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| Surgical instrument for impacting and extracting a cutting instrument | 20130144296 | 20130606 |
 A surgical instrument including a cutting instrument for shaping a bone as well as an impaction/extraction device for use with the cutting instrument is disclosed.
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| Surgical instrument for impacting and extracting a shaping instrument and a shaping instrument useable therewith | 20130144350 | 20130606 |
 A surgical instrument including a shaping instrument for shaping a bone as well as an impaction/extraction device for use with the shaping instrument is disclosed.
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| Pedicle subtraction osteotomy device and methods | 20130123786 | 20130516 |
 Disclosed herein is a device for cutting bone in performing a pedicle subtraction osteotomy. The device may include an elongated member and a flexible cutting member. The elongated member includes a distal end, a proximal end, an elongated slot between the distal end and proximal end and extending generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the elongated member, and a fulcrum located distal the proximal end. The elongated member is configured to be anchored to the bone. The flexible cutting member extends through the elongated slot and around the fulcrum such that at least a portion of the flexible cutting member can extend from the elongated slot to cut the bone as the flexible cutting member is moved back and forth in a sawing fashion about... |
| Humeral head resurfacing implant | 20120296436 | 20121122 |
 A humeral head resurfacing implant (11) that has a modulus of elasticity close to that of human cortical bone as a result of its design from an integral substrate of isotropic graphite covered completely with a reinforcing layer of dense isotropic pyrolytic carbon. A carefully engineered cruciform stem (15) extends from the axial center of a flat distal circular surface (23) of a spherical cap portion (19) of the implant head located within the confines of a surrounding skirt portion (21).
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| Electromagnetic bone conduction hearing device | 20120029267 | 20120202 |
 An implantable hearing prosthesis for a recipient patient is described. An implantable attachment magnet is fixable beneath the skin of the patient to underlying skull bone and is adapted to magnetically connect with an external attachment magnet over the skin. An implantable signal transducer also is fixable beneath the skin of the patient to underlying skull bone and is adapted to transform a magnetic audio signal from an external signal drive coil into a corresponding mechanical stimulation signal for delivery by bone conduction of the skull bone as an audio signal to the cochlea. A connector member flexibly connects and positions the attachment magnet a fixed distance from the signal transducer.
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| Implant root for tooth implanting | 20100316970 | 20101216 |
| An improved implant root for tooth implanting into the alveolar bone of a patient, said implant root comprises: a coarse threaded portion of the implant root is formed to have a wider base and to have an extension root with various radiant thread constructed, characterized with a circumferential constricted neck between these two segments. Both segments are designed to be seated into alveolar bone as implant root fixture. The widest diameter of the upper and lower segment is either equal or the lower base is slightly wider than lower segment for the most of it. The constricted neck in between the base and extension of the segments and the shape of the lower base segment allow the lower base implant root to serve as a primary... |
| Bone-tendon-bone assembly with cancellous allograft bone block having cortical end portion | 20100274355 | 20101028 |
| The invention is directed toward a sterile bone-tendon-bone assembly with two allograft bone blocks constructed with a cancellous portion and a cortical end portion. Each bone block has an outer curved surface with two opposing longitudinal arcuate grooves cut into the exterior surface which will allow a tendon replacement member to be wrapped around the bone block. The second bone block being in reversed orientation to the first bone block.
