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20080200989 | CATHETER DELIVERABLE FOOT IMPLANT AND METHOD OF DELIVERING THE SAME - Methods and devices are disclosed for manipulating alignment of the foot to treat patients with flat feet, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction and metatarsophalangeal joint dysfunction. An enlargeable implant is positioned in or about the sinus tarsi and/or first metatarsal-phalangeal joint of the foot. The implant is insertable by minimally invasive means and enlarged through a catheter or needle. Enlargement of the implant alters the range of motion in the subtalar or first metatarsal-phalangeal joint and changes the alignment of the foot or toe. | 08-21-2008 |
20080249631 | IMPLANT, MORE PARTICULARLY PARTIAL ULNAR HEAD IMPLANT - A method and apparatus for replacing an articular surface of a bone. The implant includes at least one head with a bore and a lateral articular surface generally perpendicular to an axis of the bore. A holding element includes a stem at a proximal end adapted to attach to the bone. A member at a distal end of the holding device is adapted to engage with the bore in the head so that the lateral articular surface is positioned to engage transverse loads. The bore permits limited lateral translation of the head in at least one direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the member. | 10-09-2008 |
20080269907 | Articulated Hand Prosthesis - The invention relates to a hand prosthesis comprising a chassis and coupling elements for fastening the hand prosthesis to the stump of an arm and comprising at least one joint for the flexion and extension of the hand prosthesis in relation to the coupling elements, the chassis being kept in a neutral position against a spring force. | 10-30-2008 |
20090082874 | CATHETER DELIVERABLE FOOT IMPLANT AND METHOD OF DELIVERING THE SAME - Methods and devices are disclosed for manipulating alignment of the foot to treat patients with flat feet, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction and metatarsophalangeal joint dysfunction. An inflatable implant is positioned in or about the sinus tarsi and/or first metatarsal-phalangeal joint of the foot. The implant is insertable by minimally invasive means and inflatable through a catheter or needle. Inflation of the implant alters the range of motion in the subtalar or first metatarsal-phalangeal joint and changes the alignment of the foot. | 03-26-2009 |
20090204223 | KINEMATIC TOTAL WRIST ARTHROPLASTY - An implant system and apparatus configured to permit motion of the wrist in at least one physiological direction, as well as in a dart thrower's motion, and constrain motion of the wrist in at least one non-physiological direction are provided. The implant according to one embodiment includes a distal component and proximal component. Each of the distal and proximal components includes a primary articulating portion and a secondary articulating portion. Primary and secondary articulating portions include at least one component having either a substantially convex or a substantially concave shape. The secondary articulating portion is configured to be radially and volarly disposed in relation to the primary articulating portion. | 08-13-2009 |
20090254189 | WRIST PROSTHESIS - A wrist replacement prosthesis includes a radial brace member to be secured to the radius bone, an ulna brace member to be secured to the ulna bone, and an articular member to be secured to the carpal bones. | 10-08-2009 |
20090254190 | System and method for trapezium bone replacement - A carpometacarpal joint replacement system for replacing the trapezium bone in the hand is provided. The system includes a trapezial implant for the carpometacarpal joint resulting in replacement of the carpal trapezium bone with a prosthesis having the same anatomical configuration as the trapezium bone. The implant device comprises a plurality of concave surfaces, with the plurality of concave surfaces articulating with the carpal and metacarpal bones. | 10-08-2009 |
20100016982 | TRAPEZIUM PROSTHESIS - Reference numeral | 01-21-2010 |
20100131072 | Intra-osseus fusion system - Generally, an intra-osseous fusion system which provides an implantable intra-osseous member and a method of implanting the intra-osseous member for bone on growth which retains an amount of digit curvature. | 05-27-2010 |
20100185295 | ARTICULATION PROSTHESIS FOR SMALL BONES, IN PARTICULAR FOR PHALANGEAL, METACARPO-PHALANGEAL OR METATARSO-PHALANGEAL ARTICULATIONS - A prosthesis includes a bone anchoring element and a meniscal element capable of being installed on this anchoring element which includes a medullary anchor shaft with a hollow interior, defining a cavity, and a transverse rod fixed and extending through this cavity, and the meniscal element includes an assembly shaft intended to be engaged in the cavity, this assembly shaft having a longitudinal slot having a width smaller than the transverse section of the transverse rod, one end of which opens in the free end of the assembly shaft and the other end of which opens in a transverse hole having a cross-section slightly larger than that of the transverse rod, the assembly shaft intended, thanks to this slot, to be engaged on the transverse rod until engagement of the transverse rod in the transverse hole, with locking, when the meniscal element is in its assembled position on the bone anchoring element. | 07-22-2010 |
