CA2191345C - Apparatus and method, delivery of electrical current - Google Patents

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CA2191345C
CA2191345C CA002191345A CA2191345A CA2191345C CA 2191345 C CA2191345 C CA 2191345C CA 002191345 A CA002191345 A CA 002191345A CA 2191345 A CA2191345 A CA 2191345A CA 2191345 C CA2191345 C CA 2191345C
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    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2310/00Prostheses classified in A61F2/28 or A61F2/30 - A61F2/44 being constructed from or coated with a particular material
    • A61F2310/00389The prosthesis being coated or covered with a particular material
    • A61F2310/00592Coating or prosthesis-covering structure made of ceramics or of ceramic-like compounds
    • A61F2310/00796Coating or prosthesis-covering structure made of a phosphorus-containing compound, e.g. hydroxy(l)apatite

Abstract

An electrical bone growth promotion apparatus and method for the delivery of electrical current to an implant, surgically implanted within the intervertebral space between two adjacent vertebrae of the spine to promote bone growth, and the fusion process to areas adjacent to the implant, is disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a self-contained implant (10) having a surgically implantable, renewable power supply (60) and related control circuitry (70) for delivering electrical current directly to the implant (10), and thus directly to the area in which the promotion of bone growth is desired. The desired areas of bone growth promotion may be controlled by conducting negative charge only to the desired location of bone growth promotion.

Description

APPARATUS AND METHOD, DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention This invention relates to interbody bone fusion devices, and more particularly to an apparatus and method for the delivery of electrical current to a spinal fusion implant and to interbody fusion material for inducing bone growth and aiding in spinal arthrodesis.
Description of the Related Art The spine may be fused along any of its various surfaces, or internally within the interspaces of the vertebrae. Various interbody fusion devices have been developed to promote interbody fusions of the spine, such as that of Michelson, U.S. Patent No. 5,015,247 issued on May 24, 1991, Brantigan U.S. Patent No. 4,743,256 issued on May 10, 1988, and others. Such devices have helped to achieve spinal fusion by providing structural support, presenting bone promoting substances to the fusion site, increasing the surface area available to participate in the fusion, and by being both self-stabilizing and stabilizing to a spinal segment.
During normal bone repair, the area around the fracture of the bone exhibits negative charge. The application of electrical current to negatively charge a site in which spinal fusion is desired simulates the bone's own normal repair process ahd promotes osteoqenesis. The application of electrical current to negatively charge a ' site in which osteogenesis is desired, creates an electrochemical reaction (4e- + 02 +2HZ0) -- ~ 40H ) which lowers the oxygen tension (decreasing the OZ) to stimulates osteoblastic activity and promotes bone formation.
Further, the formation of -the hydroxyl radical (OH ) raises the local tissue pH which of itself is favorable to bone production and further promotes increases in the presence of alkaline phosphatase, a very potent stimulant of bone formation in it's own right. Still further, there appears to be a direct effect of electrical current to present a negative charge at the cellular level so as to upset the resting electrical potential of the cell membrane with a resultant electrical perturbation within the cell, the net effect of which is promotional to the cellular activity of bone formation. Finally, the electromagnetic field generated by the passage of=electrical current appears to be independent of that current (on the basis of magnetism alone) to be promotional of bone growth, though the mechanism remains unknown.
Conversely, the application of electrical current to positively charge an area of bone inhibits osteogenesis and thus inhibits bone formation. Therefore, the application of electrical current to deliver positive charge to an area of bone may be used to control the bone fusion process so that it does not occur in undesired areas such as within the spinal canal.
The bone fusion process is a race against time, for eventually, the body will give up its attempt to complete that process. Well-known within the field of surgery is the use of electrical current delivered internally, or applied externally relative to a patient's body to promote , bone growth and thus promote the bone healing or fusion process. However, in regard to the spine, none of the interbody fusion devices of the past incorporate the use of electric current to stimulate bone growth, to increase the SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) WO 95132673 2 ~ 9 ~ 3 q ~ PC1'/US95/06430 rate of osteogenesis and the spinal fusion process.

To date the use of electric current to promote ' . bone growth in the spinal fusion process has taken two forms. The first is the use of an internally implanted electrical pulse generator, with a cathode wire leading from the pulse generator being wrapped about a bone plug harvested from the patient's body which is then inserted into the intervertebral space. These devices however have been continually plagued with problems that include breakage of the lead wires from the generator to the fusion site and second surgery to remove the generator implanted in the patient's body at a remote location to the fusion site after the service life of the battery has expired.
The power supplies to these implantable generators have been ineffective due to their limited service life, which may be shorter than the time needed to attain solid fusion, and problematic due to the potential for tissue damage in the event of a leak. The latter concern prompts most physicians to perform a second surgical procedure to explant the generator and internal battery supply. The additional surgery to explant the device increases the risk of infection and danger to the patient, and results in unnecessary additional costs.

The second form in which electric current has been used in the past to stimulate spinal fusion required the wearing, external to the body of the patient, of an electromagnetic coil or coils. Unfortunately, neither of these methods when utilized in conjunction with the known methods of interbody arthrodesis has proven fully effective.

Therefore, a need exists for the means and method of improving upon and/or perfecting the conjoined use of an improved interbody fusion device other than bone alone, and the promotion of bone growth with electrical current.

SUMMARY OF TfIE INVENTION

The present invention is directed generally to an apparatus and method for the delivery of electrical current to a surgically implanted device in a location in which bone growth is desired. More specifically, the gresent SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 2Cs) invention discloses an electrical bone growth promotion (EBGP) spine fusion implant positioned within the intervertebral space between two adjacent vertebrae of the spine to promote and induce bone growth in the spinal fusion process. The EBGP implant of the present invention comprises a power supply and related control circuitry for ' deliverying electrical current directly to the housing of the EBGP implant which is surgically implanted within the intervertebral space between two adjacent vertebrae. The housing of the EBGP implant of the present invention is at least in part electrically conductive such that at least a portion thereof serves as an active cathode to deliver negative charge directly to the spinal fusion site and to any bone material contained-within the EBGP implant and thus directly to the area in which the promotion of bone growth is most desired. As positive charges do not promote bone growth, but actually induce resorption of bone, the areas of bone growth promotion may be controlled either by conducting only negative charges to the location for bone growth promotion is desired or by conducting negative charges to the area in which bone growth promotion is desired and at the same time conducting positive charges to any area in which bone growth is to be inhibited. Thus, the housing or a portion thereof, services as an active cathode for delivering negative charge or a combination active cathode and active anode for delivering negative charge and for delivering positive charge, respectively to bone mass.
As an electrical bone growth promotion apparatus, the EBGP implant of the present invention is not limited in its use with any particular spinal fusion implant. Many different embodiments of the EBGP implant of the present invention are possible. For example; in a first embodiment of the EBGP implant, an implantable power supply and related control circuitry are completely contained within a hollow central chamber of the housing of the EBGP implant such that the EBGP implant is a self-contained unit positioned within the intervertebral space between two adjacent vertebrae of the spine and may deliver electrical SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) W095132673 2 l 9 I 3 4 5 PCTlU595106430 charge directly to the fusion site to promote spinal arthrodesis. The power supply and control circuitry may be contained in an extending portion of a cap used to close one end of the hollow central chamber of the housing and thus may be inserted into the EBGP implant which it lf se may in the remainder be filed with bone.

