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US 10,894,156 B2Granted
Implantable medical devices having resilient mounting tabs and associated methods
AssigneeAdvanced Bionics AG
InventorSarah Elizabeth Clabeaux
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Abstract
A method, for use with an implantable medical device, including the steps of stretching a mounting tab in such a manner that an aperture on the mounting tab increases in size and separating the mounting tab from a bone anchor by moving the stretched mounting tab in such a manner that the bone anchor does not extend through the aperture in the mounting tab.
Claims16
A method for use with an implantable medical device that is secured to a tissue structure of a patient by an anchor that passes through an aperture in a mounting tab and into the tissue structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- stretching the mounting tab in such a manner that the aperture increases in size while the anchor that passes through the aperture remains in the tissue structure;
- and
- separating the mounting tab from the anchor by moving the stretched mounting tab in such a manner that the anchor does not extend through the aperture in the mounting tab while the anchor that passes through the aperture remains in the tissue structure.
A system, comprising:
- an anchor having a post and a head that is larger than the post;
- and
- an implantable medical device including
- an operative portion, and
- at least one mounting tab associated with the operative portion and having an aperture that is configured to receive the post, at least a portion of the mounting tab being resilient and configured to stretch, in a first direction without tearing, from a first size where the aperture is smaller than the anchor head to a second size that is larger than the first size in the first direction and that allows the aperture to fit over the anchor head.
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