Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080260598 | Devices, methods and systems for hydrating a medical implant material - Devices for hydrating materials, such as, for example, medical implant materials include a container body defining therein a hydration chamber. A barrier separates the chamber into a material holding area and a hydrating fluid bay and defines at least one aperture and is configured to allow passage of hydrating fluid from the hydrating fluid bay to the material holding area. In some embodiments, devices provided by the present application are operable for use in hydrating and delivering a material. | 10-23-2008 |
20090099660 | Instrumentation to Facilitate Access into the Intervertebral Disc Space and Introduction of Materials Therein - Methods for facilitating access to the intervertebral disc to deliver materials for disc repair are disclosed. The methods may be used to replace or augment nucleus pulposus as well as to perform interbody fusion procedures. These methods include providing access to the intervertebral disc space by drilling a channel through a vertebral bone, optionally accessing the intervertebral disc space to at least partially remove the disc tissue through the channel in the vertebrae; delivering a disc repairing material to the intervertebral disc space and back-filling the channel in the vertebrae with a channel sealing material. The methods may further comprise distracting the intervertebral height and inserting a restrictor into the channel in the vertebrae. Kits for practicing these methods are also disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
20090246244 | MALLEABLE MULTI-COMPONENT IMPLANTS AND MATERIALS THEREFOR - Described are implantable, malleable medical materials comprising mineral particles, insoluble collagen fibers, and a gel-forming polysaccharide component and/or another added gel-former. The malleable medical materials can be used treat bone or other tissue defects in patients, including in conjunction with biologically active factors such as osteogenic proteins. Also described are methods and materials that can be used to prepare the malleable medical materials. | 10-01-2009 |
20100004752 | Vertebral body and disc space replacement devices - A vertebral replacement device for supporting adjacent vertebrae includes a vertebral body member having at least one of an upper or lower disc replacement member engaged thereto at one end thereof. The disc replacement device can be positioned in a spinal disc space when disengaged from the vertebral body member. | 01-07-2010 |
20100086600 | Flowable Carrier Matrix - A carrier matrix may be delivered to a target position within a patient in a minimally invasive manner by first cutting a collagen sponge sheet into a plurality of relatively small pieces. These pieces are sized so that, when wet, they are capable of flowing through a cannula and/or reduced-diameter syringe tip. The pieces are placed into a syringe and wetted, say with a morphogenic solution, and optionally mixed with a bulking material, which is similarly sized to fit through the cannula. The thoroughly mixed and wetted product forms a viscous aggregate which may then be injected into the patient at the target site. | 04-08-2010 |
20100112029 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEUS PULPOSUS REGENERATION - Compositions for nucleus pulposus regeneration is provided. Such composition may comprise a scaffolding material and a pore creating agent dispersed within the scaffolding material. The pore creating agent is removed from the scaffolding material in vivo, after the composition is administered to a patient. The pore creating agent may include an active agent, such as a growth factor, which may be released as the pore creating agent is being gradually removed from the scaffolding material. In addition, removal of the pore creating agent results in a porous scaffold for cells capable of regeneration of nucleus pulposus, either existing in situ or delivered separately, to attach to for further proliferation and regeneration. | 05-06-2010 |
20100112069 | Flowable Carrier Matrix - A carrier matrix may be delivered to a target position within a patient in a minimally invasive manner by first cutting a collagen sponge sheet into a plurality of relatively small pieces. These pieces are sized so that, when wet, they are capable of flowing through a cannula and/or reduced-diameter syringe tip. The pieces are placed into a syringe and wetted, say with a morphogenic solution, and optionally mixed with a bulking material, which is similarly sized to fit through the cannula. The thoroughly mixed and wetted product forms a viscous aggregate which may then be injected into the patient at the target site. | 05-06-2010 |
20100217331 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF MAINTAINING SPACE FOR AUGMENTATION OF THE ALVEOLAR RIDGE - An implantable screw for maintaining space during bone grafting procedures is provided, where the screw has a highly-polished contoured head having a region adapted to support soft tissue, a threaded shaft and a tip adapted to penetrate bone tissue. Also provided, a device combining multiple implantable screws in series in order to increase the available space to grow new bone and a method for implanting the implantable screw. The implantable screws provided may be used in conjunction with bone graft materials and are removable once a desired amount of new bone is generated. | 08-26-2010 |
20100266689 | Tissue Augmentation With Active Agent For Wound Healing - The invention relates to a bioactive settable hydrogel matrix having a pore creating material, which may also carry a therapeutic agent, and methods of using the same, for example, use in promoting internal wound healing, tissue repair, tissue regeneration. | 10-21-2010 |
20100298815 | MEDICAL IMPLANTS WITH RESERVOIR(S), AND MATERIALS PREPARABLE FROM SAME - Described is a medically useful article comprising a three-dimensional body including one or more implantable substances, wherein the body defines one or more reservoirs for receiving amounts of a biocompatible wetting liquid. In certain embodiments the body is disruptable upon wetting with the biocompatible liquid to form a conformable implantable material such as a putty, paste or more flowable wetted implant material. Also described are methods for manufacturing such medical materials, and methods for using such medical materials to treat patients. | 11-25-2010 |
