92 results about "Bone fusion" patented technology

The invention provides a knee joint prosthesis tibial plateau capable of enhancing fixation and a tool matched with the tibial plateau, the knee joint prosthesis tibial plateau specifically comprises a tibia support, the tibia support is of a hollow cylinder structure, and three convex bodies are fixedly arranged on the outer surface of the tibia support; a groove penetrating into the tibia support is formed in the abutment, and the abutment is fixedly arranged on the tibia support; the pushing device comprises extension rods arranged at the two ends of a worm, the worm with threads arranged on the outer surfaces of the two ends, turbines arranged on the two sides of the worm, upper supporting bodies arranged at the tops of the turbines and connected with the fixing device through first connecting bodies, and lower supporting bodies arranged at the bottoms of the turbines and connected with the fixing device. The fixing device is a hollow cone, a first spring is arranged in the fixing device, one end of the first spring is connected with the first connector, and the other end of the first spring is connected with a fixing block. According to the technical scheme, the technical problem that after the knee joint prosthesis is implanted into the tibia, the tibial plateau is unstable, the prosthesis is loosened and disengaged, and then bone fusion is affected is effectively solved.

A bone fusion assembly includes a bone plate having a plurality of through openings extending therethrough. The through openings include at least one fusion screw opening sized to allow a screw guide to be at least partially inserted therein and a plurality of fixation screw through openings. The screw guide includes a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a through-passage extending between the proximal end and the distal end. A K-wire a sized to extend through the through-passage in the body of the screw guide.

Bone fusion system, plate system, guide, implant, kit and methods for using the bone fusion system, plate system, guide and implant are disclosed. The bone fusion system includes an alignment guide, an implant, and at least one fastener inserted through the implant. The alignment guide includes a body portion, a first lobe positioned at a first end of the body portion, a second lobe positioned at a second end of the body portion, and an extension member extending away from a first side of the body portion. The implant includes a body portion, a first arm extending away from the body portion in a first direction, a second arm extending away from the body portion in a second direction, and a third arm extending away from the body portion laterally between first and second arms. Finally, methods for using the bone fusion system, plate system, guide and implant are disclosed.

A sacroiliac (SI) joint implant assembly addresses SI joint dysfunction and degenerative sacroiliitis. The assembly includes a first implant body, a second implant body, and a piezoelectric layer positioned between them. The piezoelectric layer generates electrical charges when subjected to mechanical stress, stimulating bone growth and enhancing stability of the SI joint after surgery. The implant bodies may feature non-planar surfaces to distribute compressive and shear forces unevenly across the piezoelectric layer. The assembly can be secured using fasteners such as screws, pins, or brackets, and may include porous or fenestrated bodies made from materials like titanium or polymers. Some implant assemblies are designed for minimally invasive surgical procedures, with configurations that allow for precise placement using guide wires and imaging techniques. The assembly aims to stabilize the SI joint and promote bone fusion, leveraging the piezoelectric effect to improve the overall efficacy of the fusion procedure.

The invention relates to a 3D printing porous metal-ceramic assembled composite implant as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The 3D printing porous metal-ceramic assembled composite implant comprises a porous metal-ceramic implant body formed by compounding a 3D printing integrated porous metal module and a 3D printing integrated porous ceramic module, the porous metal-ceramic implant body and the net-shaped metal protection body are arranged on the periphery of the porous metal-ceramic implant body in a wrapping mode, and the assembled composite implant can be accurately matched with the appearance and the combination surface of bone tissue of a defect part. The composite implant disclosed by the invention has osteogenesis environment regulation and control functionalization, and can achieve the effects of immediately recovering the movement function of defective bone tissue, improving the tissue microenvironment of a bone defect part, accelerating new bone regeneration and guiding new bone to grow towards the interior of the porous metal implant, so that rapid osseointegration of a bone / metal implant interface is realized; and the long-term treatment effect of 3D printing porous metal implant / autologous bone fusion type repair after ceramic degradation is achieved.

