Depuy Synthes Products Llc patents

Vasculature occlusion device detachment system with tapered corewire and heater activated fiber detachment

A vasculature occlusion device detachment system including a wound coil heating element of a predetermined resistivity. A coil securing suture terminates in a proximal bead retained within the wound coil heating element while the distal end of the coil securing suture extends beyond the distal end of the wound coil... Depuy Synthes Products Llc

Transdiscal administration of specific inhibitors of pro-inflammatory cytokines

The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.... Depuy Synthes Products Llc

Non-planar heating chamber detachment mechanism of an implantable vaso-occluding device delivery system

A delivery system for an implantable vaso-occluding device. A non-planar heating chamber is disposed proximate to a distal end of an advancing member. Protruding from an interior surface of the non-planar heating chamber is a detachment fiber made from a polymeric material and having a closed distal end. At least... Depuy Synthes Products Llc

Graft preparation system

Systems and methods for preparing a ligament graft for a ligament reconstruction procedure are provided. In general, the described techniques utilize a graft holder construct having a graft preparation holder and a suture assembly removably coupled thereto. The graft preparation holder includes an elongate support rail having a longitudinal axis,... Depuy Synthes Products Llc

Efficient delivery of phototherapy using an optical light fiber

An apparatus for efficient delivery of light to a target site in a human body wherein the apparatus includes a light source and at least one stent having a lumen defined longitudinally therethrough. The light source is disposed longitudinally within the lumen of the stent and/or on a surface of... Depuy Synthes Products Llc

Transnasal delivery of low level light via the sphenoidal sinus to irradiate the substantia nigra

A transnasal delivery method for treating or preventing Parkinson's disease using photobiomodulation. An optical system is provided including a light source and an optical fiber. The optical system is advanced through the nasal cavity until a distal end of the optical fiber is positioned inside the sphenoidal sinus. Then the... Depuy Synthes Products Llc

Transdiscal administration of specific inhibitors of pro-inflammatory cytokines

The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.... Depuy Synthes Products Llc