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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2015
Pivot Medical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chris Pamichev, Cupertino, CA (US);
J. Brook Burley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Julian Nikolchev, Portola Valley, CA (US);
James Flom, San Carlos, CA (US);
Pivot Medical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for securing a first object to a second object comprising providing apparatus comprising an elongated body having a lumen; an enlargement; a first elongated element, the distal end of the first elongated element being connected to the enlargement and the proximal end of the first elongated element extending through the lumen; and a second elongated element connected to the first elongated element external to the elongated body; inserting the elongated body into the second object; moving the second elongated element proximally so as to cause proximal movement of the first elongated element so as to cause the enlargement to move into a second portion of the lumen, whereby to laterally expand the elongated body; and securing the first object to the second object with the second elongated element.