The EBGP implant of the present invention is a self-contained unit which overcomes the problems described above associated with the prior art devices for delivering electrical current to -promote bone fusion. The EBGP

implant of the present invention conducts electrical current via its housing, or a portion thereof to an are , a of bone adjacent to the EBGP implant in which the promotion of bone growth is desired. As no lead wires are present, the problem of breakage of such -wires experienced by the devices of the past has been overcome. Further, as the power supply and related control circuitry are fully contained within the EBGP implant of the present invention there is~ no need to implant a power supply and/or said related control circuitry at a remote location from the EBGP implant. Further still, as the power supply and related control circuitry become entombed i th b n e one mass upon completion of the bone fusion process, no additional surgery is required to explant the power supply and/or control circuitry as was the case with the prior art.

Thus, as no explanation is required, the possibility of infection to the patient and other risks inherent to all surgical procedures are eliminated, while also substantially reducing the costs of utilizing electric current to promote bone growth in the bone fusion process.

In a first variation of the first embodiment, the external housing of the EBGP implant, the threaded portion, or any part of the housing of the EBGP implant, may be utilized as an active cathode by coupling the cathode lead from the power supply and/or control circuitry contained within the EBGP implant to the housing or a portion thereof. For example, the housing may be spinal fusion implant such as that described by Michelson in U.S. Patent No. 5,015,247, issued on May 14, 1991, and could utilize SUBS7TTUTE SNE~3 (RULE 26) its continuous external thread much like a wound coil with the threaded portion being separated from one another and from the remainder of the spinal implant by an electrically non-conductive ceramic material, and further that non-conductive material itself may also be osteoinductive.
In a second variation of the first embodiment, the ' housing of the EBGP implant further includes an opening through which bone growth from one vertebra to a second adjacent vertebra may occur: Coaxial- with the opening is a coil that is coupled to the cathode lead of the power supply. The coil acts as an active cathode to deliver a negative charge and promote bone growth through the opening and coil. In a further modification of this variation the cathode continues as a coil about the housing of the EBGP.
In second embodiment of the EBGP implant of the present invention, any of a number of already known or conventional surgically implantable power supply units and related control circuitry may be placed within the body of the patient at a location remote to the spine. A lead wire couples the power supply and/or control circuitry to the housing of the EBGP implant,- such as a spinal fusion implant, situated within the intervertebral space between and in contact with two adjacent vertebrae. The EBGP
implant which is at least in part not made of bone, and that part also being electrically conductive, is used to conduct electrical current to the interbody spinal fusion mass. In one variation of the second embodiment, the entire housing of the EBGP implant is electrically conductive and functions as an active cathode to deliver negative charge to the area of bone adjacent thereto. In a second variation of the second embodiment, the housing of the EBGP implant may be made of a combination of electrically conductive and non-conductive materials such that a first portion of the housing of the EBGP implant is an active cathode specifically utilized of for the delivery .
of the negative electrical charge as discussed above for the first variation of the first embodiment and a second portion of the housing is an active anode specifically utilized to deliver positive charge to the area in which suBSr~u~ sHEEr cRUm zs) WO 95132673 21913 4 5 PCT~S95I06430 bone growth is not desired. The area of the anode may be minimized to reduce the area in which bone growth is inhibited or may be larger such that the anode is used to prevent bone formation over a substantial area.
In order to make efficient use of the power supply, rather than conducting electrical current to the entire housing of the EBGP implant of the present invention which would require a large power supply, electrical current may be conducted only to the threads of the housing or to a wire coil insulated from the remainder of the housing. In this manner less current is drained from the power supply without reducing the effectiveness of the electrical charge delivered to the site in which bone fusion is desired since the electrical field created about the coil or threads extends beyond the coil of the threads.
In a third embodiment of the EBGP implant of the .
present invention, a spinal fusion implant is preferably implanted surgically within the intervertebral space between two adjacent vertebrae and is wholly or partially ferromagnetic. The spinal fusion implant is hermetically sealed in a jacked composed of a non-ferromagnetic, biocompatible material which may or may not be electrically conductive. An electromagnetic field is produced by an electromagnetic coil or coils worn external to the patient's body. The spinal fusion implant may be inductively coupled to the electromagnetic fields generated and transmitted by the external coils, and thereby generate its own electromagnetic field and accompanying electrical currents. These internal fields and currents are localized within that segment of the spine in which the spinal fusion implant is located and will induce bone growth and promote the spinal fusion process.
In a first variation of the third embodiment, the EBGP
implant is wholly or partially powered by electrical currents induced within the EBGP implant by the external-ly-applied electromagnetic fields. Likewise, any battery source integrated into the EBGP implant may be recharged via such electromagnetic induction to renew the service life of the battery source and thus extend the period of SUBSTmJTE SHEET (RULE 26) _g_ time in which bone growth may be electrically promoted. The EBGP implant in this embodiment delivers electrical current and replenishes the power supply when inductively coupled to externally applied electromagnetic fields.
In another embodiment of the EBGP implant of the present invention, the power supply is surgically implanted within the body of the patient but at a location remote to the spine such as a subcutaneous implantation and is rechargeable in response to the application of external magnetic fields.
In still another embodiment of the EBGP implant of the present invention, the battery source is charged by an external power source by ferromagnetic induction and continues to deliver charges via that battery source even after the activity of the external coil ceases.
The invention may be summarized according to one aspect as a device for placement into and between at least two adjacent bone masses to promote bone growth therebetween, said device comprising: an implant having opposed first and second surfaces for placement between and in contact with the adjacent bone masses, a mid-longitudinal axis, and a hollow chamber between said first and second surfaces, said hollow chamber being adapted to hold bone growth promoting material, said hollow chamber being along at least a portion of the mid-longitudinal axis of said implant, each of said first and second surfaces having at least one opening in communication with said hollow chamber into which bone from the adjacent bone masses grows; and an energizer for energizing said implant, said energizer being sized and configured to promote bone growth from adjacent bone mass to adjacent bone mass through said first and second surfaces and through at least a portion of said hollow chamber at the mid-longitudinal axis.

