| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D412776 |
Shoe for therapy |
August 17, 1999 |
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| D403071 |
Hip orthosis |
December 22, 1998 |
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| 7335202 |
Implant having a shaft and a hold element connected therewith for connecting with a rod |
February 26, 2008 |
| An implant is described having a shaft and a holding element connected therewith for connecting with a rod. A recess is provided in the holding element that includes a U-shaped cross section for accommodation of the rod and two free legs at one end which include an inner thread. A closur |
| 7276069 |
Connector element for bone rods or spinal rods |
October 2, 2007 |
| A connecting element for connecting two rods or screws used for bone or vertebra stabilization is provided. The connecting element comprises a connecting portion, a first portion which can be connected to one of the rods and a second portion which can be connected to the other rod. In |
| 7223268 |
Locking device for securing a rod-shaped element in a holding element connected to a shank |
May 29, 2007 |
| An element with a shank (1) and a holding element (2; 21; 21') connected to it for connecting to a rod (100) is provided, wherein the holding element (2; 21; 21') has a recess having a U-shaped cross-section for receiving the rod with two legs (4, 5; 26, 27) open at one end (6, 28) a |
| 7211086 |
Locking device for securing a rod-shaped element in a holding element connected to a shank |
May 1, 2007 |
| A locking device is provided for securing a rod in a receiving part, in particular a polyaxial bone screw. The locking device has a sleeve-type element with a cylindrical outer face and is dimensioned such that the element is displaceable between the legs of the receiving part. The e |
| 7195632 |
Connecting element |
March 27, 2007 |
| A connecting element is created for connecting two rods (6, 9) or screws used for bone or vertebra stabilisation. The connecting element has a connecting part (10), a first part connectable to one of the rods and a second part connectable to the other rod. The connecting part is adju |
| 7166109 |
Bone fixation device and screw therefor |
January 23, 2007 |
| A pelvis fixing device with a screw for the latter is provided. The screw comprises a screw element with a threaded shank and a head. Also provided is a holder which receives the head and which comprises a lower portion facing towards the shank side and an upper portion facing away from |
| 7131995 |
Method for the manufacture of a tubular spacer and spacer |
November 7, 2006 |
| A tubular spacer and a method for the manufacture of the spacer is described. The tubular spacer has a first rim on a first end, a second rim on its opposite second end, and a jacket extending between said first and said second rims. The jacket has a tapered section adjacent to at le |
| 7018378 |
Screw |
March 28, 2006 |
| An element with a thread is created, in which both partial flanks enclose a negative angle with a plane extending perpendicular to the screw axis. Further, a screw or a hook for connecting to a rod, as used in particular in spinal column surgery, is created, wherein the inner thread of a |
| 6972043 |
Foot prosthesis |
December 6, 2005 |
| There is provided a foot prosthesis having especially good gait characteristics. To that end, the prosthesis comprises a first spring element 1 extending from the toe region to the lower leg region and a second spring element 2 extending from the heel region to the lower leg region. |
| 6918911 |
Bone anchoring device for stabilizing bone segments and seat part of a bone anchoring device |
July 19, 2005 |
| The disclosure describes a receiver part for articulated connection of a bone anchoring element with a rod having a diameter. The bone anchoring element has a shank part and a head. The receiver part includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A bore extends from the fi |
| 6918308 |
Sensor device, in particular for a prosthesis, and prosthesis having such a sensor device |
July 19, 2005 |
| A sensor device (15) for a prosthesis, in particular for a leg prosthesis, is provided for measuring forces acting on the prosthesis, having a ring-shaped outer member (16) of closed construction and an inner member (21, 22) connecting two opposite inner sides (17a, 17b) of the outer |
| 6902579 |
