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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2407440', 'Application No. 2546582', 'application No. 03', 'application No. 03', 'Application No. 03', 'Application No. 03', 'Application No. 01932833', 'Application No. 01932833', 'Application No. 2006', 'Application No. 01932833']

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/US7604641?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7604641 - System and method for joint resurface repair
Publication number US7604641 B2
Also published as EP2314257A1, EP2314257B1, EP2314257B9, US6520964, US7029479, US8147559, US9204873, US20020055783, US20030120276, US20060190002, US20100070048, US20120191187
Publication number 11379151, 379151, US 7604641 B2, US 7604641B2, US-B2-7604641, US7604641 B2, US7604641B2
Patent Citations (106), Non-Patent Citations (99), Referenced by (32), Classifications (123), Legal Events (4)
US 7604641 B2
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U.S. Classification 606/102, 606/79
International Classification A61B17/00, A61B17/58, A61B17/06, A61B17/86, A61B17/16, A61F2/30, A61F2/38, A61B17/60, A61B17/88, A61B19/00, A61B17/04, A61B17/17, A61F2/46, A61F2/00, A61B1/00
Cooperative Classification A61B90/06, A61B2090/061, A61F2310/00023, A61F2310/00239, A61F2220/0058, A61F2002/30065, A61F2002/30069, A61F2002/4663, A61B17/06166, A61B17/0401, A61B17/863, A61F2002/30354, A61B2017/0409, A61F2/30756, A61F2002/30604, A61B17/8875, A61F2002/30952, A61F2002/30892, A61F2250/0036, A61F2002/30879, A61F2002/30299, A61F2002/30225, A61B17/1764, A61F2002/30896, A61B2017/045, A61F2002/30443, A61B17/1675, A61B17/8894, A61B17/16, A61F2220/005, A61B17/8805, A61F2002/30448, A61B2017/044, Y10S606/91, A61B1/317, A61F2/4657, A61F2002/30324, A61B2017/0448, A61B17/1615, A61B17/8827, A61F2002/30332, A61B2017/00238, A61F2230/0093, A61F2210/0071, A61F2002/30113, A61B17/8695, A61B5/1076, A61F2002/30143, A61B2017/0445, A61B17/1635, A61F2310/00089, A61F2230/0017, A61F2/38, A61F2002/30957, A61F2002/4658, A61B2017/00464, A61F2220/0041, A61F2002/30451, A61B17/8615, A61B17/0487, A61B5/4528, A61B17/888, A61B17/8625, A61B2017/0404, A61B17/7098, A61F2002/30831, A61B17/1637, A61F2002/30772, A61F2002/4681, A61F2002/30871, A61F2002/30874, A61F2230/0069, A61F2002/30948, A61F2310/00095, A61F2230/0006, A61F2002/30858, A61F2310/00203, A61F2002/30945, A61F2310/00059, A61F2002/30943, A61F2310/00029, A61F2310/00796, A61F2/3859, Y10S606/907, Y10S606/902, A61F2002/4635, A61F2002/4661, A61F2002/4623, A61F2/4618, A61F2002/30878, A61F2/30942, A61F2220/0033, A61F2310/00017, A61F2/30767
European Classification A61B5/45K, A61B19/46, A61B17/86A2C, A61B17/88S2C, A61F2/30M2, A61F2/46B12, A61B17/16D2, A61F2/46M, A61B17/16S8, A61B17/04A, A61F2/30C, A61B5/107J