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| Axial offset bone fastener system | 20100198262 | 20100805 |
| A bone fastener assembly and a method of stabilizing a bone using such an assembly are presented. The bone assembly includes a bone fastener and a connecting member for holding a stabilizing member, such as a rod or plate, mounted together via an armature that allows the connecting member to be offset from the longitudinal axis of the bone fastener and optionally also permits the bone fastener to pivot relative to a longitudinal axis of the assembly and the connecting member swivel about the longitudinal axis of the assembly. By allowing the connecting member to be offset and independently swivel about the longitudinal axis of the fastener, the bone assembly of the current invention allows for an unprecedented degree of freedom in positioning an interconnecting rod... |
| Percutaneous tools and bone pellets for vertebral body reconstruction | 20100198140 | 20100805 |
| A percutaneous surgical tool comprises a cannula with an open slot at the distal end and a closed tip. A variety of articulated and solid tamps with different tip geometries are used to push bone aside to open up a void for filling. Bone pellets are rammed down the hollow interior, lumen, of the cannula by a tamper. A ramp inside the closed end causes the bone pellets to eject out to the side into a void to-be-filled. Variations in the shapes of the pellets and the ends of the tampers vary the orientations of the pellets as they are ejected through the end slot out from the cannula. One tamper with a sharp flat diagonal cut end can be twisted to push the rear end... |
| Phosphonic polymers having a phosphinate backbone and methods of making and using thereof | 20100168361 | 20100701 |
| Described herein are new phosphonic polymers and methods of making and using the same. The polymers are prepared by the polymerization of phosphonic acid monomers with hypophosphorous acid, an alkali metal hypophosphite, an alkyl substituted hypophosphite, or any combination thereof. The resultant polymers have pendant phosphonate groups attached to the polymer backbone as well as phosphinate groups incorporated within the polymer backbone. Additional monomers can be used to produce copolymers, terpolymers, and the like. The polymers described herein have numerous applications with respect to inhibiting scale formation and corrosion in a number of systems.
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| Combination structure of an urn for pets' cremate remains | 20100101062 | 20100429 |
| A combination structure of a cinerary urn comprises an inner jug, an outer jug and locking keys. The outer jug can be separated. The inner jug can be put into the separated outer jug and the separated outer jug can be closed by means of several locking keys so as to achieve the object of easily getting access to and encapsulating the bone ash.
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| Combination structure of an urn for pets' cremate remains | 20100101063 | 20100429 |
| A combination structure of an urn for pets' cremate remains comprises an inner jug, an outer jug and locking keys. The outer jug can be separated. The inner jug can be put into the separated outer jug and the separated outer jug can be closed by means of several locking keys so as to achieve the object of easily getting access to and encapsulating the bone ash.
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| Divided redox-curing type composition | 20100087613 | 20100408 |
| The present invention provides a divided redox-curing type composition including a first part in which at least an oxidizing agent (b) is dissolved in a first radical monomer including a radical monomer (a) having an acidic group and/or a hydrophilic group; and a second part in which at least an aromatic sulfinate (d) is dispersed in a second radical monomer including a radical monomer (c) having neither an acidic group nor a hydrophilic group. According to the present invention, a redox-curing type composition capable of securing a time necessary for an adhesion operation and exhibiting high bond strength not only at the initial stage of adhesion but also over a long period of time thereafter in application to a wetting material such as a tooth or... |
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| Method and apparatus for separating meat from bone | 20100087129 | 20100408 |
| A separator apparatus that separates meat from bone in two distinct separation stages includes a rotary cam pump in series with a deboning screw assembly. In the first separation stage, substantially bone-free meat is separated from bone as the meat-bone mixture passes through the rotary cam pump, and expelled from the separator apparatus. The rotary cam pump then drives the remaining meat bone mixture into the deboning screw assembly, where a second separation stage occurs in which additional substantially bone-free meat is separated from bone as the meat-bone mixture passes through the deboning screw assembly, and is also expelled from the separator apparatus. The remaining bone residue is expelled from a bone residue outlet on the separator apparatus. The meat separated during the first stage can... |
| Efficient mbms backbone distributionusing one tunnel approach | 20100027541 | 20100204 |
| The present invention relates to a method, signal and devices for facilitating distribution of multimedia broadcast multicast services, i.e. MBMS, in a telecommunications network by receiving an MBSM session start message from a broadcast/multicast service center; sending control traffic on a control network; sending as control traffic to a serving node an MBMS session start request message and including a common tunnel end-point identifier, i.e. common TEID, in the MBMS session start request message; receiving information from the serving node indicating the acceptance of using IP multicast; and sending media content on an IP multicast backbone to hosts that have joined the multicast group using the common TEID. If any part of the communication network does not accept the IP multicast backbone as distribution method tunnels... |
| Expandable intervertebral implant | 20090281625 | 20091112 |
| An expandable intervertebral implant includes a bone graft implant dimensioned for insertion within an intervertebral space defined between adjacent vertebrae, able to vertically elevate and expand a plurality of ribs into the surrounding bone. The expandable intervertebral implant has a tubular outer body portion having a cylindrical axial bore with a triangular or elliptical cross-section and a plurality of ribs disposed on its outer body dimensioned to fit snugly within the space and an expansion cylinder with a triangular or elliptical cross-section slidably mounted within the axial bore of the tubular outer body. The tubular outer body portion of the expandable intervertebral implant permits the expansion and retraction of the ribs into or out of the surrounding bone as the expansion cylinder rotates.
