DRUG DELIVERY AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT

DRUG DELIVERY AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide orthopedic implants, specifically orthopedic implants having a drug delivery and diagnostic system.SOLUTION: The drug delivery and diagnostic system can include an orthopedic implant 110 having an outer attachment surface 114. A conduit 112 can be coupled to the oute...

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Hauptverfasser: KREIDER TAYLER E, KUMAR MUKESH, MERIDEW JASON D
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
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HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide orthopedic implants, specifically orthopedic implants having a drug delivery and diagnostic system.SOLUTION: The drug delivery and diagnostic system can include an orthopedic implant 110 having an outer attachment surface 114. A conduit 112 can be coupled to the outer attachment surface 114. The conduit 112 can have an inlet and a plurality of perforations formed along a length of the conduit 112. The conduit 112 can be adapted to allow fluid to pass between the inlet and the perforations. A subcutaneous port 14 can be fluidly coupled to the inlet and be adapted to communicate fluid through the inlet, along the conduit 112 and out of the perforations arranged around and along the outer attachment surface 114 of the orthopedic implant 110.