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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2010
Hassan Serhan, Raynham, MA (US);
Michael J. O'neil, Raynham, MA (US);
Sean Lilienfeld, Raynham, MA (US);
Thomas M. Dimauro, Raynham, MA (US);
Hassan Serhan, Raynham, MA (US);
Michael J. O'Neil, Raynham, MA (US);
Sean Lilienfeld, Raynham, MA (US);
Thomas M. DiMauro, Raynham, MA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of correcting spinal deformity, which includes locating pharmaceutical-loaded implants adjacent to targeted spinal growth plates, and then eluting the pharmaceutical onto the growth plates. Preferably, the method involves correcting spinal deformity by simply inserting a pharmaceutical-eluting pedicle screw onto the concave side of a scoliotic curve. In some embodiments, the screw has a cannulated internal reservoir that contains a growth-inhibiting pharmaceutical (such as a tetracycline) and at least one fenestration that allows the pharmaceutical to elute onto the vertebral body growth plate.