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US 11,452,511 B2Granted
Surgical delivery devices, systems, and methods
AssigneeVita Solutions LLC
InventorsJustin Barbot, Richard Arthur Thompson, II, Thomas Arthur Tedham, Reed Oliver Saunders
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Abstract
A device for delivering an implant to a surgical location of a patient is provided. In some embodiments, an example device includes a polymer body having first and second tapered sections and a sealed cavity defined by the polymer body. The polymer body is separable between the first and second tapered sections.
Claims19
A method of using a delivery device to provide one or more implant guide conduits, comprising:
- adjusting a delivery device into a flattened configuration while in a sterile field, wherein the delivery device in the flattened configuration comprises a flexible main body including a first tapered section terminating at a first end opening, an intermediate section adjacent to the first tapered section opposite from the first end opening and including a first and second lateral edges extending perpendicular to the first end opening, and a second tapered section adjacent to the intermediate section opposite from the first tapered section and terminating at a second end opening that is equally sized with the first end opening;
- after said adjusting, separating the delivery device into at least a first delivery device portion and a second delivery device portion having a same shape as the first delivery device portion;
- expanding the first delivery device portion to an open configuration to provide an implant guide conduit;
- pouring an implant from a sterile container and sterile solution into a cavity of the implant guide conduit such that the implant is retained in the cavity, wherein the implant comprises a prosthetic implant selected from a group consisting of a breast implant, gluteal implant, calf implant, pectoral implant, and facial implant;
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- manipulating an exterior of the implant guide conduit to compress the implant so that the implant dispenses through the first or second end opening of the implant guide conduit and into a targeted site.
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A method of using a delivery device to provide one or more implant guide conduits, comprising:
- adjusting a delivery device into a planar configuration while in a sterile field, wherein the delivery device comprises a flexible main body including a first tapered section terminating at a first end, an intermediate section adjacent to the first tapered section opposite from the first end, and a second tapered section adjacent to the intermediate section opposite from the first tapered section and terminating at a second end equally sized with the first end,
- wherein when the delivery device is adjusted to the planar configuration, the flexible main body is both non-symmetric about a central longitudinal axis of the intermediate section extending in a longitudinal direction from the first tapered section to the second tapered section and non-symmetric about a central lateral axis of the intermediate section extending midway between the first tapered section to the second tapered section;
- separating the delivery device into at least a first delivery device portion and a second delivery device portion having a same shape as the first delivery device portion,
- wherein said separating comprises cutting the flexible main body along a midline of the flexible main body positioned along said central lateral axis of the intermediate section extending midway between the first tapered section to the second tapered section;
- expanding the first delivery device portion to an open configuration to provide an implant guide conduit;
- pouring an implant from a sterile container and sterile solution into a cavity of the implant guide conduit such that the implant is retained in the cavity, wherein the implant comprises a prosthetic implant selected from a group consisting of a breast implant, gluteal implant, calf implant, pectoral implant, and facial implant;
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- manipulating an exterior of the implant guide conduit to compress the implant so that the implant dispenses through a delivery opening of the implant guide conduit and into a targeted site.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.