Abstract:
The surgical screw (10; 10A) comprises: a core (14; 14A) of a bioinert material having mechanical characteristics suitable for the use for which the screw (10; 10A) is intended, the core comprising a shank (16) and a head (18; 18A); a jacket (12) of cortical heterologous bone which dads the shank (16), the jacket having been previously treated for deproteinization and sterilization purposes, and externally presenting the thread (1 1 ) required for the screw (10; 10A); means (13, 17) for making the jacket (12) and core (14; 14A) rotatably rigid with each other at least during the insertion of the surgical screw into the patient's bone.
Abstract:
Cerclage system, including methods, devices, and kits, for stabilizing bone, such as a sternum. The cerclage system may include a wire or cable that encircles bone, and a bone plate to which segments of the wire or cable lock. The cerclage system also or alternatively may include a tensioner for applying tension to a wire or cable.
Abstract:
The present disclosure is for a device for filling the gap (kerf) left in the repair of a craniotomy and the methods for using and manufacturing such a device. The kerf device may be a preparation of demineralized or partially demineralized bone or bone substitute formed into a malleable strip that can be pressed or molded into the opening in between the skull and bone flap in order to allow bone healing without a gap or indentation.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a novel moldable and/or flowable composition for application to a bone defect site to promote new bone growth at the site. The composition includes a therapeutic material and a carrier comprising means for achieving reverse phase characteristics. In one embodiment, the therapeutic material can be a resorbable alloplastic material and the carrier can be a poloxamer. In a specific embodiment, the resorbable alloplastic material is a biphasic material composed of hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate (HA-TCP), and the carrier is poloxamer 407 (PLURONIC® F-127). The invention further includes methods for using the novel composition.
Abstract:
A composite comprising: a barrier, said barrier being configured to selectively pass water, and said barrier being degradable in the presence of water; a matrix material for disposition within said barrier, wherein said matrix material has a flowable state and a set state, and wherein said matrix material is degradable in the presence of water; and at least one reinforcing element for disposition within said barrier and integration with said matrix material, wherein said at least one reinforcing element is degradable in the presence of water, and further wherein, upon the degradation of said at least one reinforcing element in the presence of water, provides an agent for modulating the degradation rate of said matrix material in the presence of water.
Abstract:
A composite comprising: a barrier, said barrier being configured to selectively pass water, and said barrier being degradable in the presence of water; a matrix material for disposition within said barrier, wherein said matrix material has a flowable state and a set state, and wherein said matrix material is degradable in the presence of water; and at least one reinforcing element for disposition within said barrier and integration with said matrix material, wherein said at least one reinforcing element is degradable in the presence of water, and further wherein, upon the degradation of said at least one reinforcing element in the presence of water, provides an agent for modulating the degradation rate of said matrix material in the presence of water.
Abstract:
Bone hemostat compositions, and methods for their use and manufacture are provided. Exemplary hemostatic compositions include polymeric components such as random and non-random copolymers, natural polymers, ceramics, reactive group polymers, and combinations thereof. Bone compositions may be used during surgical procedures, and may be applied to bone to inhibit or prevent bleeding from bone.
Abstract:
A posterior vertebral plating system comprising a plate and a plurality of attachment members. The plate has a plurality of holes extending through the plate from an upper surface to a lower surface, and the plate is configured to extend along the posterior side of at least two vertebrae adjacent at least one boney structure of each of the vertebrae. The holes are spaced in such a way that a first plurality of holes is positionable over a boney structure of a first vertebra to define a plurality of fixation points to the first vertebra and a second plurality of holes is positionable over boney structure of a second vertebra to define a plurality of fixation points to the second vertebra. The attachment members are insertable through the holes of the plate and into the boney structure of a corresponding vertebra to fix the plate to the vertebra.
Abstract:
Bolzen mit Außengewinde und einem zylindrischen Bolzenschaft aus allogenem, kortikalen Knochenmaterial für die chirurgisch operative Osteosynthese, wobei es sich bei dem Außengewinde um ein symmetrisches Spitz- oder Trapezgewinde handelt, das zumindest einen Gewindegang pro Millimeter aufweist, und das Knochenmaterial von Osteonen (5) gebildet und mit Havers-Kanälen (6) durchzogen ist. Erfindungsgemäß wird vorgeschlagen, dass die ein Gewindetal begrenzenden Gewindeflanken (9a, 9b) des symmetrischen Spitz- oder Trapezgewindes über einen Gewindetalabschnitt (8) ineinander übergehen, dessen in einem Axialschnitt des Bolzens erscheinende Länge im Bereich von 0.02 mm bis 0.6 mm liegt. Auf diese Weise gelingt es Knochenschrauben (1) mit erhöhter Festigkeit herzustellen, sodass auch weniger geeignetes Spendermaterial für die Herstellung qualitativ hochwertiger Knochenschrauben (1) verwendet werden kann.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are minimally invasive systems and method for stabilizing the spine, while preserving a degree of spinal flexion and extension of the spine at the level of the stabilized vertebrae postoperatively. The methods can include the steps of, for example, inserting a hollow needle through a central lumen of an introducer cannula into the interior of a first vertebral body, through an intervertebral disc, and into the interior of a second vertebral body adjacent the first vertebral body; inserting an anchor through a central lumen of the hollow needle such that a distal end of the anchor is within the interior of the second vertebral body, a proximal end of the anchor is within the interior of the first vertebral body, and a central portion of the anchor spans the intervertebral disc; expanding the distal end of the anchor within the interior of the second vertebral body; expanding the proximal end of the anchor within the interior of the first vertebral body; flowing a first volume of bone cement media into the distal end of the anchor within the interior of the second vertebral body; flowing a second volume of bone cement media into the proximal end of the anchor within the interior of the first vertebral body; and inserting a flexible rod through the central lumen of the hollow needle, such that a distal portion of the flexible rod is positioned within the interior of the second vertebral body and in contact with the first volume of bone cement media, the proximal portion of the flexible rod is positioned within the interior of the first vertebral body and in contact with the second volume of bone cement media, and a central portion of the rod spans the intervertebral disc, wherein the flexible rod resides at least partially within an interior of the anchor.