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US 10,945,894 B2Granted
Devices and methods for directing a medical fabric into a portion of the body
AssigneeUniversity of Cincinnati
InventorsMary Beth Privitera, Arthur Pancioli
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Abstract
A device (10) for directing a medical fabric (28) into a portion of a body. An elongated housing (12) having a distal end (16) and an opening (22) at the distal end (16). A supply of medical fabric (28) in the housing (12). An actuator (24) spaced from said opening (22) and configured to advance a portion of the medical fabric (28) through said housing (12) and out of the opening (22).
Claims11
A device for directing a medical fabric into a portion of a body, comprising:
- an elongated housing having a distal end and an opening at the distal end;
- a supply of medical fabric in the housing;
- an actuator spaced from said opening, said actuator including a wheel that resides in an aperture in the housing and extends to a point outside of said housing to be accessed by a user to advance a portion of the medical fabric through said housing and out of the opening and the supply of medical fabric is upstream of the wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.