-8a-According to another aspect the invention provides a device for placement into and between at least two adjacent bone masses to promote bone growth therebetween, said device comprising: an energizer; and an implant having opposed first and second surfaces for placement between and in contact with the adjacent bone masses, a mid-longitudinal axis, and a hollow chamber between said first and second surfaces having at least one opening in communication with said hollow chamber into which bone from the adjacent bone masses grows, said energizer being at least in part within said hollow chamber and being sized and configured to promote bone growth from adjacent bone mass to adjacent bone mass through said first and second surfaces and through at least a portion of said hollow chamber at the mid-longitudinal axis.
According to another aspect the invention provides a device for placement between adjacent bone masses to promote bone growth therebetween, said device comprising:
an implant having opposed first and second surfaces for placement between and in contact with the adjacent bone masses, each of said first and second surfaces having at least one opening adapted to permit bone growth from adjacent bone mass to adjacent bone mass through said implant; and an energizer for energizing said implant to promote bone growth, said energizer being adapted to energize said implant from a point external to a patient's body.
OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrical bone growth promotion implant in which a power supply, related control circuitry, and delivery system are entirely self-contained within a spinal fusion -8b-implant, thus eliminating the need to violate other body tissues to situate the implant, thereby limiting the extent of surgery, the time for surgery, the blood loss, and the risk of infection;
It is another object of the present invention to provide an electrical bone growth promotion implant for delivering electrical current to promote bone growth in a biomechanically and biophysiologically optimal place so as to induce spinal fusion within the compressive weight bearing axis of the spine;
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide an electrical bone growth promotion implant that eliminates the need for lead wires, the breakage of which has historically been a major source of failure in regard to the use of electrostimulators in general;
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an electrical bone growth promotion implant in which with successful arthrodesis, the encapsulated power supply and/or related control circuitry becomes permanently _g_ entombed in the bone fusion mass thus eliminating the need to perform a second surgical procedure for its removal;
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide an electrical bone growth promotion implant in which as active cathode is fully contained within the bone fusion mass;
It is another object of the present invention to provide an electrical bone growth promotion implant in which the power supply and/or related control circuitry combined is an internal extension of either a spinal fusion implant itself or of an insertable cap of the spinal fusion implant;
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an electrical bone growth promotion implant which will receive externally applied electromagnetic fields and thereby generate electromagnetic fields and electric cur-rents affecting the bone within and adjacent to the space between two adjacent vertebrae; and It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide an electrical bone growth promotion implant in which the power source for delivering electric current to the implant is wholly or partially supplied or recharged by externally applied electromagnetic fields.
These and other objects of the present invention will become apparent from a review of the accompanying drawings and the detailed description of the drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TFiE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is an exploded elevational side view, partially in cross section, of the electrical bone growth promotion implant of the present invention.
Figure 2 is an elevational side view, partially in cross section, of the electrical bone growth promotion implant of the present invention inserted between two adjacent vertebrae of the spine.
Figure 3 is an alternative embodiment of the cap used for closing the open end of the electrical bone growth promotion implant of the present invention.
Figure 3A is an enlarged fragirientary view along line 3A of Figure I showing the cross section the end of the SLBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) casing. -Figure~4 is a side-eleva~ional view, partially in cross section, of a first alternative .embodiment of the electrical bone growth promotion implant of the present invention having one and in which a portion thereof is made of a non-conductive material and insulated from the rest of the implant such that different polarities of electrical charges may be delivered to different parts of the implant as illustrated by the electrical field arrows.
Figure 5 is an end view of the electrical bone growth promotion implant of the present invention along line 5-5 of Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a cross sectional, side elevational view of a second alternative embodiment of the electrical bone growth promotion implant of the present invention having a cap at one end in which a portion thereof is made of non-electrically conductive material.
Figure 7 is a side elevational view of a third alternative embodiment of the electrical bone growth pro-motion implant of the present invention having outer threaded portions that are separated from the rest of the implant by a non-electrically conductive insulating materi-al.
Figure 8A is an enlarged fragmentary cross section view of the Third alternative embodiment of the electrical bone growth promotion implant taken along line 8 of Figure 7 shown the threaded portion being anchored to the non-electrically conductive material.
Figure 8B is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view of the third alternative embodiment of the electrical bone growth promotion implant taken along line 8 of Figure 7 showing the threaded portion being anchored to a passing through a non-conductive material.
Figure 9 is a side elevational view of a .fourth alternative embodiment of the electrical bone growth pro- , motion implant of the present invention having an external wire coiled interposed between the external threads of the implant and insulated from the remainder of the implant by an non-electrically conductive insulating material.
SU85TlTUTE SHEET' (RULE 26j W O 95132673 21913 4 5 PC'1'~595/06430 Figure 10 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken along line IO of Figure 9 showing the external wire coil being held in place between the external threads of the implant by a non-electrically conductive insulating material.

Figure Il is a perspective view of a fifth alternative embodiment of the electrically bone growth promotion implant of the present invention having an opening surrounded by a wire coil coaxial with the opening electrically conducted to a remote power source.

Figure 12 is a side view of a sixth alternative embodiment of the electrical bone growth promotion implant of the present invention having an opening surrounded by a wire coil coaxial with the opening and electrically coupled to an internal power source Figure 13 is a top plan view of the electrical bone growth promotion implant of Figure 12 showing the opening.

Figure 14 is a cross sectional side elevation view along line 14-14 of Figure I1 of the bone growth promotion implant of the present invention having an external power source and illustrating the bone growth from one vertebra to a second adjacent vertebra that occurs during the spinal fusion process.

Figure 15 is a perspective view of a structural support member used to support a wire coil coaxial with the vertical opening of the electric bone growth promotion implant of the present invention, Figure 16 is cross sectional side elevational view of a seventh alternative embodiment of the electrical bone growth promotion implant of the present invention having an insulated cap at one end, a cathode lead from an external power supply connected to.

Figure 17 is an end view of the seventh alternative . embodiment of the electrical bone growth promotion implant along 17-17 of Figure 16.

Figure 18 is a front elevational view of an externally worn electromagnetic energy transmitter for transmitting an electromagnetic field to an implanted spinal fusion implant.

