Mark Hackett Falahee, 713148 W Dobson Pl, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

7232463, Jun 19, 2007

Oct 23, 2003

10/691854

Mark H. Falahee - Ann Arbor MI, US

U.S. Spinal Technologies, LLC - Boca Raton FL

A61F 2/44

623 1711, 623 1716

Cage systems that improve upon the prior art in various ways. In the preferred embodiments, devices are radiolucent, with markers, thereby allowing visualization of placement without excessive obscuration. Devices according to the invention eliminate multiple steps, instruments and trays, while being capable of a custom fit. The devices according to the invention permit easier and greater access to end plate surface area, and can be used with autografts, allografts, and biologics.

7488315, Feb 10, 2009

Sep 7, 2004

10/935213

Mark H. Falahee - Ann Arbor MI, US

Medical Designs, LLC - Ann Arbor MI

A61M 1/00

604540

Universally adaptable evacuators are adaptable to all surgical fields, easy to apply and, in most cases, may be expanded and/or removed as necessary. A hollow tube including a fitting adapted for connection to a vacuum source and at least one smoke inlet is held in position with the smoke inlet proximate to a surgical wound. According to a preferred embodiment, a stapling tab extending from a flexible perforated tube is used to hold the evacuator in place around the periphery of a surgical incision. According to an alternative embodiment, a smoke evacuator attaches temporarily or permanently to a retractor or other surgical instrument. Standard tubing and couplers may be used and the assembly may be prepackaged in sterile condition and disposed after use.

7563275, Jul 21, 2009

Oct 26, 2004

10/973524

Mark H. Falahee - Ann Arbor MI, US
Leonel Dominguez - Jacksonville FL, US
John R. Pepper - Cheshire CT, US
Ian McDermott - New London PA, US
K. Arjun Joseph - Bensalem PA, US
James Hooper - Deptford NJ, US

A61B 17/84
A61F 2/08
A61B 17/60

606328, 606104

A system for performing bone arthrodesis includes an implant for bone arthrodesis and a bone fastening device. The implant includes a fastener with an elongated shaft having a head at one end and a bone-piercing point at the opposite end. A first washer has structure for engaging the head of the shaft so as to be polyaxially pivotable with respect to the head. A locking member has structure for engaging the shaft. The locking member can have a second washer pivotally engaged thereto. The bone fastening device can include an elongated cannula with a collet for detachably engaging the first washer and for advancing the first washer. Structure is provided for engaging the fastener and for advancing and rotating the fastener through the collet and through the first washer. The bone arthrodesis device further includes a lower end portion extending from the cannula. The lower end portion has structure for detachably engaging the locking member.

7588589, Sep 15, 2009

Mar 22, 2004

10/805900

Mark H. Falahee - Ann Arbor MI, US

Medical Designs LLC - Ann Arbor MI

A61B 17/70
A61B 17/80

606247, 606248, 606 70, 606 71, 623 1711

A system may be fixed in place to stabilize a spinal fusion, or released for dynamic motion, thereby providing stability with flexibility in conjunction with artificial mechanical or plasma discs, or normal physiologic discs. In terms of apparatus, the invention involves pedicle fixation utilizing a superior facet complex (SFC) with soft tissue attachment points. The SFC receives one or more inferior facet gliding arms (IFGAs) and associated joints which permit flexion, extension, lateral bending and/or other movements.

7608094, Oct 27, 2009

Oct 10, 2003

10/683076

Mark H. Falahee - Ann Arbor MI, US

U.S. Spinal Technologies, LLC - Boca Raton FL

A61B 17/70

606247

A percutaneous facet fixation system minimally invasive, reproducible, efficient, and effective. Capable of immediate stabilization of a facet joint complex, the instrumentation and methods may be used with C-arm and/or endoscopic visualization.

7674297, Mar 9, 2010

Jun 16, 2003

10/462498

Mark H. Falahee - Ann Arbor MI, US

U.S. Spinal Technologies, LLC - Boca Raton FL

A61F 2/44

623 1716, 623 1711

A spinal fusion system includes a cage with a fillable volume and removable locking gate, thereby enabling the fillable volume to be packed with graft, biologic or other materials prior to the gate being closed and locked. In the preferred embodiment, the locking gate is positioned anteriorally, though lateral, posterior, and combinations thereof are also possible. The cage is preferably radiolucent, being composed of a carbon fiber, but with one or more radiopaque markers to provide a certain degree of visualization. Some or all of the walls of the cage may include superior and/or inferior surface features to enhance positioning and/or minimize back-out, and the posterior wall may be indented to prevent neurocompression. The sidewalls of the cage may further include a recessed face with nipple indents and locking fasteners. According to a system aspect of the invention, multiple cages are provided, each being shaped differently for use at different spinal levels.

D622845, Aug 31, 2010

Jan 29, 2010

29/354858

Mark H. Falahee - Ann Arbor MI, US

Medical Design Instruments LLC - Ann Arbor MI

2402

D24135

7824412, Nov 2, 2010

Sep 7, 2004

10/935609

Mark H. Falahee - Ann Arbor MI, US

Medical Design Instruments LLC - Ann Arbor MI

A61B 17/56

606 92

An inserter and associated method improve the placement of a fastener into a bone. Although ideally suited to the placement of a pedicle screw into a vertebral body (VB), the apparatus and method are applicable to other bones and fasteners, pins, and the like. The apparatus includes cannulated body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a threaded section therebetween. The proximal end is shaped for rotational tightening by a wrench or other tool, and the distal end including a perforated nozzle so that cement and/or biologics may be injected into the bone through the cannulated body. The proximal end includes a Lur-loc or other appropriate fitting to receive a cement-filled syringe. The device is also preferably disposable using, for example, clear plastic construction. The inserter may further including a member for sealing the nozzle relative to a bone. Such a member may be composed of a silatstic or other compressible material, or may be inflatable.