摘要:
There is disclosed a bone fixation device that can include a cage having an optional mesh portion. The bone fixation device can be configured to couple a leg portion to a foot portion of a user's body. In at least one embodiment, the device includes at least one cage having a plurality of struts forming cells. There can be an optional mesh portion having a pre-set porosity that can be either constant or variable in density. In at least one embodiment there can be a cage portion which is substantially spherical shaped. Alternatively, the device can be substantially egg shaped. In at least one embodiment there can be a central post hole for receiving a post. In another embodiment at least one plate or shaft can connect to the cage.
摘要:
An prosthetic implant replaces hyaline cartilage in a synovial joint with a flexible polymer sliding surface, preferably of hydrogel, on a segmented support with an array of adjacent segments to which the hydrogel is molded. Adjacent segments are laterally and angularly displaceable permitting the implant to conform to rounded or irregular surfaces or to be rolled or folded for arthroscopic placement. Tension cables threaded through segments along a circuit can cinch segments together for stiffening the supporting layer and/or the cable can pull the implant against a bone surface. Adjacent segments can have inter-engaged structures. In some embodiments the segments are carried on a flexible foil or fibrous sheet.
摘要:
The invention disclosed herein includes implant features that can be used, in some embodiments, on devices with a volumetric density of less than about 100 percent and devices with a surface roughness of some value. The implant features include one or more protrusions mounted on the forward edge of an implant that can ease the distraction of tissue during implantation and reduce the occurrence of damage during a manufacturing process. In some embodiments, the protrusions have gaps in a non-axial direction with respect to the implant to allow axial compression with respect to the protrusions. In some embodiments, the protrusions have a circumferential gap between them and a body of a device to reduce any impact on the device's elastic modulus.
摘要:
The biocompatible lattice structures disclosed herein with an increased or optimized lucency are prepared according to multiple methods of design disclosed herein. The methods allow for the design of a metallic material with sufficient strength for use in an implant and that remains radiolucent for x-ray imaging.
摘要:
An assembly for the in situ formation of a prosthesis in an intervertebral disc space between adjacent vertebrae of a patient. At least one retention structure is located in the intervertebral disc space. A distal end of at least one lumen is located proximate the at least one retention structure. One or more in situ curable biomaterials are delivered to the intervertebral disc space through the first lumen and into engagement with the retention structure. The retention structure serves to retain at least a portion of the biomaterial in the intervertebral disc space by surface tension, adhesion, mechanical capture, friction, viscosity, and/or a variety of other mechanisms. The at least partially cured biomaterial and the at least one retention structure cooperate to comprise the prosthesis.
摘要:
A bone substitute (a material for repairing biological tissues) made from β-TCP as the raw material comprises a plate-type base member on the surface of which a plurality of grooves extending in a single direction are formed and separated from each other by partition wall members having an almost uniform thickness. This material sustains a sufficient binding force after application to a biological tissue and exhibits an excellent effect of forming a biological tissue. This bone substitute (material for repairing biological tissues) having a main body provided with a plurality of grooves extending in a single direction which are separated from each other by partition wall members having an almost uniform thickness, and a biodegradable viscous member which is filled into at least one of the penetrating holes of the main body, and contains an agonistic factor capable of increasing the cell activity, can provide agonistic factors of sufficient types and amounts to a biological tissue, and can control the sustained-release dose thereof.
摘要:
A bone substitute (a material for repairing biological tissues) made from β-TCP as the raw material comprises a plate-type base member on the surface of which a plurality of grooves extending in a single direction are formed and separated from each other by partition wall members having an almost uniform thickness. This material sustains a sufficient binding force after application to a biological tissue and exhibits an excellent effect of forming a biological tissue. This bone substitute (material for repairing biological tissues) having a main body provided with a plurality of grooves extending in a single direction which are separated from each other by partition wall members having an almost uniform thickness, and a biodegradable viscous member which is filled into at least one of the penetrating holes of the main body, and contains an agonistic factor capable of increasing the cell activity, can provide agonistic factors of sufficient types and amounts to a biological tissue, and can control the sustained-release dose thereof.
摘要:
The Annulus Fibrosus Stent (AFS) is a platform of barriers used in the intervertebral disc. The barrier can be inserted into an intervertebral disc to act to reinforce and/or supplement the disc. The AFS can be inserted at any of the many different stages of disc pathology. The AFS can be inserted to prevent pressure and dissection of disc material which in and of itself can decrease and/or eliminate pain from damaged AF fibers. The AFS can be inserted before disc pathology progresses to a substantial event such as a disc herniation. It can be inserted at any time in the progression of the natural history of disc disease. It can even be inserted when substantially the entire intervertebral disc has been removed. It can be inserted in conjunction with another procedure such as a Nucleus Pulposus Replacement (NPR) or Total Disc Replacement (TDR), etc. The various shapes and material of the AFS in this patent are designed to address particular clinical situations, particular anatomy and particular stages of disc degeneration. The AFS can be inserted directly through the AF, or by a technique of detaching part of the AF with bone without actually cutting a substantial part of AF fibers or layers of fibers or by the Transosseous approach.
摘要:
A placeholder for vertebrae or vertebral discs includes a tubular body, which along its jacket surface has a plurality of breakthroughs or openings for over-growth with adjacent tissue. The placeholder includes at least a second tubular body provided with a plurality of breakthroughs and openings at least partially inside the first tubular body. The first and second tubular bodies can have different cross-sectional shapes, can be are arranged inside one another by press fit or force fit or can be connected to each other via connecting pins and arranged side by side to one another in the first body.
摘要:
The present disclosure provides, among other things, prosthetic joint components having textured surface(s) for improving lubrication and increasing the useful life of the prosthetic joint components. The textured surface includes solid features configured to stably contain a biological fluid or a synthetic biological fluid therebetween or therewithin for a non-zero residence time.