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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Peter Cawley, London, GB;
Anders Pettersson, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventors:
Peter Cawley, London, GB;
Anders Pettersson, Gothenburg, SE;
Assignee:
Osstell AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an arrangement () and a method for testing a hold (), such as an implant, attached to an object (), such as a bone, the method comprising the steps of: bringing a member () into contact with said hold, contactlessly detecting at least one resonance frequency of said member () when it is in contact with said hold (); and interpreting the detected resonance frequency in terms of the degree of attachment of the hold with respect to the object.