Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Prosthesis attachment method and apparatus with soft tissue integrating seal
- Patent Title (中): 假体附着方法和软组织集成密封装置
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Application No.: US12735452Application Date: 2009-01-21
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Publication No.: US08641778B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Alfred E. Mann , Byron L. Moran , Abram D. Janis , Paul Kaluzniak
- Applicant: Alfred E. Mann , Byron L. Moran , Abram D. Janis , Paul Kaluzniak
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clarita
- Assignee: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
- Current Assignee: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clarita
- Agency: Henricks, Slavin & Holmes LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2009/000415 WO 20090121
- International Announcement: WO2009/094166 WO 20090730
- Main IPC: A61F2/78
- IPC: A61F2/78
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for reducing the incident of infection proximate to an exit site where a prosthesis fastener, e.g., a bone screw, percutaneously penetrates a patient's skin/soft tissue. Infection reduction is achieved in accordance with the invention by growing a tissue integrating seal around the fastener proximate to the exit site.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110029002A1 PROSTHESIS ATTACHMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SOFT TISSUE INTEGRATING SEAL Public/Granted day:2011-02-03
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