Patent ID: 11957388
Assignee: BO-IP B.V.
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 20:
21. A method of treating pain, in particular pain caused by placing a surgical screw element through periosteum of a bone of a patient, comprising the steps of:
placing a deformable body on a shank of the surgical screw element, wherein the deformable body comprises a bone contact surface to be pressed against bone surface upon screwing of the screw element in a bone, and wherein the deformable body comprises a pharmaceutical or biological compound that is released from or through the bone contact surface,
screwing the surgical screw element into the bone of the patient, whereby the deformable body is squeezed between the bone surface and a proximal part of the screw element to press the bone contact surface against bone surface, and
releasing the pharmaceutical or biological compound from or through the bone contact surface.