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AssigneeZift Medical, LLC
InventorsRobert S. Schwartz, Stanton J. Rowe, Robert A. Van Tassel, Ralph Schneider, Ming Wu, David John Blaeser, Philip Jon Haarstad, Eric J. Simso, Douglas Jay Krone, Brian Zelickson, Robert A. Ganz, Matt Blaeser, Matt Keillor
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A method and apparatus for attaching tissue to bone in a shifted position without requiring surgical detachment of muscle or connective tissue joining the tissue layer to the bone layer. The skin layer is gently pulled in a non-surgical manner and a fastener of the invention is driven through the skin layer into the bone layer to effect a “skin tightening” procedure.
A method for relocating a skin layer relative to an adjacent bone layer comprising:
A fastener for use in anchoring a skin layer in a shifted position to a bone layer thereby overcoming lateral and axial forces imparted by said skin layer on said fastener comprising at least one shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, said at least one shaft including:
A device for use in anchoring a skin layer in a shifted position relative to a bone layer thereby overcoming lateral and axial forces imparted by said skin layer on said fastener comprising at least one shaft having a distal end and a proximal end comprising:
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