Patent ID: 7029431
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61K,A61N

Abstract:
1. A surgical procedure comprising: determining a prescribed dosage of ionizing energy that is to be delivered from an insert device to targeted tissue, the targeted tissue having a known ionizing energy-responsive profile, the insert device being positioned within the prosthetic or fixation device, the insert device including an ionizing energy-source material, the ionizing energy-source material in combination with the prosthetic or fixation device defining an actual ionizing energy-delivery distribution field, the ionizing energy-delivery distribution field having a similar configuration to the known ionizing energy-responsive profile of the targeted tissue; introducing the ionizing energy source material into the prosthetic or fixation device; implanting the prosthetic or fixation device into organic tissue during a surgical procedure, the ionizing energy-source material being selected for delivering a predetermined dosage of the ionizing energy from the ionizing energy-source material to targeted tissue, the targeted tissue having a known ionizing energy-responsive profile; activating the ionizing energy-source material once the insert device has been implanted into the organic tissue; and delivering the prescribed dosage of ionizing energy from the ionizing energy-source material to the known ionizing energy-responsive profile of the targeted tissue.