Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor inventions 05/08

20080125848 - Medical devices with amorphous metals, and methods therefor: Medical devices made at least in part of amorphous metals or alloys are provided. Certain embodiments include filters, stents, guidewires, snares, and coils comprised of amorphous metal. Methods of forming the medical devices, including methods of shape setting amorphous metals or alloys into components of medical devices are also provided.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080125846 - Method and system for stent placement: A method for placing a stent is disclosed herein. The method includes obtaining a first pre-acquired image of a patient taken at a first orientation, and obtaining a second pre-acquired image of the patient taken at a second orientation. The method also includes navigating a catheter toward a predetermined location... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080125847 - Method for placing a medical device at a bifurcated conduit: A method for treating a diseased body conduit at a bifurcation point is provided. A system having devices mounted thereon is advanced into the bifurcated region of the conduit. The system includes a delivery means, such as a catheter having a shaft with varying torsional properties along its length and... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080125849 - Delivery system catheter with rotating distal end: A delivery catheter used for the delivery and deployment of self expanding stents. A distal end portion is made rotatable relative to a proximal end portion allowing unwinding of a self expanding stent around the longitudinal axis of the catheter. The rotation of the distal end portion allows for untwisting... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20080125850 - Stent delivery apparatus and method: Apparatus and methods for stent delivery provide for dilatation at a treatment site as well as stent delivery, using the same stent delivery apparatus. Apparatus generally include a catheter having at least one expandable member, at least one stent positionable thereon, and a sheath disposed over the expandable member and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (client No 021629-000000)

20080125851 - Method and apparatus for treating vulnerable plaque: An apparatus and method to treat vulnerable plaque. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a medical device to treat an occlusive plaque, and is also adapted to release a biologically active agent to treat vulnerable plaque located downstream from the occlusive plaque. In an alternative embodiment, the apparatus has an... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080125852 - Stent graft assembly and method: A method for assembling a stent graft onto a balloon delivery catheter is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: assembling a graft over a stent with attached security rings and inserting the ends of the graft between the stent and the rings; placing the assembled stent graft on the... Agent: Nfocus Neuromedical Inc.,c/o Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080125853 - Endoluminal cardiac and venous valve prostheses and methods of manufacture and delivery thereof: This invention relates to prosthetic cardiac and venous valves and a single catheter device and minimally invasive techniques for percutaneous and transluminal valvuloplasty and prosthetic valve implantation.... Agent: Rosenbaum & Associates, P.C.

20080125854 - Vascular stent with composite structure for magnetic resonance imaging capabilities: A stent is adapted to be implanted in a duct of a human body to maintain an open lumen at the implant site, and to allow viewing body tissue and fluids by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) energy applied external to the body. The stent constitutes a metal scaffold. An electrical... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC

20080125855 - Medical implant having a curlable matrix structure: A medical implant, having a proximal and a distal end, that is preformed to assume a superimposed structure at an implantation site but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it by means of a micro-catheter and a guide wire arranged at the... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20080125845 - Proximal fixing: The present invention relates to a system for inserting a self-expanding stent into a vessel of the body, with a proximal area and a distal area, and with a self-expanding stent which has a hollow cylindrical body with a proximal end and a distal end. At least the proximal end... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080125856 - Bone graft delivery system for a vertebral interbody device: A surgical delivery system that has particular application for providing bone graft material to an interbody device that restores disc space height during spinal fusion surgery. The bone graft delivery system includes a body portion and a shaft coupled thereto. An auger extends through a bore in the shaft and... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC Mi4 Spine, LLC

20080125857 - Hemocompatible polymers on hydrophobic porous polymers: Various embodiments of the present invention provide a medical device comprising at least one blood-contacting surface comprising a porous hydrophobic polymer substrate, wherein at least a portion of the at least one blood-contacting surface comprises a hemocompatible polymer substrate. One embodiment of the present invention relates to the providing of... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080125858 - Materials and methods for treating and managing plaque disease: Disclosed herein are materials and methods suitable for treating and managing plaque disease, including vulnerable plaque. An implantable material comprising cells, such as but not limited to endothelial cells, and a biocompatible matrix can reduce progression or deterioration of a plaque-associated lesion situated on the interior lumen of said blood... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (formerly Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham)

20080125859 - Methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve: Methods for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve, the anchor having a braid, and expanding the braid to a deployed configuration against the patient's tissue. The... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20080125860 - Valve aptation assist device: An apparatus including a tether, and an aptation device coupled to the tether at a position corresponding to a location to contact cusps of an atrioventricular valve during systole, wherein the tether and aptation device are suitable for percutaneous delivery to a patient. An apparatus including a support annulus comprising... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080125861 - Valve aptation assist device: An apparatus including a tether, and an aptation device coupled to the tether at a position corresponding to a location to contact cusps of an atrioventricular valve during systole, wherein the tether and aptation device are suitable for percutaneous delivery to a patient. An apparatus including a support annulus comprising... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080125862 - Two part \"l\" -shaped phakic iol: An intraocular lens device including a foldable lens optic configured to fit through a small incision in the eye connected to a lens frame haptic configured to fit separately through a small incision in the eye.... Agent: Klima Law Offices, P.l.l.c.