20110014587 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF PRESERVING AN ORAL SOCKET - An implantable screw for preserving the integrity of an oral socket is provided, where the screw has a healing abutment head having a region adapted to support soft tissue, a threaded shaft and a tip adapted to penetrate bone tissue. The implantable screw provided may be used for regenerating the tissue of an oral socket and may be used in conjunction with bone graft materials. The implantable screws are removable for placement of an oral implant. | 01-20-2011 |
20110020768 | IMPLANTABLE SCREW AND SYSTEM FOR SOCKET PRESERVATION - An implantable screw for preserving the integrity of an oral socket and for maintaining space during bone grafting procedures is provided, where the screw has a healing abutment head having a region adapted to support soft tissue, a threaded shaft and a tip adapted to penetrate bone tissue. The temporary implantable screws provided may be used in conjunction with bone graft materials and are removable for placement of an oral implant. | 01-27-2011 |
20110021427 | BIPHASIC CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CEMENT FOR DRUG DELIVERY - This invention relates to biomineral-based cements incorporating biopolymer carriers for the site specific introduction of natural or synthetic compounds that influence bone repair and/or patient recovery. The invention further relates to methods for producing such biphasic calcium phosphate cements for drug delivery. | 01-27-2011 |
20110028393 | FLOWABLE PASTE AND PUTTY BONE VOID FILLER - The present invention provides a composition that may be used as an implant or a bone graft substitute or extender for filling voids and/or promoting fusion of osseous tissues. The implant may comprise ceramic granules such as calcium phosphate granules and one or more polysaccharide excipients, and may be in the form of a putty or flowable paste. Optionally, the implant may also comprise a growth factor such as a bone morphogenetic protein. | 02-03-2011 |
20110092953 | Flowable Carrier Matrix - A carrier matrix may be delivered to a target position within a patient in a minimally invasive manner by first cutting a collagen sponge sheet into a plurality of relatively small pieces. These pieces are sized so that, when wet, they are capable of flowing through a cannula and/or reduced-diameter syringe tip. The pieces are placed into a syringe and wetted, say with a morphogenic solution, and optionally mixed with a bulking material, which is similarly sized to fit through the cannula. The thoroughly mixed and wetted product forms a viscous aggregate which may then be injected into the patient at the target site. | 04-21-2011 |
20110123705 | COHESIVE OSTEOGENIC PUTTY AND MATERIALS THEREFOR - Described is an implantable medical material comprising a malleable, cohesive, shape-retaining putty including mineral particles, insoluble collagen fibers and soluble collagen. The medical material can be used in conjunction with biologically active factors such as osteogenic proteins to treat bone or other tissue defects in patients. | 05-26-2011 |
20110160777 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF MAINTAINING SPACE FOR AUGMENTATION OF THE ALVEOLAR RIDGE - An implantable screw for maintaining space during bone grafting procedures is provided, where the screw has a highly-polished contoured head having a region adapted to support soft tissue, a threaded shaft and a tip adapted to penetrate bone tissue. Also provided, a device combining multiple implantable screws in series in order to increase the available space to grow new bone and a method for implanting the implantable screw. The implantable screws provided may be used in conjunction with bone graft materials and are removable once a desired amount of new bone is generated. | 06-30-2011 |
20110165215 | COHESIVE OSTEOGENIC PUTTY AND MATERIALS THEREFOR - Described is an implantable medical material comprising a malleable, cohesive, shape-retaining putty including mineral particles, insoluble collagen fibers and soluble collagen. The medical material can be used in conjunction with biologically active factors such as osteogenic proteins to treat bone or other tissue defects in patients. | 07-07-2011 |
20120003315 | Flowable Carrier Matrix - A carrier matrix may be delivered to a target position within a patient in a minimally invasive manner by first cutting a collagen sponge sheet into a plurality of relatively small pieces. These pieces are sized so that, when wet, they are capable of flowing through a cannula and/or reduced-diameter syringe tip. The pieces are placed into a syringe and wetted, say with a morphogenic solution, and optionally mixed with a bulking material, which is similarly sized to fit through the cannula. The thoroughly mixed and wetted product forms a viscous aggregate which may then be injected into the patient at the target site. | 01-05-2012 |
20120114716 | Flowable Carrier Matrix - A carrier matrix may be delivered to a target position within a patient in a minimally invasive manner by first cutting a collagen sponge sheet into a plurality of relatively small pieces. These pieces are sized so that, when wet, they are capable of flowing through a cannula and/or reduced-diameter syringe tip. The pieces are placed into a syringe and wetted, say with a morphogenic solution, and optionally mixed with a bulking material, which is similarly sized to fit through the cannula. The thoroughly mixed and wetted product forms a viscous aggregate which may then be injected into the patient at the target site. | 05-10-2012 |
20130073041 | MEDICAL IMPLANTS WITH RESERVOIR (S), AND MATERIALS PREPARABLE FROM SAME - Described is a medically useful article comprising a three-dimensional body including one or more implantable substances, wherein the body defines one or more reservoirs for receiving amounts of a biocompatible wetting liquid. In certain embodiments the body is disruptable upon wetting with the biocompatible liquid to form a conformable implantable material such as a putty, paste or more flowable wetted implant material. Also described are methods for manufacturing such medical materials, and methods for using such medical materials to treat patients. | 03-21-2013 |
20140314821 | MEDICAL IMPLANTS WITH RESERVOIR(S) AND MATERIALS PREPARABLE FROM SAME - Described is a medically useful article comprising a three-dimensional body including one or more implantable substances, wherein the body defines one or more reservoirs for receiving amounts of a biocompatible wetting liquid. In certain embodiments the body is disruptable upon wetting with the biocompatible liquid to form a conformable implantable material such as a putty, paste or more flowable wetted implant material. Also described are methods for manufacturing such medical materials, and methods for using such medical materials to treat patients. | 10-23-2014 |