| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 8292928 |
Method and apparatus for spinal distraction and fusion |
October 23, 2012 |
| The invention provides an implantable spinal distraction/fusion rod with varied thread pitch and diameters along different portions of its length that it is capable of distracting two or more vertebral bodies relative to each other and/or facilitating the procedure of fusing the vertebra |
| 8287594 |
Knee joint prosthesis and hyaluronate compositions for treatment of osteoarthritis |
October 16, 2012 |
| A medical device and methods to relieve joint pain and adapted for knee joint repair, replacement and augmentation. The invention discloses joint lubricant, particularly hyaluronate compositions and methods for treatment of osteoarthritis. |
| 8226602 |
Intragastric balloon system and therapeutic processes and products |
July 24, 2012 |
| A gastric space filler device for treating obesity in a patient by reducing the stomach volume features at least one inflatable space filler with drag delivery and stimulation features and includes therapeutic devices and anchoring apparatus enabling tracking, visualization and optim |
| 8197493 |
Method for providing progressive therapy for thrombus management |
June 12, 2012 |
| Systems, methods, and devices for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke that provide immediate blood flow restoration to a vessel occluded by a clot and, after reestablishing blood flow, address the clot itself. Immediate blood flow restoration advantageously can facilitate natural |
| 8192482 |
Endoluminal stent |
June 5, 2012 |
| A stent is provided comprising a plurality of hoops aligned along a common axis, wherein each of the hoops is oriented in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the stent. Each of the hoops includes a plurality of elongate elements joined to one another and f |
| 8167947 |
Methods for push distraction and for provision of therapy to adjacent motion segments |
May 1, 2012 |
| Disclosed are methods and apparatus for the provision of spinal therapy to two or more adjacent motion segments accessed through a trans-sacral approach. The spinal therapies include fusion and dynamic stabilization with and without a distraction of the most cephalad motion segment of th |
| 8105365 |
Methods and apparatus for performing therapeutic procedures in the spine |
January 31, 2012 |
| Methods and apparatus for forming one or more trans-sacral axial instrumentation/fusion (TASIF) axial bore through vertebral bodies in general alignment with a visualized, anterior or posterior axial instrumentation/fusion line (AAIFL or PAIFL) in a minimally invasive, low trauma, ma |
| 8088140 |
Blood flow restorative and embolus removal methods |
January 3, 2012 |
| Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels are disclosed. The methods can include accessing an artery with a catheter system and locating an occluded zone within the artery caused by an embolus. The catheter system can include a microcatheter and a blood flow restoration |
| 8070791 |
Multiple layer embolus removal |
December 6, 2011 |
| Systems, methods, and devices for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke that provide immediate blood flow restoration to a vessel occluded by a clot and, after reestablishing blood flow, address the clot itself. Immediate blood flow restoration advantageously can facilitate natural |
| 8066757 |
Blood flow restoration and thrombus management methods |
November 29, 2011 |
| Systems, methods, and devices for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke that provide immediate blood flow restoration to a vessel occluded by a clot and, after reestablishing blood flow, address the clot itself. Immediate blood flow restoration advantageously can facilitate natural |
| 8052613 |
Spinal nucleus extraction tool |
November 8, 2011 |
| Disclosed are surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an inter-vertebral motion segments in the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. The tool set ma |
| 8034055 |
Method and apparatus for providing access to a presacral space |
October 11, 2011 |
| Methods and apparatus for providing percutaneous access to the presacral space in a minimally invasive, low trauma, manner. A number of related methods and surgical tool sets form a percutaneous pathway from an incision through the patient's skin adjacent to the coccyx and inserting |
| 7976527 |
Device and method for controlling injection of liquid embolic composition |
July 12, 2011 |
| A liquid embolic delivery system is provided for trapping an injected liquid embolic composition to prevent the liquid embolic from solidifying or otherwise passing outside of an embolization area. The delivery system includes a catheter for delivery of a liquid embolic composition and a |
| 7942919 |
Bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis |
May 17, 2011 |
| The invention comprises: An introducer for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method of treating and angeological disease using a bifurcated stent; |
| 7914535 |
Method and apparatus for manipulating material in the spine |
March 29, 2011 |
| Disclosed are surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an inter-vertebral motion segments in the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. The tool set ma |
| 7905914 |
Bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis |
March 15, 2011 |
| The invention comprises:An introducer for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method of treating and angeological disease using a bifurcated stent; an |
| 7905908 |
Spinal mobility preservation method |
March 15, 2011 |
| A spinal mobility preservation apparatus and methods are disclosed. The spinal mobility preservation apparatus may include a proximal body, an intermediate body, a distal body, and an expandable membrane. The proximal body and the distal body secure the mobility preservation apparatu |