Lengthwise adjustable space-maintainer for inserting between two vertebral bodies |
June 7, 2005 |
| A space-maintainer is created, which has a sleeve-shaped first part 1 and a second part 2 contained in this and displaceable in the axial direction relative to the first part. So that lengthwise adjustment is possible in a simple manner during the process of an operation, one of the part |
| 6835196 |
Anchoring element |
December 28, 2004 |
| An anchoring element with a screw (12) comprising a threaded section (13) and a head (15) designed as a spherical segment-shaped section, and with a receiving portion (1) for connecting the screw (12) to a rod (19), is provided. The receiving portion (1) comprises a first end (2) and a s |
| 6776798 |
Spacer assembly for use in spinal surgeries having end cap which includes serrated surface |
August 17, 2004 |
| A spacer assembly is provided for use in spinal surgeries. The spacer assembly includes a spacer having opposite ends and a side wall extending between the opposite ends and at least one end cap coupled to at least one of the opposite ends of the spacer. Each end cap includes an inner en |
| 6755870 |
Leg prosthesis with an artificial knee joint and method for controlling a leg prosthesis |
June 29, 2004 |
| There is provided a leg prosthesis, comprising a thigh portion (1) and a lower leg portion (2) both being connected by a knee joint (3), said knee joint (3) comprising a damping element (6) for controlling the knee joint movement, and means (S1) for detecting the knee angle and means (S4 |
| 6736820 |
Bone screw |
May 18, 2004 |
| A bone screw having a screw member (1) possessing a threaded section (2) and a head (3) and a receiving part (5) at the head end for receiving a rod to be connected to the bone screw is provided. The receiving part (5) has on open first bore (6) and a substantially U-shaped cross-section |
| 6723100 |
Bone screw and fastening tool for same |
April 20, 2004 |
| The invention relates to a bone screw and a tool for fixing same. A bone screw has a screw element (1), comprising a screw shank (2) and a screw head (3), a cylindrical receiver part (5) with a bore coaxial to the cylindrical axis coming from one end (8) of the cylinder, an opening (6) |
| 6695843 |
Fixing element |
February 24, 2004 |
| A bone screw, known per se, with a thread section (2) and a receiving part (5) for receiving a rod (29) to be connected to the bone screw is created. The connection and locking of the connection between bone screw and rod takes place via an outer nut (13). So that the connection has the |
| 6679920 |
Device and method for remote maintenance of an electronically controllable prosthesis |
January 20, 2004 |
| A device and a method for remote maintenance of an electronically controllable prosthesis (1) are provided. The prosthesis comprises a controller in which operating and/or movement data characterizing the prosthesis are detected and are then transmitted to a remote maintenance device |
| 6471705 |
Bone screw |
October 29, 2002 |
| There is provided a bone screw known per se, having a threaded portion (2) and a reception part (5) for receiving a rod (29) to be connected to the bone screw. The securing and locking action of the connection between the bone screw and the rod is provided by an exterior nut (13). To pro |
| 6423098 |
Leg prosthesis with an artificial knee joint provided with an adjustment device |
July 23, 2002 |
| A leg prosthesis having an artificial knee joint with swing phase control and recoil break comprises a damping member acting upon the knee joint, detectors for detecting force, knee angle and acceleration and a control unit for controlling the dampening degree of the damping member on th |
| 6200348 |
Spacer with adjustable axial length |
March 13, 2001 |
| A spacer for insertion between two vertebrae has a variable axial length. The spacer comprises a first sleeve-shaped shape member 1 and a second member 2 which is slidably guided within the first member in axial direction relative thereto for adjusting the overall length. The second |
| 6176882 |
Intervertebral implant |
January 23, 2001 |
| The invention relates to an intervertebrae implant comprising two side walls (1, 2) arranged at a distance to each other, a front wall (3) connecting the same at their one end, a back wall (4) connecting the same at their opposite other end, and one opening each on the base and cover |
| 6168597 |
Bone screw |
January 2, 2001 |
