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US 2024/0374366 A1Published application
Tissue suspension implant
AssigneePoriferous, LLC
InventorsAaron Noble, Spencer Jones
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Abstract
An implant that can function as a tissue suspension implant. Embodiments find particular use in connection with eyebrow or forehead lifts, which require raising of soft tissue and skin of the forehead and brow.
Claims26
A bone anchor comprising:
- (a) an implant head comprising a lower surface and an upper surface, wherein the lower surface is flat or concave;
- (b) an implant shaft extending down from the lower surface of the implant head;
- (c) a through hole extending laterally through the implant shaft below the implant head;
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- (d) wherein the bone anchor is made of a porous material.
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A bone anchoring method comprising:
- (a) surgically exposing a bone tissue beneath a periosteum tissue;
- (b) forming a hole in the bone tissue;
- (c) inserting an implant shaft of a bone anchor into the hole formed in the bone tissue such that the shaft compresses as it is inserted into the hole to retain the bone anchor in the hole, wherein the bone anchor comprises:
- (i) an implant head comprising a lower surface and an upper surface, wherein the lower surface is flat or concave;
- (ii) the implant shaft extending down from the lower surface of the implant head;
- (iii) a through hole extending laterally through the implant shaft below the implant head;
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- (iv) wherein the bone anchor is made of a porous material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.