A surgical guide includes a body including a beveled distal surface configured to being placed against a side of a foot and a proximal surface. The body includes at least one channel that extends between the beveled distal surface and the proximal surface of the body. At least one K-wire is receivable in the at least one channel and is configured to being received in a metatarsal and a capital fragment of the foot. The guide includes a handle, and a preset angle is defined between a longitudinal axis of the body and the beveled distal surface of the body. The preset angle is between approximately 25° and approximately 30°.

A surgical system and procedure are provided for correcting a deformity between first and second bones using an alignment guide based on a correction factor. The alignment guide is used to insert one or more k-wires into each of the first and second bones in a deformed configuration. A correction guide is passed along the k-wires to rotate and/or translate the first bone relative to the second bone into the corrected configuration. An auxiliary correction guide can be passed along the k-wires to further rotate and/or translate the first bone relative to the second bone from the corrected configuration to an adjusted configuration.

A suture transport system is disclosure for placing a flexible member along a tunnel, the system including a means of transporting a flexible member along a tunnel from a first opening in the tunnel through to a second opening at an opposite end of the tunnel, such that the flexible member extends from both the first and second opening. The system also includes a means of capturing a portion of the flexible member at the second opening, to inhibit the flexible member from retracting into the tunnel second opening. The means of capturing includes an aperture for capturing the portion of the flexible member.

A disposable guide device for spinal surgery comprises two tubular guide bodies extending along respective main axes between a proximal end and a distal end to guide a surgical operation on a vertebra of a patient, a plurality of support feet projecting laterally relative to each guide body, near said proximal end, each defining a contact area configured to abut on a side of the spinous process or on a lamina or facet or transverse process of the vertebra of the patient, in a mating configuration, at least one junction element extending between the guide bodies, starting from the respective distal ends, in order to space them from each other, wherein the guide bodies are oriented so that the proximal ends are more distant from each other with respect to the distal ends.

A system for preventing relative motion between bones or sections of bone, for example, an ilium and a sacrum. The system includes an insertion tool and an implant. The implant includes a trunk, a distal anchor, a proximal anchor, and a stem coupled to the trunk. A driver of the insertion tool receives an input for a drive shaft of the insertion tool to draw the stem proximally such that the trunk is drawn towards the insertion tool. The drawing of the trunk and engagement of first and second engagement features is configured to deploy the proximal anchor outwardly. The distal anchor may be an expandable member, and the implant may define a bore extending through the proximal anchor for the distal anchor to receive injectable material. The system may be cannulated such that the insertion tool and the implant may be directed over a guidewire to position the implant.

A joint stabilization (reduction) system and associated methods and tools for placement of the system in an open or minimally invasive technique. The joint stabilization system includes a flexible prosthetic band for stabilizing the bones in proper position and a connector mechanism for joining the two ends of the prosthetic band around the bones. One end of the prosthetic band can be permanently attached to the connector.

Compositions and methods for inhibiting and interrupting biofilm formation, and for destabilizing established biofilms are provided, the novel compositions including polymeric resins and monomeric non-polymerizable and polymerizable resins. More particularly, the compositions and methods enable the protection and removal of biofilms from surfaces in the context of medical, consumer, domestic, food service, environmental and industrial applications, where the effects constitute beneficial and desirable biofilm attenuating activity.

A modular medical implant allowing the targeted injection of a liquid or pasty material into a bone cavity. This implant is produced with four types of modules provided with a lumen and of variable lengths, including: either a male securing principle, referred to as proximal modules, or a female securing principle, referred to as distal modules, or a male securing principle and a female securing principle, referred to as intermediate modules and perforated intermediate modules, that can be secured in a predetermined order and number in order to position the perforated intermediate modules at suitable levels to allow an injection product to be conveyed to and diffused at the targeted locations, via the perforations, while producing the required length of the implant. The implant is intended, in general, for surgical operations and, in particular, for interventional radiology.

A modular medical implant allowing the targeted injection of a liquid or pasty material into a bone cavity. This implant is produced with four types of modules provided with a lumen and of variable lengths, including: either a male securing principle, referred to as proximal modules, or a female securing principle, referred to as distal modules, or a male securing principle and a female securing principle, referred to as intermediate modules and perforated intermediate modules, that can be secured in a predetermined order and number in order to position the perforated intermediate modules at suitable levels to allow an injection product to be conveyed to and diffused at the targeted locations, via the perforations, while producing the required length of the implant. The implant is intended, in general, for surgical operations and, in particular, for interventional radiology.

Disclosed are system and methods that use at least one non-threaded anchor and an implant with at least one aperture to join boney structures, where the interaction of the head of the anchor with the implant aperture causes the anchor to move transversely with respect to an initial trajectory. This movement causes compression or distraction of the boney structures which are coupled to the anchors.