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(43) Date of publication: 11.07.2018 Bulletin 2018/28 (21) Application number: 16766180.0 (22) Date of filing: 01.09.2016

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 34/00(2016.01) A61B 34/30(2016.01) A61B 90/90(2016.01) A61B 34/20(2016.01) A61B 34/32(2016.01) A61B 90/96(2016.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2016/049955 (87) International publication number: WO 2017/040821 (09.03.2017 Gazette 2017/10)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD (30) Priority: 04.09.2015 US 201514845820 (71) Applicant: Stryker Corporation Kalamazoo, MI 49002 (US)

(72) Inventors: MALACKOWSKI, Donald, W. Schoolcraft, MI 49087 (US) STUART, John, Michael Rio Rancho, NM 87144 (US) CULP, Jerry, A. Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (US) BOWLING, David, Gene Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM 87107 (US) MOCTEZUMA DE LA BARRERA, Jose, Luis 79104 Freiburg (DE) ROESSLER, Patrick 79249 Merzhausen (DE) BEER, Joel, N. Albuquerque, NM 87108-1167 (US) STAUNTON, Douglas, A. Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (US) AXELSON, Stuart, L., Jr. Succasunna, NJ 07876 (US) THELEN, Adam Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (US) (74) Representative: Röthinger, Rainer  Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte PartG mbB Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München 81541 München (DE)