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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey D Schwardt, Morristown, NJ (US);
George B Jankowski, Great Meadows, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Electro-Biology, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607 51 ; 607116 ;
Abstract
An implantable bone growth stimulator comprising an electrical signal generator having an anode connected thereto along with a prefabricated flexible wire mesh cathode that is extendable to at least twice its preformed initial length. The cathode in a preferred embodiment includes a single chain of conductive wire links formed as alternating loops and twists of two strands of monofilament titanium wire.