REPLENISHABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT FOR BONE AND CARTILAGE
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1. A spinal implant comprising:
- one or more integrated walls spaced apart to define an interior cavity configured to retain bone graft material, and having at least one aperture providing a pathway between the interior cavity and an exterior environment of the implant;
wherein at least one of the one or more walls has a lumen therein, the lumen terminating at a post-operatively accessible refill port and at one or more drug delivery ports disposed in an exterior surface of the at least one wall, and configured to allow drugs to flow from the refill port to the one or more delivery ports.
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A spinal implant comprising one or more integrated walls spaced apart to define an interior cavity configured to retain bone graft material, and having at least one aperture providing a pathway between the interior cavity and an exterior environment of the implant; wherein at least one of the one or more walls has a lumen therein, the lumen terminating at a post-operatively accessible refill port and at one or more drug delivery ports disposed in a surface of the at least one wall, and configured to allow drugs to flow from the refill port to the one or more delivery ports.
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48 Claims
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1. A spinal implant comprising:
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one or more integrated walls spaced apart to define an interior cavity configured to retain bone graft material, and having at least one aperture providing a pathway between the interior cavity and an exterior environment of the implant; wherein at least one of the one or more walls has a lumen therein, the lumen terminating at a post-operatively accessible refill port and at one or more drug delivery ports disposed in an exterior surface of the at least one wall, and configured to allow drugs to flow from the refill port to the one or more delivery ports. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A bone implant comprising:
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one or more integrated walls spaced apart to define an interior cavity configured to retain bone graft material, and having at least one aperture providing a pathway between the interior cavity and an exterior environment of the implant; wherein at least one of the one or more walls has a lumen therein, the lumen terminating at a post-operatively accessible refill port and at one or more drug delivery ports disposed in an exterior surface of the at least one wall, and configured to allow drugs to flow from the refill port to the one or more delivery ports. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A spinal implant system comprising:
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a spinal implant having; one or more integrated walls spaced apart to define an interior cavity configured to retain bone graft material, and having at least one aperture providing a pathway between the interior cavity and an exterior environment of the implant, wherein at least one of the one or more walls has a lumen therein, the lumen terminating at a post-operatively accessible refill port and at one or more drug delivery ports disposed in an exterior surface of the at least one wall, and configured to allow drugs to flow from the refill port to the one or more delivery ports; and a drug source fluidically coupled to the refill port of the spinal implant. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of using a spinal implant comprising one or more integrated walls spaced apart to define an interior cavity configured to retain bone graft material, and having at least one aperture providing a pathway between the interior cavity and an exterior environment of the implant, wherein at least one of the one or more walls has a lumen therein, the lumen terminating at a post-operatively accessible refill port and at one or more drug delivery ports disposed in an exterior surface of the at least one wall, the method comprising:
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implanting the spinal implant into a vertebral body of a patient; fluidcally coupling the refill port to a drug source; and delivering drugs from the drug source to the refill port to facilitate the flow of drugs from the refill port to the one or more delivery ports. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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