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<title><![CDATA[Biologically reabsorbable acetabular constraining components and materials for use with a hip replacement prosthesis and bioreabsorbable materials to augment hip replacement stability and function]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615083.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A prosthetic constraining device for use with a hip replacement prosthesis that includes an acetabular cup assembly adapted to be bonded to a patient's pelvis and a femoral stem adapted to be bonded to the patient's femur, where the femoral stem includes a ball component at its proximal end received within the acetabular cup assembly to form a ball joint type coupling, and where the constraining device includes a ring having a central aperture, where the ring is adapted to be mounted to a rim of the acetabular cup assembly so that the femoral stem passes through the central aperture, where the diameter of the central aperture is less than the diameter of the ball component on the proximal end of the femoral stem so that the ring assists in maintaining the ball joint type coupling between the acetabular cup assembly and the femoral stem, and where the ring comprises a biologic material, a biologically reabsorbable material and a combination of biologic, or biologically reabsorbable materials.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for reconstructive surgery]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615074.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of biological reconstruction and a device having a major chamber or compartment in the form of the desired anatomy with a shaped chamber inside the main chamber flipped up and held in place by one or more inflatable piston chambers. The inflatable piston chambers selectively hold the shaped chamber and are pressurized in order to support the shape of the device upon implantation. Valves are provided to allow filling the major chamber, the shaped chamber and the piston chambers with a biologically compatible fluid.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vertebral body and disc space replacement devices]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615078.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A vertebral replacement device for supporting adjacent vertebrae includes a vertebral body member having at least one of an upper or lower disc replacement member engaged thereto at one end thereof. The disc replacement device can be positioned in a spinal disc space when disengaged from the vertebral body member.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Endovascular graft]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615071.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An endovascular graft, which is configured to conform to the morphology of a vessel to be treated, includes a tubular ePTFE structure; an inflatable ePTFE structure disposed over at least a portion of the ePTFE tubular structure; and an injection port in fluid communication with the inflatable ePTFE structure for inflation of the inflatable ePTFE structure with an inflation medium. The inflatable ePTFE structure may be longitudinally disposed over the tubular ePTFE structure. The ePTFE structure may be a bifurcated structure having first and second bifurcated tubular structures, where the inflatable ePTFE structure is disposed over at least a portion of the first and second bifurcated tubular structures.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Endoluminal prosthesis]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615072.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An endoluminal prosthesis including a tubular graft having a proximal end and a distal end; a suprarenal spring stent operably connected to the proximal end, the suprarenal spring stent having suprarenal positive apices and suprarenal negative apices connected in a sinusoidal ring pattern by suprarenal struts; and a sealing spring stent operably connected to the tubular graft, the sealing spring stent having sealing positive apices, sealing negative apices, and intermediate sealing negative apices connected in a ring pattern, the sealing negative apices alternating with the intermediate sealing negative apices between adjacent sealing positive apices, the sealing positive apices being connected to the sealing negative apices by sealing struts, and the sealing positive apices being connected to the intermediate sealing negative apices by intermediate sealing struts. The suprarenal positive apices are axially aligned with the intermediate sealing negative apices.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Foldable intraocular lens and method of making]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615073.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A foldable intraocular lens for providing vision contains an optic body that includes an optical zone and a peripheral zone entirely surrounding the optical zone. The optic body has an anterior face, a substantially opposing posterior face, an optic edge, and an optical axis. The anterior face comprises a central face, a peripheral face, and a recessed annular face therebetween that is disposed posterior to the peripheral face. The intraocular lens further comprises at least one haptic that is integrally formed with the peripheral zone. The haptic comprises a distal posterior face, a proximal posterior face, and a step edge disposed at a boundary therebetween. The haptic further comprises a side edge disposed between the optic edge and the step edge. The proximal posterior face and the posterior face of the optic body form a continuous surface. An edge corner is formed by the intersection of the continuous surface with the optic edge, the side edge, and the step edge.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Intervertebral implants with radial teeth and methods of use]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615077.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present application is directed to intervertebral implants including teeth arranged in a radial pattern to resist expulsion in multiple directions. The teeth may include a variety of shapes and orientations. In one embodiment, the implant includes an annular shape with a central opening. The implant may further be tapered along a section or entirety of an insertion edge to distract the adjacent vertebral members upon insertion of the implant into the intervertebral space.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Monorail system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615079.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems providing improved methods of performing a spinal fusion procedure and including a monorail instrument that protects the medial neural structures, includes a sliding platform for additional instrumentation and allows controlled delivery of various instruments for disc preparation and implant insertion. The monorail instrument engages other instruments, including various instruments utilized to prepare the disc space as well as spinal fusion implants, for guided and controlled insertion into the disc space. The monorail instrument may be a distractor, and may include flutes for preparation of the disc space.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Joint prosthesis having infinitely adjustable head]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615080.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A joint prosthesis, as a replacement for a ball and socket type joint, has a head that allows for infinite dialability and/or angular orientation with respect to an implanted stem, particularly during a procedure for implanting the prosthesis. The angular orientation is positionable and fixed or locked in a set position without utilizing external or separate fasteners. An expandable conjoining member associated with the prosthesis stem receives the head and allows for the positioning thereof. The expandable conjoining member is fixed in position through expansion of the expandable conjoining member to produce a friction fit (wedging) of the expandable conjoining member within a receiving socket of the stem. Expansion of the expandable conjoining member is achieved through coupling interaction of a stem of the head with the conjoining member.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Femoral components for knee arthroplasty]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615081.