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US 2019/0167325 A1Published application
Drug eluting surgical screw
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsDavid Armbruster, Anurag Pandey
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of reducing the risk of infection following surgery utilizing the drug eluting surgical screw disclosed herein to secure an implant in an animal following surgery. The drug eluting screw includes a drug eluting component that can elute a therapeutic agent locally at the surface of the implant reducing the risk of infection.
Claims20
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A method of reducing risk of infection at a fracture fixation site comprising:
- implanting a fracture fixation implant at a site of a bone fracture, the fracture fixation implant defining a surface and including at least one aperture extending from the surface through the implant;
- applying a drug eluting screw through the at least one aperture and into the bone at the fracture site so as to secure the fracture fixation implant to the bone, wherein the drug eluting screw includes a drug eluting component comprising a carrier matrix including at least one antibiotic;
- and,
- eluting the at least one antibiotic from the carrier matrix, wherein the at least one antibiotic elutes locally along the surface of the fracture fixation implant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.