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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas E Grivas, Charlotte, NC (US);
James M Grooms, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of Florida Tissue Bank, Inc., Alachua, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 16 ; 623 17 ;
Abstract
A dowel is provided by obtaining a plug from the shaft (diaphysis) of various long bones. The dowel has an intra-medullary canal which can be packed with any of a variety of osteogenic materials. The dowel has a cortical surface into which an instrument attachment hole may be machined and onto which an alignment mark may be inscribed for proper orientation of the intra-medullary canal. The dowel has a chamfered insertion end and has improved biomechanical and vertebral fusion induction properties as compared to standard dowels known in the art.
Published as:
CA2243152A1; WO9725945A1; AU1700597A; US5814084A; EP0876129A1; PL328226A1; AU704228B2; CZ220698A3; HUP9902187A2; HUP9902187A3; JP2000503231A; US6096081A; EP0876129B1; ATE224680T1; DE69715817D1; ES2186865T3; DE69715817T2; CA2243152C; JP3935506B2;