METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR TREATING PSEUDOARTHROSIS - Patent 1335771

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EP 1 335 771 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.10.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	20.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/34

(21)	Application number: 01988541.7

(22)	Date of filing: 24.10.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61M 25/00, A61M 5/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0145/479

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0203/4113 (02.05.2002 Gazette 2002/18)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

24.10.2000 US 242950 P

(71)	Applicant: SDGI Holdings, Inc.
	Wilmington, DE 19801 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	MCKAY, William, F. Memphis, TN 38133 (US)

(74)	Representative: Every, David Aidan et al
	MARKS & CLERK,Sussex House,83-85 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3LG Manchester M2 3LG (GB)

(54)	METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR TREATING PSEUDOARTHROSIS