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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Philip Procter, Geneva, CH;
Anders Jönsson, Onsala, SE;
Jörg Arnoldi, Bettlach, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Stryker Trauma GmbH, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61L 24/02 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/92 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 24/0042 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61B 2017/922 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61L 24/02 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for delivering a bisphosphonate and/or strontium ranelate below the surface of a bone using a mechanical force. The method includes the steps of combining a bisphosphonate and/or strontium ranelate with a carrier to form a delivery composition and delivering an effective amount of the delivery composition below the surface of the bone with a mechanical force. Also provided is a method for strengthening a portion of a bone. This method includes the step of delivering an effective amount of a bisphosphonate and/or strontium ranelate below the surface of a portion of a bone with a mechanical force.