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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Takehito Hananouchi, Hyogo, JP;
Dieter Vangeneugden, Overpelt, BE;
Inventors:
Takehito Hananouchi, Hyogo, JP;
Dieter Vangeneugden, Overpelt, BE;
Assignee:
MATERIALISE, NV, Leuven, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4609 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 17/1746 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61F 2/4612 (2013.01); A61F 2/4657 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/568 (2013.01); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61F 2/30942 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4677 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4687 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to surgical instruments and methods for the manufacture thereof, for facilitating the positioning of an implant in a socket of a ball-and-socket joint, by positioning an alignment element such as a pin, wire, screw or drill.