Patent ID: 8100952
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An implantable bone plate for use with a plurality of attachment screws to treat a portion of an exterior of a bone in a mammalian body comprising an elongate body extending along a longitudinal axis and having substantially parallel outer and inner surfaces, a plurality of holes spaced longitudinally along the elongate body and extending between the outer and inner surfaces adapted to receive the plurality of attachment screws, the inner surface of the elongate body being adapted to overlie the portion of the exterior of the bone and being provided with at least one recess free of the plurality of attachment screws for receiving an eluting material that is delivered to the portion of the exterior of the bone to treat the mammalian body after implantation of the elongate body in the mammalian body, the elongate body being provided with at least one access port extending through the outer surface to the at least one recess for permitting introduction of the eluting material into the at least one recess, the at least one recess having a cross-sectional area at the inner surface and the at least one port having a cross-sectional area at the outer surface less than the cross-sectional area of the recess for inhibiting the escape of eluting material at the outer surface from the at least one recess.