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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Applicant:
Callum Colquhoun, Belgrave, AU;
Inventor:
Callum Colquhoun, Belgrave, AU;
Assignee:
Depuy International Ltd., Leeds, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bone marker for use in image guided surgery comprises a support having an anchor mechanism for anchoring the support in a bone. The marker includes at least one reference member which can be detected by an image guided system and which is attached to the support. The support has at least one limb which is resiliently deformable.