Patent ID: 8609003

Claim:
A kit for forming antibiotic impregnated bone cement (AIBC) intramedullary (IM) nails comprising: a molded tube, said molded tube having an interior shape and size corresponding to the desired final AIBC IM nail and including an attachment means at one end thereof to allow for attachment of said molded tube to a conventional bone cement gun, the other end of said molded tube adapted to allow for insertion of a base support or base IM nail thereinto; and mold spacers adapted to either: 1) be inserted into locking screw holes of said base support or base IM nail; said mold spacers allowing said base IM nail to be properly spaced in the center of said molded tube so that AIBC can be evenly distributed around said base IM nail within said molded tube as said AIBC is pumped in by said cement gun; or 2) form locking screw holes in the final AIBC IM nail when said base support does not have locking screw holes.