METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESTORING CURVATURE TO THE SPINE - Patent 0231282

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EP 0 231 282 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	12.08.1987 Bulletin 1987/33

(21)	Application number: 86904708.0

(22)	Date of filing: 22.07.1986

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61F 5/ 01^{( . )}
A61H 1/ 00^{( . )}

A61G 13/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1986/001520

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1987/000424 (29.01.1987 Gazette 1987/03)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

24.07.1985 US 19850758264

(71)	Applicant: SCHERGER, John S.
	Pasco, WA 99301 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	SCHERGER, John S. Pasco, WA 99301 (US)

(74)	Representative: Meddle, Alan Leonard, et al
	FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38 D-80801 München D-80801 München (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESTORING CURVATURE TO THE SPINE