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Polymer-bioceramic structures are described for use in the repair of bone defects. The composites of the present disclosure are characterized by a polymer disposed in a porous bioceramic matrix. Processes for preparing the composites of the present invention by compression molding are described, including compression molding to induce orientation of the polymer is multiple directions. The composites of the present invention are also useful as drug delivery vehicles to facilitate the repair of bone defects.

A spinal implant is provided which maintains intervertebral spacing and stability within the spine. The spinal implant may include a body and an insert. The body of the spinal implant may be formed of a ceramic material. In some embodiments, the body may be formed of beta tricalcium phosphate. The body may include an opening that is complementary to the insert. The insert may fit within the opening. The insert may include a number of passageways. Some of the passageways may intersect to form a scaffold for bone growth. Bone growth promoting material may be introduced into the insert before the insert is positioned in a body and inserted in a patient between two vertebrae.

A system comprising a screw element having a generally cylindrical body having a bore or lumen therethrough and a plurality of fenestrations or windows through which biological material may be provided. The system comprises a tool for inserting the biological material into the screw element so that the biological material may extrude through the plurality of fenestrations or windows and through an aperture in the tip of the screw element thereby enabling providing a fusion mass across two adjacent facet bones or a facet joint wherein the screw itself provides both a fixation component and a screw component.

A surgical implant comprising a screw element having a screw head, a first thread having a first thread pitch, a second thread having a second thread pitch and an intermediate portion coupling the first and second thread pitches with the first and second thread pitches being different. The implant has a buttressing head associated with the first thread, and it is dimensioned to be larger than a diameter of the first threads to provide external buttressing as the first and second threads compress a first bone and a second bone together.

A system comprising a screw element having a generally cylindrical body having a bore or lumen therethrough and a plurality of fenestrations or windows through which biological material may be provided. The system comprises a tool for inserting the biological material into the screw element so that the biological material may extrude through the plurality of fenestrations or windows and through an aperture in the tip of the screw element thereby enabling providing a fusion mass across two adjacent facet bones or a facet joint wherein the screw itself provides both a fixation component and a screw component.

Preparation method and application of polycaprolactone / natural polymer composite porous scaffold, method: including preparation of polycaprolactone electrospun nanofiber membrane; (1) placing polycaprolactone electrospun nanofiber membrane in alkaline solution reaction, soaking and rinsing in deionized water; (2) putting the fiber membrane obtained in (1) into DMTMM or natural polymer solution of DTMMM to react, immersing and rinsing in deionized water, and then immersing in natural polymer for room temperature reaction, to remove Ionized water soaking and rinsing; (3) Evenly coating and casting the mixed solution of natural polymer materials on the fiber membrane obtained in (2), freeze-drying, and extracting the solvent; (4) Applying the double-layer scaffold obtained in (3) After soaking in the cross-linking room temperature reaction, soaking in deionized water, rinsing, and freeze-drying. The porous scaffold prepared by the invention is stable, has suitable pore diameter, good biocompatibility and fast degradation rate, and can be used for skin and clinical tissue and organ defect repair, reconstruction or wound dressing.

New and useful neurostimulation systems are provided that include an implantable pulse generator dimensioned and configured for implantation in the skull of a patient. The implantable pulse generator has an electrode operatively associated with a distal end portion thereof and can be provided with adjustment means, such as an adjustable biasing member or spring arranged between the electrode to the distal end portion of the pulse generator. Also provided are systems involving networked neurostimulators that are configured and adapted to work jointly in accordance with prescribed treatment protocol to effect a desired recovery from brain injury. Such networked neurostimulation systems are particularly advantageous for effecting relatively large and / or relatively distant regions of the brain. Additionally, systems and methods for motor-evoked potential (MEP)-based neuromodulation are provided. Further, AC and / or DC stimulation can be utilized, depending on the precise implementation.

