http://www.freshpatents.com/Surgery-dtnewntc606.php USPTO Class 606 - Surgery en-us Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150832.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 Apparatus and methods are described allow the techniques of endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery to be combined into a minimally invasive hybrid surgical technique called NOTES-assisted laparoscopic surgery. Manual and robotic-controlled versions of a modular laparoscopic tool are described having a small diameter shaft that is delivered laparoscopically to a surgical... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150834.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 The present invention relates to a method for producing a multi-part medical marker (1) comprising a marker core (2) consisting of at least two corresponding parts (2a, 2b) and comprising a detectable surface, said method comprising the following steps:—providing the parts (2a, 2b) of the marker core (2);—applying a detectable... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150829.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A release mechanism (100, 100a) for releasing a medical implant (105) from an insertion device (110), comprising a body (10) having a proximal end (12)and a distal end (14), wherein between the proximal end and the distal end (12, 14) an actuator (16, 16a) is provided, wherein for generating a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150833.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A medical instrument having a proximal control handle and a distal tool that are intercoupled by an elongated instrument shaft that is meant to pass internally of an anatomic body, proximal and distal movable members that respectively intercouple the proximal control handle and the distal tool with the instrument shaft,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150831.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 An endoscopic medical device system includes an elongated shaft assembly and an articulating distal end assembly. The elongated shaft assembly extends along a main axis and includes an outer tube, an inner tube, and an actuator rod. The outer tube is slidably disposed around the inner tube and the actuator... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150830.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 An articulating shaft system includes an elongated shaft and first and second articulating components. The elongated shaft extends along a main axis and has a distal end surface that is not perpendicular to the main axis. The first articulating component is co-axial with the main axis and is positioned adjacent... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150837.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 For processing eye tissue by means of a pulsed laser beam (L), an ophthalmological device comprises a projection optical unit for the focused projection of the laser beam (L) into the eye tissue, and a scanner system disposed upstream of the projection optical unit and serving for the beam-deflecting scanning... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150839.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 An ophthalmic laser probe system comprises an array of optical waveguides and an adapter operable to connect with a laser source. The laser probe system further includes a first reflective surface within the adapter. The first reflective surface is movable about a first axis. The laser probe system also includes... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150835.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A method and apparatus for making improved surgical incisions in corrective eye surgery are provided. It was observed that a uniform elongated AK (or LRI) incision provides a non-uniform corrective effect due to non-uniform post-surgical relaxation of ophthalmic tissue. The method and apparatus leverage this observation to provide for creation... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150836.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for analyzing the ophthalmic anatomy of a patient posterior to the cornea. The method may include scanning a focus of a femtosecond laser beam along a path within the patient's eye. A portion of the path may be disposed posterior to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150838.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A steerable laser probe may include a handle, an actuation mechanism of the handle, an optic fiber, and a housing tube. The housing tube may include a first housing tube portion having a first stiffness and a second housing tube portion having a second stiffness. The second stiffness may be... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150840.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A surgical microscope system (100) for ophthalmology, in particular for cataract surgery, is proposed, which comprises an illumination unit (10) and a viewing unit (30), the surgical microscope system (100) being set up to irradiate illumination light (15) of the illumination unit (10) into an eye (50) arranged on the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150841.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 An apparatus for treating a subcutaneous fat region is provided. The apparatus includes a housing that has a skin contacting portion defining a chamber. The apparatus also includes a first spaced region in the housing through which a coolant passes and a second spaced region in the housing that is... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150842.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members movable relative to one another between a spaced-apart position, a first approximated position, and a second approximated position. One or both of the jaw members including a first stop member coupled thereto and disposed between the jaw... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150843.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A shape and depth template for incisions with treatment tips, usable in treatments such as bone surgery, comprising a guiding body for a treatment tip provided with two mutually opposite end surfaces arranged at a preset distance and a lateral surface, one of the end surfaces being arrangeable at the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150845.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A system for monitoring ablation size is provided and includes a power source including a microprocessor for executing at least one control algorithm. A microwave antenna is configured to deliver microwave energy from the power source to tissue to form an ablation zone. An ablation zone control module is in... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150844.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 Systems, methods and devices for creating an effect using microwave energy to specified tissue are disclosed. A system for the application of microwave energy to a tissue includes a signal generator adapted to generate a microwave signal having predetermined characteristics, an applicator connected to the generator and adapted to apply... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150847.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 An invasive probe includes an insertion tube containing a lumen for providing an irrigation fluid and comprising a distal portion having a plurality of perforations therethrough providing fluid communication between the lumen and an outer surface of the insertion tube. At least one helical electrode is fitted over the distal... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150849.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical instrument and an electrosurgical generator, the instrument having a longitudinal axis and including at least first, second and third electrodes. The electrodes are spaced from each other by one or more insulating members therebetween, the spacing between the first and third electrodes being greater... