Koch

Nathan D Hansen

Steven Scott Goldberg

Gregory Charles Berlet

Trevor K Lewis

Michael G Jones

Christopher F Hyer

Chad Hollis

Nathan Oliver Plowman

Keith J Nelson

Jason M Glad

Jude V Pagnelli

Jeffery D Arnett

Thomas Wade Fallin

Charles R Gordon

Chad Wayne Lewis

Matthew C Summitt

Jude Paganelli

Joseph Q Marietta

Gordon M Baker

Attilio E Difiore

Tyler Christensen Child

Eugene Marlowe Goble

Justin Hyer

Joseph A Fritz

Jared M White

Nathan Nelson

Robert Weintraub

Dale Davison

John G Costouros

Heidi L Popeck

Caleb Edward Kanavel

Samuel R Anderson

Matthew B Haney

Michael E Lamb

Aaron C Ollivier

Gavin Sontag

Joel R Heigerson

Danile F Justin

Alan Chorvitz

Rick Simmons

Larry T Khoo

Burak M Ozgur

Carlye J Creger

Zachary R Leitze

Marlowe E Goble

Daniel Justin

Nathan W Erickson

David A Rupp

Edwin Su

Thomas H Myers

Bryan P Howard

An instrument may be coupled to a multi-axis expandable intervertebral cage so that the cage may be inserted into an intervertebral space, expanded along multiple different directions, filled with bone graft, and locked with a fastener. The instrument may be part of an instrument set that includes auxiliary instruments to determine implant size, insert bone graft into the cage, and deliver the fastener.

Methods and instrumentation for intervertebral cage expansion

A pedicle screw assembly including a bone fastener having a lower end for engaging bone and an upper end remote from the lower end; a head having a rod-receiving channel attached to the upper end of said bone fastener; a spinal rod insertable into the rod-receiving channel of said head, said spinal rod having an outer surface extending between first and second ends thereof, wherein at least one of the first and second ends has a reduced diameter section. A spinal rod having an outer surface extending between a first end and a second end thereof; wherein the outer surface of said spinal rod has a reduced diameter section at at least one of the first and second ends.

Rod inserter and rod with reduced diameter end

A modular bone fixation implant includes a center post having exterior bone engaging features and configured to be implanted within a bone. The center post includes an aperture at an outer end of the center post. One or more interchangeable modular components may be placed within the bone and anchored to the aperture of the center post. Interchangeable modular components may include staples, bone plates, and spacers, each having at least a first end including a post engaging arm sized and shaped to seat within an interlocking feature of the aperture. A locking screw is provided to anchor all components to the center post when the interchangeable modular components have been placed.

Modular bone implant devices and means of insertion

Methods and devices for performing an osteotomy on a bone are presented. In one example of the invention, a method of performing an osteotomy on a bone includes removing a portion of bone from a first side of the bone to create a gap on the first side of the bone; making a cut on a second side of the bone, opposite the first side; and rotating the bone from a first position to a second position to close the gap on the first side of the bone and open the cut on the second side of the bone to create a gap on the second side of the bone.

Opening and closing wedge osteotomy guide and method

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

Devices and methods for anchoring soft tissue, tissue grafts, and the like to a bone are provided. In one example, an assembly includes a suture anchor, suture, and inserter. In another example, a method provides for reattaching soft tissue to a bone.

Devices and methods for anchoring tissue

A stemmed implant comprises a proximal body with a distal shaft extending from the proximal body. The proximal body exterior may be spherical, conical, cylindrical, or another surface of revolution. The distal shaft comprises multiple longitudinal ridges which may originate from the proximal body as separate columns, or which may merge together. The distal shaft and/or the ridges may become narrower as they extend away from the proximal body.

Stemmed implant

Systems and methods for performing an osteotomy are presented. Examples include forming a fusion osteotomy at a metatarsocuneiform joint of the first ray of a human foot.

Freeform tri-planar osteotomy guide and method

Knee arthroplasty instrument systems directly reference and align with the anterior distal femoral cortex and the mechanical axis of the leg. The anterior femoral resection is aligned in the same plane as the anterior distal femoral cortex. The center of the femoral head, the medial/lateral center of the distal femur, the medial/lateral center of the proximal tibia, and the second toe, medial/lateral center of the ankle, or anterior tibial spine are all aligned to the mechanical axis of the leg. Methods of using the instrument systems are disclosed.

Knee instruments and methods

Methods and devices for performing an osteotomy produce a bone cut producing a multi-planar change in the alignment of a bone portion by rotating it relative to another bone portion.

Indexed tri-planar osteotomy guide and method

Knee arthroplasty instrument systems directly reference and align with the anterior distal femoral cortex and the mechanical axis of the leg. The anterior femoral resection is aligned in the same plane as the anterior distal femoral cortex. The center of the femoral head, the medial/lateral center of the distal femur, the medial/lateral center of the proximal tibia, and the second toe, medial/lateral center of the ankle, or anterior tibial spine are all aligned to the mechanical axis of the leg. Methods of using a cut guide assembly and referencing a provisional proximal tibial resection at the base of the tibial eminence are disclosed.

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