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Application: PER-33

Matter Number PER-33
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Application Number
Reference Case 1 PER-33
Reference Case 2
Created 1/6/24, 9:58 PM
Modified 1/6/24, 9:58 PM
Id 14,033
Content
As used herein, a "fixator" refers to an apparatus, instrument, structure, device, component, member, system, assembly, or module structured, organized, configured, designed, arranged, or engineered to connect two bones or bone fragments or a single bone or bone fragment and another fixator to position and retain the bone or bone fragments in a desired position and/or orientation. Examples of fixators include both those for external fixation as well as those for internal fixation and include, but are not limited to pins, wires, Kirschner wires, screws, anchors, bone anchors, plates, bone plates, intramedullary nails or rods or pins, implants, interbody cages, fusion cages, and the like. Fixation refers to the act of deploying or using a fixator to fix two structures together.
Notes Added by DJM Jan 2024