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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2004
John Pafford, Germantown, TN (US);
Lawrence M. Boyd, Memphis, TN (US);
William F. Mckay, Memphis, TN (US);
Eddie F. Ray, Iii, Cordova, TN (US);
James E. Van Hoeck, Cordova, TN (US);
John Pafford, Germantown, TN (US);
Lawrence M. Boyd, Memphis, TN (US);
William F. McKay, Memphis, TN (US);
Eddie F. Ray, III, Cordova, TN (US);
James E. Van Hoeck, Cordova, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
Spinal spacersare provided for fusion of a motion segment. The spacers include a load bearing memberhaving a wallsized for engagement within a space between adjacent vertebrae to maintain the space and an effective amount of an osteogenic composition to stimulate osteoinduction. The osteogenic composition includes a substantially pure osteogenic factor in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment the load bearing member includes a bone graft impregnated in an osteogenic composition. In another embodiment, the osteogenic compositionis packed within a chamberdefined in the graft. Any suitable configuration of a bone graft is contemplated, including bone dowels, D-shaped spacers and cortical rings.