20080125863 - Implant designs and methods of improving cartilage repair: The invention herein generally refers to an in situ cartilage repair implant. The implant promotes cartilage repair by providing a sealed barrier that prevents the flow of synovial fluid and inflammatory cytokines into a surgically prepared hole that accommodates the implant. Optionally, additives are associated with the implant to promote... Agent: Fox Rothschild, LLP

20080125864 - Posterior spinal device and method: An intervertebral joint assembly includes an upper support and a lower support, each of which has two or more components. The upper and lower support components are arranged in situ to form the upper and lower supports, respectively. By arranging the supports in situ, the supports can be introduced from... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080125865 - Articulating interbody spacer, vertebral body replacement: An interbody spacer implant assembly for interbody fusion in a vertebral body and a method of insertion comprises a plurality of links and an elongated connector mechanism adapted to retain the plurality of links and allow the plurality of links to articulate with respect to one another. An interbody spacer... Agent: Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080125866 - Containment system for constraining a prosthetic component: Methods, systems and devices for preventing prosthetic articulating surfaces from separating from each other. A containment system according to one embodiment seeks to prevent an implant stem head from dislocating from a prosthetic component while providing an increased range of motion over conventional contrained components. In one embodiment, an implant... Agent: Chief Patent Counsel Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20080125867 - Modular proximal body trial: A system and method for trialing a modular hip replacement system permits evaluation and replication of the anatomic anteversion rotational angle of the femur. In one embodiment, a femoral hip implant kit includes at least one distal implant and a plurality of femoral heads, each of the plurality of femoral... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20080125868 - Implant and an implant member: An implant and an implant member for attaching to living biological tissue of a human being or an animal. The implant has an outer surface comprising a first part and a second part which have different properties with regard to the biocompatibility of each part with biological tissue. The implant... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080125870 - Nerve regeneration device: Devices for use in the regeneration or repair of body tissue (such as nerves) comprise a multi-lumen scaffold and, optionally, an outer sheath. The tissue guidance conduits are preferably formed of biocompatible, biodegradable charged polymer hydrogels, particularly charged oligo-(polyethylene glycol)fumarate hydrogels. The outer sheath is formed of a stronger material... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080125871 - Packaged wrinkle-filling grafts and method for cosmetically reducing the appearance of wrinkles: A fibrous, preferably crosslinked, graft material is pre-packaged in a sterile, water tight package to permit a surgeon with easy access to a safe, durable fill material that can significantly reduce the appearance of wrinkles on the skin surface. After performing a subcutaneous dissection under a wrinkle region to release... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080125869 - Surgical grafts: Provided is a surgical graft having one or more pockets adapted to receive a shaft tip of a surgical fastening device. The graft of the invention may be made from a biodegradable material, a biological material, a non-biodegradable material, biodegradable material, or a combination of any of these. The graft... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080119922 - Semi rigid edge protection design for stent delivery system: A system to deliver or remove an inflation expandable stent in a body vessel. The system avoids causing damage or embolisms to a body vessel it is traversing by restraining the edges of the stent from scraping against the walls of the body vessel. The edges are restrained by balloon... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080119924 - Laminated stent graft edge binding: A method of making a stent-graft comprising, providing a radially distensible, tubular stent having opposed open ends comprising an undulating wire helically wound into a plurality of circumferential windings to define stent wall structure having opposed exterior and luminal surfaces, providing a first non-textile, polymeric graft tube, providing a second... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080119925 - Bifurcated stent: In at least one other embodiment, a stent comprises a plurality of interconnected framework members defining a plurality of cells. A portion of the interconnected framework members comprise a side branch structure defining an inner side branch cell that is shaped differently from other cells of the stent. The side... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080119926 - Expandable stent: A stent has a porous surface having a repeating pattern generally in the shape of a “butterfly” comprising alternative concave and convex segments which give the stent good flexibility when unexpanded, and good shape retention once expanded.... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20080119927 - Stent coating including therapeutic biodegradable glass, and method of making: A biocompatible polymeric coating composition for a stent having biodegradable glass spheres housing a therapeutic agent. The biodegradable glass spheres provide controlled, sustained release of the therapeutic agent in vivo. The biocompatible polymeric coating may be prepared without the use of a co-solvent.... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Ip Legal Department

20080119928 - Prosthetic eye: A prosthetic eye with an iris constructed of a photoresponsive, polymer based element. The photoresponsive element is responsive to light, so that the pupils constrict in the presence of light. The responsiveness of the pupils to light gives the prosthetic eye a more natural appearance.... Agent: Ian C. Mcleod Ian C. Mcleod, P.c.

20080119930 - Artificial meniscus: An artificial meniscus, a base material of which is a hydrogel having a semi-interpenetrating network structure or an interpenetrating network structure (e.g., a linear polymer or a network structure composing the hydrogel is a polymer of an electrically charged unsaturated monomer and/or an electrically neutral unsaturated monomer or a crosslinked... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080119932 - Method and a device for total spinal disc replacement: A method for total replacement of an affected intervertebral disc through a dorsal approach comprising the steps of removing the disc material of the affected intervertebral disc (3) and inserting an intervertebral prosthesis (30) into the intervertebral disc space via an extraforaminal path (23). An intervertebral prosthesis (100), in particular... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080119935 - Intersomatic cage, clamp for manipulating it and procedure for inserting the intersomatic cage between vertebrae: m

20080119936 - Intervertebral disc: The present invention relates to an engineered biological material comprising or enriched for tissue of intervertebral disc; tissue derived from an engineered biological material; constructs comprising one or more tissues from an engineered biological material; methods for producing the engineered biological materials and constructs; and methods of using the engineered... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080119933 - Intervertebral implant comprising joint parts that are mounted to form a universal joint: e