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150846.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 The invention relates to an electrosurgical laparoscopic instrument having an elongated shaft, wherein an end effector is disposed on the distal end of said shaft and a handle is disposed on the proximal end of said shaft. The shaft is designed as a tube through which a rod extends which... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150850.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A PFO closing device includes: a clamper including a stick portion provided at a distal portion of a catheter for sticking to a foramen ovale valve and a sandwich member for sandwiching a biological tissue composed of the foramen ovale valve and an atrial septum secundum in cooperation with the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150848.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A surgical treatment system include a pair of holding members holding a living tissue and a plurality of heater members disposed on at least one of the holding members. The surgical treatment system further includes a resistance pattern which transfer heat to the living tissue, a pair of electrodes disposed... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150851.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 An intramedullary device includes an intramedullary nail extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end, the nail including a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and an opening extending laterally through a wall thereof proximate the distal end, the channel including a ramped surface along a distal... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150852.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A polyaxial bone anchor including a housing, a bone screw, and a retainer for pivotably coupling the head of the bone screw to the housing. The retainer is positioned into the bore of the housing and includes a plurality of alternating tabs and slots circumferentially arranged to define a cavity... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150853.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A metatarsal fixation device is provided for fixation of osteotomy or fracture of a distal metatarsal metaphysis bone of the human foot and for fixation of an associated capsule to the metatarsal head. The device includes a metallic bone plate with a series of screw holes along an elongated portion... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150854.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A gas operated surgical instrument is provided. The instrument includes a pressurized gas connection for connection to a source of pressurized gas, a working piston adapted to be acted upon by a pressurized gas, an actuating element for actuating the instrument, and a regulating device coupled to the actuating element... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150855.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access location, inserting a flexible tissue modification device through the access location to the spine location,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150856.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 Devices and methods for cutting tissue in a patient. In some embodiments, a bimanually controlled device may include a tissue modification region; one or more (e.g., two) flexible elongate length of cable that extend proximally to distally, a tissue modification region along a portion of the length of cable; and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150857.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A method is provided that includes advancing a drill having a distal end through an occlusal cortex into trabecular bone of an alveolar ridge, and ceasing the advancing of the drill when the distal end of the drill reaches an occlusal surface of a superior cortex of the alveolar ridge.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150858.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 Disclosed herein are systems and methods for shaping bone voids during revision procedures of total knee replacements. The systems disclosed herein generally include a cannulated reamer assembly, a reaming guide assembly, a guide tube assembly, a trial stem assembly, and an optional insertion/removal tool. Metaphyseal reconstruction devices can be used... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150859.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A bone reamer includes a first member having a first hub and a second member having a second hub. The first hub can extend along a first axis and have a pair of elongated cutting arms that are fixed to the first hub. The elongated cutting arms can extend along... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150860.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A cutting tool includes a cutting surface on a first side and an attachment member on a second side. The attachment member is configured to be coupled to a powered driving member. The cutting tool includes a limiting device configured to restrict the use of the cutting tool to a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150861.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A rongeur has an elongated shank having a distal end and a proximal end. An elongated crossbar, which moves between a retracted position and a tissue capturing position position, has a distal end and a proximal end and reciprocates axially with respect to the shank. A first tip is selectively... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150905.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A rod holder for inserting a rod for spinal instrumentation into a patient. The rod may be inserted through the same incision used for fixing pedicle screws, so that an additional incision may not be required. The rod holder may include a body, a slide that slidably mates to a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150906.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A polyaxial driver system for inserting and setting the angular orientation of an implant includes an elongated component and a distal component. The elongated component extends along a main axis and includes an elongated tubular sheath and an elongated shaft disposed within the tubular sheath. The distal component is pivotally... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150862.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A number of orthopaedic surgical instruments are also disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150863.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 An assembly for manipulating a bone includes a first manipulating element configured to be attached to a first portion of bone and including a location emitting signal and a second manipulating element configured to be attached to a second portion of bone and including a sensor detecting the location emitting... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150864.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A surgical instrument includes a first member extending along a longitudinal axis having a first end configured to mate with a head of a threaded member, the first end having a first configuration such that the first end loosely mates with the head of the threaded member and a second... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150865.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A medical robot system and a method for controlling the same. The medical robot system includes a trocar, inserted into an incision of a patient, to guide a surgical apparatus and transmit at least one of position information of the surgical apparatus and pressure information of the surgical apparatus, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150866.