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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Pivot Medical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeremy Graul, Elk Grove, CA (US);
J. Brook Burley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew Lantz, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Flom, San Carlos, CA (US);
Pivot Medical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for securing a first object to a second object, including an elongated body having a lumen extending between distal and proximal ends, the lumen comprising distal and proximal sections, the distal section having a wider diameter than the proximal section; a window extending through the side wall of the elongated body, in the vicinity of the intersection between the distal and proximal sections, and communicating with the lumen; an elongated element comprising proximal and distal ends and extending through the lumen; and a locking element mounted to the distal end of the elongated element and disposed in the distal section; whereby, when the elongated body is disposed in a second object, and a first object extends through the window, proximal movement of the locking element causes the elongated body to capture the first object to the elongated body, whereby to secure the first object to the second object.