Abstract:
The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating and repairing ligament defects using a bone morphogenic protein. The present invention provides methods of treating ligament defects, repairing ligament defects, forming ligament tissue, regenerating ligament tissue, and promoting growth of ligament tissue by transplanting into a patient in need thereof ligament cells cultured ex-vivo.
Abstract:
A bone precursor composition comprising a cement mixture and a pore-forming agent is provided for bone implant. Preferably, the pore-forming agent has a particle size of 20-500 mu m. More preferably, the proportion of the pore-forming agent is 7-40% (w/w). The composition may further include a bioactive agent, preferably a bone morphogenic protein or nucleic acid encoding BMP encapsulated in the pore-forming agent. The moldability of the composition can be modulated by the addition of a binder. The invention provides a kit and implant device comprising the bone precursor composition. The invention also provides an implantable prosthetic device comprising a prosthetic implant having a surface region and a bone precursor material disposed on the surface region. The kit and devices may further comprise one or more additional components including a bioactive agent and a binder. Methods of inducing bone formation and delivering the bioactive agent are provided.
Abstract:
A surgical tool system with a handpiece that has an internal power generating unit used to actuate an accessory attached to the handpiece. Power to actuate the handpiece comes from a control console. Internal to the accessory there is an identification chip that describes the operating and/or physical characteristics of the accessory. Complementary coils in the handpiece and accessory facilitate the reading by inductive coupling of the data in the accessory. The data in the accessory are inductively read by the control console through the handpiece. Based on the read data, the control console actuates the handpiece in an appropriate manner for the attached accessory. The accessory data and data inductively read from an implant the accessory is used to set are supplied to a surgical navigation unit. The surgical navigation unit, based on these data, tracks and indicates the position of the implant as it fitted in the patient.
Abstract:
The invention provides modified proteins and DNAs of the TGF- beta superfamily including modified morphogenic proteins. The proteins of the present invention display altered biological or biochemical attributes. Specifically, the modified proteins are designed through substitutions of amino acids in the finger 2 sub-domain or exchanges of all or part of the finger 2 sub-domain of one TGF- beta superfamily member with the finger 2 sub-domain of another TGF- beta superfamily member.
Abstract:
The invention provides modified proteins and DNAs of the TGF- beta superfamily including modified morphogenic proteins. The proteins of the present invention display altered biological or biochemical attributes. Specifically, the modified proteins are designed through manipulation of exchange of subdomains among two or more members of the superfamily such that certain desired attributes are mixed-and-matched and then exploited therapeutically.
Abstract:
A hospital bed (10) has a frame (14, 18) carrying a patient support section (19) and a footboard (37), and two siderails (38, 43) are supported on the frame for movement between raised and lowered positions. The siderails and footboard each have an operator interface (76-80, 88-89) which includes push-button switches and LEDs, and a serial communication link (56-57, 63-64) couples each operator interface to a control circuit (51) mounted on the frame. Each operator interface includes multiple circuit boards (76-80, 88-89) which represent respective function groups and which each can be either present or omitted in dependence on whether its function group is needed. One such board (76) can control an auxiliary device separate from the bed, such as an inflatable mattress (29) with an electrically-controlled pressure. The control circuit (51) is coupled to a headwall interface circuit (62), which in turn is coupled through a socket/header arrangement (233) to a headwall cable connector on the bed. By changing the headers (291-292) in the sockets (286-287), the interconnections between the connector and the interface circuit can be customized for particular applications. The interface circuit (62) includes a digital volume control circuit (261-264, 271-279) for controlling the amplitude of an audio signal supplied to loudspeakers (68-69) provided in the siderails.
Abstract:
A stabilizing pad configured for positioning on a surgical table onto which a patient is placed for a surgical procedure, the stabilizing pad comprising: a high friction top surface; and a high friction bottom surface; wherein the stabilizing pad comprises foam.
Abstract:
A stabilizing pad configured for positioning on a surgical table onto which a patient is placed for a surgical procedure, the stabilizing pad comprising: a high friction top surface; and a high friction bottom surface; wherein the stabilizing pad comprises foam.
Abstract:
A bone cleaning assembly (102, 602) with cleaning elements (690, 724, 1230, 1264) that remove soft tissue bone stock. The module also includes a clearing element (778) that is periodically urged against the cleaning elements to remove bone stock trapped by the cleaning elements from the cleaning elements.
Abstract:
An endoscopic system having a light source that can operate in two modes is provided. The first mode provides a white light to an endoscope to transmit the light to a surgical site or other object, the reflection of which can be received by the endoscope and for the process. The second mode of the light source provides infrared excitation light and light in the blue and green wavelength spectra to an endoscope to transmit the light to an object such as a surgical site. The blue and green reflected light, as well as light from excitation markers, which is an infrared light at a different wavelength than the excitation infrared light, is received by the endoscope and further processed.