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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas M. Benson, Collierville, TN (US);
Newton H. Metcalf, Memphis, TN (US);
Steven D. Glassman, Louisville, KY (US);
Shane Burch, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Domagoj Coric, Charlotte, NC (US);
Robert A Fields, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/447 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spinal implant system includes bone growth promoting material, and an electrical bone growth stimulator. The electrical bone growth stimulator includes a mesh that surrounds at least a portion of the bone growth material, and the electrical bone growth stimulator is configured to conduct an electric current to stimulate tissue growth adjacent to the electrical bone growth stimulator.