Figure 19 is a cross sectional view taken along lines SUBSTITUTE SHEET(RULE 26) W095I32673 ~ ~ ~ PCTYIJ595106430 19-19 of Figure 18 illustrating the transmission of electromagnetic energy generated by the blectromagnetic energy transmitter to a spinal fusion implant positioned within the patient's spine.
Figure 20 is a perspective side view of an eighth alternative embodiment of the electric bone growth promotion implant of the present invention having an internal power supply and generator shown in hidden line.
Figure 21 is a perspective view of a ninth alternative . embodiment of the electric bone growth promotion implant of the present invention having an internal power supply and generator shown in hidden line.
DETAINED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring to Figures I and 2, the electrical bone grown promotion (EBGP) implant of 'the present invention is shown and is generally referred to by the number 10. In the preferred embodiment, the EBGP implant 10 comprises a housing 3D as shown in Figure 2 which is implanted in the intervertebral disc space S between adjacent vertebrae Vl and V2 in a segment of the spine for achieving arthrodesis.
As shown in Figure 1, housing 30 includes a hollow tubular body that is at least partially cylindrical having side walls 34 and preferably made of an surgically implantable and electrically conductive material such as, but not limited to, titanium. The housing 30 has a hollow central chamber 36 that is open at its distal end 38, is closed at its proximal end 40 and has a series of mac-ro-sized opening 42 perforating the side walls 34. The macro-sized openings 42 preferably have a diameter in the range of approximately 2.0 mm to approximately 6.Omm to allow for the macro fixation of the adjacent vertebrae Vl and V2. During the fusion process, bone growth occurs from each of the two adjacent vertebrae V1 and V2 through the , macro-sized openings 42 to any natural or artificial bone fusion enhancing material that may be contained within the , central chamber 36 so as to form a single solid mass.
The housing 30 has a similar structure and config-uration of a spinal implant such as, but not limited to, the spinal fusion implant taught by Michelson in U.S.
SUBSTITUTE SHE~T(RULE 26) R'O 95132673 21 ~ ~ J
~ p~T~7g95/06430 Patent No. 5,015,247. The housing 30 is preferably, at least in part, electrically conductive and is made of material stronger than bone to provide structural support to the two adjacent vertebrae V1 and V2 while awaiting bone ingrowh, becoming firmly and permanently fixed in place once bone growth has occurred. To further enhance bone growth, the housing 30 may be coated with a bone growth inducing material such as, but not limited to, hydroxyapatite, hydroxyapatite tricalcium phosphate, bone morphogenic protein and the like. The housing 30 ma als y o have a surface configuration that enhances bone growth such as, but not limited to surface knurling or roughening.

The open distal end 38 has internal threads 39 and is closable with a cap 50 having at least a portion thereof that is electrically conductive. The cap 50 has a threaded end 52 which is threaded to match the internal threads 39 and secured to internal threads 39 by the use of a dri -v er/wrench W or an equivalent tool.

Attached to an extending from the cap 50 is a casin g 80 for containing electrical components 8iscussed in greater detail below. The casing 80 is appropriately sized such that it fits within the central hollow chamber 36 of the housing 30 and occupies the least amount of space possible so as to limit interference with the bone fusion process. When the cap 50 is threadably coupled to the housing 30, the casing 80 is completely contained within the central hollow chamber 36 such that the EGBP implanted 10 is a self-contained unit.

Referring to Figure 2, the EBGP implant 10 is shown surgically implanted in the disc space S between the two adjacent vertebrae Vl and V2. At least a portion of the housing 30 is embedded into the bone of the adjacent verte-brae V1 and V2. However, it is appreciated that for the purpose of the present invention, the housing 30 need not be embedded into the bone of the vertebrae V1 and V
, but need only be placed adjacent to and be in contact with vertebrae V1 and V2 in order to enable the EBGP implant IO

to conduct electrical current to the adjacent vertebrae V1 and V2.

