Patent ID: 8900323

Claim:
An antibiotic delivery system comprising: an intramedullary stem adapted to be removably mounted into a medullary canal of a bone, said intramedullary stem defining a body having a longitudinal axis, said body including a plurality of fins extending along the longitudinal axis of the body and disposed in spaced angular relationship with respect to each other so as to define valleys that provide fluid flow spaces disposed between adjacent fins, said fins adapted to engage said medullary canal in a removably stable fashion, said stem including an inlet adapted to be in fluid communication with a source of fluid-borne antibiotic, a plurality of outlets disposed along said stem and between the outer surface of one of said plurality of adjacent fins in said valleys and in fluid communication with said fluid flow spaces and a channel extending between said inlet and said plurality of outlets for delivering fluid-borne antibiotic from said inlet to said plurality of outlets into said fluid flow spaces so as to distribute said antibiotic along the medullary canal in a controlled fashion.