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| Expandable intervertebral implant | 20090281625 | 20091112 |
| An expandable intervertebral implant includes a bone graft implant dimensioned for insertion within an intervertebral space defined between adjacent vertebrae, able to vertically elevate and expand a plurality of ribs into the surrounding bone. The expandable intervertebral implant has a tubular outer body portion having a cylindrical axial bore with a triangular or elliptical cross-section and a plurality of ribs disposed on its outer body dimensioned to fit snugly within the space and an expansion cylinder with a triangular or elliptical cross-section slidably mounted within the axial bore of the tubular outer body. The tubular outer body portion of the expandable intervertebral implant permits the expansion and retraction of the ribs into or out of the surrounding bone as the expansion cylinder rotates.
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| Intramedullary device assembly and associated method | 20090248024 | 20091001 |
| An intramedullary device assembly is provided for repairing defects of a bone. The intramedullary device assembly includes a device that is configured to be inserted into the medullary canal of the bone. The assembly also includes a guide adapter that attaches to the end of the device and includes a movable and adjustable bone engagement member. Also a compression member may be attached to the guide adapter that pushes the bone engagement member into engagement with the bone. The bone engagement member defines at least two bone engagement points and wherein at least one bone engagement point is movable relative to at least one other bone engagement point in the direction of the bone. The compression member forces the bone engagement member in the direction of... |
| Method and system for planning/guiding alterations to a bone | 20090248044 | 20091001 |
| A computer-assisted surgery system for planning/guiding alterations to a bone in surgery, comprises a trackable member adapted to be secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data for at least two degrees of freedom in orientation of the trackable member A positioning block is adapted to be secured to the bone, with at least an orientation of the positioning block being adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to reach a selected orientation at which the positioning block is used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data for at least two degrees of freedom in orientation of the positioning block. A processing system... |
| Femoral component of knee prosthesis, the femoral component having anterior/posterior claw(s) for digging into bone and/or a raised rib with a bulbous terminus | 20090198340 | 20090806 |
| One embodiment of the present invention provides a femoral component of a knee prosthesis, wherein the femoral component includes a sharp radius at each end (e.g., the anterior end and the posterior end) of the femoral component. The sharp radius at each end may form a “claw” at each end. Each of these claws may “dig” through the patient's cartilage into the bone (or may “dig” directly into bone if there is no intervening cartilage). Enhanced fixation may be achieved with the claws “digging” and fixing into the bone as well as the claws providing additional cement pressurization (e.g., with the claws in the bone, cement is less likely to escape by the anterior and posterior ends). Further, one benefit provided by a claw may be... |
| Method of arthroscopically assisted ligament reconstruction | 20090187244 | 20090723 |
| A plurality of supplemental femoral tunnels are formed to provide a basis for suture material fixation of graft tissue/material over cortical bone as replacement or compliment to implants; forming a plurality of supplemental tibial and femoral tunnels connecting with the commonly created tibial and femoral tunnels to provide a basis for suture material fixation of graft tissue/material over cortical bone as replacement or compliment to implants. Inserting the first end of a strand of suture material through the tibial and femoral tunnels and then through each supplemental femoral tunnel. The other end of each of each strand of suture materials is attached to a graft. Another set of strands of suture material is attached to the opposite end of the graft and through the supplemental tibial... |
| Provisional bone plate | 20090171398 | 20090702 |