SUBSTITUTE SHE~T (RULE 26) WO53132673 ~ ~ ~ PCTIIF895I06439 It is to be understood that electrical current is a function of the time rate of change of electrical charge and the terms current and charge may be alternatively used depending upon context in describing the EBGP implants of the present inventibn.-Further, as charge is proportional to the resistance encou#~tered by the current, as bone growth occurs the resistance encountered by the current delivered to the bone mass will be increased, such that the charge will decrease. Also as the power supply depletes, the amount of current delivered over time will also decrease.
The hollow central chamber 36 can be filled with and may hold any natural or artificial osteoconductive, osteoinductive, osteogenic, or other fusion enhancing material. For example, bone material B harvested from the patent may be loaded into the central hollow chamber 36 as well as packed around the exterior of the housing 30, but within the intervertebral disc space S. wherein it is utilized in the spinal fusion process. An obdurator or similar instrument may be used to create a space in the bone material B for receiving an object therein such as the casing 80. In this manner, the housing 30 may be filled with bone material B and then closed with the cap 50 to hold the bone material B within the hollow chamber 36 during surgical implantation.
The casing 80 itself, or a portion thereof, is made of an electrically conductive and surgically implantable material such as, but not limited to, titanium such that electrical current applied to the casing 80 may be trans-(erred from the casing 80 to the bone material B that is contained within the hollow central chamber 36. The casing 80 may be removably attached to the cap 50 or may be permanently affixed. In the preferred embodiment, the casing 80 is electrically coupled to the cap 50. However, it is appreciated that the casing 80 may be electrically insulated from the cap 50 if it is not desired to conduct as electrical current to the cap 50 having a different polarity from the remainder-of the casing S0.
within the casing 80 are the electrical comgonents SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) W O 95132673 21913 4 5 PCT~S95I06430 comprising a power supply 60, control circuitry 70, a cathode lead 72, and an anode lead 74. Both the power supply 60 and the control circuitry 70 are fully implantable and hermetically sealed. The cathode lead 72 is electrically coupled to the cap 50 either directly or via the casing 80, such that when the cap 50 is threaded to the housing 30, negative electrical charge is transferred to the housing 30 such that the housing 30 itself becomes an active cathode. In this manner, the power supply 60 is electrically coupled to the housing 30 and is located at the site in which spinal fusion is desired. Thus, in this embodiment, the EBGP implant 10 is a self-contained unit, thereby eliminating the need to implant the power supply 60 and related control circuitry 70 at a remote location within the patient's body, as is the case with fusion stimulators of the prior art:
The control circuitry 70 preferably includes well known means for the delivery of a constant current source, providing a single, preset current in the rang of .O1 to 20 uA, Thus, neither attachment of multiple cathodes or variation in cathodic area will alter the current density delivered to the bone fusion mass. It is appreci-ated that the control circuitry 70 may also include a wave form generator, a voltage generator or a clock means for delivering intermittent pulses of current with out departing from the scope of the present invention. Alterna-tively, the control circuitry 70 may comprise means for providing various patterns of direct current alternating current, pulsatile current, sinusoidal current, or elec-trical noise generated by current rather than constant, direct current in order to promote bone growth. It is further appreciated that the electrical components may also comprise any of the well-known devices currently available to electrically stimulate spinal fusion, such as but not limited to the stimulator available from EBI Medical Sys-tems, Parsippany, NJ., and may also be any of the devices suitable for delivering electric current and suitable for implantation well-known by those skilled in the art.
SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The control circuitry 70 is powered by the fully implantable, hermetically sealed power supply 60 which may be any of the well-3tnown power supplies known in the art and currently commercially available and used to electrically promote spinal fusion such as, but not limited to, the power supply EBI Medical Systems Parsippany, N3.
The power supply 60 also may contain circuitry for generating electrical charge in response to externally applied electromagnetic fields.
Referring to Figure 3, alternatively, the power supply 60' may include battery recharge circuitry responsive to externally applied electromagnetic fields for recharging the battery. As a consequence, the overall size of the power supply 60' may be substantially reduced With a corre-sponding reduction in the size of the casing 80'. In this manner, any interference with the bone fusion process by the casing 80' is further reduced. Moreover, the longevity of the power supply 60' may be substantially increased as the power supply 60' may be recharged to extend its life beyond that of a conventional non-rechargable battery having a fixed service life. As a result, the electric promotion of osteogenesis may be extended beyond the service life of conventional prior art devices with their-non-rechargable batteries. Further, the rechargeable power supply 60' may be reduced in size as the service life may be extended indefinitely, compactness of power supply such that bone growth promoting bone material is not displaced which is essential for fusion.
Also shown in Figure 3, is an alternative embodiment of the cap 50' which may be secured to the housing 30 by a spring fastening means 52' which engages the interior surface of the housing 30 once the spring fastening means 52' is inserted in the central hollow chamber 36. In this embodiment, the time required to load bone material B
within the central hollow chamber 36 and the time to assemble the cap 50' to the housing 30 is significantly reduced.
As shown in Figure 3A, the end of the casing 80 includes an insulated screw 90 made of a non-conductive SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) WO 95!32673 21913 4 5 P~~S95106430 material. The screw 90 has a threaded portion 92 which threadably attaches to the casing 80, and has an electrically conductive core 94 passing through the longitudinal axis of the screw 90. The electrically conductive core 94 terminates at one end into an electrically conductive head portion 96 and is at its other end electrically coupled to the anode lead 74. In this manner, the head portion 96 becomes the active anode for delivering positive electrical charge to an area of bone.
As previously noted positive electrical charge inhibits osteogenesis, the head portion 96 preferably has the smallest possible size to limit the area of contact to bone exposed to positive charge to limit bone area of contract to bone exposed to positive charge to limit bone resorption and is positioned at a location where the presence of positive charge will least interfere with the fusion .
process.
In the preferred embodiment, the head portion 96 is located at the tip of the end of the casing 80 such that when the cap 50 is attached to the housing 30, the head portion 96, and thus the active anode, is at a located which least interferes with the electrical promotion of the bone material B contained with the central chamber 36 and has substantially no contact with the adjacent vertebrae V1 and V2 to which fusion is desired. An exampled of the electrical current present in the.EBGP implant IO is illustrated the electrical field arrows in Figure 2.
As the promotion of bone growth occurs by the application of negative electrical current, the promotion of bone growth may be controlled by the application of negative electrical current only to the location in which bone growth is desired. For example, if bone growth promotion is desired at a particular location, negative current may be transferred to the housing 30 or a portion thereof which is adjacent to and in contact with a desired site in order to accelerate the fusion process. In areas where bone growth is not desired, such as near the canal of the spine for example, positive current may be transferred to the desired site.
SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) Wfl 95I32G73 2 PC'F/US951~6430 _18_ Referring again to Figure I, in order to conduct gositive charge from the head portion 96 (the active anode) the presence ofwhich is undersired within the central hollow chamber 36, an insulated screw 20 having a conductive inner core 22 is threaded through an opening 24 in the proximal end 40. The insulated screw 20 has a recess 26 for receiving and coupling to the head portion 96. In this manner, positive charge is conducted by the conductive inner core 22 to a point external to the housing 30.
Referring to Figures A and 5, a first alternative embodiment of the EBGP implant is shown and generally referred to by the number -110. The EBGP implant 110 comprises a housing 130 similar to the housing 30 described above, except that it has a proximal end 140 that is at least in part insulated from the remainder of the housing 130. The housing 130 has macro-sized opehings 142 to permit bone grown therethrough. Anode lead 174 from the power supply 100 and/or control circuitry 170 may be electrically coupled to the proximal end 140 of the housing 130 so that the proximal end 140 may be positively charged.
To accomplish this, the proximal end 140 has a screw 120 having a conductive screw head 121, a conductive inner core 122, and an insulated stem portion 123 having a recess 126 for coupling to the head portion 196 (the active anode.) The inner core 122 conducts positive charge from the head portion 196 to the conductive screw head 121. The screw head 121 is insulated from the housing I30 by an insulated ring 125 made of a non-electrically conductive material so that the screw head 121 can conduct positive charge to a point external to the housing 130 so that at least a portion of the proximal end 140 of the housing 130 becomes positively charged as illustrated by the electrical field arrows in Figure 4. In this manner, the area of positive charge may be varied in size by varying the area of the screw head 121, and thus the area of potential promotion of bone resorption is also variable. As shown in Figure 4, the area of screw head 121 has been deliberately increased to inhibit bone formation in an area adjacent to the screw SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) WO 95!32673 21913 4 5 PCT1US95I06430 head 121.

The configuration of electrical charges shown in the EBGP implant 110 would be utilised when the housing 130 is installed from the posterior aspect of the spine toward the anterior aspect of the spine since the proximal end 140 of r the EBGP implant 110 would be proximate to the spinal canal once implanted in the disc space S between two adjacent vertebrae V1 and V2: By conducting positive charges to the proximal end 140 osteogenesis in the spinal canal which could compress the neutral structures is inhibited.

It is appreciated that where negative electrical charge for the purpose of promoting bone growth is desired generally along the entire EBGP implant 110, then the positively charged screw 120 would have a screw head 121 proportionally much smaller in size to li it th m e area of positive electrical charge.

For the areas adjacent to the housing 130 in which bone growth and fusion is desired, the cathode lead 172 from the power supply 100 and/or control circuitry 170 is coupled to the casing 180 and negative charges are conducted to the housing 130 by the contact of th i e cas ng 180 and cap 150 with the housing 130 such that the housing 130 itself becomes an active cathode.

