Absorbing eluting spacer device
AssigneeTecres S.P.A.
InventorsGiovanni FACCIOLI, Renzo SOFFIATTI
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Abstract
Disposable temporary spacer device for an articulation of the human body or for a bone cavity, wherein the spacer device includes at least one first component adapted to be constrained to a bone portion or end, wherein the spacer device is made from a biologically compatible material and comprises interconnected pores distributed in the entire volume occupied by the spacer device, in which the interconnected pores have a size and occupy a percentage of the volume of the spacer device such that it is able to absorb and consequently elute one or more pharmaceutical or medical substances in liquid or fluid form or in paste, cream, gel, wax, or viscous form.
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A disposable temporary spacer device for an articulation of the human body or for a bone cavity, wherein said spacer device comprises at least one first component adapted to be constrained to a bone portion or end, wherein said spacer device is made of a biologically compatible material, wherein said spacer device comprises interconnected pores, wherein said interconnected pores have a size and occupy a percentage of the volume of said spacer device such that said spacer device is capable of absorbing and consequently eluting one or more pharmaceutical or medical substances in liquid or fluid form or in paste, or cream, or gel, or wax, or viscous form, and wherein said spacer device is preformed and said interconnected pores are uniformly distributed over the entire volume occupied by said spacer device.
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