US 10,744,331 B2 · Implant and delivery tool therefor

Abstract

A method is described for percutaneously delivering an implant through a region of a body of a subject, the region including a fascia and non-fascia tissue. A hollow needle of a delivery tool is advanced distally through the fascia, while the delivery tool is in a first state in which the implant is entirely housed within the needle. The delivery tool is switched to a second state in which a proximal portion of the implant is housed within the needle and a distal portion of the implant is exposed from a distal end of the needle. While the delivery tool is in the second state the hollow needle is advanced distally through non-fascia tissue. Other embodiments are also described.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A method for percutaneously delivering an implant through a region of a body of a subject to a target site of the body, the region including a fascia and non-fascia tissue, the method comprising:

advancing, distally through the fascia, a hollow needle of a delivery tool, while the delivery tool is in a first state in which the implant is entirely housed within the needle;
switching the delivery tool to a second state in which a proximal portion of the implant is housed within the needle, and a distal portion of the implant is exposed from a distal end of the needle;
and
while the delivery tool is in the second state, advancing the hollow needle distally through non-fascia tissue.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/183,783Filed 8 Nov 2018 · continuation

Priority

23 Nov 2016

Published

US 2019/0070420 A17 Mar 2019

Granted

18 Aug 2020

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

A61N 1/375
Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators: constructional arrangements, e.g. casings
A61B 17/3468
Trocars; Puncturing needles: for implanting or removing devices, e.g. prostheses, implants, seeds, wires
A61N 1/0558
Spinal or peripheral nerve electrodes: anchoring or fixation means therefor
A61N 1/37205
Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators: microstimulators, e.g. implantable through a cannula

Family

Application15/360,501Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Nov 2016

US 2019/0070420 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Mar 2019

US 10,124,178 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2018/0140849 A1Published application

US 10,744,331 B2This patent

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Abstract

Claims9