The invention discloses a set instrument for acetabulum tenon-and-mortise structural bone grafting and application, relates to the field of orthopedic surgical instruments, adopts a cylindrical ring file, a wedge-shaped angle file, a hollow trephine and a wedge-shaped osteotomy guide plate as the set instrument for acetabulum tenon-and-mortise structural bone grafting, and introduces a tenon-and-mortise structure mechanical embedding principle of Chinese traditional woodworking science into the field of acetabulum reconstruction. According to the acetabular cup prosthesis, a mortise and tenon structural bone grafting of an autologous femoral head is adopted, a Mortia and Tenon Bone Grafting technology (Mortia and Tenon Bone Grafting, MTBG) is innovatively put forward, an acetabular bone groove and a bone grafting block which are matched are prepared in a standardized mode, acetabular defects are embedded and filled through the accurately matched bone block, and the coverage rate and initial stability of the acetabular cup prosthesis are remarkably increased, and the bone fusion prospect of the acetabular cup prosthesis is remarkably improved; the hip joint function of the patient is obviously improved, pain is relieved, the walking ability is improved, and the life quality is improved; the invention provides a reliable and efficient new structural bone grafting technology, and the safety and long-term effect of DDH acetabulum reconstruction can be improved.

A bone fusion method, system and device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together and / or in place of one or more of the bones, such as, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable tabs having a central rib. The bone fusion device includes one or more support channels configured to receive an insertion instrument that is then secured to the bone fusion device via a coupling mechanism. As a result, the coupled device is able to be securely positioned between vertebrae using the insertion instrument with minimal risk of slippage.

Described herein are various implementations of systems and methods for treating back pain (e.g., chronic low back pain) caused by different (e.g., independent) sources of pain, such as pain originating or stemming from intervertebral discs, from vertebral endplates, and / or from intraosseous locations within one or more vertebral bodies. For example, methods for treating back pain (e.g., chronic low back pain) may involve both vertebral fusion (e.g., arthrodesis or spondylodesis to fuse adjacent vertebrae) and neuromodulation (for example, ablation of nerves within or surrounding one or more of the adjacent vertebrae). The neuromodulation may facilitate treatment of pain that is generated by insertion of fusion hardware.

A drill-less method of stabilizing a sacroiliac joint using a multimodal abrading device to create a rich environment for bony fusion. The unique decortication instrument includes an integral slap hammer assembly joined with a rasp-box osteotome tooling head to simultaneously remove cartilage from the joint while preparing the sacrum and ilium down to bleeding bone. Subsequent to joint preparation, an implant with a large bone graft window may be implanted into the prepared SI joint through a specially designed access cannula.

An apparatus and a method are provided for a surgical bending instrument for bending surgical implants. The surgical bending instrument comprises a body including a longitudinally extending threaded hole. A shaft comprising a threaded portion is rotatably engaged within the threaded hole. A handle is coupled to a proximal end of the shaft, and a distal extension of the shaft comprises a driver. A distal force applicator comprises the driver centered between a first grip and a second grip. In some embodiments, the distal force applicator is configured to retain a surgical staple, such that the surgical staple may be changed to a distracted configuration suitable for implantation at a bone fixation or fusion site of a patient. In some embodiments, the distal force applicator is configured to bend a bone fusion plate so as to tailor the plate to specific anatomy of the patient's bone.

The application provides a knee joint prosthesis tibial plateau capable of enhancing fixation and a matching tool, and specifically comprises: a tibial tray, which is a hollow cylindrical structure and is externally provided with three convex bodies; a base, which is provided with a groove penetrating into the tibial tray and is fixed on the tibial tray; a pushing device, which comprises: an extension rod arranged at both ends of a worm, a worm with threads arranged on the outer surface of both ends, a turbine arranged at both sides of the worm, an upper support body arranged on the top of the turbine and connected with a fixing device through a first connecting body, and a lower support body arranged at the bottom of the turbine and connected with the fixing device; and the fixing device is a hollow cone, which is internally provided with a first spring, one end of the first spring is connected with the first connecting body, and the other end is connected with a fixing block. The technical scheme of the application effectively solves the technical problem that after the knee joint prosthesis is implanted into the tibia, the tibial plateau is not stable, the prosthesis is loose and comes off, and bone fusion is affected.

