Dynamic sagittal knee test apparatus
US4804000A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 1987 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/6831
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus for electronically measuring ligamentous insufficiencies in the knee, the apparatus constructed in an exoskeletal articulating framework that is secured above the knee to the patient's femur and below the knee to the tibia and has substantially skeletal conforming articulating joint members with measuring means for determining the relative motions of tibia to femur.
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