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US 11,849,973 B2Granted
Implant removal devices and methods
AssigneeRussell David Moore
InventorsRussell David Moore, Choon Hyong Lee
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Abstract
An implant removal device includes a body, a first arm, a second arm, an actuation interface, and an extraction member. The first arm is supported at the body and configured to move relative to the body between a retracted position and a skin gripping position. The second arm is supported at the body and configured to move relative to the body between the retracted position and the skin gripping position. The actuation interface is supported at the body. The actuation interface is configured to receive a first actuation input thereat to cause at least one of the first arm and the second arm to move from the skin gripping position to the retracted position. The extraction member is supported at the body and located between the first arm and the second arm.
Claims20
A method comprising the steps of:
- positioning an implant removal device at a skin surface with each of a first arm and a second arm of the implant removal device in a retracted position;
- moving each of the first arm and the second arm of the implant removal device from the retracted position to a skin gripping position such that the first arm is adjacent a first side of an implant and the second arm is adjacent a second side of the implant, the second side being opposite the first side, the first arm and the second arm being closer together in the skin gripping position than in the retracted position;
- moving an extraction member of the implant removal device into engagement with the skin surface adjacent an end portion of the implant, the end portion of the implant extending between the first side of the implant and the second side of the implant, the extraction member being located between the first arm and the second arm;
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- moving the implant, using the extraction member, relative to the skin surface.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- positioning an implant removal device at a skin surface with at least one of a first arm and a second arm of the implant removal device in a retracted position;
- moving the at least one of the first arm and the second arm of the implant removal device from the retracted position to a skin gripping position such that the first arm is adjacent a first side of an implant and the second arm is adjacent a second side of the implant, the second side being opposite the first side, the first arm and the second arm being closer together in the skin gripping position than in the retracted position;
- bringing an extraction member of the implant removal device into engagement with the skin surface adjacent a first end portion of the implant, the first end portion of the implant extending between the first side of the implant and the second side of the implant, the extraction member being located between the first arm and the second arm;
- creating an incision at the skin surface near a second end portion of the implant, the second end portion of the implant being opposite the first end portion of the implant;
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- moving the implant removal device along the skin surface with the extraction member in contact with the skin surface adjacent the first end portion of the implant so that as the implant removal device is moved along the skin surface the extraction member acts to move the implant toward the incision at the skin surface near the second end portion of the implant.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- positioning an implant removal device at a skin surface with at least one of a first arm and a second arm of the implant removal device in a retracted position;
- moving the at least one of the first arm and the second arm of the implant removal device from the retracted position to a skin gripping position such that the first arm is adjacent a first side of an implant and the second arm is adjacent a second side of the implant, the second side being opposite the first side, the first arm and the second arm being closer together in the skin gripping position than in the retracted position;
- bringing an extraction member of the implant removal device into engagement with the skin surface adjacent a first end portion of the implant, the first end portion of the implant extending between the first side of the implant and the second side of the implant, the extraction member being located between the first arm and the second arm;
- creating an incision at the skin surface near a second end portion of the implant, the second end portion of the implant being opposite the first end portion of the implant;
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- moving the implant removal device along the skin surface with the extraction member in contact with the skin surface adjacent the first end portion of the implant so that as the implant removal device is moved along and in contact with the skin surface the extraction member acts to move the implant underneath the skin surface and toward the incision at the skin surface near the second end portion of the implant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.