The invention provides a distractable fusion cage for a post-grafted bone, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. The invention provides a post-grafted bone distraction fusion cage which comprises a lower fusion piece and an upper fusion piece, the upper fusion piece covers the lower fusion piece, the lower fusion piece comprises a front inner plate, a rear inner plate and a lower fusion plate, and the front inner plate and the rear inner plate are vertically arranged on the front side and the rear side of the upper end face of the lower fusion plate. The upper fusion piece comprises a front side outer plate, a rear side outer plate and an upper fusion plate, the front side outer plate and the rear side outer plate are vertically arranged on the front side and the rear side of the lower end face of the upper fusion plate, the front side inner plate is located on the inner side of the front side outer plate, a front limiting piece is arranged between the front side inner plate and the front side outer plate, and the rear side inner plate is located on the inner side of the rear side outer plate. According to the distractable fusion cage for bone post-grafting, the upper fusion piece and the lower fusion piece can be distracted, the distracting distance between the upper fusion piece and the lower fusion piece is locked through the front limiting piece, bone grafting is conducted after distracting, the bone grafting amount is increased, and bone fusion is facilitated.

A biomimetic intervertebral fusion device with a piezoelectric multifunctional coating belongs to the field of implantable medical devices. It includes an upper piezoelectric multifunctional coating, a fusion device body, and a lower piezoelectric multifunctional coating. A bone graft window is located in the middle of the biomimetic intervertebral fusion device. The piezoelectric multifunctional coating is made of electrospun piezoelectric PVDF / HA fibers, which are conformally adhered to the upper and lower surfaces of the fusion device body through a polydopamine adhesive layer. The upper and lower surfaces of the fusion device body have a biomimetic curved surface configuration to match the morphology of the vertebral endplates, increasing the contact area and reducing stress concentration at the fusion interface. While maintaining an elastic modulus similar to natural bone and good radiation permeability, this fusion device, after implantation, can create a microenvironment conducive to cell adhesion and proliferation. Under the influence of cell traction, ultrasonic stimulation, and the physiological load of the human lumbar spine, it generates electrical stimulation signals, promoting bone fusion, improving the stability of the fusion interface, and reducing the risk of postoperative loosening and subsidence of the fusion device.

The bovine bone fusion cage driver convenient to adjust comprises a handle, a clamping device is arranged, a fusion cage is arranged on the inner side of an elastic clamping piece, a rotating rod is rotated through a rotary knob, the rotating rod drives a rotating shaft and a driving gear to rotate, the driving gear drives a driven gear to rotate through the action of tooth meshing, and the driven gear drives the driven gear to rotate. Due to the effect of threaded connection, the driving gear rotates and drives the threaded sleeve to move forwards at the same time, the threaded sleeve exerts external force on the elastic clamping pieces, the elastic clamping pieces are made to get close to the middle, closing-up is achieved, the effect of clamping the fusion cage is achieved, then the reverse rotating knob is loosened, the threaded sleeve moves backwards to the initial position through the effect of threaded connection, and the fusion cage is clamped. At the moment, the external force acting on the elastic clamping piece disappears, the elastic clamping piece also restores to the initial open state, the device can be moved out, implantation is completed, the fusion cage is not subjected to any external force in the whole implanting and moving-out process, and the risk of loosening cannot occur.

