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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Applicant:
Chad Munro, Mabou, CA;
Inventor:
Chad Munro, Mabou, CA;
Assignee:
Halifax Biomedical Inc., Mabou, Nova Scotia, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61L 31/18 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/18 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 19/54 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5416 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0032 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0098 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention comprises a modified implant useful to assess bone by imaging. The modified implant comprises a medical implant and at least one detectable marker element associated with the implant that serves as a reference point in medical imaging. Preferably, the implant and the detector marker elements have different radiolucencies such that one element can be seen through the other in medical imaging.