20080119934 - Revision device: An implantable revision device includes a motion restrictor configured to substantially restrict motion of a previously implanted motion preservation disc. The motion restrictor may have a substantially incompressible portion including an upper surface configured to abut an upper plate of a previously implanted motion preservation disc and including a lower... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080119938 - Knee joint prosthesis for bi-compartmental knee replacement and surgical devices thereof: There are provided a knee joint prosthesis for a bi-compartmental knee replacement and surgical devices thereof, wherein the knee joint prosthesis for the bi-compartmental knee replacement, which is performed on a patient with degenerative arthritis at any one of an inside compartment and an outside compartment of the knee and... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080119939 - Bicondylar knee resurfacing prosthesis: The tibial insert is made of polyethylene and has the same shape and size of the tibial metallic tray. It provides a dovetail that matches the one on the tibial tray so it can be easily driven in and locked in place. The surface of the tray provides two shallow... Agent: Zafer Termanini

20080119941 - Tibia impacter: The present invention discloses a tibia impacter provided with an alignment guide function that helps an artificial tibia implant to be adjusted to the level condition when bone cement is applied to the top surface of the cut tibia and an artificial tibia implant is driven in and fixed. The... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080119942 - Short stem femoral prosthesis: A prosthetic hip implant comprising: a neck portion including a prosthetic head mounted thereon; and a stem portion coupled to the neck portion having a generally u-shaped cross-section, the stem curving towards a medial side of a femur on moving in a proximal to distal direction when the stem is... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080119944 - Means for fixing prostheses, method of inserting a prosthesis into a grain bed and a prosthesis insertion unit: A method and an insertion unit for inserting an elongate prosthesis into a prosthesis fixing device. This device comprises a bed of grains and biocompatible material, and a vibrating tool is used for insertion, the vibration head of which performs an oscillating motion back and forth about a swivelling axis... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080119945 - Device for the cement augmentation of bone implants: A device for cement augmentation of bone implants that includes a hollow cylinder having an inner diameter, an outer diameter and a longitudinal axis. The hollow cylinder includes an inner cavity, a front end configured and adapted for insertion into a bone, a rear end having a bore hole in... Agent: Jones Day

20080119943 - Stent having flexibly connected adjacent stent elements: An open stent (a stent having open space through its thickness at locations between the ends of the stent), incorporating flexible, preferably polymeric, connecting elements into the stent wherein these elements connect adjacent, spaced-apart stent elements. Preferably the spaced-apart adjacent stent elements are the result of forming the stent from... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20080119947 - Annular ring implant: The present disclosure relates to an implant having a substitute tissue structure and an annular anchoring element for anchoring the substitute tissue structure into an annular groove formed in an underlying tissue at or near an implantation site. At least a part of the annular anchoring element is bonded to... Agent: Norman F. Hainer, Jr. Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20080119946 - Methods and compositions for enhacing vascular access: Disclosed is an implantable material comprising a biocompatible matrix and cells which, when provided to a vascular access structure, can promote functionality generally. For example, implantable material of the present invention can enhance maturation of an arteriovenous native fistula as well as prolong the fistula in a mature, functional state... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (formerly Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham)

20080119923 - Bifurcated stent delivery system: A stent delivery system comprises a catheter which includes a catheter shaft and a balloon positioned thereon. A rotatable sheath is rotatably disposed about a portion of the catheter. The rotatable sheath has a distal portion which extends over the balloon and a proximal portion which extends over the catheter... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080119929 - Method for creating a double bundle ligament orientation in a single bone tunnel during knee ligament reconstruction: A method and construct for joint repair in which attachment of a double bundle graft ligament approximates anatomic orientation using interference fixation in a single bone tunnel. The double bundle graft features separable strands. A threaded screw is inserted between the separable strands and provides interference fixation of the graft... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080119931 - Surgically implantable knee prosthesis: A prosthesis is provided for implantation into a knee joint compartment between a femoral condyle and its corresponding tibial plateau. The prosthesis is configured to be translatable with respect to the tibial plateau during knee articulation, and includes a body having a generally elliptical shape in plan and a pair... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080119937 - Interbody fusion device: An interbody spacer includes concave lateral surfaces extending at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. In one aspect, the interbody spacer includes upper and lower convex surfaces defined by an arc extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint. In another aspect, lateral edges of the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080119940 - High performance knee prostheses: Knee prostheses featuring components that more faithfully replicate the structure and function of the human knee joint in order to provide, among other benefits: greater flexion of the knee in a more natural way by promoting or at least accommodating internal tibial rotation in a controlled way, replication of the... Agent: Chief Patent Counsel Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20080114436 - Aneurysm covering devices and delivery devices: Devices are provided for isolating an aneurysm from the blood vessel, particularly berry aneurysms within the cerebral vasculature. Embodiments of such devices have improved manufacturability, deliverability and isolation of the aneurysm. Delivery systems are also provided for such devices and other devices which may benefit from orientation adjustment during delivery.... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080114435 - Flexible delivery system: A delivery system for an intraluminal medical device is disclosed. The delivery system comprises an elongate tubular sheath and an elongate tubular pusher. The pusher is slidably disposed within a lumen of the sheath and comprises at least one generally helical score in an exterior surface thereof for providing enhanced... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080114437 - Self-expanding side branch bifurcated stent: A bifurcated stent having a self-expanding side branch assembly and at least one restraining tether. The restraining tether prevents the side branch assembly from expanding until so desired. When desired, the restraining tether is pulled from the side branch assembly allowing the side branch to self deploy. This design allows... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080114440 - Methods and devices for deploying an implant in curved anatomy: Methods and devices for deploying an endoluminal implant in a curved vessel. The devices include steerable catheters having a control member that extends to the distal end and operates to bend the catheter. In other cases, the stent includes a longitudinal adjustment member attached near the leading edge of the... Agent: O''melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080114442 - Delivery system for stent-graft with anchoring pins: A delivery system for an endoprosthesis includes a spindle having a spindle body and spindle pins extending radially outward from the spindle body. The delivery system further comprises a tip comprising a sleeve, the spindle pins extending from the spindle body toward the sleeve. The endoprosthesis includes a proximal anchor... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Ip Legal Department

