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Patent US8147559 - System and method for joint resurface repair - Google Patents
A system for positioning an element relative to an articular surface. An embodiment of the system may include a first element having a positional reference relative to an articular surface. The system may further include a second element capable of indicating the positional reference of the first element...http://www.google.com/patents/US8147559?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8147559 - System and method for joint resurface repair
Publication number US8147559 B2
Application number US 12/582,345
Also published as EP2314257A1, EP2314257B1, EP2314257B9, US6520964, US7029479, US7604641, US9204873, US20020055783, US20030120276, US20060190002, US20100070048, US20120191187
Publication number 12582345, 582345, US 8147559 B2, US 8147559B2, US-B2-8147559, US8147559 B2, US8147559B2
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U.S. Classification 623/23.42, 606/102
International Classification A61B17/17, A61F2/46, A61B17/58, A61B17/88, A61B19/00, A61F2/30, A61F2/00, A61B17/16, A61B17/00, A61B17/06, A61B1/00, A61F2/38, A61B17/86, A61B17/04
Cooperative Classification A61B90/06, A61B2090/061, A61F2/4657, A61F2002/4661, A61F2002/30943, A61F2230/0006, A61B2017/045, A61B17/8615, A61F2/4618, A61F2002/30113, A61B17/1764, A61F2310/00017, A61F2002/30069, A61F2310/00089, A61F2002/30604, A61B17/06166, A61F2002/30451, A61F2210/0071, A61F2310/00059, A61F2310/00095, A61F2220/0033, A61F2/30942, A61F2220/005, A61F2250/0036, A61F2/30756, A61B17/8875, A61F2220/0041, A61F2220/0058, A61F2/3859, A61B5/4528, A61F2/38, A61B17/1675, A61F2230/0069, A61B17/8625, A61B17/1615, A61F2310/00029, A61B17/1635, A61B17/1637, A61F2230/0017, A61B17/0401, A61F2002/30448, A61B1/317, A61B17/863, A61F2310/00796, A61B17/0487, A61F2002/4623, A61F2310/00203, Y10S606/902, A61F2002/4635, A61F2310/00239, A61B2017/0445, A61B2017/00238, A61B17/8805, A61F2002/30878, A61B17/16, A61B17/888, A61F2002/30065, A61B2017/0409, A61F2002/30945, A61B17/7098, A61F2002/4681, A61F2002/30831, A61F2002/30225, A61F2002/30299, A61B5/1076, A61F2002/30332, A61F2002/4663, A61F2002/30948, A61B17/8695, A61B2017/00464, A61F2002/30324, A61F2002/30143, A61F2310/00023, A61F2230/0093, A61F2002/30772, A61F2/30767, A61B2017/0404, Y10S606/907, A61F2002/30952, A61F2002/30871, A61F2002/30858, A61F2002/30957, A61F2002/30874, A61F2002/4658, A61B17/8894, Y10S606/91, A61B17/8827, A61B2017/0448, A61B2017/044, A61F2002/30896, A61F2002/30892, A61F2002/30354, A61F2002/30443, A61F2002/30879
European Classification A61F2/30C, A61F2/30M2, A61B17/04A, A61B17/16D2, A61F2/46B12, A61F2/46M, A61B17/16S8, A61B19/46, A61B17/88S2C, A61B5/45K, A61B17/86A2C, A61B5/107J
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