Patent ID: 8758793
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. A therapeutic agent carrier for treating a defect in a bone, the therapeutic agent carrier comprising: a body comprising ceramic material, a collagen-ceramic material, a degradable polymer, or a combination thereof, the body having a cross-section shaped like a portion of a hollow cylinder to approximate a portion of the bone, wherein the body has a proximal end and a distal end, an upper surface and a lower surface and a central channel extending through the upper surface, and through the body and lower surface; a plurality of grooves formed along the body, wherein each groove corresponds to an incremental length of the body; and a plurality of dosage stamps stamped along the body, wherein each of the plurality of dosage stamps is adjacent to a corresponding groove and indicates a dose of therapeutic agent associated with a length of the therapeutic agent carrier; a bone cutting template having grooves and length stamps associated with respective ones of the grooves, the bone cutting template facilitates surgery of the bone and fitting of the therapeutic agent carrier to the bone;