20080114441 - Endoluminal prosthesis: 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... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Ip Legal Department

20080114444 - Modular stent graft and delivery system: A modular aortic stent graft and a modular branched stent graft, expandable between a compressed condition and an expanded condition, for assembling with each other at the treatment area of an aneurysm. The aortic stent graft includes at least one axial opening for receiving a branched segment of the branched... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080114443 - Stent-graft with anchoring pins: A proximal anchor stent ring of an endoprosthesis includes proximal apexes, distal apexes, struts extending between the proximal apexes and the distal apexes, and anchor pins. The struts, the proximal apexes, and the distal apexes define an imaginary cylindrical surface. A pair of the anchor pins is located on the... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Ip Legal Department

20080114452 - Prosthesis exhibiting post-implantation size change: An expandable type of heart valve prosthesis includes means for retaining the prosthesis substantially at a first cross-sectional dimension that is smaller than a second, expanded cross-sectional dimension, and for breaking down to permit the support structure to expand toward the second larger cross-sectional dimension after being implanted for a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p.

20080114453 - Intervertebral prosthetic devices and surgical methods: Intervertebral prosthetic devices and methods of implanting the same within an intervertebral space between adjacent vertebral bodies are provided. One device includes first and second components, each configured to engage a respective one of the adjacent vertebral bodies. Each component includes a vertebral support plate with a spherical segment protruding... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.c.

20080114454 - Expandable vertebral body implants including shape-memory materials and methods of use: A vertebral implant for insertion into a patient includes a tubular member extending along a longitudinal axis and includes a first region comprised of a shape-memory material. The first region includes a first longitudinal height when the implant is maintained at a temperature below a threshold temperature. The first region... Agent: Coats & Bennett/medtronics

20080114458 - Intervertebral disc treatment devices and methods: Intervertebral disc treatment devices and methods are provided. An intervertebral disc treatment device includes a fibrous body sized for introduction into a disc cavity of a damaged disc wherein the body incorporates an effective amount of a tissue growth factor. Intervertebral disc treatment apparatuses are also described that include such... Agent: Woodard Emhardt Naughton Moriarty & Mcnett Suite 3700

20080114457 - Methods and devices for connecting implants and devices: A connector device and method are provided to connect at least one implant and at least one device to one another. One or both of the implant and device can be temporary for removal either during the surgery or in a subsequent procedure, or permanently implanted in the body of... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080114455 - Rotating interspinous process devices and methods of use: The present application is directed to devices and methods for spacing vertebral members. The devices may include a body with major and minor axes. A first pair of opposing sides may be disposed along the minor axis and a second pair of opposing sides may be disposed along the major... Agent: Coats & Bennett/medtronics

20080114456 - Spinal implant system: An interspinous spacer system includes a core having a shape configured to fit in an interspinous space between adjacent spinous processes. A plurality of extending forks extends from the core and has shaped configured to extend along vertical sides of the spinous processes. A first fork of the plurality of... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.c.

20080114459 - Prosthesis: A prosthesis to be implanted within a bone comprises a shell and a liner that fits within the shell. The shell comprises a bone engaging region which terminates at a first plane, and a non-bone engaging region which extends out of the first plane and at least partially defines an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080114460 - Shoulder model for shoulder arthroscopy: A shoulder model and methods of shoulder arthroscopy using the shoulder model. The shoulder model includes an acromioclavicular (AC) joint assembly, a joint capsule assembly, a scapula mount, a shoulder musculature, a skin, and a base. The AC joint assembly is mounted on the scapula mount and the joint assembly... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080114461 - Modular humeral head: In use, the assembly of the trial head, cap and housing can be adjusted to be in any angular orientation about hemispherical head. The tightening of the one or more screws fixes the angular position of the trial head. An optimum position for the trial head is established via trial... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080114462 - System and method for joint arthroplasty: An orthopaedic joint prosthesis may include a first component, a bearing component, and a third component. The first component has a base and a keel protruding from the base to extend into a first bone. The keel's longitudinal axis is offset from a geometric center of the base. The base... Agent: Medicinelodge Inc.

20080114463 - Mobile/fixed prosthetic knee systems: A prosthetic knee system includes a tibial tray, a non-rotating tibial insert, and a rotating tibial insert. The non-rotating tibial insert and the rotating tibial insert are selectively couplable to the tibial tray such that a fixed or a mobile orthopaedic prosthesis may be configured. In some embodiments, the tibial... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080114464 - Mobile/fixed prosthetic knee systems: A prosthetic knee system includes a tibial tray, a non-rotating tibial insert, and a rotating tibial insert. The non-rotating tibial insert and the rotating tibial insert are selectively couplable to the tibial tray such that a fixed or a mobile orthopaedic prosthesis may be configured. In some embodiments, the tibial... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080114467 - Expanding vertebral body implant: An expandable medical implant for supporting bone structures is disclosed. The implant may include an outer member and an inner member receivable in the outer member. One of the outer and inner members includes a tapered surface and the other of the outer and inner members includes a scalloped surface.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080114468 - Processes for making ceramic medical devices: A process for making a sintered ceramic medical device, comprising providing an unsintered ceramic composition, forming the unsintered ceramic composition into a green body that comprises unsintered ceramic, irradiating the green body with microwave radiation, and cooling the sintered body. The microwave radiation has a frequency capable of heating the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080114465 - Surface treatments of an allograft to improve binding of growth factors and cells: A method for enhancing the binding of growth factors and/or cells to an allograft structure by applying an effective quantity of a coating material to the surface of the allograft structure, producing a thin coated allograft structure, administering to the thin coated allograft structure a growth factor, cells or a... Agent: Fox Rothschild, LLP

