Abstract: A method for performing surgery on a target bone with guidance from an adjacent bone adjacent to the target bone, the method using a cutting guide including a mounting portion, a cut guiding portion and a linking portion extending therebetween, the method comprising: mounting the mounting portion to the adjacent bone and positioning the cut guiding portion adjacent to the target bone, wherein the mounting portion and the cut guiding portion are positioned in a predetermined spatial relationship relative respectively to the adjacent and target bones; and making a cut in the target bone using a saw, the saw being guided along a predetermined path by the cut guiding portion.

Abstract: A limb sparring system for replacing a portion of a radius, the radius being adjacent to an ulna, the system comprising a cutting guide including a cut guiding portion for guiding a saw when making a predetermined cut in the radius to excise the portion of the radius, an opposed ulnar mounting portion mountable to the ulna, and a linking portion extending therebetween; and an endoprosthesis configured for replacing the portion of the radius after the portion of the radius has been excised. When the cutting guide is operatively mounted to the radius and ulna, the cut guiding portion and the ulnar mounting portion engage respectively the radius and the ulna in a predetermined spatial relationship relative thereto.

Abstract: A cutting guide for guiding a cut in a radius, the radius being adjacent to an ulna, the cutting guide comprising: a cut guiding portion, an opposed ulnar mounting portion and a linking portion extending therebetween; the cutting guide being delimited by a cutting guide peripheral surface defining a bone facing portion, the bone facing portion being contoured to match the shape of the radius and ulna.

Abstract: A limb sparring system for replacing a portion of a radius, the radius being adjacent to an ulna, the system comprising a cutting guide including a cut guiding portion for guiding a saw when making a predetermined cut in the radius to excise the portion of the radius, an opposed ulnar mounting portion mountable to the ulna, and a linking portion extending therebetween; and an endoprosthesis configured for replacing the portion of the radius after the portion of the radius has been excised. When the cutting guide is operatively mounted to the radius and ulna, the cut guiding portion and the ulnar mounting portion engage respectively the radius and the ulna in a predetermined spatial relationship relative thereto.

Abstract: A cutting guide for guiding a cut in a radius, the radius being adjacent to an ulna, the cutting guide comprising: a cut guiding portion, an opposed ulnar mounting portion and a linking portion extending therebetween; the cutting guide being delimited by a cutting guide peripheral surface defining a bone facing portion, the bone facing portion being contoured to match the shape of the radius and ulna.

Abstract: An apparatus for per-operative modification of a medical device stiffness comprising a body having at least two ends, an element attached to first end of said body providing heat and mechanical treatment and adapted to abut and deform at least one portion of the medical device, a second end, opposite to said first end of said body, adapted to be grasped, a means of connecting to a power source located anywhere between said ends of said body, whereby the apparatus provides a means to enable per-operative adjustment to the stiffness of a medical device.

Abstract: A binding component for binding together a pair of biological tissues. The binding component includes an elongated body defining a body longitudinal axis, the body being made, at least in part, of a shape memory material. The body is configured and sized so as to be both substantially flexible and substantially compressible in a direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An apparatus for binding together two biological tissue portions with a binding component. The apparatus includes a body defining a body handle for receiving a hand; at least one drum rotatably mounted to the body, the at least one drum including a binding component attachment for attaching the binding component thereto; a drum actuating lever mounted to the body, the drum actuating lever being operatively coupled to the at least one drum for rotating the at least one drum in a predetermined direction when the drum actuating lever is moved; and a crimping assembly operatively coupled to the body for holding a crimp component and selectively crimping the crimp component to the binding component.

Abstract: A binding component for binding together a pair of biological tissues. The binding component includes an elongated body defining a body longitudinal axis, the body being made, at least in part, of a shape memory material. The body is configured and sized so as to be both substantially flexible and substantially compressible in a direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a balloon-deployable stent having a progressive expansion over time and a method for using such a stent, thereby reducing restenosis. The stent has a progressive radial expansion of an armature (12) comprising a material having an elasticity allowing the self-deployment of the armature and of a matrix (14) comprising a second material having a rigidity and a conformation allowing a retention of the armature in a contracted position. The stent is deployed with the help of a balloon delivered into the armature, which allows an irreversible deformation of the matrix during the inflation of the balloon and enables a radial expansion of the armature.