AU2001239763A1 - Apparatus for forming curved axial bores through spinal vertebrae - Google Patents

Apparatus for forming curved axial bores through spinal vertebrae

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Publication number: AU2001239763A1
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: axial bores; forming curved; spinal vertebrae; curved axial; vertebrae
Prior art date: 2000-02-16
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

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AU2001239763A

Inventor

Andrew H. Cragg

Jonathan Kagan

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Axiamed Inc

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Axiamed Inc

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2000-02-16

Filing date

2001-02-14

Publication date

2001-08-27

2001-02-14 Application filed by Axiamed Inc filed Critical Axiamed Inc

2001-08-27 Publication of AU2001239763A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001239763A1/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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