20080114466 - Method of performing an end-to-end anastomosis using a stent and an adhesive: A method and instruments used to performing an end-to-end anastomosis between two portions of intestinal tissue is disclosed. The method involves drawing a first portion of intestinal tissue over a portion of a bioabsorbable stent. The end of the first portion of intestinal tissue is everted on the stent to... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, Llc

20080114469 - Graft for hysterotomy closure: A graft and method of using a graft are described that should decrease the incidence of abnormal placentation and uterine rupture that result from cesarean section and restore the anatomic integrity of the uterus at a hysterotomy surgical site, while not disturbing the involution of the postpartum uterus.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080114434 - Smart textile vascular graft: The smart textile vascular graft is used with an electrical control unit. The vascular graft includes a tube structure formed of a textile material. At least one active fiber is incorporated in the textile material. The active fiber provides electrical coupling thereof to the electrical control unit to provide for... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080114438 - Anchor wire arrangement: An endoluminal stent graft deployment system incorporating an anchor wire system for temporary anchoring of a stent graft on a delivery device. The anchor wire system has an anchor wire extending from the distal end of the device and releasably retained to the portion of the stent graft by a... Agent: Cook Group Patent Office

20080114439 - Non-occluding dilation device: An assembly including a device for dilating a vessel or a structure (such as a stent or stent graft) within a vessel wherein the device comprises a plurality of wires that are spaced apart when the device is dilated so as to allow fluid to flow through the device. Thus,... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080114447 - Covered stent: A covered stent comprises a coiled sheet stent having at least a portion with open cell geometry and a graft material covering at least a portion of the coiled sheet stent.... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080114446 - Fenestration for stent graft arrangements and stent graft including the same: A fenestration (32) for a stent graft (30). The fenestration is an aperture in the biocompatible graft material and has at least one flap (38, 40) of a biocompatible graft material covering the aperture on the inside whereby the flap closes off the aperture but can be displaced to allow... Agent: Cook Group Patent Office

20080114445 - Thoracic arch stent graft and method of delivery: A stent arrangement (12) and a stent graft (2) for curved lumens of the body. The stent graft has a tubular body (4) of a graft material, at least a portion of which may be arcuate to define an inner curved side (4b) and an outer curved side (4a) at... Agent: Cook Group Patent Office

20080114448 - Insert for a conduit: There is disclosed an insert (2) for a conduit (4) adapted to effect helical flow in the conduit (4) comprising a longitudinally extending member having a helical formation.... Agent: Reese Taylor, Esq. Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20080114449 - Medical devices and methods of making the same: Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, an endoprosthesis includes a first portion having a first width, and a second portion having a second width different than the first width, wherein the first and second portions have different grain sizes.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080114450 - Flexible segmented stents: A radially expandable segmented stent, the stent including annular metallic stent segments and connectors interconnecting each segment, the interconnectors are formed from a biodegradable polymer material.... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080114451 - Retention coatings for delivery systems: A coating composition, in both its uncrosslinked and crosslinked forms, for use in increasing the static friction of a surface of a delivery system comprising a medical device having a surface in contact with the surface of a delivery component, the static friction of the surface being increased in an... Agent: Surmodics, Inc.

20080114470 - Adjusting mechanism for a prosthetic: An adjusting mechanism alters the heel height on a prosthetic foot, and works independently of any articulating ankle joint or foot style, without changing the original dynamic alignment of a prosthetic leg. In a two chamber hydraulic closed system—a fluid material is allowed to flow through the two chambers by... Agent: John P. Wooldridge

20080109055 - Implant for aortic dissection and methods of use: Methods and devices for treating an aortic dissection having an entry point downstream of the takeoff of the left subclavian artery. The devices include a catheter that carries an endoluminal implant at a distal region of the catheter. The implant is a self-expanding tubular mesh or strutted stent. A capture... Agent: O''melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080109056 - Main vessel constraining side-branch access balloon: A catheter having a multi-chamber balloon which includes a first chamber having a globular configuration and an adjacent second chamber having a generally cylindrical body portion are sequentially inflatable so when employed to enlarge an opening through a stent deployed at a bifurcation the stent is supported around the circumference... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080109057 - Multiple point detacher system: Embodiments of the invention include a method for treating an aneurysm, comprising: providing a biocompatible polymeric sleeve, string or coil or combination of sleeve, string or coil, made from a material selected from one or more of a group consisting of an acrylamide, a methacrylate, cyclodextran, synthetic elastin polymer, poly... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080109061 - Adjustable bifurcation catheter incorporating electroactive polymer and methods of making and using the same: A medical device having at least one static state, at least activated state, and at least one active region including electroactive polymer (EAP) capable of fine electro-activated movements. The EAP movements include bending components for proper alignment, rotating components for pooper fittings, making components more rigid or flexible, and increasing... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080109062 - Side branch stenting system using a main vessel constraining side branch access balloon and side branching stent: A side branch stenting system using a catheter/stent assembly having a balloon with adjacent globular and cylindrical portions and a stent mounted thereon over the cylindrical portion The stent has finger-like projections mounted over portion of the globular portion of the balloon. At a bifurcation site with another stent in... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080109064 - Methods and devices for biological fixation of stent grafts: Methods and devices are provided to contribute to improved stent graft fixation within vessels at treatment sites. Improved stent graft fixation within vessels at treatment sites is provided by providing stent grafts and methods of making and using stent grafts with bare metal portions having a coating comprising a polymeric... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Ip Legal Department

