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Meet the challenges and demands facing professionals in the dynamic field of spinal implants. Twenty-one peer-reviewed papers give you a global perspective on current and future testing methods. They address the relationship between existing standards and clinical experience; suggestions for areas of change; and the development of standards for emerging technologies of spinal implants. Sections cover: Spinal Constructs; Spinal Device Compenents, Subassemblies, and Interconnections; Interbody Spacers and Intervertebral Body Fusion Devices; Functional Spinal Devices and/or Artificial Discs; Suggested Test Methods, Models, Fixtures, or Needed Improvements.
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S T P 1431
Spinal Implants: Are We Evaluating Them Appropriately ?
M. N. Melkerson, M. S.; S. L. Griffith, Ph.D.; and J. S. Kirkpatrick, M.D., editors
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Foreword The Symposium on Spinal Implants: Are We Evaluating Them Appropriately? was held in Dallas, Texas on 6-7 November 2001. ASTM International Committee F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices was its sponsor. Symposium chairmen and co-editors of this publication were Mark N. Melkerson, M.S.; John S. Kirkpatrick, M.D.; and Steven L. Griffith, Ph.D.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Symposium on Spinal Implants, Are We Evaluating Them Appropriately? (2001 : Dallas, Tex.) Spinal implants : are we evaluating them appropriately? / M.N. Melkerson, S.L. Griffith, and J.S. Kirkpatrick, editors. p. ; cm. - - (STP ; 1431) Symposium on Spinal Implants, Are We Evaluating Them Appropriately? was held in Dallas, Texas on 6-7 November 2001. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8031-3463-0 Spinal Implants: Are We Evaluating Them Appropriately? "ASTM Stock Number:. STP1431 ." 1. Spinal implants--Testing--Congresses. I. Melkerson, M. N. (Mark N.) 1961-II. Griffith, Steven L., 1960-111.Kirkpatrick, J.S. (John S.) 1958-1V. Title. V. ASTM special technical publication ; 1431. [DNLM: 1. Spine---surgery~ongresses. 2. Device A p p r o v a l ~ n g r e s s e s . 3. Implants. Experimental---Congresses. 4. Prosthesis Design--Congresses. WE 725 S9869s 2003] RD768.$847 2003 617.5'6059--dc21 2003049605 Copyright 9 2003 ASTM Intemational, West Conshohocken, PA. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced or copied, in whole or in part, in any printed, mechanical, electronic, film, or other distribution and storage media, without the written consent of the publisher.
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