| A bone screw (1) having a threaded shaft portion (2) and a head (3) is provided. In order to ensure a good fastening capability of the bone screw even in soft bone material the bone screw has a longitudinal bore (5) extending along the longitudinal axis of the threaded shaft portion (2) |
| 6156071 |
Tubular fabric and method for producing a socket of a prosthesis therefrom |
December 5, 2000 |
| A tubular fabric is provided for forming the shaft of a prosthesis having a predetermined length and one open end, the other end of the shaft being closed for holding a coupling member except for an aperture corresponding to a portion of said coupling member which is inserted therethroug |
| 6106526 |
Member for stabilizing cervical vertebrae |
August 22, 2000 |
| A member for stabilizing cervical vertebrae is provided with a body 1 with a plate-shaped portion having a bore 2 extending perpendicular to the plane plate, and a bone screw 3 having a threaded portion 4 and a head 5, whereby the threaded portion 4 extends through the bore. In order to |
| 6102949 |
Intervertebrae implant |
August 15, 2000 |
| An intervertebrae implant comprises two spaced sidewalls 1, 2, a front wall connecting the sidewalls at one end thereof, a back wall connecting the other end of the sidewall and corresponding apertures in the bottom and top surfaces extending transversely to the above-defined walls. In o |
| 6051026 |
Alignment device for connecting a stump socket to a prosthetic limb |
April 18, 2000 |
| An alignment device connects a stump socket (1) to a prosthetic limb (21). The alignment device has an alignment member (8) with an opening (12) receiving a pin (7) connected to the stump socket (1). The size of the opening (12) is considerably greater than the cross-sectional dimension |
| 6030418 |
Blank for producing a soft wall inside socket |
February 29, 2000 |
| A blank is described for producing a soft wall inside socket of a prosthesis having a pre-shaped side wall formed of a thermoplastic material, an inside liner and an outside sheathing. The blank forms a receiving space for receiving a shank stump and having an opening restricted by a |
| 5989290 |
Height-adjustable artificial vertebral body |
November 23, 1999 |
| A substitute vertebra with adjustable height is provided with a sleeve-shaped central part (1) having a wall with a plurality of apertures (5, 6), the central part comprising a left-handed thread adjacent to its first edge and a right-handed thread adjacent to its second edge. A cyli |
| 5972031 |
Space holder in particular for a vertebra or an intervertebral disk |
October 26, 1999 |
| A space holder in particular for a vertebra or an intervertebral disk is provided. The space holder comprises a jacket (1) having apertures (9, 10) and a first and second edge (7, 8). The edge has circumferentially adjacent recesses (9, 10; 9', 10') each extending in direction towards th |
| 5964762 |
Bone plate |
October 12, 1999 |
| A bone plate having an elongated intermediate portion and at least a hole at each end for receiving an anchoring screw 10 is created. The bone plate should be usable for different lengths and should allow the possibility of contraction and distraction of parts to be connected during the |
| 5961517 |
Anchoring member and adjustment tool therefor |
October 5, 1999 |
| An anchoring member is provided with a shaft 2, 12 for anchoring in a bone and a head 3, 53 with a substantially U-shaped cross-section for connection with a rod 9, 59, the head having a base 5, 55 connected with the shaft 2, 12 and two free legs 6, 7; 56, 57 forming a channel for re |
| 5911697 |
Spinal column orthesis |
June 15, 1999 |
| A spinal column orthesis system is created which reduces the requirements for stock-keeping various sizes of spinal column ortheses and which enables a better adaptation to the body. The inventive spinal column orthesis comprises a rear member 1 of predetermined height and width, a f |
| 5873878 |
Anchoring member |
February 23, 1999 |
| An anchoring member is provided with a shaft 2 for fastening to a bone and a head 3 for connection with a rod 10, the head being connected to the shaft and having a generally U-shaped cross-section with a base and two legs laterally defining a first channel for receiving the rod. The rod |
| 5800565 |
Leg prosthesis with quick exchange and displacement adjustment connections |
September 1, 1998 |