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A femoral knee prosthesis system for resurfacing a resected articular surface at the distal end of a femur includes a femoral component adapted to mate with the resected articular surface; and an attachment member. The interior surface of the femoral component is configured to connect to the first attachment member when the femoral component is mated on the resected articular surface of the femur and when the first attachment member is passed through the medial side or the lateral side of the resected articular surface. The femoral component is available in one-piece and two-piece systems. Mating femoral components (e.g., tapered or with lips that interlock with grooves) are also disclosed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Artificial joint]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615082.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An artificial joint ( 3 ), particularly for replacing a talocrural joint, including a first primary joint surface ( 1 ) that forms an articular fossa ( 4 ) particularly for replacing the tibia composed of concave curvatures extending parallel to a primary function plane of the joint ( 3 ), which corresponds to the sagittal plane, and a second primary joint surface ( 2 ) which cooperates with the first primary joint surface ( 1 ) as a component of a condoyle ( 5 ) that replaces the talus and has convex curvatures ( 7, 8, 9, 10 ) on the primary function plane that are adapted to the first primary joint surface ( 1 ). To achieve high stress resistance and optimal joint mobility, depending on the position of the joint, the radii of the curvatures ( 7, 8, 9, 10 ) are calculated such that the differential amounts arising between the corresponding radii of the first and second primary joint surfaces ( 1, 2 ) in an ascending angular position (V) relative to a descending angular position and also simultaneously between a medial face ( 11 ) and a lateral face ( 12 ) of the joint ( 3 ) deviate from one another.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bicompartmental knee implant and method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615054.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An improved method of performing surgery on a joint in a patient's body, such as a knee, includes making an incision in a knee portion of one leg while a lower portion of the one leg is extending downward from an upper portion of the one leg and while a foot connected with the lower portion of the one leg is below a support surface on which the patient is disposed. The incision is relatively short, for example, between seven and thirteen centimeters. A patella may be offset from its normal position with an inner side of the patella facing inward during cutting of a bone with a cutting tool. During cutting of the bone, one or more guide members having opposite ends which are spaced apart by a distance less than the width of an implant may be utilized to guide movement of a cutting tool.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Electroprocessed collagen and tissue engineering]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615373.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention is directed to formation and use of electroprocessed collagen, including use as an extracellular matrix and, together with cells, its use in forming engineered tissue. The engineered tissue can include the synthetic manufacture of specific organs or tissues which may be implanted into a recipient. The electroprocessed collagen may also be combined with other molecules in order to deliver substances to the site of application or implantation of the electroprocessed collagen. The collagen or collagen/cell suspension is electrodeposited onto a substrate to form tissues and organs.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Surgical instrument and method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615052.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Embodiments of the invention include devices and methods for manipulating bone. Instruments of some of the embodiments are insertable into a vertebral body or between vertebral bodies to apply forces to the vertebral bodies to strengthen bone or prepare bone to be strengthened.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and device for compacting an intraocular lens]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615056.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed is an apparatus for compacting an intraocular lens. The apparatus comprises a lens compactor having a first configuration for retaining the intraocular lens in an unstressed condition and a second configuration in which the compactor stresses the lens into an at least partially compacted condition without advancing the lens along an injection axis of the compactor. The compactor accomplishes this by applying a compacting force in a direction generally orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens. The compactor is responsive to a compactor actuator that is movable by a user to change the compactor from the first configuration to the second configuration. Additional apparatus and methods are disclosed as well.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nerve regeneration-inducing tube comprising]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615063.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides a nerve regeneration-inducing tube in which nerve is inserted into a tubular structure and can be easily sutured and fixed without resort to any special instruments or operations, thereby allowing nerve cells to efficiently proliferate and grow in the correct direction. The nerve regeneration-inducing tube of the present invention includes: a tubular structure (A) made of a biodegradable material or a bioabsorbable material and provided inside with a matrix (B) having linear nerve-inducing channels and being made of a biodegradable material or a bioabsorbable material; and a definite space part provided at one end of the tubular structure (A).]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Areal implant]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615065.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An areal implant has a long-term-stable, mesh-like basic structure which has pores of a size in the range from 1.5 mm to 8 mm and is provided, at least in a part area, on both sides with a synthetic, resorbable polymer film. The two polymer films are glued or welded together in pores of the basic structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Plastic implant impregnated with a degradation protector]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615075.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A plastic implant device for a mammal that contains a rare earth metal compound tracer and a method for detecting degradation such as wear of the implanted device are disclosed. The tracer can also be present with a separate antioxidant or the tracer compound can be can be the salt of a C 6 -C 22  unsaturated carboxylic acid. The rare earth metal compound tracer is released when the prosthetic is worn down or otherwise degraded in the mammalian body in which it was implanted. The presence and amount of released tracer present in a body fluid or tissue sample measured and is proportional to the degree of degradation of the implant.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and method for the controlled hydrodistention of the urinary bladder]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615046.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A urological medical system for performing a controlled hydrodistention of the urinary bladder for treating a bladder dysfunction problem comprised of a programmed CPU with associated computer equipment for facilitating an automatic control of a treatment procedure to be performed on a patient, a saline solution warmer, a saline solution pump, a four-way catheter wherein a channel is provided for monitoring the pressure within the bladder during the procedure, a syringe for infusing a medicine through the catheter and a strapping device to secure the syringe and to slidingly engage the catheter to a leg of the patient. Desired parameters are monitored during the procedure and a desired pressure is maintained in the bladder for a predetermined time to perform the controlled hydrodistention of the urinary bladder.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for the treatment of the intervertebral disc annulus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7615076.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides methods and devices for treating the annulus of an intervertebral disc. The methods and devices can employ an expandable treatment device which is deployed at least partially in the subannular space. Fixation devices and methods are also disclosed, which help to secure the treatment device in place.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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