Houdin Dehnad,Bohdan Wolodymyr Chopko,Paul E. Chirico,Robert Vincent Mc Cormack
申请号：
US13231219
公开号：
US08771323B2
申请日:
2011.09.13
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
Silver and/or zinc ion releasing implants, systems and method of operating, inserting and activating/inactivating them are described. In some variations the implant is configured as a bone implant that includes a bone-screw or intramedullary rod like body configured to receive a treatment cartridge having a plurality of ion-releasing members configured as an anode that can controllably engage with a catheter to turn galvanic release of ions on/off as desired. These devices may be configured to release silver ions (and/or zinc ions) above a predetermined level for a predetermined period of time and may maintain a concentration of ions over a relatively large volume of tissue. The ion-releasing members may be configured to reduce or prevent implant movement.