It is further appreciated that the delivering of positive charges and the negative charges may be reversed simply by interchanging the anode lead 174 and the cathode lead 172 coupling points to the housing 130, cap 150, distal end 140, or screw I20. In this way, negative charge may be applied and directed only to the particular areas in which bone growth is desired depending on the type of surgery, bone growth, and fusion desired.

&eferring to Figure 6, for example, if the EBGP

implant 110 is installed from the anterior aspect toward the posterior aspect of the spine, the distal end 138 of the housing 130 would be proximate to the spinal canal. In order to prevent undesired bone growth near the spinal canal, the distal end 138 of-the housing 130 or a portion thereof, which when implanted is adjacent to and in contact with the bone near the housing 130, may be insulated from SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) -2p_ the remainder of the housing 130. Further, the distal end 138 may be positively charged by being connected to the anode lead 174 of the generator 170 so that the proximal end 138 itself serves as an active anode. This can be accomplished by having an insulated screw 156 having an electrically conductive core I58. The electrically conductive core I58 becomes the active anode and delivers positive electrical charge to the adjacent bone area. Thus, bone area adjacent to and in contact with the distal end 138 would be exposed only to positive charge and not to bone growth promoting negative charge. Further, in order to minimize bone resorption, the diameter of the electrically conductive core 158 may extend from the insulated screw 156 and may be decreased in size to limit the bone area being exposed to positive electrical charge.
The application of different polarity charges to , different areas of the 'housing I30 may also be accomplished by having the threads 152 of a cap 150 coated with a nonconductive material such as, but not limited to, a ceramic material in order to insulate the cap 150 from the remainder of the housing i30 such that the cap 150 becomes the active anode when connected to the anode lead 174 and is positively charged. This will prevent electrical promotion of bone growth in the vicinity of the cap 150 which is adjacent to the spinal canal and in contact with the bone near the spinal canal when implanted. However, it is appreciated that other means of insulating the distal end 138 well-known by those skilled in the art, may be employed so that the distal end 138 has a different charge than the remainder of the housing 130 or has no charge at all.
Referring to Figures 7, -8A and 8B, a second alternative embodiment of the EBGP implant of the present invention is shown and generally referred to by the numeral 210. The EBGP implant 210 comprises a housing 230 similar to the housing 3D described above. The exterior of the housing 230 has external threads 200 which are formed on the outer circumference of the housing 230 preferably in a helix.
SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE Z6) WO 95132673 21913 4 5 p~~595/06430 As shown in Figure 8A, the threads 200 of the housing 230 are electrically conductive and have a non-conductive insulating material 202 separating the threads 200. The . insulating material 202 may be ceramic or polyethylene or any other biocompatible material that has electrical insulating properties. In this second alternative embodiment, the housing 230 may be completely or partially hollow and threads 200 service as the active cathode to conduct negative charge to the bone area in which the IO housing 230 is implanted and any material that may be within the housing 230. As the insulating material 202 is interposed between the threads 200 themselves and between the housing 230 itself, the threads 200 are isolated from the remainder of the housing 230 and essentially act as a coil that surrounds to exterior of the housing 230. The threads 200 are electrically connected to the cathode lead 74 (See Figure 1) of the control circuitry 70 described above and thus the threads 200 function as a cathode to deliver negative charge from the EB~P imglant 210 to the vertebra V adjacent to the housing 230 and material contained within the housing 230 if any. The advantage of this arrangement is that only the coil threads 200 are charged rather than the external housing 230 and since the beneficial electrical effect to some instance from each of the threads 200, the threads 200 are an effective cathode lead with less current drain than would be required to charge the external housing 230.
As shown in Figure 8B, it is possible to configure the threads 200 such that at least a portion thereof passes through the insulating material 202 and communicates with the central chamber 236 so as to also conduct electric charge to any material contained within the housing 230 as illustrated by the electrical field arrows. This design requires that either the inward or outward portions of the threads 200 not be continuous such that the integrity of the housing 230 is not substantially reduced. The housing 230 has macro-size openings 242 to permit bone-growth therethrough.
Referring to Figures 9 aad 10, a third alternative SU85TITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) WO 95!32673 21913 4 5 PGTIUS95106430 _22_ embodiment of the EBGP implant 310 of the present invention is shown and is generally referred to by the number 310. In the third embodiment, the EBGP implant 310 comprises a hou-sing 330 similar to the housing 30 described above, having threads 300 and a wire 350 placed between the threads 30D.
The wire 350 is supported by a non conductive insulating material 350 that is placed between the threads 3D0 of the housing 330. The insulating material 360 has a groove 362 for receiving and holding the wire 350. The wire 350 is IO , electrically coupled to a cathode lead such as the cathode lead 72 of the generator 70 (shown in Figured) and is neg-atively charged such that wire 350 conducts bone growth pro-moting negative charge to the bone area of the adjacent vertebrae V1 and V2 adjacent to the coiled wire 350 and through the openings 342 to the fusion mass within the hou-sing 330. The insulating material 360 prevents the body of the housing 330 from becoming electrically charged and prevents electrical conduction between wire 350 and threads 300 and housing 230 and any short circuiting of the coiled wire 350. In this manner, the area of the EBGP
implant 310 which is electively charged is limited to the coiled wire 350 to significantly reduce the total area which is electrically charged. However, as the coiled wire 350 essentially extends approximately the entire longitudinal length of the EBGP 310, it is possible to deliver electrical charge to the entire area-of bone adjacent to the EBGB 310 to stimulate bone growth without any diminished effect. Thus, the EBGP implant 310 is energy efficient since the amount of electrical current required to power the EBGP implant 310 is substantially less than that required far an implant where the entire implant housing is charged.
Referring to Figures 17r 15, a fourth alternative embodiment of the EBGP implaht 47.0 of the present invention is shown and is generally referred to by the numeral 4I0.
In the fourth embodiment, the EBGP implant 410 comprises a housing 430 similar to the housing 30 and having an opening 420 having an axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L of the housing 430. The opening 420 SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) WO 95f32673 2 1 9 1 3 4 5 passes through the housing 430 and communicates with the central chamber 436 of the housing 430 and is surrounded by four structural support members 421, 422, 423 and 424. The opening 420 is covered by a lattice 415 at both ends. The lattice 415 has openings 416 sufficiently sized to permit bone growth therethrough yet remains capable of retaining any natural or artificial bone growth material that may be contained within the hollow central chamber 436.

