Delivery system for positioning and affixing surgical mesh or surgical buttress covering a surgical margin
AssigneeAcuityBio Corporation
InventorJohn Schwartz
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Abstract
Embodiments include a surgical implant delivery system for positioning and affixing a surgical implant (e.g., a surgical mesh, a surgical buttress, etc.) covering a surgical margin. The system includes a cartridge releasably holding the surgical implant and a plurality of fixation elements associated with the surgical implant. The system also includes a introducer having an elongate body, a head pivotably coupled to receive the cartridge forming a combined head and cartridge, and a handle including a grip and an in-line trigger. The introducer also includes an actuation mechanism connected with the in-line trigger of the handle configured to affix the surgical implant to the surgical margin using the one or more fixation elements.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- providing a biocompatible surgical fabric and plurality of fixation elements attached to the biocompatible surgical fabric, the biocompatible surgical fabric having a first surface, a first end portion, and a second end portion;
- positioning, using an introducer, the biocompatible surgical fabric with the attached plurality of fixation elements over a surgical margin of tissue with the first surface of the biocompatible surgical fabric at least partially covering a first surface of the surgical margin and at least partially covering a second surface of the surgical margin, wherein the first surface of the surgical margin faces away from the second surface of the surgical margin;
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- after positioning the biocompatible surgical fabric with the attached plurality of fixation elements over the surgical margin of tissue, affixing the biocompatible surgical fabric to the surgical margin using the plurality of fixation elements by actuation of an actuation mechanism using the introducer, wherein the plurality of fixation elements secure the biocompatible surgical fabric to the surgical margin upon actuation of the actuation mechanism, and wherein the plurality of fixation elements are attached to the biocompatible surgical fabric prior to actuation of the actuation mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.