FRACTURE-RESISTANT, CROSS-LINKED ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE SHAPED MATERIAL AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM - Patent 1404387

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EP 1 404 387 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/15

(21)	Application number: 00965571.3

(22)	Date of filing: 26.07.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61L 27/16, A61L 31/04, A61F 2/30

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2000/040494

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2001/008713 (08.02.2001 Gazette 2001/06)

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

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Priority:

30.07.1999 US 146474 P

(71)	Applicant: NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OFTHE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLEDMAINTAINING THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
	New York, N.Y. 10021 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	LI, Stephen West Windsor, NJ 08550 (US)

(74)	Representative: Silverman, Warren
	Haseltine Lake & Co.Imperial House,15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD London WC2B 6UD (GB)

(54)	FRACTURE-RESISTANT, CROSS-LINKED ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE SHAPED MATERIAL AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM