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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2015
Refine, Llc, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Michael J. Lee, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Randall Lashinski, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Gordon Bishop, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Anthony Beatty, Encinitas, CA (US);
Jasper Benke, San Diego, CA (US);
Alexe Calarasu, Honolulu, HI (US);
Jeremy Kinkade, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Sean Saint, San Diego, CA (US);
Heather Hardy, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Sinclair Pharmaceuticals Limited, Chester, GB;
Abstract
Described are methods and apparatus for use in supporting tissue in a patient's body. In some embodiments, the patient's breast or another tissue is supported. One method involves introducing a superior soft tissue anchor into a patient, the anchor having an inferiorly facing total surface area; and introducing at least one inferior soft tissue anchor into the patient, such that the at least one inferior soft tissue anchor is suspended from the superior soft tissue anchor, the sum of all of the at least one inferior soft tissue anchors having a superiorly facing total surface area. The inferiorly facing total surface area of the superior anchor can be greater, such as at least two times greater than the superiorly facing total surface area of the at least one inferior anchor.