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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Rattner, Grossenseebach, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
601-2 ; 607 51 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for stimulating bone growth in a mammal. The method comprises the step of exposing a bone zone where bone growth is to occur to cavitation for bringing forth haemorrhage and/or microfissures and/or to at least partially loosened bone chips at said bone zone.