From the *Department of Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, and Clinical Research Institute, Seoul, Korea, the †Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea, the ‡Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea, the Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Women’s University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, the §Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Inchon, Korea, and the ∥Iowa Spine Research Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Supported in part by grants from the KOSEF (981-0712-090-2) and the U.S. Air Force.
Acknowledgment date: December 18, 1998.
First revision date: July 26, 1999.
Second revision date: November 29, 1999.
Acceptance date: February 21, 2000.
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Young Eun Kim, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dankook University
8 Hannam-Dong
Yongsan-Ku, Seoul 140-714, Korea
E-mail: [email protected]
Device status category: 1.
Conflict of interest category: 14.