| A provisional bone plate formed of an implantable plastic and having a length corresponding to the longest bone plate in a particular family of bone plates. The provisional bone plate includes a head contoured to match the head of a particular bone as well as a shaft for placement adjacent the bone shaft. The provisional bone plate includes a plurality of circumferential notches surrounding the elongate body or shaft of the bone plate. The circumferential notches are substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the bone plate and define frangible portions of the bone plate which can be removed from the distal end thereof to alter the length of the provisional periarticular bone plate to correspond to the length of the various bone plates in a... |
| bone marrow aspiration needle | 20090149774 | 20090611 |
| A bone aspiration needle is provided. The cannulated body can define at least a first aperture for aspirating bone marrow from a first region of an anatomy. The bone aspiration needle can also include a second aperture for aspirating bone marrow from a second region of the anatomy and a third aperture for aspirating bone marrow from a third region of the anatomy. The first aperture can be a distal most aperture and the third aperture can be a proximal most aperture. The first aperture can have a first area, the second aperture can have a second area, and the third aperture can have a third area. The second area can be greater than the first area and less than the third area so as to... |
| Modular hip implant | 20090088865 | 20090402 |
| A modular hip implant is disclosed that includes a base member that is to be attached to a pelvic bone, and a cup for accommodating a hip joint prosthesis. The base member is provided with fasteners for mounting the base member on the pelvic bone as well as a concave accommodation portion for the cup. The cup has a convex outer shape which is complementary to the accommodation portion such that the radii of curvature determining the concave accommodation portion and the convex outer form essentially correspond to each other and the cup can be attached within the base member. The base member and/or the cup include adjustment means for adjusting the position of the cup relative to the base member. The invention allows the inclination... |
| Methodology for non-surgical facial sculpting and lift | 20090069739 | 20090312 |
| Non-surgical methods and systems of facial restoration, and more particularly a multi-technique method utilizing tissue tightening, collagen shortening and remodeling with long term fillers to provide for non-surgical facial sculpting and lift are provided. The methods and systems address the predictable pattern of multi-layered volume loss of tissue from the skin to the bone as a result of aging.
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| Tower rack structure for bone ash tower | 20090039039 | 20090212 |
| A tower rack structure a rack frame is disclosed to include a tower frame defining a plurality of compartments, a case mounted in each compartment and having the holding space therein divided by a door into a rear chamber for accommodating a bone ash jar and a front chamber, a light transmissive cover capped on the front chamber of the case and having an embossed religious design in it, and LEDs installed in the rack frame and controlled to emit light through the periphery of the light transmissive cover.
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| Method and apparatus for performing an open wedge osteotomy | 20090043308 | 20090212 |
| threadingly advancing the elongated body into the wedge-like opening until the portions of the bone assume the desired positioning, with the elongated body stabilizing the bone portions in this position.
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| Device for securing a surgical suture to a bone | 20080228224 | 20080918 |
| A device for securing a surgical suture to a bone comprises a first element, which can be introduced into a bone, and a second, movable element, which can be introduced into said bone in such a way that it meets said first element. A channel being formed in said bone as a result of introducing said first and said second elements into that bone. One of said two elements carries a surgical suture. A suture catcher is arranged within that element of the two elements not carrying said suture, by means of which suture catcher said suture can be taken hold of and said suture can be withdrawn via said element not carrying said suture.
