DEVICE FOR TREATING BACK PAIN BY RE-ESTABLISHING THE EXCHANGE OF NUTRIENT AND WASTE
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    发明授权
    DEVICE FOR TREATING BACK PAIN BY RE-ESTABLISHING THE EXCHANGE OF NUTRIENT AND WASTE 有权
    设备技术治疗背痛按恢复养分和废物的交换的

    公开(公告)号:EP1620024B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-04

    申请号:EP04760924.3

    申请日:2004-05-07

    IPC分类号: A61B17/88

    摘要: The intervertebral disc is avascular. With aging, endplates become occluded by calcified layers, and diffusion of nutrients and oxygen into the disc diminishes. The disc degenerates, and pain ensues. Conduits are delivered and deployed into the intervertebral disc to reestablish the exchange of nutrients and waste between the disc and bodily circulation to stop or reverse disc degeneration and relieve pain. The intervertebral disc installed with semi-permeable conduits may be used as an immuno-isolated capsule to encapsulate donor cells capable of biosynthesizing therapeutic molecules. The semi-permeable conduits establish the exchange of nutrients and therapeutic molecules between disc and bodily circulation to treat a disease without using immunosuppressive drugs.