Abstract: A pet bathing product for the shampooing or bathing of pets, including dogs and horses. The inventive device includes a distribution head that is attached to a hose and an additive reservoir that allows for the sudsing of the coat directly through the comb. The device has a handle designed to fit easily in the hand while currying a pet. A fluid hose or other fluid supply system is attached, either directly or through an adaptor, to a fluid conduit which runs through the device and directs fluid and/or additive to the curry head. A shutter is located between the fluid conduit and the additive reservoir which can be turned on or off to allow fluid to flow past the additive reservoir. When the shutter open position is selected, the shutter allows additive to diffuse into the stream of fluid. The additive/fluid mixture is applied to the pet through the holes in the distribution head. When the shutter is turned to the off position, fluid flows past it without additive being dispensed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include instrumentation and methods for treatment of a spinal structure or other orthopedic structures. An elongate member including a deformable distal portion having an initial configuration for placement within a spinal structure or other orthopedic structures, and a deformed configuration wherein the distal portion is outwardly deformed is provided. The elongated member may be used to access the interior of the spinal structure or other orthopedic structures and to manipulate tissue within the structure.

Abstract: A vertebral lift device including an expandable member made of a bio-compatible material and having a plurality of interconnected structural members, with the expandable member having a first dimension for insertion thereof into a damaged vertebral body having a damaged dimension, the interconnected structural members of the expandable member being expandable to a second dimension substantially corresponding to dimensions of the vertebral body prior to its damage, wherein the expandable member defines a void area within a periphery defined by the structural members when the expandable member is expanded to the second dimension for receiving a restoration agent; and a covering configured to substantially cover the exterior of the expandable member to inhibit leakage of the restoration agent received within the void area.

Abstract: A bone void filler material, including a hydrogel component provided by microparticulates of pre-set hydrogel material dispersed within a carrier component to maintain the microparticulates substantially proximate to one another so that the resulting fill material is rendered as a substantially flowable mass.

Abstract: An annulus replacement technique includes inserting a guide wire into an annulus space. A first dilator tube is then slid over the guide wire and into the intervertebral space. The first dilator tube has a first longitudinal channel of a first cross section that is shaped to matingly engage with the guide wire. A second dilator tube is then slid over the first dilator tube and into the intervertebral space. The second dilator tube has a second longitudinal channel of a second cross section that mating engages with an outer cross section of the first dilator tube. The first dilator tube and the guide wire can then be removed and an implant can be inserted into the intervertebral space through the second dilator tube.

Abstract: A surgical system for delivery of viscous fluid is described. The system includes a housing having a handle portion and a coupling portion extending generally transverse to the handle portion, a reservoir member for engaging with the housing, the reservoir member being adapted to receive a viscous fluid prior to engagement with the housing, and a plunger member adapted to be inserted into the coupling portion and translated through the reservoir member via engagement of the plunger member with the coupling portion.