The invention relates to a prosthetic implant comprising a main body portion having a first surface for presentation to a receptive bone surface or into a bone cavity and a second surface for receipt of an articulating joint, and means on the implant adapted for attachment of a filamentary member, such as a cable. The invention also relates to a surgical tool for gripping the implant, comprising an elongate body having a first end surface for bearing on the prosthetic implant and means for attachment of the tool to the implant, directly or indirectly by means of the cable.

A spinal implant is provided which maintains intervertebral spacing and stability within the spine. The spinal implant may include a body and an insert. The body of the spinal implant may be formed of a ceramic material. In some embodiments, the body may be formed of beta tricalcium phosphate. The body may include an opening that is complementary to the insert. The insert may fit within the opening. The insert may include a number of passageways. Some of the passageways may intersect to form a scaffold for bone growth. Bone growth promoting material may be introduced into the insert before the insert is positioned in a body and inserted in a patient between two vertebrae.

Surgical implants for replacing cartilage are provided with hydrogel polymers affixed to anchors made of “shape-memory” materials, such as nitinol alloys. These implants can be flexed, allowing them to be inserted into joints arthroscopically. After insertion, an implant will return to its manufactured size and shape, and can be anchored to bone or other tissue. The anchoring components can grip and hold hydrogels or other soft polymers by means of an interface of porous fabric. The fabric can support a reinforcing mesh embedded within the soft polymer, and its bottom surface can promote tissue ingrowth, leading to stronger anchoring. Two or more porous layers can enclose a soft polymer, for purposes such as sustained drug release or holding transplanted cells.

The invention discloses a medicinal porous titanium implant and a method for preparing the same. The porous titanium implant is prepared by a powder coinjection molding method; and a nano HA and TGF loaded sustained-release gelatin microsphere compound coating is deposited on the porous outer layer of the product. The outer layer of the implant has a communicated porous structure, the thickness of the porous layer is 0.4 to 1.1 millimeters, the porosity of the porous layer is 50 to 70 percent, and the aperture of the porous layer is 50 to 400 mum; the surface of the porous layer is deposited; and the binding strength of the outer layer and an inner core is 150 to 300MPa. Compared with the prior medicinal titanium implant material, the material of the medicinal porous titanium implant has higher mechanical strength, is in accordance with the mechanical performance of osseous tissue, avoids stress concentration and stress shielding, promotes stress transmission and growth of new bones, reduces time for osseointegration, and ensures the long-term stability of the implant. The method adopts once-for-all molding without post machining, thereby considerably reducing the cost.

The invention discloses a degradable open porous magnesium and magnesium alloy biomaterial and a preparation method thereof. The magnesium and magnesium alloy biomaterial is in a completely open structure, the hole shape and size are controllable, holes are communicated by virtue of communicating holes, and the number and size of the communicating holes in hole walls are controllable; the holes are uniformly distributed and the porosity is adjustable. The preparation method comprises the following steps: sintering sodium chloride crystal particles to obtain an open porous sodium chloride prefabricated structure; pouring molten magnesium or magnesium alloy into a mould cavity with a sodium chloride prefabricated body, and performing seepage pressure casting; and removing magnesium or magnesium alloy block outer skin with the sodium chloride prefabricated body, washing with alkali, and filtering to remove sodium chloride to obtain the degradable open porous magnesium and magnesium alloy biomaterial. The preparation process is simple, convenient to perform and pollution-free; the prepared open porous structure is provided with the communicated and uniformly distributed holes, is controllable in hole shape and size, relatively high in porosity and strength, free of pore former residues and pore closing phenomenon and adjustable in degradation rate, and can serve as a new-generation degradable bone tissue engineering scaffold.

Devices, systems and methods are provided which are capable of applying pressure and constraint to the heart and use the pericardium to assist in the application of the pressure and force to the heart.

A surgical implant comprising a screw element having a screw head, a first thread having a first thread pitch, a second thread having a second thread pitch and an intermediate portion coupling the first and second thread pitches with the first and second thread pitches being different. The implant has a buttressing head associated with the first thread, and it is dimensioned to be larger than a diameter of the first threads to provide external buttressing as the first and second threads compress a first bone and a second bone together.