| 7905905 |
Spinal mobility preservation apparatus |
March 15, 2011 |
| A spinal mobility preservation apparatus and methods are disclosed. The spinal mobility preservation apparatus may include a proximal body, an intermediate body, a distal body, and an expandable membrane. The proximal body and the distal body secure the mobility preservation apparatu |
| 7901449 |
Bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis |
March 8, 2011 |
| An introducer for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method of treating and angeological disease using a bifurcated stent; an endoluminal stent havi |
| 7875043 |
Cinching loop |
January 25, 2011 |
| A solution is provided to release a tissue cinching loop within a body having a first thread having a first end and a second end, and a second thread having a first half having a first tip, a second half having a second tip, a bottom half having a link, and a top half, wherein the fi |
| 7799033 |
Access kits for enabling axial access and procedures in the spine |
September 21, 2010 |
| Disclosed are surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an inter-vertebral motion segments in the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. The tool set ma |
| 7799032 |
Guide pin introducer for guiding instrumentation through soft tissue to a point on the spine |
September 21, 2010 |
| Disclosed are surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an inter-vertebral motion segments in the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. The tool set ma |
| 7794463 |
Methods and apparatus for performing therapeutic procedures in the spine |
September 14, 2010 |
| Methods and apparatus for forming one or more trans-sacral axial instrumentation/fusion (TASIF) axial bore through vertebral bodies in general alignment with a visualized, anterior or posterior axial instrumentation/fusion line (AAIFL or PAIFL) in a minimally invasive, low trauma, ma |
| 7780720 |
Bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis |
August 24, 2010 |
| An introducer for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method of treating and angiological disease using a bifurcated stent; an endoluminal stent havi |
| 7776042 |
Methods and apparatus for provision of therapy to adjacent motion segments |
August 17, 2010 |
| Disclosed are methods and apparatus for the provision of spinal therapy to two or more adjacent motion segments accessed through a trans-sacral approach. The spinal therapies include fusion and dynamic stabilization with and without a distraction of the most cephalad motion segment of th |
| 7763025 |
Spinal fusion kit for guiding instrumentation through soft tissue to a point on the spine |
July 27, 2010 |
| Disclosed are surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an inter-vertebral motion segments in the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. The tool set ma |
| 7753872 |
Device, system and method for improving delivery of hemostatic material |
July 13, 2010 |
| A device, system and method for improving delivery of hemostatic material, in which the device includes a vent cap body capable of removably engaging a cannula. The vent cap has a passage extending through the vent cap body from the cannula to an exterior of the vent cap body where a |
| 7744599 |
Articulating spinal implant |
June 29, 2010 |
| Disclosed are methods and devices for accessing and treating the spine, while minimizing trauma to surrounding tissue. A device is introduced through tissue, to an access point on the spine. The device is thereafter advanced axially within the spine, from the access point across a tr |
| 7740633 |
Guide pin for guiding instrumentation along a soft tissue tract to a point on the spine |
June 22, 2010 |
| Disclosed are surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an inter-vertebral motion segments in the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. The tool set ma |
| 7727263 |
Articulating spinal implant |
June 1, 2010 |
| Disclosed are methods and devices for accessing and treating the spine, while minimizing trauma to surrounding tissue. A device is introduced through tissue, to an access point on the spine. The device is thereafter advanced axially within the spine, from the access point across a tr |
| 7717958 |
Prosthetic nucleus apparatus |
May 18, 2010 |
| A spinal mobility preservation apparatus and methods are disclosed. The spinal mobility preservation apparatus may include a proximal body, an intermediate body, a distal body, and an expandable membrane. The proximal body and the distal body secure the mobility preservation apparatu |
| 7695492 |
Enhanced bleed back system |
April 13, 2010 |
| The present invention provides for an apparatus to locate a blood vessel puncture having a bleed back entrance port near a first end, a bleed back exit port near a second end; and a lumen extending between the bleed back entrance port and the bleed back exit port, wherein said bleed back |
| 7662173 |
Spinal mobility preservation apparatus |
February 16, 2010 |
| A spinal mobility preservation apparatus and methods are disclosed. The spinal mobility preservation apparatus may include a proximal body, an intermediate body, a distal body, and an expandable membrane. The proximal body and the distal body secure the mobility preservation apparatu |
| 7641657 |
Method and apparatus for providing posterior or anterior trans-sacral access to spinal vertebrae |
January 5, 2010 |
| Methods and apparatus for providing percutaneous access to vertebrae in alignment with a visualized, trans-sacral axial instrumentation/fusion (TASIF) line in a minimally invasive, low trauma, manner are disclosed. A number of related TASIF methods and surgical tool sets are provided by |
| 7621936 |
Sheath-mounted arterial plug delivery device |
November 24, 2009 |