Referring to Figure 15, an enlarged perspective view of structural support member 421 is shown. Each of the structural support members 421, 422, 423 and 424 are identical such that the description of one applies to each of the others. The structural support member 421 made of an electrically non-conductive material, has an upper arm 440 and a lower arm 442 that are placed in the hollow central chamber 436 and are secured to the spinal implant 430; a central portion 443 having a curved outer edge 444;
and a grooved inner edge 446. The inner edge 446 of the structural support member 421 has a plurality of grooves 448 for receiving and holding a wire 425 capable of conducting electrical current. The plurality of grooves 448 are offset from each other and follow the curvature of the outer edge 444 of the structural support member 421.
Referring back to Figure 11, preferably the four structural support members 421-424 are arranged around the outer perimeter of the opening 420 such that they are equidistant from one another. The wire 425 is placed within the grooves 448 and coiled about the four structural support-members 421-424 to form a wire coil 426 around the perimeter of the opening 420 substantially along the entire vertical length of the opening 420 that is coaxial with the opening 420.

The wire coil 426 is electrically coupled to a cathode lead 472 and delivers and delivers a negative charge to the area surrounding within the torroid opening 420 such that bone growth is promoted and stimulated by the presence of negative charge along the inner and outer walls of the torroid shaped wire coil 426. When the EBGP implant 410 is implanted between two adjacent vertebrae V1 and V2, the SUBSTITUTE SHE~T(RULE 26) opening 420 is filled with bone or bone promotion substances and the electrical promotion of bone growth causes bone of the adjacent vertebrae V1 and V2 to grow into and through the vertical openings 420 into that bone or bone promoting substances from one vertebrae V1 to the other vertebrae V2.
As shown in Figures 12 and 13, the control circuitry 470 and the power supply 460 are contained within the central chamber 436 of the housing 430 such that the EBGP
implant 410 is a self-contained unit. The wire coil 426 is coupled directly to a cathode lead 472 such that the wire coil 426 becomes negatively charged.
As shown in Figures 11 and 14, alternatively the control circuitry 470 and power supply 460 may be implanted in an area of the patient's body remote from the EBGP
implant 410. The cathode lead 472 may be coupled directly to the wire coil 426 via lead wire 462 or may be coupled to the body of the housing 430 which is electrically conductive, and the wire coil 426 may also be electrically coupled to the housing 430 so that the housing 430 becomes electrically charged. However, it is preferred that the wire coil 426 be connected to either a wire coil such as described above in reference to Figures 9 and 10 or threads 200 as described above in reference to Figures 7, 8A and 8B. In this manner, efficient-use o~ the power supply 460 is made as the drain is reduced without diminishing the effectiveness of the electrical promotion of bone growth as discussed above.
Referring to Figures 16 and 17 a fifth alternative embodiment of the EBGP implant 510 of the present invention is shown. The EBGP implant 510 comprises a housing 530 having a non-electrically conductive cap 550 threaded to its distal end 538, and a remotely implanted power supply , 560 and control circuitry 570 connected to the housing 530.
As the cap 550 is non-conductive, the housing 530 itself is , negatively charged when coupled to the cathode lead 572 and the cap 550 has no electrical charge. The power supply 560 is electrically connected to the housing 530 by the cathode 572 which terminates at a connector 590 which is attached SUBSTfTUTE SHEET (RULE 26) WO 95!32673 21913 4 5 PCT'/US95/06430 by a screw 592 to the housing 530.
It is appreciated that a remotely implanted power supply and/or related control circuitry may be used to deliver electric current to any of the embodiments described above that are self-contained units having an internal power supply and generator, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Referring to Figures 18 and 19 a sixth alternative embodiment of the EBGP implant 610 of the present invention is shown. In the sixth alternative embodiment, the EBGP
implant 610 comprises an electromagnetic field transmitter 600 that is worn external to the patient's body. The transmitter 600 has two portions 602 and 604 which are secured to the patient's body by a band 610 or any other IS suitable means, such that each portion 602, 604 is place on opposite sides of the body at the exterior of the patient's body.
Implanted between two adjacent vertebrae V1 and V2 of the patient is a housing 630 similar to the housing 30 described above. The housing 630 is at least in part ferromagnetic and thereby capable of being inductively coupled to the electromagnetic fields transmitted by the transmitter 600. The EBGP implant 610 thereby may be inductively coupled to transmitter 600 and this manner electromagnetic fields and resultant induced electrical currents in EBGP implant 610 may be concentrated and directed to a location in which bone growth is desired without the need for surgically implanting and a power supply and/or control circuitry within the housing 630 or within the body of the patient. The non-ferromagnetic portion of the housing 630 also may be electrically conducive, which would make the housing 630 capable of being inductively coupled to the electromagnetic fields transmitted by the transmitter 600 as well as a conductor of electrical currents induced by said externally applied electromagnetic fields.
Similarly, if a rechargable power supply 460 is contained within the housing 630, the power supply 660 may be recharged with the application of external SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) W095132673 ~ PCTlUS95l06430 electromagnetic fields via the transmitter 6-00. Thus, the power supply 660 could be much smaller in size as the power supply 660 may be repeatedly recharged. In this manner both the housing 630 and the power supply 660 may be inductively coupled to the transmitter 600, such that the housing 630 delivers electrical current to the adjacent bone mass and the power supply 660 is being recharged.
After the transmitter 600 is no longer inductively coupled to the EBGP implant 610-the replenished power supply 660 continues to deliver electrical current to the housing 630.
In this manner, the period of time in-which a patent must wear the transmitter is substantially reduced to the period of time required to replenish the power supply 660, while maintaining a continuous delivery of electrical current to the housing 630.
As a further alternative, a rechargeable power supply 660 may be implanted remote to the spine, preferably subcutaneously, such that the power supply 660 is easily rechargable via electromagnetic induction. The inductive coupling of a subcutaneous power supply 660 with the electromagnetic transmitter 600 overcomes the problems of infection associated with any direct coupling of a power supply to a power source. Further subcutaneous implantation of the power supply 660 also facilitates explantation of the power supply 660 and further reduced the risk of infection to the patent. In contrast to implantations in other areas of the body.
Referring to Figure 20-a seventh alternative embodiment ofhe EBGP implant 710 of the present invention is shown. In the seventh embodiment, the housing 730 has a substantially-rectangular hollow configuration and has a tapered distal end 738. The housing 730 has an upper surface 750 and a parallel lower surface 752 and two side walls 754 and 756. The housing 730 has a series of small openings 760 through the upper and lower surface 750 and 752 and through the side walls 754 and 756 far permitting bone growth there through. Contained within the spinal implant 730 are the power supply 760 and the control circuitry 770 so that the spinal implant 730 is a SUBSTITUTE SHfET (RULE 26) WO 95!32673 21913 4 5 p~1~S95106430 -27_ self-contained unit. The~power supply 760 and/or control circuitry 770 are electrically coupled ~o the hosing 730 by a cathode lead 762 and an anode lead 764. The anode lead 764 is coupled to an insulating screw 756 having an electrically conductive core 758. The insulating screw 756 is threaded into the EBGP implant 710 and insulates the anode lead 764 from the rest of the EBGP implant 710.
