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System and method for vertebral load and location sensing

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Publication number
EP2757948A4
EP2757948A4 EP12833819.1A EP12833819A EP2757948A4 EP 2757948 A4 EP2757948 A4 EP 2757948A4 EP 12833819 A EP12833819 A EP 12833819A EP 2757948 A4 EP2757948 A4 EP 2757948A4
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Prior art keywords
location sensing
vertebral load
vertebral
load
sensing
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EP12833819.1A
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2757948A1 (en
Inventor
Martin Roche
Marc Boillot
Marc Stein
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Orthosensor Inc
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Orthosensor Inc
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Priority claimed from US13/243,362 external-priority patent/US9839374B2/en
Priority claimed from US13/243,762 external-priority patent/US8945133B2/en
Application filed by Orthosensor Inc filed Critical Orthosensor Inc
Publication of EP2757948A1 publication Critical patent/EP2757948A1/en
Publication of EP2757948A4 publication Critical patent/EP2757948A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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US13/243,362 US9839374B2 (en) 2011-09-23 2011-09-23 System and method for vertebral load and location sensing
US13/243,762 US8945133B2 (en) 2011-09-23 2011-09-23 Spinal distraction tool for load and position measurement
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