abstract |
This invention presents a standalone osteogenic stimulus device and a method of using the device. The standalone osteogenic stimulus device includes a housing in which a pair of electrodes and a power supply are attached to the housing. The pair of electrodes and the power supply are coupled together to provide a therapeutic electric signal across the electrode pair. The device may be mounted in any osseous structure such as a fractured bone, a cracked bone, a weakened bone, a decalcified bone, a diseased bone, and even in a void where a portion of bone in order to simulate the healing process of the osseous structure. The method includes the acts of charging, closing, mounting, obtaining, opening and sterilizing. |