Referring to Figures 21 an eighth alternative embodiment of the EBGP implant 810 of the present invention . is shown. The EBGP implant 810 is much like the seventh alternative embodiment except that the housing 830 has a hollow rectangular configuration with raised engagement teeth 880 for engaging the bone of adjacent vertebra V and has a wire 850 similar to wire 350 described above, coiled about the housing 830. The wire 850 is insulated from the housing 830 by an insulating material 860 having a groove 862 for receiving the wire 850. The insulating material is identical to insulating material 360 discussed above. The EBGP implant 810 is also a self-contained unit as the power supply 860 and/or the control circuitry 870 are contained within the hollow chamber of the spinal implant 830 and are electrically coupled to the wire 850.
It is appreciated that the EBGP implant of the present invention is not limited to use in the spinal fusion process but is also applicable to promoting almost any fusion of a large joint and for promoting healing of a fracture any of the major bones of the body. Furthermore, the apparatus and method of the present invention may be incorporated into various total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty. Such implants may embody the above-described teachings without, departing from the scope of the present invention. Such implants may be wholly or partially electrically conductive having a permanent or rechargeable power supply and related control circuitry located within the implant itself such that the implant is a self-contained unit. The use of a renewable power source is of great advantage-with such implants in that the bone fusion process, or the healing of the larger bones such as the femur or hip, for example, may require a longer period SUBSTITUTE SHE~T(RULE 26) W0 95132673 2 ~19 T 3 4 ~ PCTIITS95I06430 _28_ of time for bone healing fusion than the service life of the implantable permanent power supplies that are presently utilized. As discussed above in greater detail, the re-charging of the power source through external charging can extend the delivery of electrical current to the site in which induction of osteogenesis is desired for a substan-tially greater period of time.
Further, such implants may also comprise externally applied electromagnetic coils to generate an electromagnetic field that may be inductively cougled to . the implant which in turn delivers electrical changes to the areas of bone adjacent to the implant as described in greater detail above and recharge the power supply by electromagnetic induction from an externally applied elec-trical field. All of such-implants have the added advantage in that once implanted they become permanently entombed within the bone fusion mass after completion of the fusion process and need not be surgically removed.
While the present invention has been described in detail with regards to the preferred embodiments, it is appreciated that other variations of the present invention may be devised which do not depart-from the inventive concept of the present invention.
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CLAIMS:
1. A device for placement into and between at least two adjacent bone masses to promote bone growth therebetween, said device comprising:
an implant having opposed first and second surfaces for placement between and in contact with the adjacent bone masses, a mid-longitudinal axis, and a hollow chamber between said first and second surfaces, said hollow chamber being adapted to hold bone growth promoting material, said hollow chamber being along at least a portion of the mid-longitudinal axis of said implant, each of said first and second surfaces having at least one opening in communication with said hollow chamber into which bone from the adjacent bone masses grows; and an energizer for energizing said implant, said energizer being sized and configured to promote bone growth from adjacent bone mass to adjacent bone mass through said first and second surfaces and through at least a portion of said hollow chamber at the mid-longitudinal axis.
2. A device for placement into and between at least two adjacent bone masses to promote bone growth therebetween, said device comprising:
an energizer; and an implant having opposed first and second surfaces for placement between and in contact with the adjacent bone masses, a mid-longitudinal axis, and a hollow chamber between said first and second surfaces having at least one opening in communication with said hollow chamber into which bone from the adjacent bone masses grows, said energizer being at least in part within said hollow chamber and being sized and configured to promote bone growth from adjacent bone mass to adjacent bone mass through said first and second surfaces and through at least a portion of said hollow chamber at the mid-longitudinal axis.
3. A device for placement between adjacent bone masses to promote bone growth therebetween, said device comprising:
an implant having opposed first and second surfaces for placement between and in contact with the adjacent bone masses, each of said first and second surfaces having at least one opening adapted to permit bone growth from adjacent bone mass to adjacent bone mass through said implant; and an energizer for energizing said implant to promote bone growth, said energizer being adapted to energize said implant from a point external to a patient's body.
4. The device of claim 3, wherein said implant includes an interior space between said first and second surfaces for holding bone growth promoting material, said interior space being in communication with said at least one opening.
5. The device of claim 4, wherein said interior space is a hollow chamber.
6. The device of claim 1, 2 or 5, further comprising an access opening for accessing said hollow chamber.
7. The device of claim 6, further including a cap for closing said access opening of said hollow chamber.
8. The device of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said energizer is inductively coupled to said implant.
9. The device of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said energizer is adapted to deliver a charge of a predetermined polarity to an area of bone adjacent to said implant.
10. The device of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said implant is energized with and emits an electromagnetic field.
11. The device of claim 1, 2 or 5, wherein said implant has a coil wrapped around said implant, said coil being electrically conductive.
12. The device of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of said coil is in the form of an external thread on at least a portion of said first and second surfaces of said implant.
13. The device of claim 12, wherein said external thread is energized by said energizer.
14. The device of claim 12, wherein said external thread conducts electromagnetic energy to said chamber.
15. The device of claim 3, wherein said implant further includes a passage between at least two of said openings through said implant such that said passage communicates with each of the adjacent bone masses to be joined, and a conductive coil associated with said passage and inductively coupled to said energizer.
16. The device of claim 15, wherein said coil and said passage are coaxial.
17. The device of claim 15, further comprising an interior space in communication with said passage and said coil.
18. The device of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said energizer includes one of an electromagnetic wave generator and a magnetic field generator.
19. The device of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said energizer comprises a battery.
20. The device of claim 19, wherein said battery is rechargeable.
21. The device of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said implant is more than 75% hollow by volume.
22. The device of claim 1 or 2, wherein said implant has a maximum internal dimension and a maximum external dimension along a cross section transverse to the mid-longitudinal axis of said implant, said maximum internal dimension being greater than one half said maximum external dimension.
23. The device of claim 3, wherein said implant has a mid-longitudinal axis and a maximum internal dimension and a maximum external dimension along a cross section transverse to the mid-longitudinal axis of said implant, said maximum internal dimension being greater than one half said maximum external dimension.
24. The device of claim 1, 2 or 3, in combination with a bone growth promoting material.
25. The device of claim 24, wherein said bone growth promoting material includes at least one of hydroxyapatite, bone morphogenic protein, and bone.
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