A sacroiliac fusion implant device assembly has an implant body with a sliding block and a pair of movable bone spikes. The distal end has a tapered end with an opening configured to receive a guide pin during insertion into a joint between a sacrum and an ilium, and the proximal end has a cannulated threaded post configured to receive a guide pin and to move a sliding block. The sliding block is movable from a retracted unlocked position and to a deployed locked position when moved toward the distal end as the threaded post is rotated clockwise. The bone spikes are movable from a retracted position in the implant body to an exposed deployed locked position by moving the sliding block which presses the spikes up and out of the retracted position extending the bone spikes into bone in the sacroiliac joint.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical care information, in particular to an orthopaedic spine post-operation imaging auxiliary evaluation system, which comprises a region acquisition module, a region correction module, a callus growth coefficient acquisition module and a network training module, the method comprises the following steps: acquiring an initial vertebra fusion region in a spinal image of a historical patient after a spinal fusion operation, and correcting the initial vertebra fusion region to obtain a real vertebra fusion region; determining a plurality of first intervertebral gradient regions and second intervertebral gradient regions in the real vertebra fusion region, and determining a callus growth coefficient of the real vertebra fusion region according to position distribution and pixel gray levels of the first intervertebral gradient regions and the second intervertebral gradient regions; and forming a training set by utilizing the callus growth coefficients of all historical patients and the postoperative risk grades calibrated in the initial vertebra fusion region, and training the postoperative risk classification network. According to the invention, the classification accuracy of the postoperative risk classification network is effectively improved.

A bone fusion device provides stability to bones during a bone fusion period. The bones include, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable tabs attached to the bone fusion device by associated rotating means. The bone fusion device is preferably inserted by using an arthroscopic surgical procedure. During arthroscopic insertion of the device, the tabs are pre-configured for compactness. In this compact configuration, the tabs are preferably deposed along and / or within an exterior surface of the bone fusion device. After the bone fusion device has been positioned between the bones, one or more tab(s) are extended. In the preferred embodiment, the position of each tab is related to a positioning element and extending blocks. Typically, the tabs advantageously position and brace the bone fusion device in the confined space between the bones until the bones have fused.

An intervertebral bone fusion implantable device configured with flexible structural elements on its top and bottom surfaces for controlled dampening of the compressive force exerted on the device by two vertebrae and for the maximization of the contact surface between the device and the uneven endplates of the vertebrae.

1. The name of the design product: intervertebral fusion cage. 2. The use of the design product: intervertebral fusion cage for fitting intervertebral space infection in spinal surgery, achieving the purpose of columnar bone fusion. 3. The design points of the design product: the combination of shape and pattern. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design points: reference drawing in use.

A method and system for performing bone fusion and / or securing one or more bones, such as adjacent vertebra, are disclosed. The screws include a threaded tip connected to a main shaft and a threaded outer sleeve that rotates relative to the outer shaft until locked down. Independent rotation of the threaded outer sleeve relative to the threaded distal tip allows compression or distraction to modify the gap between the vertebral bodies. The screws are passed from the inferior to superior vertebra or superior to inferior, for example, through a trans-pedicular route to avoid neurological compromise. At the same time, the path of screw insertion is oriented to reach superior or inferior vertebra. An intervertebral cage of the system is configured for lateral expansion from a nearly straight configuration to form a large footprint in the disc space. The screws and cage may be combined for improved fixation with minimal invasiveness.

Systems, methods, and devices for bony fusion are disclosed. A threaded cannulated implant may be inserted into a target space, such as in the sacroiliac joint. The implant may have a distal section, a proximal section, and a central section between the distal section and the proximal section. The distal section may comprise cutting threads and flutes for self-drilling the implant into bone. The proximal section may be configured to couple to an insertion instrument for the implant. The central section may have a lattice structure through which bone graft may flow to promote bone ingrowth. A solid core region may be located inwards from the lattice structure. The central section may also have openings through the core region to connect the lattice structure to the cannula.

Described herein are various implementations of systems and methods for treating back pain (e.g., chronic low back pain) caused by different (e.g., independent) sources of pain, such as pain originating or stemming from intervertebral discs, from vertebral endplates, and / or from intraosseous locations within one or more vertebral bodies. For examples, methods for treating back pain (e.g., chronic low back pain) may involve both vertebral fusion (e.g., arthrodesis or spondylodesis to fuse adjacent vertebrae) and neuromodulation (for example, ablation of nerves within or surrounding one or more of the adjacent vertebrae). The neuromodulation may facilitate treatment of pain that is generated by insertion of fusion hardware.

