Patent ID: 6544266
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for use in surgery, the device comprising:a plate member having a longitudinal axis, a first end, a first orifice adjacent the first end, a second end, and a second orifice adjacent the second end, wherein the first orifice is circular in shape and the second orifice is ovoid or elongate in shape, the second orifice having a long a diameter and a short diameter and being oriented such that the long diameter is longitudinally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the plate member, and at least one spacer member which is engageable or integral with the plate member intermediate the first and second ends of the plate member, the spacer member having a built-in substance delivery system, comprising at least one chamber within the spacer member, and having at least two restricted orifices each cut into an individual surface of the spacer member, thereby providing a continuous passage through the first orifice, through the chamber of the substance delivery system, and through the second orifice, the substance delivery system being such that when the device has been placed in a desired location in the body of a patient a continuous force provided by the at least one substance or by a bodily fluid passing through the first orifice causes at least one selected substance to leak out through the second orifice and be delivered from the at least one space member into at least one designated site of action.