Red light implants for treating osteoporosis

• US 10,245,443 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2016
• Issued: 04/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Attawia, Mohamed, DiMauro, Thomas M, Sutton, Jeffrey K
• Primary Examiner(s): Philogene, Pedro
• Application Number:
  US15/175,353
• Publication Number:
  US 20160287893A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: 606 92- 94, 606300-321, 606328, 606281, 606 88, 607 51, 607 88, 607 89, 607 92, 424423, 623 2372, 128898
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/7001 Screws or hooks combined with longitudinal elements which do not contact vertebrae A61B17/7058 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/7032 Screws or hooks with U-shaped head or back through which longitudinal rods pass
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/86 Pins or screws or threaded wires; nuts therefor A61B17/72 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/8805 for introducing fluid filler into bone or extracting it A61B17/7097, A61B17/8833 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/564 Methods for bone or joint treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/44 for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0612 using probes penetrating tissue; interstitial probes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0643 Applicators, probes irradiating specific body areas in close proximity
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0651 Diodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0659 infrared
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0663 Coloured light
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0601 Apparatus for use inside the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0613 Apparatus adapted for a specific treatment

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of treating a patient that involves injecting a flowable material into a cancellous bone region of a bone, wherein the material is adapted to facilitate tissue regeneration, and then irradiating the cancellous bone region with an effective amount of NIR/red light. The irradiation may be carried out from a light source located inside the bone. The light may enter the bone via a transmitter located underneath the skin of the patient.

Claims

1. A method of treating a patient, involving

a) injecting a flowable material into a cancellous bone region of a bone, wherein the material is adapted to facilitate tissue regeneration, and

b) irradiating the cancellous bone region with an effective amount of NIR/red light effective to stimulate bone repair.