Spine Surgery Product Analysis
A. Bioabsorbable Mesh for Iliac Crest Bone Graft (hip) and to act as a containment system for bone grafts or bone fragments
B. Cervical Buttress/Neutralization Plate
C. Translaminar or transfacet screw/staple
D. Atlanto-Axial Instability.
E. Dens Screw for Odontoid Fracture
F. Anterior Lumber Plate
G. Intervertebral fusion System
H. Intervertebral motion segment
Expandable Intervertebral Prosthesis (not shown) Docket No. 04OST2 and Expandable Intervertebral Implant Docket No. 05OST!
A. Minimally invasive Spinal Cage
B. Bone Grafts Containment System.
C. Vertically elevateable dimensioned to fit snugly within an intervertebral space.
D. Expandable plurality of barbs into the surrounding bone.
E. Plurality of longitudinal holes in the wall to allow bone growth.
F. Option of hybrid construction system.
G. Easily removable incase of surgical error.
Prosthetic Intervertebral Disk Implant, US Patent Filed, 8-9-2004
A. Artificial Disk. Three Distinct Complementary Bearing Surfaces
B. Allow Restrictive anterior- posterior (bending forward/backward)
C. Allow Restrictive medial-lateral (bending side-to-side)
D. Allow twisting motions approximating the movement of the natural spine joint.
E. Minimally invasive device.
F. Housing are disposed on a bone-contacting surface operable for containing bone graft material and permitting host bone ingrowths into the implanted prosthesis.
Prosthesis
A. Translaminar or Transfacet Screw.
B. Dens Screws for Odontoid Fracture.
C. Rotational riveting system.
D. Horizontally expandable dimensioned to fit snugly within the bone.
E. Easily removable incase of surgical error.
F. Minimally invasive device.
G. Hybrid construction system.
A. Attachment of soft tissue to the bone such as spine ligaments.
B. Expandable plurality of barbs into the surrounding bone.
C. Easily removable incase of surgical error.
D. Minimally invasive device.
E. Hybrid construction system.
Fastener
and Installation Tool
A. Push in tag system capable of attaching the bioabsorbable protective barrier to the graft harvest sites.
B. Minimally invasive device.
A. Minimally invasive external and internal fixation pin system.
B. Metallic pin having a bioabsorbable threaded tip, Hybrid Construction pin.
C. The hybrid construction of the fixation pin minimizes trauma to both the bone and surrounding tissue
Bone Fixation