Patent ID: 7574261
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A device for reducing the growth of a bone, the device comprising: a power source for generating a current, wherein the current is effective to reduce the growth of a bone; at least one lead having a proximal end and a distal end wherein said lead extends from said power source at its proximal end to carry current from said power source; and at least one electrode having a proximal end and a distal end, said at least one electrode extending from the distal end of said lead from its proximal end, and wherein the distal end of said at least one electrode is free and is sized and configured to be implanted directly into a bone growth plate to apply the bone growth reducing current at least partially across an entire longitudinal dimension of the bone growth plate; wherein the longitudinal dimension of the bone growth plate extends along a direction perpendicular to a latitudinal or transverse direction of the bone growth plate extending from an epiphysis of the bone to a metaphysis of the bone.