Injectable subcutaneous device
AssigneeManicka Institute LLC
InventorYatheendhar D. Manicka
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Abstract
A method of subcutaneously injecting and anchoring a device to a bone, a muscle, and/or a tissue in a patient, the device having a clip configured to anchor the device to the bone, the muscle, or the tissue, includes making an incision in the patient. An instrument pre-loaded with the device is inserted through the incision. The instrument is advanced to the bone, the muscle, and/or the tissue upon which the device is to be anchored. A clip of the device is pushed onto the bone, the muscle, and/or the tissue using the instrument. The device is anchored to the bone, the muscle, and/or the tissue using the clip on the device.
Claims28
A method of subcutaneously injecting and anchoring a device to a bone in a patient, the device having a clip configured to anchor the device to the bone, the method comprising:
- making an incision in the patient;
- inserting an instrument pre-loaded with the device through the incision;
- advancing the instrument to the bone upon which the device is to be anchored;
- pushing the clip of the device onto the bone using the instrument, including pushing a top portion of the clip of the device on top of the bone and a housing of the device below the bone;
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- anchoring the device to the bone using the clip on the device.
A method of subcutaneously injecting and anchoring a device to a bone in a patient, the device having a clip configured to anchor the device to the bone, the method comprising:
- making an incision in the patient;
- inserting an instrument pre-loaded with the device through the incision;
- advancing the instrument to the bone upon which the device is to be anchored;
- pushing the clip of the device onto the bone using the instrument without piercing the bone, wherein pushing the clip of the device onto the bone includes pushing a top portion of the clip of the device on top of the bone and a housing of the device below the bone;
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- anchoring the device to the bone using the clip on the device.
A method of subcutaneously injecting and anchoring a device to a xiphoid process and/or a sternum in a patient, the device having a clip configured to anchor the device to the xiphoid process and/or the sternum, the method comprising:
- making an incision in the patient;
- inserting an instrument pre-loaded with the device through the incision;
- advancing the instrument to the xiphoid process and/or the sternum upon which the device is to be anchored;
- pushing the clip of the device onto the xiphoid process and/or the sternum using the instrument, wherein pushing the clip of the device onto the xiphoid process and/or the sternum includes pushing a top portion of the clip of the device on top of the xiphoid process and/or the sternum and a housing of the device below the xiphoid process and/or the sternum;
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- anchoring the device to the xiphoid process and/or the sternum using the clip on the device.
A method of subcutaneously injecting and anchoring a device to a bone in a patient, the device having a clip configured to anchor the device to the bone, the method comprising:
- making an incision in the patient;
- inserting an instrument pre-loaded with the device through the incision;
- advancing the instrument to the bone upon which the device is to be anchored;
- pushing the clip of the device onto the bone using the instrument, wherein pushing the clip of the device onto the bone includes pushing a top portion of the clip of the device on top of the bone and a housing of the device below the bone;
- pushing a stiff prong extending from the device with an electrode at a distal end of the stiff prong into contact with an organ and/or a second tissue as the clip of the device is pushed onto the bone;
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- anchoring the device to the bone using the clip on the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.