Methods and systems for delivering a filled prosthetic bladder into a surgical cavity
AssigneeDr. Joe Gryskiewicz, L.L.C.
InventorsJoseph M. Gryskiewicz, James A. Peterson
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Abstract
A prosthetic insertion apparatus and related methods of use in delivering filled prosthetic bladders through a skin incision and into a surgical cavity or pocket. The prosthetic insertion apparatus imparts control and retention properties to a surgical professional such the prosthetic bladder can be oriented and manipulated into the surgical cavity without risk of inadvertent dropping of the prosthetic bladder and without imparting damaging stress or torque to the bladder. