PASSIVE JOINT MOVEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - Patent 0973478

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EP 0 973 478 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	02.05.1999

(43)	Date of publication:
	26.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/04

(21)	Application number: 97943587.2

(22)	Date of filing: 25.09.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61H 1/02

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9717/252

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9813/005 (02.04.1998 Gazette 1998/14)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

26.09.1996 US 26663 P

(71)	Applicant: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
	Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1023 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ARGENTA, Louis, C. Winston-Salem, NC 27104 (US) MORYKWAS, Michael, J. Pfafftown, NC 27040 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hanson, William Bennett
	J.Y. & G.W. Johnson,Kingsbourne House,229-231 High Holborn London WC1V 7DP London WC1V 7DP (GB)

(54)	PASSIVE JOINT MOVEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME