Mark W. Cowan;Axel F. Brisken;Richard E. Riley;Debra S. Echt
发明人:
Mark W. Cowan,Richard E. Riley,Axel F. Brisken,Debra S. Echt
申请号：
US13292854
公开号：
US08494644B2
申请日:
2011.11.09
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Systems and methods are disclosed to enhance bone growth by stimulating bone sites for bone regrowth, fusion, or grafts. The invention uses electrical stimulation of the bone site, where vibrational energy from a source is received by an implanted device and converted to electrical energy and the converted electrical energy is used by implanted electrodes to stimulate the bone site. The vibrational energy is generated by a controller-transmitter, which could be located either externally or implanted. The vibrational energy is received by a receiver-transmitter, which could be incorporated into an orthopedic device, such as pin, cage, plate or prosthetic joint used for bone healing.