20080109069 - Blood perfusion graft: Methods and devices are provided for applying retrograde perfusion of blood at various locations within the body. In certain exemplary embodiments, the methods and devices are particularly useful during open or translumenal surgical approaches to apply long-term retrograde perfusion of the myocardium, the neurosystem, or a periphery, such as the... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080109071 - Expandable medical device with beneficial agent delivery mechanism: An expandable tissue supporting device of the present invention employs ductile hinges at selected points in the expandable device. When expansion forces are applied to the device as a whole, the ductile hinges concentrate expansion stresses and strains in-small well defined areas. The expandable medical device including ductile hinges provides... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080109075 - Device and method for improving the function of a heart valve: A device for improving the function of a heart valve has a first and a second shape. The device comprises two contact points, wherein the device in the first shape exhibits a distance between the two contact points essentially corresponding to a distance between two commissures of the heart valve... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080109077 - Intraocular lens: The invention relates to an improved intraocular lens. According to the invention, the haptic (3) support part (4), elevation view, takes the form of a flat, closed, semi-circular loop having a constant thickness at rest. The proximal end of the loop extends from the distal part of a connecting stalk... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080109084 - Confirming artificial finger mechanism: A prosthetic finger includes a crossed four (4) bar linkage system having a base formed by a base bar, two cross bars, and an interface bar that engages an object to be held. The base bar is fixed to an artificial finger of an amputee. A first cross bar has... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20080109085 - Method and apparatus for hip femoral resurfacing tooling: Tools and methods for implanting hip resurfacing femoral prostheses along a path defined by the axis of a shaped femoral head surface are described. The prostheses are stemless partial ball components having an outer surface shaped to conform to an acetabular socket and may be a two part design having... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080109086 - Expanding adhesive foam structure to reduce stomach volume: Expanding or foaming adhesives are used to reduce the stomach volume to reduce the caloric intake and weight of a patient. A web structure is attached inside the stomach and an expanding or foaming adhesive is applied to the web structure. The expanding or foaming adhesive attaches to the web... Agent: Frost Brown Todd Llc 2200 Pnc Center

20080109087 - Pyloric obesity valve: The pyloric obesity valve includes a tubular valve body having proximal and distal ends. The valve body has an intermediate section which is between the proximal and distal ends. The proximal end is enlarged transversely relative to the intermediate section. The valve body has an inner surface and a lumen.... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080109060 - Catheter balloon systems and methods: Apparatus and method are provided for treatment of a bifurcation of a body lumen. The apparatus includes an elongated catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end. A balloon is associated with the distal end of the balloon catheter. The balloon includes a main vessel balloon for treating... Agent: Attention Of Joshua N. Randall Merchant & Gould P.c.

20080109058 - Intraoperative anastomosis method: An intraoperative anastomosis method is described and comprises the steps of providing an intraluminal prosthesis having a first end and a second end; suturing a first vessel to a second vessel to form a vessel junction; intraluminally delivering the prosthesis so that the first end of the prosthesis is disposed... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080109059 - Medical device delivery system: A system for selectively deploying a medical device includes a cartridge that is engageable with a proximal end of a delivery catheter that is routed to a desired location in a patient's body. An advancement mechanism is provided for advancing the medical device out of the cartridge and into the... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20080109063 - Self-expanding, pseudo-braided intravascular device: A self-expanding, pseudo-braided device embodying a high expansion ratio and flexibility as well as comformability and improved radial force. The pseudo-braided device is particularly suited for advancement through and deployment within highly tortuous and very distal vasculature. Various forms of the pseudo-braided device are adapted for the repair of aneurysms... Agent: Fulwider Patton, LLP (abbott)

20080109066 - Bifurcated side-access intravascular stent graft: A bifurcated intravascular stent graft comprises primary stent segments and a primary graft sleeve, forming a main fluid channel and having a side opening therethrough. An external graft channel formed on the primary graft sleeve has a first end communicating with the side opening and an open second end outside... Agent: David S Alavi

20080109065 - Endovascular delivery device: An endovascular delivery device (2) for a stent graft which has a pusher catheter (4), a flexible sheath (10) over the pusher catheter and at least one auxiliary catheter (32) extending between the pusher catheter and the flexible sheath. The pusher catheter has one or more longitudinal grooves (30) on... Agent: Cook Group Patent Office

20080109068 - Stent with optimal strength and radiopacity characteristics: A stent in the form of a thin-walled, multi-cellular tubular structure is provided. The tubular structure has a longitudinal axis and the stent includes a plurality of circumferential sets of strut members. Each set of the strut members is longitudinally displaced from each other and connected to each other by... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080109067 - Stents for blood vessels: A stent for supporting part of a blood vessel which stent includes a supporting portion around which or within which part of an intact blood vessel other than a graft can be placed so that the stent internally or externally supports that part and the supporting portion of the stent... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080109070 - Biodegradable elastomeric scaffolds containing microintegrated cells: Described herein are elastomeric materials, and in particular porous biodegradable elastomeric materials which optionally may have microintegrated cells. Also described herein are bioprosthetic devices that can be manufactured using the biodegradable elastomeric materials, non-limiting examples of such devices including pulmonary valves, vocal chords, and blood vessels.... Agent: Jesse A. Hirshman, Esq.

