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Apparatus and method for the delivery of electrical current for interbody spinal arthrodesis

  • US 6,605,089 B1
  • Filed: 09/23/1999
  • Issued: 08/12/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for placement into and between at least two adjacent bone masses to promote bone growth therebetween, said device comprising:

  • an implant having opposed first and second surfaces for placement between and in contact with the adjacent bone masses, a mid-longitudinal axis, and a hollow chamber between said first and second surfaces, said hollow chamber being adapted to hold bone growth promoting material, said hollow chamber being along at least a portion of the mid-longitudinal axis of said implant, each of said first and second surfaces having at least one opening in communication with said hollow chamber into which bone from the adjacent bone masses grows; and

    an energizer for energizing said implant, said energizer being sized and configured to promote bone growth from adjacent bone mass to adjacent bone mass through said first and second surfaces and through at least a portion of said hollow chamber at the mid-longitudinal axis.

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