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Devices and methods for facilitating controlled bone growth or repair

  • US 7,837,735 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2004
  • Issued: 11/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interbody spine fusion cage for fusing adjacent vertebrae, said spinal fusion cage comprising:

  • a cage body defining an outside surface;

    a carrier receiving area defined by said cage body;

    an un-doped carrier material loaded in said carrier receiving area;

    a port that communicates said outside surface with said carrier receiving area for facilitating delivery of a biologically active substance onto said un-doped carrier material;

    a pathway that communicates with said carrier receiving area for delivering said biologically active substance from said carrier receiving area to a target bone structure;

    an end cap on an end of said cage body for enclosing said carrier receiving area;

    wherein said port is located in said end cap; and

    further comprising;

    a plug in said port adapted to be penetrated by a delivery device.

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