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A method of performing a surgical procedure on an affected region in a body cavity includes steps of introducing the distal end, and first and second bendable joints, of a rod-shaped member into the body cavity having the affected region, engaging a body portion in the body cavity, other than... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150867.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A method for manufacturing an epilatory strip by providing a first laminate of a pressure-sensitive, hot-melt adhesive sandwiched between a support layer and a first release liner that in combination provide a width to the first laminate; delaminating the width of the first laminate by unwinding the first release liner... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150868.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 Stomach tissue is manipulated to form, for example, a restored flap of a gastroesophageal flap valve. The manipulation includes gripping stomach tissue from within the stomach while the stomach is inflated to promote visualization and stabilization of the gripped stomach tissue. Once the stomach tissue is gripped, the stomach is... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150869.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A device and method for deploying self-cinching surgical clips. The device accesses at least two layers of tissue or material from only one side of the tissue or material and punctures through the two layers of tissue or material. The various configurations of clips disclosed herein are made of a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150870.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 The invention relates to a surgical instrument for removing a surgical clip applied to a hollow organ, said clip comprising two clamping arms having two free ends and two ends connected to each other and defining a connecting region, and said instrument having a proximal and a distal end, wherein... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150871.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 Apparatus and methods are described allow the techniques of endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery to be combined into a minimally invasive hybrid surgical technique called NOTES-assisted laparoscopic surgery. Manual and robotic-controlled versions of a modular laparoscopic tool are described having a small diameter shaft that is delivered laparoscopically to a surgical... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150872.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 Tissue securement fibers of reduced cross sectional area and methods of making them are disclosed. The fibers comprising reduced cross sectional areas provide higher degrees of flexibility by providing discrete bending zones most useful in applications when the fiber is bent at an included angle less than 180°, more particularly... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150873.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:16 -0700 A method and devices that endoscopically create an anastomosis between two sections of the digestive tract, thereby allowing at least some chyme to bypass a section of the digestive tract while, optionally, the remaining chyme passes through the entire tract.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150874.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A plaque-modifying balloon and method for use in an endovascular procedure includes an elongated balloon that defines a longitudinal axis and is inflatable from a first deflated configuration to a second radially expanded configuration. One or more plaque-modifying elements are mounted on the outside of the inflatable balloon. Optionally, a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150875.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 In one exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a system. The system includes a pneumatic surgical instrument and a surgical console operable to provide compressed gas to the pneumatic surgical instrument. Additionally, the system includes a pneumatic drive line coupling the pneumatic surgical instrument to the surgical console.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150876.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A single use lancet device having a housing, with an open interior and an access opening defined therein, a lancet, with a body and a piercing tip, and disposed in the open interior of the housing so as to move between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation, a driving... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150877.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 Provided is a treatment instrument including a guide member with a tip surface to be pressed against an outer surface of a pericardium; a pericardium fixing member including at least one needle-shaped portion having a sharp pointed end extending diagonally forward along a circumferential direction at a tip of a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150878.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A hand-held apparatus and method by which to reduce the depth of a single wrinkle or a group of wrinkles in the skin of a human subject. The apparatus includes an elongated handle coupled to a removable roller. In one preferred embodiment, the roller is a disk having a plurality... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150879.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 An interventional medical device connector and a method for using same. The interventional medical device connector comprises an implant (1) and a pusher (5). One end of the implant (1) is provided with at least one lock ring (9). The top end of the pusher (5) is provided with at... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150880.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A recanalization catheter assembly and method for establishing a subintimal pathway around an occlusion in a blood vessel. The recanalization catheter assembly an inflatable balloon structure including a distal anchoring portion configured to expand within a true lumen portion of the blood vessel distal of the occlusion to anchor the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150881.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A medical device may include an elongate shaft having a plurality of elongated balloons disposed at a distal end including a first balloon, a second balloon, and a third balloon, a manifold disposed at a proximal end of the elongate shaft in fluid communication with the plurality of balloons, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150882.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 An embolic deflection device includes an anchor engageable with a lumen of a branch vessel extending from an aortic arch and a deflection device, the deflection device having a first end coupled to the anchor and an elongate member extending from the deflection device. A method of deflecting embolic material... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150884.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 The present invention provides apparatus and methods of closing internal tissue punctures. The apparatus and method provide for an introducer sheath having at least one side port enabling aspiration of an internal tissue puncture site and injection of a sealant.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150883.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A hemostatic device, method of making, and method of using for internal and external applications to wounds in the body of a patient to induce hemostasis at an anatomical site.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150885.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A method for securing soft tissue to bone which does not require the surgeon to tie suture knots to secure the tissue to the bone. Suture is passed through the graft at desired points. A cannulated plug or screw is pre-loaded onto the distal end of a driver provided with... