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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
Gene Edward Austin, Bartlett, TN (US);
Sied W. Janna, Memphis, TN (US);
James K. Rains, Cordova, TN (US);
John Rose, Collierville, TN (US);
Lee Whitehurst, Germantown, TN (US);
Gene Edward Austin, Bartlett, TN (US);
Sied W. Janna, Memphis, TN (US);
James K. Rains, Cordova, TN (US);
John Rose, Collierville, TN (US);
Lee Whitehurst, Germantown, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A medicament containment device () is provided containing a medicament () and is associated with an implant, such as an orthopedic implant (). The medicament containment device () can degrade upon exposure to energy, such as energy () from an energy source (). The orthopedic implant (), including the medicament containment device is implanted or inserted into an environment () such as a patient's body. The energy source () can be used outside the patient's body, but in proximity to the orthopedic implant (), to apply energy () to the medicament containment device (). Upon exposure to the energy (), the medicament containment device () can degrade and release the medicament () into the environment (). The medicament () can kill and/or disrupt bacterial cells () or other infectious cells that form in proximity to the orthopedic implant ().