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- Patent Title: Antibiotic dispensing spacer apparatus and method for infected total knee arthroplasty
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Application No.: US15711507Application Date: 2017-09-21
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Publication No.: US10265182B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Jared Ruben Hillel Foran
- Applicant: ForCast Orthopedics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Longmont
- Assignee: ForCast Orthopedics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ForCast Orthopedics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Longmont
- Agency: Maier & Maier, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61F2/38
- IPC: A61F2/38 ; A61F2/30 ; A61F2/46

Abstract:
A spacer for a knee replacement prosthesis. The spacer may have a lower surface with a locking component adapted to interlock with a tibial tray, an upper surface optionally with a tibial post and a pair of smooth-surfaced and slightly concave condyle support platforms disposed on opposite sides of the tibial post, and a substantially hollow body with an internal reservoir that can be filled with antibiotic material. The reservoir may be accessible from a port on the hollow body that leads into the internal reservoir, and which permits refilling of the reservoir. In some embodiments, the reservoir may be refillable from this port without removal of the spacer from the patient; for example, a percutaneous needle may be inserted into the port. The spacer may dispense antibiotic from this reservoir to the surrounding area in order to treat an infection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180008423A1 ANTIBIOTIC DISPENSING SPACER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFECTED TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY Public/Granted day:2018-01-11
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