| A method of facilitating hemostasis of a blood vessel puncture. The method includes the steps of inserting a tubular device into a puncture in a blood vessel to establish access to the blood vessel, providing a vessel closure system around the tubular device, introducing a hemostatic |
| 7608077 |
Method and apparatus for spinal distraction and fusion |
October 27, 2009 |
| The invention provides an implantable spinal distraction/fusion rod with varied thread pitch and diameters along different portions of its length that it is capable of distracting two or more vertebral bodies relative to each other and/or facilitating the procedure of fusing the vertebra |
| 7588574 |
Kits for enabling axial access and procedures in the spine |
September 15, 2009 |
| Disclosed are surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine for subsequent treatment procedures. The treatment site may be an inter-vertebral motion segments in the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. The tool set ma |
| 7569056 |
Methods and apparatus for forming shaped axial bores through spinal vertebrae |
August 4, 2009 |
| One or more shaped axial bore extending from an accessed posterior or anterior target point are formed in the cephalad direction through vertebral bodies and intervening discs, if present, in general alignment with a visualized, trans-sacral axial instrumentation/fusion (TASIF) line |
| 7547324 |
Spinal mobility preservation apparatus having an expandable membrane |
June 16, 2009 |
| A spinal mobility preservation apparatus and methods are disclosed. The spinal mobility preservation apparatus may include a proximal body, an intermediate body, a distal body, and an expandable membrane. The proximal body and the distal body secure the mobility preservation apparatu |
| 7547317 |
Methods of performing procedures in the spine |
June 16, 2009 |
| Disclosed are methods of accessing and treating the spine, while minimizing trauma to surrounding tissue. A device is introduced through tissue, to an access point on the spine. The device is thereafter advanced axially within the spine, from the access point across a treatment zone. |
| 7534256 |
Intraluminal stent and graft |
May 19, 2009 |
| An intraluminal stent and graft includes a stent made of a continuous helix of zig-zag wire and loops which connect adjacent apices of the wire. The stent is compressible and self-expandable substantially to a pre-compressed configuration. The device also includes a graft secured to |
| 7530993 |
Method of spinal fixation |
May 12, 2009 |
| Surgical tools, tool sets and methods for percutaneously accessing and preparing treatment sites within the spine. A method of treating the spine, comprising the steps of percutaneously accessing an anterior target site on the surface of the sacrum, forming a lumen from the access si |
| 7510570 |
Bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis |
March 31, 2009 |
| An introducer for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method for delivering into the vasculature a straight or bifurcated stent or prosthesis; a method of treating and angeological disease using a bifurcated stent; an endoluminal stent havi |
| 7491236 |
Dual anchor prosthetic nucleus apparatus |
February 17, 2009 |
| A spinal mobility preservation apparatus and methods are disclosed. The spinal mobility preservation apparatus may include a proximal body, an intermediate body, a distal body, and an expandable membrane. The proximal body and the distal body secure the mobility preservation apparatu |
| 7329259 |
Articulating spinal implant |
February 12, 2008 |
| Disclosed are methods and devices for accessing and treating the spine, while minimizing trauma to surrounding tissue. A device is introduced through tissue, to an access point on the spine. The device is thereafter advanced axially within the spine, from the access point across a tr |
| 7309338 |
Methods and apparatus for performing therapeutic procedures in the spine |
December 18, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for forming one or more trans-sacral axial instrumentation/fusion (TASIF) axial bore through vertebral bodies in general alignment with a visualized, anterior or posterior axial instrumentation/fusion line (AAIFL or PAIFL) in a minimally invasive, low trauma, ma |
| 7175646 |
Apparatus and method for percutaneous sealing of blood vessel punctures |
February 13, 2007 |
| A device for promoting hemostasis in a blood vessel puncture is employed with an introducer that accesses the puncture through an incision. The introducer has an open distal end positionable at the puncture, an external portion with an open proximal end, and an axial channel therebet |
| 7087058 |
Method and apparatus for providing posterior or anterior trans-sacral access to spinal vertebrae |
August 8, 2006 |
| Methods and apparatus for providing percutaneous access to vertebrae in alignment with a visualized, trans-sacral axial instrumentation/fusion (TASIF) line in a minimally invasive, low trauma, manner are disclosed. A number of related TASIF methods and surgical tool sets are provided by |
| 7048710 |
System and method for facilitating hemostasis of blood vessel punctures with absorbable sponge |
May 23, 2006 |
| A system for facilitating hemostasis of a puncture site in a blood vessel injects an absorbable sponge pledget in a hydrated state at an exterior of the blood vessel puncture to facilitate hemostasis. The system includes a tract dilator for locating the puncture, an introducer, and a |
| 7014633 |
Methods of performing procedures in the spine |
March 21, 2006 |
| Disclosed are methods of accessing and treating the spine, while minimizing trauma to surrounding tissue. A device is introduced through tissue, to an access point on the spine. The device is thereafter advanced axially within the spine, from the access point across a treatment zone. |
