Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a removable embolic protection device for deployment at a body vessel, as well as systems and methods for implanting the device within a vessel of a patient.

A kit for use in performing joint arthroplasty on a head of a long bone is disclosed. The kit includes: a first implant including a first implant articulating surface and an opposed first implant mounting surface having a first implant location feature; and an instrument for preparing a cavity in the head of the long bone. The instrument includes a body and a punch extending from the body. The punch includes a portion thereof having a shape similar to the first implant location surface of the implant. A method for providing joint arthroplasty is also disclosed.

An implantable device for treating mitral valve regurgitation, the device being configured to expand from a compressed state into an expanded state. The device comprises a stent element consisting of (i) an atrial anchoring stent-portion, and (ii) a valve-carrying stent-portion being fixedly connected with one another, and a valve-element. The atrial anchoring stent-portion has a balloon-like shape and the valve-carrying stent-portion has a cylindrical shape, such, that the valve-carrying stent-portion is positioned intra-annular without contacting the annulus of a native mitral valve.

A prosthetic heart valve provided herein can include at least one leaflet having a body portion and two opposite sleeve portions. The body portion can be defined by at least two side edges adjacent each sleeve portion. The at least one leaflet can define at least one notch between at least one of the two side edges and the adjacent sleeve portion, or at least one aperture positioned adjacent at least one side edge and an adjacent sleeve portion.

According to an aspect, an inflatable implant includes a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid; an inflatable member; and a pump assembly configured to transfer fluid from the fluid reservoir to the inflatable member, the pump assembly including a pump bulb, the pump bulb having an outer surface, the pump bulb having a horizontal projection disposed on the outer surface and a vertical projection disposed on the outer surface.

A prosthetic mitral valve includes an anchor assembly, an annular strut frame, and a plurality of replacement leaflets secured to the annular strut frame. The anchor assembly includes a ventricular anchor, an atrial anchor, and a central portion therebetween. The annular strut frame is disposed radially within the anchor assembly. An atrial end of the annular strut frame is attached to the anchor assembly such that a ventricular end of the annular strut frame is spaced away from the anchor assembly.

Prosthetic heart valve devices for percutaneous replacement of native heart valves and associated systems and method are disclosed herein. A prosthetic heart valve device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an anchoring member having an upstream portion configured to engage with tissue on or near the annulus of the native heart valve and to deform in a non-circular shape to conform to the tissue. The device can also include a mechanically isolated valve support coupled to the anchoring member and configured to support a prosthetic valve. The device can further include an atrial extension member extending radially outward from the upstream portion of the anchoring member and which is deformable without substantially deforming the anchoring member. In some embodiments, the upstream portion of the anchoring member and the extension member may be deformed while the valve support remains sufficiently stable.

A method for creating a surgical mesh includes heat treating a plurality of fibers; knitting the plurality of fibers into a mesh; and heat treating the mesh by applying heat at a temperature that falls within a range of 65 degrees Celsius to 110 degrees Celsius while subjecting the mesh to a tension that falls in a range of 4.0 Newtons per centimeter (N/cm) to 32.0 N/cm for a period of time that falls in a range of 1 hour to 9 hours.

Injectable bone graft material having a biocompatible, resorbable polymer and a biocompatible, resorbable inorganic material exhibiting macro, meso, and microporosities.

Provided is a vertebral spacer including a columnar main-body portion attached to individual cut end portions of the cut vertebral arch by screws, wherein the main-body portion is provided with two accommodating holes formed inside the main-body portion at positions spaced in a longitudinal direction of the main-body portion, and individually accommodating head portions of the screws, the individual accommodating holes are provided with openings through which the head portions are inserted into the accommodating holes from outside the main-body portion, and the openings have diameters greater than diameters of shaft portions of the screws, smaller than diameters of the head portions, and increased to a size that is greater than the diameters of the head portions.