MULTIFUNCTIONAL IMPLANT WITH FORM MEMORY FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT OF AFTEREFFECTS OF TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: phthisioneuroorthopedics. SUBSTANCE: implant is made in form of a clip with two planes cleaving and stabilizing the vertebras, as well as an active plane protecting the spinal cord, connected to an electrode and microinjector for diagnostic recording of potentials and medical influences by electrostimulation with medicinal electrophoresis. The implant provides for treatment- and-diagnostic influences of several kinds both on the vertebral column and the nervous tissue of the spinal cord during a long period of time, reducing thereby the number of traumatic procedures, economic and time expenditures connected with the treatment-and-diagnostic process. The implant is effective, simple in manufacture and doesn't need any essential economic expenditures. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of stabilization of the vertebral column due to the effect of enhanced strength, integration with the bone by the cleaving effect. 6 cl, 4 dwg