20080109072 - Medical devices and methods of making the same: Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and related methods are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080109073 - Nonstented temporary valve for cardiovascular therapy: A method of treating a patient utilizes a temporary valve. In one embodiment, an inflatable structure of a temporary valve is inflated at a cardiovascular site in fluid communication with a native valve. At least a portion of the native valve is removed translumenally. A prosthetic valve is deployed to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080109074 - Method for making a bicuspid pulmonary heart valve: A heart valve constructed from a synthetic resin that is designed to be surgically implanted in the right ventricular outflow tract of the heart comprising a plurality of flexible members, and an orifice.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20080109076 - Methods for controlling the internal circumference of an anatomic orifice or lumen: A method for controlling the circumference of internal anatomic passages corrects physiologic dysfunctions resulting from a structural orifice or lumen which is either too large or too small. Implants are disclosed which employ various means for adjusting and maintaining the size of an orifice to which they are attached. Systems... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP Ip Group, Columbia Square

20080109078 - Posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens: The invention relates to a novel phakic intraocular lens. The positioning arms or haptics of the lens are designed to hold the lens in position and proper orientation without engaging structures within the eye.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080109079 - Sheaths for implantable fixation devices: Sheaths for implantable fixation devices and methods of using the sheaths are disclosed. Sheaths have a flexible body with a perforated wall, and an interior of the body is sized and shaped to receive the fixation device. Sheaths include a plurality of flexible or inflexible tubes arranged to form a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c. Smith & Nephew, Inc.

20080109080 - Implant, implantation device, implantation method: An implant suitable for being anchored with the aid of mechanical vibration in an opening provided in bone tissue. The implant is compressible in the direction of a compression axis under local enlargement of a distance between a peripheral implant surface and the compression axis. The implant includes a coupling-in... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080109081 - Joint arthroplasty devices having articulating members: Articulating devices for replacing damaged or degenerated weight bearing joints are provided. The devices may have two or more surfaces that articulate against one another that are coated or fully formed of PEEK or similar materials to provide improved wear capabilities while maintaining sufficient strength to operate in a weight... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080109082 - Implant for alleviating pressure on intervertebral disks and method for restoring the height of and alleviating pressure on an intervertebral space: In order to improve an implant (10) for alleviating pressure on intervertebral disks, for restoring the height of and alleviating pressure on an intervertebral space of a human or animal spinal column, comprising at least two bearing elements (24, 26) for a spinous process (14, 16) each for abutting and/or... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080109083 - Intervertebral spacers: One embodiment of a hollow spinal spacer (10) includes a curved anterior wall (11) having opposite ends (12, 13), a posterior wall (15) having opposite ends (16, 17), two lateral walls (20, 21), each integrally connected between the opposite ends (12, 13, 16, 17) of the anterior (11) and posterior... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080109088 - Fiber based embolism protection device: Improved embolism protection devices comprises fibers that can have one configuration for delivery of the device and a second configuration in which the device is deployed for filtering of flow within a vessel. In some embodiments, the fibers can be connected to a fiber support, which is connected to an... Agent: Dardi & Associates, Pllc

20080103584 - Temporal intraluminal stent, methods of making and using: A biodegradable polymer stent with radiopacity and a method of making and using a stent with enhanced mechanical strength and/or controlled degradation for use in a bodily lumen is described.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080103585 - Micro-spiral implantation device: The invention relates to a device for the implantation of microcoils (3, 7, 11, 12) into body cavities and blood vessels, in particular aneurysms, with said microcoils (3, 7, 11, 12) comprising wires forming a plurality of windings (4), at least one microcoil serving as occlusion helix (3) for the... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20080103587 - Multi-furcated eptfe grafts and stent-graft prostheses and methods of making the same: Methods of making multi-furcated grafts and, more particularly, a bifurcated graft from at least one ePTFE member are provided. Also provided are grafts made according to such methods.... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080103591 - Foldable intravascularly inserted blood pump: A foldable intravascularly insertable blood pump comprises a rotatable impeller provided with vanes, a flexible shaft extending through a catheter and adapted to drive said impeller, and an envelope enclosing said impeller. For simplifying the technical setup of the blood pump and enhancing its robustness, the impeller comprises radially delivering... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080103592 - Piggyback lenses: The invention relates to a system for improving vision using a pair of intraocular lenses. A standard or light adjustable intraocular lens is combined with a light adjustable “piggyback” lens such that the “piggyback” lens corrects any vision deficiencies not addressed by the first lens.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080103594 - Absorbable medical implant made of fiber-reinforced magnesium or fiber-reinforced magnesium alloys: A medical implant comprising a composite material which is composed of reinforcement fibers made of a magnesium-containing, bio-corrosive alloy, another bio-corrosive alloy containing a main component that is selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Fe, and Y, or a non-biodegradable fiber material, embedded in a matrix made of... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20080103593 - Use of biosurgical adhesive on inflatable device for gastric restriction: An apparatus for forming a gastric restriction comprises an applier, an expandable member, and an adhesive. The applier comprises an elongate shaft, and is dimensioned to fit in an esophagus. The applier has a conduit configured to communicate a fluid medium. The expandable member is in fluid communication with the... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080103595 - Device and template for canine humeral slide osteotomy: In the field of canine humeral osteotomy, an osteotomy plate including a proximal plate portion lying substantially in a first plane for application to the humerus. The proximal plate portion has a bottom surface adapted for application to the surface of the humerus, and the proximal plate portion has at... Agent: Moetteli & Associates Sarl