A bone fusion device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together, such as, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bone fusion device comprises at least one extendable tab and one or more tab extension assemblies. Each tab extension assembly is able to be adjusted in order to individually control the extension or contraction of a side of the tab thereby enabling adjustment of the height and / or angle of the tab with respect to the body of the bone fusion device. Each tab extension assembly is able to be individually adjusted such that the side controlled by each assembly is raised or lowered until the desired tab angle is achieved. The tab is advantageously positioned and angled to correspond to the vertebrae to help brace the device until the bone has fused.

An apparatus and a method are provided for a sterile staple implant kit that a surgeon may unpack and utilize during a surgery. The staple implant kit comprises a group of complementary surgery-specific instruments that are packaged in a sterile state. An instrument tray is configured to preserve the instruments in the sterile state until the staple implant kit is opened during the surgery. The instrument tray is configured to provide the surgeon with easy access to the instruments during the surgery. The staple implant kit comprises at least a staple inserter and a surgical staple suitable for being implanted in parallel holes drilled across a bone fusion or fixation site of a patient. The surgical staple preferably is loaded in a relaxed configuration into the staple inserter. A staple retention clip retains the surgical staple in the staple inserter until the staple is distracted during the surgery.

The utility model relates to the technical field of interbody fusion cages, in particular to a 3D (three-dimensional) printing fusion cage capable of grafting bones to induce bone growth, which comprises a fusion cage main body, the longitudinal channel penetrates through the fusion cage main body; the transverse channel penetrates through the fusion cage main body and is communicated with the longitudinal channel; the longitudinal channels and the transverse channels are filled with the porous structures; the fusion cage body and the porous structure are made of titanium alloy. The longitudinal channel and the transverse channel are perpendicular to each other, the longitudinal channel and the transverse channel are communicated to form the inner cavity of the fusion cage body, and porous structures made of titanium alloy materials are arranged in the longitudinal channel and the transverse channel, so that crawling and ingrowth of bone cells are facilitated, the long-term stability of the fusion cage body can be improved, and the bone fusion effect is better. And the fusion cage main body made of the titanium alloy material can better induce bone growth. By means of the structure, the bone fusion capacity of the fusion cage body is better than that of a PEEK fusion cage.

The invention relates to an interbody fusion cage and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the field of orthopedic implantation, the interbody fusion cage comprises a vertically placed cylindrical fusion cage main body and a pore structure fixedly connected in an inner hole of the fusion cage main body, and the pore structure is in a lattice net shape. The interbody fusion cage provided by the invention has a bone induction function, so that a good bone fusion effect can be achieved without bone grafting or with a small amount of bone grafting.

A bone fusion method, system and device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together and / or in place of one or more of the bones, such as, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable tabs having a central rib. The bone fusion device includes one or more support channels configured to receive an insertion instrument that is then secured to the bone fusion device via a coupling mechanism. As a result, the coupled device is able to be securely positioned between vertebrae using the insertion instrument with minimal risk of slippage.

Disclosed is a bone screw and a fixation system specifically configured for fixing a bone fusion device into a human or animal body with the aid of a specifically designed fastening unit. A bone fusion system including at least two such bone screws in said bone fusion device is also disclosed along with said fastening unit.

An apparatus and a method are provided for a surgical bending instrument for bending surgical implants. The surgical bending instrument comprises a body including a longitudinally extending threaded hole. A shaft comprising a threaded portion is rotatably engaged within the threaded hole. A handle is coupled to a proximal end of the shaft, and a distal extension of the shaft comprises a driver. A distal force applicator comprises the driver centered between a first grip and a second grip. In some embodiments, the distal force applicator is configured to retain a surgical staple, such that the surgical staple may be changed to a distracted configuration suitable for implantation at a bone fixation or fusion site of a patient. In some embodiments, the distal force applicator is configured to bend a bone fusion plate so as to tailor the plate to specific anatomy of the patient's bone.