Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080230423 | Holding device for an implant - In order to improve a holding device for an implant, comprising a first connecting device for releasably connecting the holding device and the implant, such that very small implants, in particular, are easy to handle, it is suggested that the holding device have a second connecting device for releasably connecting the holding device and a storage unit. | 09-25-2008 |
20080234828 | Implant - In order to improve an implant for replacing a vertebral body or for insertion into an intervertebral cavity between adjacent vertebral bodies of a human or animal spinal column, with a first contact face for resting on a joint face of a first vertebral body and with a second contact face for resting on a joint face of a second vertebral body, the implant being at least partially produced from an X-ray transparent material and comprising at least one X-ray marker in such a way that it can be produced more simply, it is proposed that the at least one X-ray marker is configured in the form of an at least partial marker coating, which contains metal as the marker material, of a side face of the implant, which is inclined relative to the first and/or the second contact face by an angle of inclination. | 09-25-2008 |
20090082872 | Intervertebral implant - In an intervertebral implant with at least one abutment surface formed from a plurality of parts for a vertebral body, which parts are movable relative to one another between an insertion position, in which the intervertebral implant has a small cross section, and a working position, in which the intervertebral implant has a larger cross section and in which the parts jointly form the abutment surface, and with an adjusting means for moving the parts out of the insertion position into the working position, in order to provide an uncomplicated structure having small dimensions, it is proposed that the adjusting means have at least one expansion body, which increases in volume when filled with a flowable medium and thus moves the parts into the working position. | 03-26-2009 |
20090099569 | Intervertebral implant - In the case of an intervertebral implant with at least one abutment element forming a vertebral body abutment surface, in which the vertebral body abutment surface comprises at least two relatively movable parts, which in a first insertion position are arranged in relation to one another so that they jointly assume a small cross-section, and in a second implantation position so that the cross-section of the vertebral body abutment surface is increased in size in relation to the insertion position, and with an adjusting device for moving the movable parts from the insertion position into the implantation position, to simplify the adjustment of the movable parts from the insertion position into the implantation position, it is proposed that the adjusting device comprises at least one flexible pull element, which acts on one of the relatively movable parts and when pulled moves this relative to the other part into the implantation position. | 04-16-2009 |
20090192614 | Intervertebral implant - In order, in an intervertebral implant having a core made of a swellable material and having a vertebral-body locating face on its top and/or bottom side, which is connected to the swellable core, to reduce the shearing forces between the swellable core and the vertebral-body locating face during swelling of the swellable core, it is proposed that the vertebral-body locating face comprises a plurality of support elements, which are respectively anchored adjacent to one another and individually in the core, and a plurality of mutually separate locating elements, which are disposed adjacent to one another and outside of the core and which are carried by the support elements and are movable relative to one another in the plane of the vertebral-body locating face. | 07-30-2009 |
20090287218 | IMPLANT AND IMPLANTATION SYSTEM - An implant includes a tool receiver for coupling to an implantation tool and also a connecting device for connecting the implant to an injection cannula for the purposes of injecting a bone bonding material in such a manner that the handling and production thereof are simplified. The connecting device may include an internally threaded section which is formed in or on the tool receiver. An implantation system includes at least one injection cannula and at least one implant. | 11-19-2009 |
20090306716 | Implant and implant system - In order to improve an implant for the dorsal stabilization of a human or animal spinal column, comprising an attachment device for placing in position against and/or fixing to spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae of the spinal column, such that it can be used for the dynamic dorsal stabilization of the spinal column, it is suggested that the implant comprise at least one spacer element which is associated with the attachment device and designed in such a manner that it alters its external shape and/or its elastic properties as a result of a change in ambient conditions and/or forces acting on it. | 12-10-2009 |
20100004749 | INTERVERTEBRAL DISK PROSTHESIS SYSTEM - An intervertebral disk prosthesis system, which is used for forming an artificial intervertebral disk and comprises a first and a second prosthesis component wherein each of the two prosthesis components comprises a first and a second vertebral body contacting element for placement on neighboring vertebral bodies bounding an intervertebral disk space of a spinal column and a joint element that is mounted between and is moveable relative to at least one of the first and second vertebral body contacting elements, attains a substantially natural range of motion independent of the positioning of the two prosthesis components relative to each other and to the neighboring vertebral bodies. Each prosthesis component has a ball joint formed between the first and second vertebral body contacting elements. | 01-07-2010 |
20100241164 | Facet joint implant - In a facet joint implant comprising two components adapted in the area of a facet-contacting surface for placement on the outer surface of a facet, and a fastener for joining the two components to each other through a channel in a facet or in two facets lying against each other, in order to facilitate insertion of the implant, it proposed that the fastener be configured as a flexible thread which tensions the two components towards each other such that the components are pressed against the outer surface of the facet against which they lie. | 09-23-2010 |