20100324693 | CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT SPACER - A swellable, resilient, flexible carpometacarpal (CMC) joint spacer is provided that is made of a swellable fluid absorbing polymeric medium, the spacer being dimensioned and configured to fit into the space between a natural or replacement trapezium and adjacent metacarpal bones and restore separation therebetween. In embodiments, the spacer has a cylindrical shape. In embodiments, the polymeric medium is a hydrogel. In embodiments, the spacer contains an internal reinforcement member. In embodiments, the spacer is delivered to a target site in at least a partially dehydrated state, whereupon it hydrates and expands to create positive pressure against opposing surfaces, thereby causing separation of the joint. | 12-23-2010 |
20110004317 | ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS - A method for making an orthopaedic implant, the method comprising: characterizing at least a portion of a bone corresponding to the bone to be replaced, said corresponding bone being on the contralateral side of the patient; providing a model of the orthopaedic implant based on a mirror image of the contralateral bone; and forming the orthopaedic implant based on the model. | 01-06-2011 |
20110295379 | EXPANDABLE JOINT IMPLANT - A soft, expandable, implantable device sized for spacing between small bones comprising a first smooth surface on which a first small bone may slide. Implant ( | 12-01-2011 |
20120283839 | Dynamic Surgical Implant - A surgical implant device capable of conforming to a variety of surface topographies facilitates the growth and regeneration of site to which the device is applied. The device employs a plurality of elongate members supporting a column of discrete, rotatable elements in contact with each adjacent element. Anchor plates secure the respective ends of the elongate members, such anchor plates attachable to bone. The implant device provides and ordered array of individually rotatable elements to form a surface that permits bodily fluids to pass therethough. | 11-08-2012 |
20130046386 | SUTURE-BASED ORTHOPEDIC JOINT DEVICES - Devices and treatments for various joint conditions include a resilient elongate orthopedic device inserted into a joint space using a suture. The suture is passed through the joint space and used to pull the orthopedic device into the joint space. The suture may be using a percutaneously inserted needle or other type of needle-based delivery instrument. The resilient elongate orthopedic device may be restrained to a reduced profile that permits minimally invasive implantation, but assume an enlarged profile when positioned at an implantation site. | 02-21-2013 |
20130066435 | ARTHRODESIS IMPLANT - The invention relates to an implant ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130331946 | EXPANDABLE JOINT IMPLANT - An expandable implantable device sized for occupying space in a cavity formed between small bones in a human hand or foot. Comprising a first smooth surface on which a first small bone may slide. May include an opening extending through the device for promoting fibrotic development through the opening from a direction from both thumb metacarpal and trapezium. An inflation cannula and/or needle may be attached to inflation port and inflation valve for introducing expansion fluid into the device. In some embodiments, an implant is inserted in a deflated mode and positioned so that a thumb metacarpal abuts distal side of the device when expanded, and trapezium abuts a proximal side thereof. At least one of distal side and proximal side include a smooth surface for allowing relative movement of thumb metacarpal or/and trapezium with respect to the device. | 12-12-2013 |
20140207244 | Joint Arthroplasty Systems, Methods, and Components - Surgical implant systems, methods, and components are described herein. More particularly, the disclosure relates to joint arthroplasty systems, methods, and components. Particular embodiments described herein can be used to modify the subtalar joint (e.g., posterior facet of the subtalar joint), calcaneocuboid, talonavicular, and any other suitable joint. An exemplary implant system comprises a first implant component, a second implant component, and an insert. | 07-24-2014 |
20140309747 | Fusion Implant - An implant that facilitates the fusion of a first bone part with a second bone part includes an implant body that extends between the first bone part and the second bone part. The implant body includes a first portion that fits within a first receiving aperture in the first bone part, and the implant body includes a second portion that fits within a second receiving aperture in the second bone part. At least one of the first portion and the second portion can be made of bone. Additionally, at least the second portion is formed to have a non-circular cross-sectional shape to inhibit relative motion between the bone parts and the implant body. | 10-16-2014 |
20150112446 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HALLUX VALGUS REPAIR BY INTERMEDULLARY SPRING CLIP - A device for repairing Hallux Valgus (HV) is disclosed comprising a first arm adapted to be affixed inside the canal of the first metatarsus (1MT) of a human foot, a second arm adapted to be affixed inside the canal of the second metatarsus (2MT) of a human foot and a spring mechanism connected between the first arm and the second arm, active to push the 1MT closer to the C2MT. The device may comprise fixating means adapted to fixate said first arm inside said MT and said second arm inside said 2MT and the spring mechanism is removable from the first and the second arms. | 04-23-2015 |
20160374816 | PROSTHESIS - A prosthesis for primary artrodhesis can be used for artroplasty and a prosthesis for artroplasty comprises members for artrodhesis. The prosthesis ( | 12-29-2016 |