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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
David Armbruster, West Chester, PA (US);
Anurag Pandey, Fort Washington, PA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/866 (2013.01); A61B 17/8615 (2013.01); A61M 31/002 (2013.01); A61B 17/8685 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00889 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01); A61B 2017/561 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of reducing the risk of infection following surgery utilizing the drug eluting surgical screw disclosed herein to secure an implant in an animal following surgery. The drug eluting screw includes a drug eluting component that can elute a therapeutic agent locally at the surface of the implant reducing the risk of infection.