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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Mark Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Hendricksen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Darin Gittings, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US);
Paritosh Ambekar, Fremont, CA (US);
J. Brook Burley, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Kaiser, San Jose, CA (US);
James Flom, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mark Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Hendricksen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Darin Gittings, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US);
Paritosh Ambekar, Fremont, CA (US);
J. Brook Burley, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Kaiser, San Jose, CA (US);
James Flom, San Carlos, CA (US);
Pivot Medical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods are disclosed for providing access to a central compartment of a hip joint. The devices can access the central compartment by distracting all or a portion of the labrum. The labrum can be distracted by advancing a device underneath the bottom edge of the labrum, and using the device to further distract the labrum. Some devices can move underneath the labrum to provide a gap for other devices to access the central compartment.