09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Downloadable computer software for inventory management in the field of medical and surgical instruments and apparatus for marking, scanning and tracking surgical instruments; Downloadable computer software for healthcare instrument and apparatus asset and operation management; Downloadable computer software for use in medical and surgical instrumentation ordering and returns management services, namely, software provided to a hospital or surgery center for use in generating comparative cost information about medical and surgical instruments Providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for inventory management in the field of medical and surgical instruments and apparatus for marking, scanning and tracking surgical instruments; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for healthcare instrument and apparatus asset and operation management; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for use in medical and surgical instrumentation ordering and returns management services, namely, software provided to a hospital or surgery center for use in generating comparative cost information about medical and surgical instruments
The present invention substantially refers to a labelling system comprising a labelling plate being adapted to be removable connected with a sterile container wherein the labelling plate comprises interfaces for at least one (barcode) label and at least one (RFID) identification tag, wherein the interfaces are designed for removable holding the at least one tag and/or the at least one label at the separate labelling plate.
A61B 50/36 - Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for collecting or disposing of used articles
A61B 90/90 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
A61B 90/92 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags coded with colour
A61B 90/94 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags coded with symbols, e.g. text
A61B 90/96 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags coded with symbols, e.g. text using barcodes
A61B 90/98 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
36 - Financial, insurance and real estate services
Goods & Services
Business advisory and business consulting services for hospitals, namely, advising and consulting hospital staff on achieving the optimal and most efficient use of surgical instruments and related processes to improve the clinical performance for business efficiency purposes Financial advisory and consultancy services for hospitals, namely, advising and consulting hospital staff on achieving the optimal and most efficient use of surgical instruments and related processes to improve the financial performance
A spinal stabilization system includes an implant and instrumentation for stabilizing the spine. In one embodiment, the system includes a plate having a side rail and a channel extending adjacent the side rail. A pedicle screw assembly is positioned in the channel in releasable engagement with the side rail. The pedicle screw assembly includes a polyaxial screw seated in a lower housing having a lower locking flange. An upper housing having an upper locking flange secures the plate to the lower housing. The side rail of the plate is releasably engaged between the upper locking flange and the lower locking flange. The upper and lower housings include on -board locking mechanisms for fixing components in the screw assembly. The screw assembly and plate are inserted and oriented by remote manipulation. Minimally invasive techniques for inserting the implant are performed with the instrumentation, and cause minimal disturbance to surrounding tissue.
The footplate member (80) includes an end surface (82), a sidewall (83) that is attached to the end surface, and an orientation mechanism (93) that is designed to align the footplate member in a certain position relative to at least one of the two end members (90) of the vertebral body replacement device. The orientation mechanism includes a plurality of tabs (91) located on an end wall of each end member and corresponding slots (88) located along the edge of the sidewall, with the tabs and slots being sized and positioned to mate. The footplate member also includes a locking mechanism (85) designed to couple the footplate member to an end member prior to the implantation of the vertebral body replacement device within a space within a spinal column. A method for assembling a vertebral body replacement device and a method for using a footplate member in a vertebral body replacement device is also disclosed.
The vertebral body replacement device (10) includes a body member (30) and a central rod member (40) that has two threaded portions (41, 42) and is configured to be operatively associated with the body member. The device also includes a first end member and a second end member (20) with the end members being configured to threadingly engage the threaded portions of the central rod member. The body member and the two end members are further constructed to inhibit rotational movement of the two end members when the device is positioned within a space within a spine as the two end members will engage the adjacent respective vertebral bodies following rotational actuation of the central rod member causing the end members to move in an axial direction relative to the body member, thereby allowing the two end members to apply a force to the two vertebral bodies. A surgical method using the device is also disclosed.
An apparatus for coupling a spinal rod to a cross bar comprising a main body having a channel with a wall for receiving a spinal rod therein, an opening for receiving a fastener with at least one tang adjacent to the opening, a clamping body pivotally disposed in the main body, the clamping body being moveable between a first position in which it does not clamp the spinal rod in the channel and a second position in which it does clamp the spinal rod in the channel, a cross bar having an opening aligned substantially with the opening of the main body and having the tang disposed therein, and a fastener for rigidly coupling the cross bar to the main body, the fastener being positioned within the openings of the cross bar and the main body, wherein the fastener is operable to force the tang into the cross bar to clamp the cross bar to the main body and simultaneously to move the clamping body between the first position and the second position.
The present invention provides for a screw and rod fixation assembly for fixing a screw and, optionally, a rod. The screw and rod fixation assembly includes a screw, fixing mechanism, a substantially annular ring, rod seating mechanism, and locking mechanism. The present invention also provides for a fixing mechanism for fixing a screw, wherein the fixing mechanism further includes an inner surface wall having a gripping portion and a non-gripping portion. Further, the present invention provides for a substantially annular ring for guiding and providing mechanical and frictional force to a screw head. Additionally, the present invention provides for a rod seating mechanism operatively engaged to the screw head and including at least one flexible portion capable of being compressed against a portion of a rod therein. Finally, the present invention provides for a locking mechanism for engaging the rod and the rod seating mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a deflecting mechanism for deflecting the at least one flexible portion of the rod seating mechanism against and around the rod as the locking mechanism further engages the at least one flexible portion of the rod seating mechanism.
