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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
Inventor:
Sarah Elizabeth Clabeaux, Ventura, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/37518 (2017.08); H04R 25/604 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, for use with an implantable medical device, including the steps of stretching a mounting tab in such a manner that an aperture on the mounting tab increases in size and separating the mounting tab from a bone anchor by moving the stretched mounting tab in such a manner that the bone anchor does not extend through the aperture in the mounting tab.