Abstract: An implant retention system for a knit surgical implant can include an elongated hollow mesh tip, including a flanged section at a distal end thereof and an internal threaded section proximal to the flanged section, and an elongated hollow lock tube, including a non-threaded section at a distal end thereof and an external threaded section proximal to the non-threaded section. The mesh tip can be threaded over the lock tube to define a crimp section between the flanged section and the non-threaded section that engages a portion of the knit surgical implant to retain the knit surgical implant in engagement with the lock tube.

Abstract: A surgical implant fill system can include a fill tube and a tube twister. A flange of the fill tube can be keyed to the tube twister so that the fill tube does not rotate independent from the tube twister when the flange is engaged with the tube twister. A release mechanism secures the flanged end to the tube twister. Visual and tactile indications can be provided on the tube twister to show the direction of the dispensing end of the fill tube.

Abstract: A tensioning tool which holds the free ends of a tension band secured to a clip and clip screw and rotation of an adjusting knob causes tension to be applied to pull the band through the clip until the desired tension is achieved.

Abstract: A clip for holding two ends of a flat surgical cable includes an outer portion with female threads and an inner male portion having mating male threads.

Abstract: An instrument for filling cavities in a body, such as a cavity within a reamed out spinal disc, with beads includes a cyclical agitator that functions to prompt the introduction of one bead at a time through the fill tube to prevent clogging and to promote compaction within the cavity.

Abstract: A tensioning tool which holds the free ends of a tension band secured to a clip and clip screw and rotation of an adjusting knob causes tension to be applied to pull the band through the clip until the desired tension is achieved.

Abstract: An instrument for filling cavities in a body, such as a cavity within a reamed out spinal disc, with beads includes a cyclical agitator that functions to prompt the introduction of one bead at a time through the fill tube to prevent clogging and to promote compaction within the cavity.

Abstract: A clip for holding two ends of a flat surgical cable includes an outer portion with female threads and an inner male portion having mating male threads.

Abstract: An expandable reamer for forming a space within a vertebral disc includes a pair of opposing blades which have a expanded state and a retracted state. The blades being pivotally positioned at the distal end of a shaft assembly. A shaft housing being substantially disposed about the shaft assembly. The proximal end of the shaft assembly being operatively engaged by a control device which when rotated allows the blades to be fully retracted for insertion into a pre-bored hole and then to be expanded incrementally until the cavity is bored as desired.

Abstract: An expandable reamer for forming a space within a vertebral disc includes a pair of opposing blades which have a expanded state and a retracted state. The blades being pivotally positioned at the distal end of a shaft assembly. A shaft housing being substantially disposed about the shaft assembly. The proximal end of the shaft assembly being operatively engaged by a control device which when rotated allows the blades to be fully retracted for insertion into a pre-bored hole and then to be expanded incrementally until the cavity is bored as desired.

Abstract: A unitary mounting carrier structure supports a display panel and acoustic transducer components within a housing sub-portion of a telephone test set containing a keypad, an earpiece receiver port, a display panel face, and an auxiliary speaker port at an end portion of the test set. The unitary carrier structure is generally wedge-configured and has a generally flat, liquid crystal display panel unit-mounting section upon which a shock-absorbing gasket assembly containing a display panel unit is mounted. An earpiece receiver-mounting section is contiguous with a wider end of the carrier, and is contiguous with the generally flat, display panel unit-mounting section. An auxiliary speaker-mounting section is supported by the carrier adjacent and transverse to the earpiece receiver-mounting section. A desiccant-retaining section is supported adjacent to the display panel unit-mounting section, and serves to reduce the dew point within the test set to a value in a range on the order of 0.degree.-65.degree. F.

Abstract: Unwanted acoustic noise and environmental degradation associated with the use of a highly sensitive microphone in a telephone test set are eliminated by a microphone-integrated keypad laminate architecture, in which a microphone is snugly captured within a microphone holder molded into a pliable keypad unit and its leads sealed against the environment and case vibration. The keypad unit is supported by a keypad support structure adjacent to the test set's keypad face, so that the microphone holder is retained adjacent to an acoustic coupling port, and the keypad's keys are accessible by way of keypad apertures in the keypad face. A printed circuit board urges the keypad unit into engagement with the keypad support structure. The keypad unit and the printed circuit board have sealed aperture arrangements through which electrical leads of the microphone pass for connection to the circuit board.

Abstract: A strain relief attachment for attaching a telephone communication cord to a telephone test set has a line cord strain relief element, a grooved neck end of which is insertable through a tunnel through an end of the test set to a strain relief engagement cavity adjacent to a battery compartment of the test set and accessible by a battery door. The strain relief element includes a bore through which the line cord extends and a flange configured to conform with an external surface of the test set adjacent to the tunnel. The strain relief element engagement cavity is connected by a line cord passageway to the battery compartment. A wedge-shaped line cord retention plug is inserted into the strain relief engagement cavity, engaging the grooved neck of the line cord strain relief element and a wall surface of the strain relief engagement cavity.

Abstract: An expandable reamer for forming a space within a vertebral disc includes a pair of opposing blades which have a expanded state and a retracted state. The blades being pivotally positioned at the distal end of a shaft assembly. A shaft housing being substantially disposed about the shaft assembly. The proximal end of the shaft assembly being operatively engaged by a control device which when rotated allows the blades to be fully retracted for insertion into a pre-bored hole and then to be expanded incrementally until the cavity is bored as desired.