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| Ultrasonic bone assessment apparatus and method | 20080194952 | 20080814 |
| A method for the assessment of various properties of bone is provided. The method includes applying a pair of ultrasound transducers to skin on opposite sides of a bony member and generating an ultrasound signal and directing the signal through the bony member to obtain a bone output signal. The method further includes establishing a set of parameters associated with the bone output signal and then further processing the parameters in order to obtain the desired bone property. Two parameters are disclosed, namely two net time delay (NTD) parameters. An apparatus for the assessment of various properties of bone is also provided. The apparatus includes a pair of ultrasound transducers which may be single-element transducers or array transducers in any combination. The apparatus further includes various... |
| Bone plate | 20080161860 | 20080703 |
| The aim of the invention is to enlarge the possibilities of use of conventional bone plates and increase their flexibility of manipulation. To this end, the invention proposes a bone plate comprising a bottom side that is to rest against the bone and an upper side opposite to the bone as well as a plurality of holes located preferably along the longitudinal axis of the plate, through which bone screws can be inserted to be anchored to a bone. At least one of these holes is a continuous oblong hole comprising a longitudinal axis running in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the plate. Thread flights are provided in a partial area of the lateral side of the oblong hole, said thread flights, when see... |
| Ultrasonic bone assessment apparatus and method | 20080146927 | 20080619 |
| An invention is disclosed for locating a region of interest in the calcaneus. A method and apparatus are disclosed that use a pair of ultrasound transducers for ultrasound assessment of various properties of bone. The invention includes positioning the transducers on the medial and lateral sides of the heel, respectively. The positioning is based on a size of a portion of the body of a subject upon whom the ultrasound assessment of the calcaneus is to be made. In a presently preferred embodiment of the invention, the length of the foot from the back to the head of the first metatarsal is used in conjunction with a proportionality constant and an angle, to position the pair of transducers. The positioning so obtained leads to the ability... |
| Guided reamer system for reshaping bone | 20080108999 | 20080508 |
| A reamer system is provided which includes a cannulated reamer handle, and a corresponding cannulated reamer, which, when assembled and operated over a drill pin secured in a manner axially aligned with the stem of the femoral joint, enables the accurate and controlled reshaping of the femoral joint. The reamer is made up of a cutting form and a central guide, in which the guide is supported at the center of the cutting form by a bar structure. The bar structure includes portions which connect to and extend radially between the central guide and a peripheral edge of the cutting form. Optionally, the central guide includes a surface offset from a plane of the bar structure to a degree which enables that surface to contact an... |
| Double wishbone front suspension | 20080067774 | 20080320 |
| A suspension system for a golf car includes a vehicle frame having at least first and second longitudinally configured frame elements and first and second channel members, the first channel member connected to the first frame element and the second channel member connected to the second frame element. First and second wishbone assemblies are also provided, the first wishbone assembly coupled to the first channel member and the second wishbone assembly coupled to the second channel member. Each of the first and second wishbone assemblies includes a first wishbone member rotatably connected to a first end of one of the first and second channel members; a second wishbone member rotatably connected to a second end opposite to the first end; and a wheel hub assembly rotatably... |
| Method and device for removing a bone from an extremity of a slaughter animal | 20080064315 | 20080313 |
| In a method and device, an elongate bone is removed from a meat-comprising extremity or part thereof of a slaughter animal. The bone has a first joint end, which forms part of a first joint, and a second joint end, which forms part of a second joint. The bone is taken out of the extremity at the first joint end, a tissue connection between the extremity and the second joint end of the bone substantially being retained. Then, meat is moved away from the bone in the region of the second joint end of the bone as a result of at least a part of the bone being moved in its longitudinal direction with respect to a scraper device towards and in particular beyond the second... |
| Demineralized cancellous strip dbm graft | 20080058953 | 20080306 |
| An osteoimplant includes at least partially demineralized cancellous bone as a substrate, which is impregnated with demineralized cortical bone matrix (DBM). The implant may include a binding agent to adhere the DBM to the cancellous bone substrate, and may also include a soft tissue barrier that covers a portion of the external surface of the implant. The cancellous bone substrate may be selectively demineralized, so as to provide regions with greater malleability, and other regions with greater structural properties.
