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EP 0 359 793 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	28.03.1990 Bulletin 1990/13

(21)	Application number: 89902684.0

(22)	Date of filing: 02.02.1989

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 17/ 74^{( . )}
A61F 2/ 00^{( . )}

A61B 17/ 88^{( . )}
A61F 2/ 30^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1989/000430

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1989/006940 (10.08.1989 Gazette 1989/18)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT SE

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Priority:

03.02.1988 US 19880151947

(71)	Applicant: BIOMET, INC.
	Warsaw, IN 46580 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	TRONZO, Raymond, G. Palm Beach, FL 33480 (US)

(74)	Representative: Holdcroft, James Gerald, Dr.
	Graham Watt & Co., Riverhead Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2BN Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2BN (GB)

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