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150886.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 An implantable spacer for placement between adjacent spinous processes in a spinal motion segment is provided. The spacer includes a body defining a longitudinal passageway. A first arm and a second arm are connected to the body. Each arm has a pair of extensions and a saddle defining a U-shaped... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150887.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 Methods and techniques for percutaneously extending an existing spinal construct ipsilaterally with an additional spinal construct in a patient are disclosed. An inline rod connector is utilized which includes an elongate additional rod integrally attached thereto. The additional rod is placed through an access port in a first orientation generally... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150888.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A cross connector for attachment between two spinal implants comprises a first element having one end and an opposite end configured for engaging one of the two spinal implants, a second element having one end and an opposite end configured for engaging the other of the two spinal implants, an... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150889.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a system for noninvasive adjusting fastener tensioning has an elongated shaft having a slot defined therein. The shaft has a first end oppositely disposed from the second end. An associated rod or rods may pass through each end. Selectively adjustable fasteners... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150890.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 Apparatus and devices for adding an additional spinal construct in a patient are disclosed. In one arrangement the additional spinal construct extends an existing spinal construct ipsilaterally with an inline rod connector in a minimally invasive or preferably, percutaneous procedure. In another arrangement, the ipsilateral extension of an existing spinal... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150891.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A spinal implant comprising a plurality of contiguous segments that define a segment array, said plurality of contiguous segments extending from a first side of the segment array to a second side of the segment array in an overlapping configuration, said plurality of contiguous segments operable to apply a torque... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150892.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A spine stabilization system including a first anchor, a second anchor and a rod for connecting the first and second anchors together. The first anchor includes an anchor body and a hook. A slot is defined between the hook and a first wall of the anchor body, facing the hook,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150893.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A spinal fixation assembly and capless multi-axial screw system and method are shown. The assembly comprises a receiver having a rotary lock which in one embodiment includes a plurality of channels which urge and lock the elongated member to the screw using a bayonet type connection.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150894.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 Apparatus and devices for percutaneously extending an existing spinal construct ipsilaterally with an additional spinal construct in a patient are disclosed. The additional spinal construct comprises a rod connector that includes an elongate additional rod integrally attached thereto. The additional rod is placed through an access port in a first... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150895.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 Apparatus and instruments for percutaneously extending an existing spinal construct ipsilaterally with an additional spinal construct in a patient are disclosed. The additional spinal construct comprises a rod connector that includes an elongate additional rod integrally attached thereto. The additional rod is placed through an access port in a first... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150897.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A dynamic subsidence plate is described having a first plate member and a second plate member in sliding engagement that may infinitely subside between a first and second assembled position. The plate includes a lock assembly associated with the first and second plate members. The lock assembly includes a ramp... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150896.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 Methods and techniques for attaching a cross connector to a pair of contraterally implanted spinal rods in a patient are disclosed. In one arrangement, the cross connector is subcutaneously placed to interconnect contralaterally to a pair of rod connectors that are percutaneously attached respectively to a pair of rods in... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150898.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 In this assembly; each connecting piece comprises engaging means situated outside said conduit for engaging a connecting bar and outside said conduit for engaging on an anchor member, making it possible to grasp said connecting piece using a handling instrument. The assembly comprises at least one handling instrument comprising engaging... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150899.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A system for the internal fixation of a fractured bone includes a bone plate with threaded holes and two types of guides threadedly connected within the threaded holes. One guide is taller and smaller in diameter, whereas the other guide is shorter and wider in diameter. The guides provide guidance... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150900.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 An orthopedic plate comprising, a frame portion and a bearing rotatably coupled with the frame portion, wherein the bearing defines an opening configured to receive a fastener for fastening the orthopedic plate to a body, wherein the bearing includes an outer surface that is eccentric to the opening such that... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150902.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 Blocked bone plate, provided with orthogonal bore holes, synergically associated to screws with a conic or parabolic head, threaded in said plate orthogonal bore holes, indicated for the treatment of fractures in part of the skeleton that, when affixed to a fractured bone, stabilizes the fracture. The nature of fixture... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150901.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 An orthopedic screw system includes a screw with a locking head that can both lockingly engage in a fixed angle threaded screw hole to secure a plate to a bone without compression, and non-lockingly engage at a compression screw hole to provide compression between the plate and the bone. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150903.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 The invention comprises a method for fixating bones in the foot by aligning the bones in their desired position, inserting a screw in the aligned bones, inserting at least one transverse element near the head or tip of the screw, and tightening the screw to compress the bones. The screw... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20130613ptan20130150904.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:17 -0700 A bone anchoring device is provided including a receiving part for receiving a rod, the receiving part having a longitudinal axis, a first bore coaxial with the longitudinal axis and a second bore; an anchoring element having a first end for insertion into a bone and a second end positionable...