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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2020
Trimed, Incorporated, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Robert Medoff, Kailua, HI (US);
TriMed, Inc., Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method of engaging a U-shaped portion of an elongate flexible element with the apparatus. The apparatus has a body with an anchoring part, a channel extending up to the anchoring part, and an entry opening to the channel. With the U-shaped portion and body in an operative relationship, wherein the U-shaped portion straddles the anchoring part, the elongate flexible element can be tensioned to draw a side of the body against tissue. With the U-shaped portion straddling the anchoring part, the body can be reconfigured to change the size and/or shape of the entry opening and/or channel to avoid separation of part or all of the U-shaped portion from the body.