| A test prosthesis comprising a thigh member (6), a lower leg member (7), a joint (4) connecting both members and a knee part (1) is provided. The knee part (1) is connected to the thigh member (6) or to the lower leg member (7), respectively, through a connection unit (8) allowing a |
| 5725527 |
Anchoring member |
March 10, 1998 |
| An anchoring member is provided which comprises a shaft 2 to be fastened to a bone and a head 3 for connection with a rod 10, the head having a substantially U-shaped cross-section and being connected with the shaft 2 at the base 5 thereof, the head further comprising two free legs 6, 7 |
| 5716356 |
Anchoring member and adjustment tool therefor |
February 10, 1998 |
| An anchoring member is provided with a shaft 2, 12 for anchoring in a bone and a head 3, 53 with a substantially U-shaped cross-section for connection with a rod 9, 59, the head having a base 5, 55 connected with the shaft 2, 12 and two free legs 6, 7; 56, 57 forming a channel for re |
| 5702451 |
Space holder, in particular for a vertebra or an intervertebral disk |
December 30, 1997 |
| A space holder in particular for a vertebra or an intervertebral disk is provided. The space holder comprises a jacket (1) having apertures (9, 10) and a first and second edge (7, 8). The edge has circumferentially adjacent recesses (9, 10; 9', 10') each extending in direction towards th |
| 5681319 |
Locking tool |
October 28, 1997 |
| A locking tool is described for connecting a bone screw with a rod having a predetermined diameter. The bone screw includes a screw member having a threaded portion and a head with spherical segment-shaped portion, and a cylindrical seat part for receiving the head and the rod. The seat |
| 5676640 |
Orthesis joint system |
October 14, 1997 |
| A system for a mono-axial and a duo-axial orthesis joint is created. The system comprises a first and a second post (1, 2), a mono-axial cover (21) and two duo-axial covers (3). The posts (1, 2) each have a shaft bore (4, 5) at a first end thereof and toothed portions (6, 7) provided at |
| 5672176 |
Anchoring member |
September 30, 1997 |
| An anchoring member for connecting a rod with a bone comprises a screw member having a treaded portion and a screw head with a spherical segment-shaped portion, a seat part receiving said screw head of said screw member and said rod, and a pressure member formed to embrace said screw |
| 5609637 |
Space keeper, in particular for an intervertebral disk |
March 11, 1997 |
| A space keeper, in particular for substituting an intervertebral disk, is provided which comprises a cage-shaped wall (1) having a plurality of holes (4, 5) therein and a plurality of points (6) at both edges of the wall. In order to avoid the need for the operating person to keep di |
| 5545165 |
Anchoring member |
August 13, 1996 |
| An anchoring member is provided which comprises a shaft 2 to be fastened to a bone and a head 3 for connection with a rod 10, the head having a substantially U-shaped cross-section and being connected with the shaft 2 at the base 5 thereof, the head further comprising two free legs 6, 7 |
| 5496263 |
Ankle stabilization system |
March 5, 1996 |
| A system for stabilizing the injured ankle of a user has an ankle brace with an upper calf member hingedly connected to a lower foot member, and a plurality of reinforced areas for strengthening and supporting a region around the talus bone. The reinforced areas are located above and bel |
| 5490822 |
Orthesis joint |
February 13, 1996 |
| An orthesis joint is provided which has a first support plate, a thigh attachment part hingedly connected thereto through a first bearing bush, a lower leg attachment part connected with the first support plate through a second bearing bush and a connecting member hingedly connected with |
| 5443467 |
Bone screw |
August 22, 1995 |
| A bone screw comprises a receiver member (5) and a screw member (1) having a threaded portion (2) and a head (3) having a spherical segment-shaped portion. The receiver member (5) comprises an internal thread (10) for allowing a relative adjustment of receiver member and screw member and |
| 5376134 |
Adjustable orthesis joint |
December 27, 1994 |
| An orthesis joint comprises a first support plate, a thigh attachment part hingedly connected to the first support plate through a first bearing bush, a lower leg attachment part hingedly connected to the first support plate through a second bearing bush, a connecting member hingedly |
