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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
James Michael Kuras, Macedonia, OH (US);
Charles Fredrick Birchall, Jr., Mentor, OH (US);
Medtronic PS Medical, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for attaching a cranial flap ( ) to a skull ( ) includes an attachment device ( ) having relatively movable first and second members ( and ). The first member ( ) has first and second surfaces ( and ) for engaging first and second kerf edges ( and ), respectively, of a kerf ( ). The second member ( ) has third and fourth surfaces ( and ) for engaging the first and second kerf edges ( and ), respectively. A shaft ( ) connects the first and second members ( and ). The shaft ( ) is attached to the second member ( ) and extends through an opening ( ) in the first member ( ). The attachment device ( ) is positionable in the kerf ( ) and movable from a first condition in which the first and second members ( and ) are not engaged with the kerf edges ( and ) to a second condition in which the attachment device is wedged in the kerf between the first and third surfaces ( and ) and the first kerf edge ( ) and between the second and fourth surfaces ( and ) and the second kerf edge ( )