Appeal No. 2001-0628
Application No. 09/118,665
the joint with a cuff while the joint is in the chamber of the
imaging unit and while the patient is in a seated orientation,
bending the joint in the patient’s body through at least a
portion of a range of movement while the patient is in a seated
orientation with the joint in the chamber of the imaging unit and
with the portion of the patient’s body adjacent to the joint
gripped by the cuff, and imaging the joint when the joint is bent
to each of a plurality of positions in the range of movement of
the joint while the joint is in the chamber of the imaging unit
and while the patient is in a seated orientation.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Cook 5,275,174 Jan. 04, 1994
Knuttel et al., 67,933 Dec. 29, 1982
European Patent Document
(Knuttel)1
Shellock, Frank G., “Patellofemoral joint abnormalities in
athletes: Evaluation by kinematic magnetic resonance imaging,”
Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 71-95
(1991) (Shellock)2
The “Captain Jack” Flyers appended to a letter dated September
12, 1991 from Pete Sullenberger to Murray Solomon, M.D. (Captain
Jack)2
1 The record contains an English language translation of the
Knuttel reference submitted by the appellants on August 30, 1999
(Paper No. 9).
2 The appellants submitted the Shellock and Captain Jack
materials in an Information Disclosure Statement filed July 17,
1998 (Paper No. 3) and have not challenged the examiner’s
implicit determination that these materials constitute prior art
relative to the subject matter on appeal.
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