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Dynamic sagittal knee test apparatus

US4804000A · kind A · utility

43Cited by
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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1987
Grant dateFeb 14, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 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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