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AU2017368149A1 - Method and apparatus for closing a fissure in the annulus of an intervertebral disc - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for closing a fissure in the annulus of an intervertebral disc Download PDF

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AU2017368149A1
AU2017368149A1 AU2017368149A AU2017368149A AU2017368149A1 AU 2017368149 A1 AU2017368149 A1 AU 2017368149A1 AU 2017368149 A AU2017368149 A AU 2017368149A AU 2017368149 A AU2017368149 A AU 2017368149A AU 2017368149 A1 AU2017368149 A1 AU 2017368149A1
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suture
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distal end
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Bret A. Ferree
Daniel MORGAN
Christopher RUNNELLS
Peter Sorensen
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Anchor Innovation Medical Inc
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AU2017368149A 2016-11-30 2017-11-30 Method and apparatus for closing a fissure in the annulus of an intervertebral disc Abandoned AU2017368149A1 (en)

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US201662427879P 2016-11-30 2016-11-30
US62/427,879 2016-11-30
PCT/US2017/063896 WO2018102522A1 (fr) 2016-11-30 2017-11-30 Procédé et appareil de fermeture d'une fissure dans l'anneau d'un disque intervertébral

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AU (1) AU2017368149A1 (fr)
CA (1) CA3044663A1 (fr)
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WO2018102522A1 (fr) 2018-06-07

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MK1 Application lapsed section 142(2)(a) - no request for examination in relevant period