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| Screw implant apparatus and method | 20070287129 | 20071213 |
| An enossal screw implant is inserted cortically into the jawbone as an implant base and a mount for the superstructure of a tooth replacement or a substructure. A break point is provided in the abutment head above a bending zone. Key surfaces are above and below the break point. Solutions to ease adjustment of the inserted implant to the natural tooth position and which can reduce the danger of loosening of the inserted implant in the jawbone are coated on the implant.
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| Distal radius plate | 20070265629 | 20071115 |
| A distal radius plate having a head with a complex palm shaped profile which flares from the sides of the plate to a leading edge that includes a central oblique linking area that helps to mark the placement of the plate relative to the radius. Further, the plate includes an oblique depression that extends from the rounded pinky side of the head and gradually morphs into the elevated styloid prominence in one diagonal direction, and rises less gradually upward into the lunate prominence on the other side of the head. A proximal plate portion mimics the spiral of the radial bone as it spirals along the longitudinal axis, and includes a tighter radial bend. The head includes holes or bores for pegs which extend into the... |
| Methods for treating bone associated diseases by the use of methionine aminopeptidase-2 inhibitors | 20070254843 | 20071101 |
| The instant invention provides methods and compositions for treating a subject suffering from bone associated diseases, such as osteoporosis.
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| Manufacturing a dental implant drill guide and a dental implant superstructure | 20070224574 | 20070927 |
| Detail implant drill holes and the shape of a dental implant superstructure are shown by creating a computer model giving jawbone structural details, gum surface shape information and proposed teeth or dental prosthesis shape information. The computer model shows the bone structure, gum surface and teeth images properly referenced to one another so that implant drill hole positions can be selected taking into consideration proper positioning within the bone as well as proper positioning with respect to the dental prosthesis. Similarly, manufacture of the dental implant superstructure used for fixed dental prosthesis or overdentures can be designed based on knowledge of the actual implant positions referenced to an image of the gum surface and proposed dental prosthesis.
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| Manufacturing a dental implant drill guide and a dental implant superstructure | 20070212666 | 20070913 |
| Dental implant drill holes and the shape of a dental implant superstructure are chosen by creating a computer model giving jawbone structural details, gum surface shape information and proposed teeth or dental prosthesis shape information. The computer model shows the bone structure, gum surface and teeth images properly referenced to one another so that implant drill hole positions can be selected taking into consideration proper positioning within the bone as well as proper positioning with respect to the dental prosthesis. Similarly, manufacture of the dental implant superstructures used for fixed dental prosthesis or overdentures can be designed based on knowledge of the actual implant positions referenced to an image of the gum surface and proposed dental prosthesis.
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| Bonding system for orthopedic implants | 20070173949 | 20070726 |
| A biocompatible bonding material is applied as an intermediary to attach prosthesis to boney tissue. The bonding material has the strength and rapid setting characteristics of PMMA cement, and is incorporated by the supporting bone as the boney ingrowth and osteogenic growth processes take place. In one embodiment, the bonding material is comprised of calcium phosphate polymer that provides immediate hardening and bonding, thereby locking the prosthesis to the bone. The biologic bond allows for bone in-growth over a period of weeks providing long term fixation. The immediate bonding can eliminate the early loosening that commonly occurred with uncemented joint replacements.
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| Structure assessment using spatial-frequency analysis | 20070167717 | 20070719 |
| The disclosed innovation is a method for acquiring spatial frequency spectra from specific locations in a 3D sample using modifications of the current MRI techniques for localized NMR spectroscopy. The innovation in its simplest abstraction is to add the use of a read out gradient to the current NMR spectroscopy pulse sequences and record the resultant echo. These techniques generate spectra from a selected region or generate an image of the results over a region of the sample. These methods can be applied to analyzing the structure of trabecular bone as well as for analyzing or diagnosing disease in cases where there is a difference in the spatial frequency power spectrum due to physiologic or disease processes. Various embodiments are disclosed.