20110004254 | Magazine for receiving at least one bone screw and bone plate having such a magazine - To facilitate the insertion of bone screws into a bone plate, a magazine for receiving at least one bone screw is proposed, which comprises a device for releasably securing the magazine to a bone plate, a receiving chamber extending continuously from the upper side to the underside of the magazine, a bone screw being arranged in the receiving chamber in such a way that when the magazine is secured to the bone plate, the distal tip of the bone screw is directed at a screw-in opening in the bone plate, and the proximal end of the bone screw is accessible to a screwing-in tool from the upper side of the magazine, and a fixing device for releasably fixing the bone screw in the receiving chamber. The invention also relates to a bone plate having at least one such magazine releasably secured thereto. | 01-06-2011 |
20110251649 | BONE SCREW - In order to improve a bone screw with a shaft defining a longitudinal axis and with a head which can be brought into engagement with a bone screw receiving means of a bone plate for the releasable connection of the bone screw to the bone plate, wherein a securing element for securing a connection between the bone screw and the bone plate is provided, wherein the bone screw can be brought from a position of engagement, in which the bone screw is held on the bone plate, into a release position, in which the bone screw can be released from the bone plate, wherein the securing element can be brought from a non-securing position, in which the bone screw can be brought into the release position, into a securing position for securing the connection between the bone screw and the bone plate, in which the bone screw takes up the position of engagement, such that a bone plate can be fixed to bone parts more easily and more securely it is suggested that the securing element be supported on the bone screw so as to be movable. | 10-13-2011 |
20120071927 | SPINAL COLUMN STABILIZATION SYSTEM, CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR A SPINAL COLUMN STABILIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A CONNECTING ELEMENT - A connecting element for a spinal column stabilization system includes a first attachment section for fixing to a first bone attachment device, a second attachment section for fixing to a second bone attachment device and an at least partially flexible intermediate section. The intermediate section is arranged between the first and the second attachment section and is in the form of a strip-like, winding leaf spring element having at least one recess. A desired spring stiffness is maintained as precisely as possible, especially in the intermediate section independently of possible manufacturing tolerances arising from the manufacturing process. At least one of the two leaf spring element surfaces of the leaf spring element includes at least one stiffness-modifying element. The connecting element may be part of an improved spinal column fixation system and made by an improved method of manufacturing a connecting element. | 03-22-2012 |
20120239052 | SURGICAL K-WIRE AND SURGICAL SCREW SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a surgical K-wire for guiding a bone screw comprising a longitudinal channel, which said K-wire comprises a proximal and a distal end, wherein a closure element for closing-off the distal end outlet opening of the longitudinal channel of the bone screw is arranged or formed at the distal end. | 09-20-2012 |
20120265213 | SURGICAL DISTRACTION INSTRUMENT FOR LAMINOPLASTY - A surgical instrument and instrumentation are suggested, with which expansion of the vertebral canal of vertebrae is possible with less stress for the patient than with operating procedures customary up to now, this instrument having proximally a gripping part and distally two branches which can be moved relative to one another with tool elements held thereon as well as a lever mechanism arranged between the gripping part and the branches, wherein the tool elements are held with the lever mechanism so as to be movable relative to one another from a closed rest position into an open spread position (distraction position). | 10-18-2012 |
20120265302 | SURGICAL PROCEDURE FOR EXPANDING A VERTEBRAL CANAL - To provide a method with which expansion of the vertebral canal of vertebrae is possible with less stress for the patient than with the surgical methods used to date, it is proposed that herein the vertebral arch be split and an incision gap thereby be formed, and the incision gap bounded by opposed incision surfaces be expanded to a prescribed gap width and the bone substance of the resulting vertebral arch sections thereby be elastically/plastically deformed. | 10-18-2012 |
20130035725 | CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR A STABILIZATION SYSTEM FOR THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN, AND STABILIZATION SYSTEM FOR THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN - To improve a connecting element for a stabilization system for the vertebral column, which includes a first attachment section for fixing to a first bone fixation device, a second attachment section for fixing to a second bone fixation device, and an at least partially flexible intermediate section having at least one recess which is open at the sides, that at least one mechanical property of the intermediate section can be individually set in a simple and safe way, at least one movement limiting member is provided, which comprises a filling body and at least one stop device acting parallel or substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and/or in the circumferential direction, and that the filling body, in a normal position in which no external forces act on the intermediate section, engage at least partially in the at least one recess. | 02-07-2013 |
20130066387 | ORTHOPAEDIC FIXATION SYSTEM, TARGETING DEVICE FOR SUCH A FIXATION SYSTEM AND ORTHOPAEDIC FIXATION METHOD - An orthopaedic fixation system includes an anchoring element, which can be anchored to a bone and can be connected to a further anchoring element by means of a stabilisation element. The anchoring element may include a stabilisation element seating, into which the stabilisation element can be guided. The orthopaedic fixation system may also include an extension device for the anchoring element having a longitudinal extent with a proximal section and a distal section. The distal section can be detachably fixed to the anchoring element. The fixation system may further include a holding device with a probe seating for an extracorporeal ultrasound probe and a coupling device for coupling the holding device to the proximal section of the extension device. A targeting device for a fixation system and an orthopaedic fixation method are also described. | 03-14-2013 |
