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Tissue compensation apparatus

US5368543A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 1993
Grant dateNov 29, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 17, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N2005/1096
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tissue compensation system and method for making a tissue compensator utilizes a plurality of elongate rods, one end of which contact the treatment surface on the patient, and the other end of which contact and deform a flexible membrane containing a quantity of a material substantially equivalent to tissue of the patient.

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