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Implantable device for the stimulation of bone growth

US4611597A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 2, 1983
Grant dateSep 16, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 2, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B17/58
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An implantable device for the stimulation of bone growth, the device having an elongated pickup coil arrangement that is provided with connectors for tissue electrodes. An extended and strip-like tissue electrode extends from the pickup coil arrangement and the connectors have a hole for a bone screw and a sleeve-like extension adapted to accommodate a Kirschner wire electrode.

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