Abstract: A cage device includes first and second segments pivotally connected by a hinge. Pivoted movement of the segments with respect to each other is limited by a first stopper portion of the first segment abutting against a second stopper portion of the second segment.

Abstract: A cage device includes first and second segments pivotally connected by a hinge. Pivoted movement of the segments with respect to each other is limited by a first stopper portion of the first segment abutting against a second stopper portion of the second segment.

Abstract: A bone structural device including a plurality of bone structural segments, wherein adjacent bone structural segments are pivotally connected to one another about a pivot axis, and the bone structural segments are expandable in height, which is in a direction generally parallel to the pivot axis.

Abstract: A bone structural device including a plurality of bone structural segments, wherein adjacent bone structural segments are pivotally connected to one another about a pivot axis, and the bone structural segments are expandable in height, which is in a direction generally parallel to the pivot axis.

Abstract: A bone structural device including a plurality of bone structural segments, wherein adjacent bone structural segments are pivotally connected to one another about a pivot axis, and the bone structural segments are expandable in height, which is in a direction generally parallel to the pivot axis.

Abstract: A bone structural device including a plurality of bone structural segments, wherein adjacent bone structural segments are pivotally connected to one another about a pivot axis, and the bone structural segments are expandable in height, which is in a direction generally parallel to the pivot axis.

Abstract: A cage device includes first and second segments pivotally connected by a hinge. Pivoted movement of the segments with respect to each other is limited by a first stopper portion of the first segment abutting against a second stopper portion of the second segment.

Abstract: A cage device includes first and second segments pivotally connected by a hinge. Pivoted movement of the segments with respect to each other is limited by a first stopper portion of the first segment abutting against a second stopper portion of the second segment.

Abstract: A composition suitable for treating a variety of medical, aesthetic and cosmetic conditions in mucous membranes and occluded skin areas, comprising hyaluronic acid, N-acetylcysteine, an active agent and set to pH of less than 6, which is characterized by high in vivo stability, is disclosed, as well as uses thereof in temporally extended delivery of active agent to mucous membrane in bodily sites.

Abstract: A composition suitable for treating a variety of medical, aesthetic and cosmetic conditions in mucous membranes and occluded skin areas, comprising hyaluronic acid, N-acetylcysteine, an active agent and set to pH of less than 6, which is characterized by high in vivo stability, is disclosed, as well as uses thereof in temporally extended delivery of active agent to mucous membrane in bodily sites.

Abstract: A tool assembly includes at least one tube and a slider disposed on a distal portion of the at least one tube. The slider includes a distal limiter movable between an extended position, in which the limiter protrudes distally from the slider, and a contracted position, in which the limiter does not protrude distally from the slider.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for improved bone implantation and stabilization assemblies, and improved systems/methods for deploying and/or undeploying such bone implantation and stabilization assemblies. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for improved devices, systems and methods for stabilizing bones and/or bone segments. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for improved devices, systems and methods for deploying bone implantation and stabilization assemblies into bone tissue (e g., spinal structure, vertebrae, cancellous bone, cortical bone, etc.) in order to stabilize bones and/or bone segments.

Abstract: An intervertebral cage includes first and second support surfaces arranged for pivoting about a pivot, and one or more lifting cams and an actuating shaft for actuating the cams. Actuation of the cams causes non-parallel movement of one of the first and second support surfaces with respect to the other support surface.

Abstract: A camera assembly includes a viewing device arranged to form images of a front field of view and means to transmit the images to a mobile device with a display. The viewing device displays images of the front field of view on a portion of the display. An alignment device aligns the viewing device to view the front field of view independent of the angular elevational position of the mobile device.

Abstract: A method for treating a gastrointestinal (GI) tract including providing a fiber/granule complex made of non-absorbable fibers having granules attached thereto, and ingesting the fiber/granule complex orally, wherein the fiber/granule complex treats materials in the GI tract as it passes through the GI tract, the fiber/granule complex not being substantially absorbed by the GI tract.

Abstract: An expandable bone device that includes a plurality of linking elements pivotally connected to one another about a hinge, wherein each of the linking elements has upper and lower support plates. An expansion mechanism is operatively connected to the linking elements and can move the upper support plate closer or further with respect to the lower support plate.

Abstract: A bone structural device including a plurality of bone structural segments (40), wherein adjacent bone structural segments (40) are pivotally connected to one another about a pivot axis, and the bone structural segments (40) are expandable in height, which is in a direction generally parallel to the pivot axis.

Abstract: An expandable bone device including a unitary body extending along a longitudinal axis and including a deformable distal end portion having a collapsed orientation for placement adjacent a spinal structure, the deformable distal end portion including relatively wide, mutually contiguous support surfaces outlined by relatively narrow cutouts, the support surfaces being contiguous with the rest of the unitary body via relatively narrow deformable splines, the deformable distal end portion having an expanded orientation wherein the support surfaces are moved transversely outwards away from and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, and an actuator coupled to the deformable distal end portion and operative to cause movement of the deformable distal end portion between the collapsed orientation and the expanded orientation.

Abstract: A threaded bone fastener including a threaded shank, a head extending from the shank, one or more expandable elements, each having a distal end or a proximal end pivotally attached to the shank, the expandable elements being expandable radially outwards from the shank and contractible radially inwards towards the shank, wherein expansion and contraction of the expandable elements does not change an overall length of the shank.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for improved devices, systems and methods for stabilizing bones and/or bone segments that have become displaced and/or unstable due to fractures. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for improved devices, systems and methods for deploying bone anchoring elements into bone tissue in order to stabilize bones and/or bone segments that have become displaced and/or unstable due to fractures or the like. In one embodiment, a bone treatment assembly includes a shaft configured to extend at least partially into bone tissue. The shaft includes at least one bone anchoring element with a tissue-piercing portion that is selectively displaced or deployed to engage bone tissue. The at least one bone anchoring element may be displaced by one or both of an inner member sized to extend into a lumen in the shaft and/or an outer member that is translatable over the shaft.