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US 2024/0307186 A1Published application
Prosthetic device with antibiotics
AssigneeTecres S.P.A.
InventorsGiovanni FACCIOLI, Renzo SOFFIATTI
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Abstract
Prosthetic device suitable for being implanted in a bone or joint site of the human body, including a prosthetic body, wherein the prosthetic device includes or can be added with antibiotic or a medical substance.
Claims14
A method for the implementation of a prosthetic device comprising the following steps:
- providing a prosthetic body comprising a wall having an inner surface and an outer surface and delimiting at least one inner cavity;
- forming holes or ports for putting in communication said at least one inner cavity with space outside said prosthetic body;
- providing a filler material, wherein said filler material has small interconnected channels;
- inserting or positioning said filler material in said at least one inner cavity and in said holes or ports;
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- immersing said prosthetic device having said filler material in a solution comprising an antibiotic or medical substance, so that said solution comprising an antibiotic or medical substance penetrates into said prosthetic device and soaks said filler material.
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