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| Spinal fixation system having locking and unlocking devices for use with a multi-planar, taper lock screw | 20070093817 | 20070426 |
| Provided is a novel spinal fixation system that includes a novel multi-planar taper lock screw for connecting a connecting rod to bone as well as a novel locking device and a novel unlocking device, each being configured to selectively partially lock or fully the novel screw of the system. The screw is capable of multi-directional articulation while the connecting rod position can remain stable and aligned as needed. After the screw had been articulated and properly positioned, it can be locked such that the screw and the connecting rod will remain in relative position to the bone. The screw is configured for easy insertion and connection as well as easy removal and disconnection from the connecting rod. A method of fixing bones or bone fragments using... |
| Process for producing protein hydrolysate and protein hydrolysate | 20070077333 | 20070405 |
| It is intended to provide a process for producing a highly safe seasoning by highly decomposing meat or a bone residue remaining after taking meat (in particular, chicken meat, chicken bone or culled chicken) with enzymes. It is also intended to utilize nitrogen at an elevated ratio compared with the existing low nitrogen utilization level. In decomposing protein in chicken meat, culled chicken or chicken bone, muscular protein alone is decomposed by using an autolyzing enzyme or an autolyzing enzyme with an enzymatic agent containing peptidase. In the case of using chicken meat as the raw material, it contains trace constituents of meat (taurin, anserine, carnosine, creatine, etc.) and the content of Hyp (oxyproline) is controlled to 0.5% by mass or less to the protein. In... |
| Hip stem for receiving intramedullary nail | 20070005146 | 20070104 |
| A method of operating on a joint having a medullary canal, including the steps of removing a first rod that is disposed within a bore of a joint prosthesis. The first rod having a distal tip that extends past the joint prosthesis when the joint prosthesis is implanted in the medullary canal of a bone. Next, a second rod is placed within the bore of the joint prosthesis. The second rod has a second distal tip that extends distally further into the medullary canal of the bone as compared to the distal tip of the first rod when the first rod is positioned within the joint prosthesis.
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| Ultrasonic bone assessment apparatus and method | 20060253025 | 20061109 |
| An invention is disclosed for the assessment of various properties of bone. A method and apparatus are disclosed that use a pair of non-contact (i.e., air-coupled) ultrasound transducers. The invention includes a pair of non-contact ultrasound transducers placed above skin on opposite sides of the bone and generating an ultrasound signal and directing the signal through both the bone to obtain a bone output signal. The method further includes establishing a set of parameters associated with the bone output signal and then further processing the parameters in order to obtain the desired bone property. Apparatuses for the assessment of various properties of bone are also provided. The apparatus includes a pair of ultrasound transducers which may be single-element transducers, focused, or array transducers in any combination.... |
| Hybrid spinal plates | 20060122602 | 20060608 |
| Various spinal plating systems for use in treating spinal pathologies are provided. In certain exemplary embodiments, the spinal plating systems can be configured to allow a surgeon to select a bone screw construct having a particular range of motion for attaching a spinal plate to bone as needed based on the intended use. In one exemplary embodiment, the spinal plating system includes a first bone screw that is polyaxially movable relative to the spinal plate, and a second bone screw that has a range of motion that is substantially limited to a single plane.
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| Ride height control system for walking beam suspension | 20060076757 | 20060413 |
| A trailer suspension system includes first and second axles with a walking beam interconnecting the first and second axles. An intermediate portion of the walking beam provides a fulcrum for the first and second axles. Air bags are arranged on the first and second axles. A ride height control valve is interconnected to the intermediate portion by a linkage. The ride height control valve regulates a pressure in the air bags in response to vertical movement of the intermediate portion. The linkage includes a flexible wishbone assembly that transmits vertical movement of the intermediate portion to the ride height control valve by rotating a lever on the ride height control valve.
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