Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1998-07-06
1999-10-19
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 69, 606 72, 606 73, A61B 1756
Patent
active
059680474
ABSTRACT:
Sterile bone fixation devices, such as bone screws, pins, anchors and plates, fabricated from bone tissue and the method of making such devices.
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