Patents Assigned to DynaMed Systems, LLC
  • Apparatus and method for repair of spinal cord injury
    Patent number: 6975907
    Abstract: An apparatus for stimulating regeneration and repair of damaged spinal nerves, comprising at least two electrodes placed intravertebrally near the site of spinal axon injury and delivering DC current thereto. A method for stimulating regeneration and repair of damaged spinal nervous tissue, comprising placing electrodes intravertebrally near the site of spinal cord injury and applying DC current at a level sufficient to induce regeneration and repair of damaged spinal axons but less than the current level at which tissue toxicity occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: DynaMed Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Zanakis, Philip A. Femano