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Current content: 156 978 933 patent documents

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169 914 new documents added

2 331 667 documents amended

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EP 1755500 A1 20070228 - ARTIFICIAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC

Title (en)

ARTIFICIAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC

Title (de)

KÜNSTLICHE BANDSCHEIBE

Title (fr)

DISQUE INTERVERTEBRAL ARTIFICIEL

Publication

EP 1755500 A1 20070228 (EN)

Application

EP 05750656 A 20050519

Priority

US 2005017499 W 20050519
US 86783704 A 20040615

IPC 8 full level

A61F 2/44 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61F 2/4425 (2013.01); A61F 2002/302 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30495 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30563 (2013.01); A61F 2002/443 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1755500 A1 20070228; EP 1755500 A4 20120222

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 05750656 A 20050519