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TEMPORARY RETENTION DEVICE

  • US 20070106330A1
  • Filed: 11/22/2006
  • Published: 05/10/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of using flexible retention tines, comprising:

  • advancing one or more retention tines through a skin layer, the retention tines comprising a metallic alloy that exhibits superelastic characteristics such that the retention tines are flexible to a deployed orientation; and

    arranging the one or more retention tines in the deployed orientation in a subcutaneous region under the skin layer.

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