Prosthetic device for human body and production method therefor
AssigneeCossington Limited
InventorAugusto Magagnoli
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Abstract
A prosthetic device, adapted to be implanted in the human body and adapted to prevent and/or treat an infection that can arise and/or which has arisen at a bone site or at an articular site, wherein the prosthetic device has a prosthetic body provided with at least one surface for coupling, during use, with the bone or articular site and with at least one cavity placed along the coupling surface, wherein the at least one cavity is adapted to include, contain or house at least one pharmaceutical or medical substance.
Claims13
A prosthetic device, implantable in a bone or articular site of a human body, comprising:
- a prosthetic body, said prosthetic body comprising at least one coupling surface adapted to come into contact during use with said bone or articular site,
- wherein said at least one coupling surface comprises at least one cavity containing a filler material comprising at least one pharmaceutical or medical substance, said filler material being solid or in a solidifiable fluid form and having the at least one pharmaceutical or medical substance contained therein that prevents or treats infections, said filler material further having pores or channels dimensioned to prevent bone growth within the filler material,
- wherein said filler material occupies an entire space defined by said at least one cavity, thereby completely filling said at least one cavity, and
- wherein said filler material is flush with, or projecting from, said at least one coupling surface.
A prosthetic device, implantable in a bone or articular site of a human body, comprising:
- a prosthetic body, said prosthetic body comprising at least one coupling surface adapted to come into contact during use with said bone or articular site,
- wherein said at least one coupling surface comprises at least one cavity containing a filler material comprising at least one pharmaceutical or medical substance that prevents or treats infections, said filler material being solid or in a solidifiable fluid form and having the at least one pharmaceutical or medical substance contained therein, said filler material further having pores or channels dimensioned to prevent bone growth within the filler material, and
- wherein said at least one coupling surface comprises at least one covering of the filler material placed at, or in contact with, an entirety of the at least one coupling surface, thereby being in contact with tissue of the bone or articular site.
A prosthetic device, implantable in a bone or articular site of a human body, comprising:
- a prosthetic body, said prosthetic body comprising at least one coupling surface adapted to come into contact during use with said bone or articular site, and
- a filler material comprising at least one pharmaceutical or medical substance that prevents or treats infections, said filler material being solid or in a solidifiable fluid form and having the at least one pharmaceutical or medical substance contained therein, said filler material further having pores or channels dimensioned to prevent bone growth within the filler material,
- wherein said at least one coupling surface comprises at least one covering of the filler material comprising the at least one pharmaceutical or medical substance, and
- wherein said filler material is flush with said at least one coupling surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.