20130190624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE - A method for displaying an ultrasound image on a display device is provided. Image signals are generated with an ultrasound probe during examination of an item under examination with ultrasound and are transferred to a data processing device. The image signals are displayed by the data processing device as an ultrasound image on a display device. In order to make it easier for an operator to observe the ultrasound image, by means of an orientation detection device, a change in orientation of the display device in space is detected and an associated change in orientation signal is provided to the data processing device and the orientation of the ultrasound image on the display device is changed by the data processing device as a function of the change in orientation of the display device in space. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided. | 07-25-2013 |
20130211454 | SPINAL COLUMN STABILIZATION SYSTEM AND SURGICAL DEVICE FOR TEMPORARILY STIFFENING A FLEXIBLE INTERMEDIATE SECTION OF A CONNECTING ELEMENT OF THE SPINAL COLUMN STABILIZATION SYSTEM - A surgical device is used for temporarily stiffening an at least partially flexible intermediate section of a connecting element for a spinal column stabilization system. The connecting element includes a first attachment section for fixing to a first bone fixation device and a second attachment section for fixing to a second bone fixation device. The at least partially flexible intermediate section is arranged between the first and second attachment sections. The intermediate section defines at least one recess configured to enable deformation of the intermediate section. The surgical device includes at least one blocking element which is adapted to be brought into engagement with the intermediate section at least partially with a positively locking connection for temporarily preventing deformation of the flexible intermediate section. An improved spinal column stabilization system includes at least one first bone fixation device, at least one second bone fixation device and a connecting element. | 08-15-2013 |
20130253585 | SURGICAL FIXATION SYSTEM, SPACER ELEMENT FOR A SURGICAL FIXATION SYSTEM, USE OF AN IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING SPINOUS PROCESSES - A surgical fixation system for stabilizing spinous processes of adjacent vertebral bodies relative to one another comprising at least one first fixing element and at least one second fixing element, which can be transferred relative to one another from an insertion position into an implantation position, wherein the fixing elements in the implantation position have a smaller spacing from one another than in the insertion position and in which implantation position the fixing elements are engageable laterally from different sides with at least one of the spinous processes in each case, and comprising a securing device for securing the fixing elements relative to one another in the implantation position and comprising at least one spacer element, which can be fixed by the fixing elements in the implantation position thereof in the intervertebral space between the spinous processes. | 09-26-2013 |
20140142699 | SURGICAL IMPLANT FOR WIDENING A VERTEBRAL CANAL - An implant is provided which allows for widening of the vertebral canal of vertebrae with less stress on the patient than in heretofore customary surgical procedures, wherein the vertebral arch of a vertebra is cut through, forming an incision gap, or is partially removed and the implant is inserted in the incision gap, wherein the incision gap is bounded by incision faces opposed to each other and the implant comprises an implant body having two contact faces which in the inserted state in the incision gap contact the incision faces of the vertebral arch. | 05-22-2014 |
20150032159 | SYSTEM FOR ANCHORING A PEDICLE SCREW, ASSOCIATED KIT, SPACER AND PEDICLE AUGMENTATION - A system for anchoring a pedicle screw in a patient's vertebra uses a pedicle screw having a threaded portion sinkable in the vertebral arch. The space between the threaded portion and cortical edge layer of the pedicle is at least partially filled by a spacer that enables an all-round support of the threaded portion at the cortical edge layer. A kit includes a pedicle screw and a spacer which at least partially fills the space between the threaded portion and cortical edge layer of the pedicle. A spacer has an essentially oval cross-section for form-locking fit in a corresponding axial recess sunk in the pedicle and having an axial through-hole to accommodate the threaded portion of a pedicle screw, as well as a spacer in the form of an essentially cylindrical pedicle augmentation in the form of a bone screw or a bone bracket. | 01-29-2015 |
20150066086 | IMPLANT FOR STABILIZING SPINOUS PROCESSES - An implant for stabilizing spinous processes of adjacent vertebral bodies can include first and second contact elements. The first contact element is placed onto a first side of the spinous processes and the second contact element is placed onto a second side of the spinous processes. The implant includes at least one clamping element which couples to the first contact element, can be moved relative to the second contact element, and extends through the intervertebral space between the spinous processes and the second contact element. The implant also includes at least one fixing element on the second contact element which can be brought into engagement with the at least one clamping element to clamp the second contact element in the direction of the first contact element along the at least one clamping element. The first contact element is movable relative to the at least one clamping element. | 03-05-2015 |
20150080955 | CONNECTION ELEMENT AND SPINE STABILIZATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a connection element for a spine stabilization system comprises a first end for fixing to a first bone fixation device, a second end for fixing to a second bone fixation device and an intermediate portion arranged or formed between the two ends and defining a longitudinal axis. At least one of the two ends takes the form of a coupling element for fixing the connection element to a bone fixation device in at least one defined orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. The coupling element has a shape other than a circular cylinder. | 03-19-2015 |