20080103596 - Artificial-intervertebral-disk insertion jigs, jig set, and artificial intervertebral disk: The artificial intervertebral disk has a constitution comprising: a core material comprising a structure which is either a multiaxis three-dimensional woven structure or knit structure made of organic fibers arranged along three or more axes or a structure comprising a combination of the woven structure and the knit structure; and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080103597 - Intervertebral prosthesis: Intervertebral prosthesis (1), in particular intervertebral disk prosthesis, with a central axis (6) and comprising A) a first prosthetic component (2) having a first apposition surface (4) and a first inner surface (7), both being disposed transversely to the central axis (6) and having a spherical recess (11); B) a... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20080103603 - Ankle prosthesis with neutral position adjustment: The invention relates to an ankle prosthesis (1) comprising a talar implant (2) designed to be implanted in or on the talus (3), a tibial implant (4) designed to be implanted in or on the tibia (5), and an intermediate implant (6) designed to be interposed between the tibial implant... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20080103606 - Templated islet cells and small islet cell clusters for diabetes treatment: An implantable biomaterial scaffold having islet cells or small islet cell clusters attached thereto in a multilayer. The cells are derived by enzymatic dispersion and/or calcium depletion of large adult intact islets.... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080103581 - Stent delivery system: A stent delivery system 1 for supplying a stent to a body cavity which includes an endoscope 6 that has an insertion portion 5 with a curvature portion 3 disposed at the distal end thereof, a sheath 7 that is disposed with the insertion portion 5 inserted in the inside... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080103582 - Anchoring device for an endoluminal prosthesis: An endoluminal prosthesis including a radially expandable frame and an anchoring member. The anchoring member includes a first arm attached to a first strut of the frame and a second arm attached to a second adjacent strut of the frame. The first arm is joined to the second arm to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20080103583 - Biodegradable drug delivery material for stent: A stent is fabricated utilizing a polymer that is selected for its tendency to degrade from the surface inwardly rather than undergo bulk erosion so as to substantially reduce the risk of large particles becoming detached and being swept downstream. Such polymer is hydrophobic yet has water-labile linkages interconnecting the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080103586 - Implant for placing in a blood circulation conduit: The implant (10) comprises at least a constricting flexible threadlike link (68) which is linked to the hollow body at at least two linking points (60A, 60B, 60C) which are spaced angularly round the axis (X-X′) on its internal surface (40). The link (68) can be deployed between a retracted... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080103589 - Flexible stent: The present invention is directed to a flexible expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery. The stent generally includes a series of metallic cylindrical rings longitudinally aligned on a common axis of the stent and interconnected by a series of links which be polymeric... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080103588 - Method for coating stents: A method is provided for forming coatings on stents. The method comprises applying a coating composition to the stent; followed by terminating the application of the coating composition; followed by inserting a temperature adjusting element within the longitudinal bore of the stent to change the temperature of the stent.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080103590 - Method and apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation: A method and device for reducing mitral regurgitation. An elongated body is positioned in a coronary sinus of a patient in a vicinity of a heart mitral valve posterior leaflet. The body is adapted to straighten a natural curvature of at least a portion of the coronary sinus in the... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandisio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20080103601 - Corpectomy vertebral body replacement implant system: An improved artificial spinal implant system for replacing a disc or vertebral body that provides adjustability in height, and provides support and stability of the spine with proper lordosis or kyphosis, osseous-integration of the implant, and motion preservation (if desired) of the adjacent vertebrae while preserving the space. Motion preservation... Agent: Howard C. Miskin C/o Stoll, Miskin, & Badie

20080103600 - Multi-joint implant: Methods and devices are provided for repairing or replacing damaged, injured, diseased, or otherwise unhealthy posterior elements, such as the facet joints, the lamina, the posterior ligaments, and/or other features of a patient's spinal column. In one exemplary embodiment, an implant is provided having an anterior portion that is adapted... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080103599 - Prosthetic intervertebral discs having substantially rigid end plates and fibers between those end plates: Prosthetic intervertebral discs and methods for using the same are described. The subject prosthetic discs include upper and lower endplates separated by a compressible core member. The prosthetic discs described herein include one-piece, two-piece, three-piece, and four-piece structures. The subject prosthetic discs exhibit stiffness in the vertical direction, torsional stiffness,... Agent: Wheelock Chan LLP

20080103598 - System and method for sizing, inserting and securing artificial disc in intervertebral space: A prosthetic spinal implant having a deployable securing mechanism that is deployable into a portion of the vertebral space for affixing the implant between the vertebrae, the securing mechanism having tactile feedback means comprising a surface for transmitting tactile feedback during deployment of the securing mechanism. A spinal implant having... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080103602 - Vertebral body and disc space replacement devices: A vertebral replacement body device for supporting adjacent vertebrae includes a connecting member having an upper member and a lower member engaged thereto at opposite ends thereof. The members can be restrained relative to one another to resist axial, rotation and/or lateral displacement. The vertebral replacement body device can have... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080103605 - Autologous bone graft material: This invention relates to a musculoskeletogenic MSG graft composite made from whole bone marrow aspirate BMA having native levels of musculoskeletal progenitor cells MSPCs, comprising: a) a suspension of fractionated BMA comprising: i) MSPCs present at a level greater than their native level in whole BMA, and ii) red blood... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080103604 - Methods of treatment using a bariatric sleeve: Method and apparatus for limiting absorption of food products in specific parts of the digestive system is presented. A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the stomach and extends beyond the ligament of Treitz. All food exiting the stomach is funneled through the device. The gastrointestinal device includes an anchor... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080103607 - Endoprosthesis, in particular knee joint prosthesis: The invention relates to an inlay which is suitable for an endoprosthesis, in particular a joint prosthesis. This inlay essentially comprises a flexible pad 5, a first flexible membrane 2 resting on the pad, and a second membrane 3, extending parallel to and above said membrane, in which support elements... Agent: Nath & Associates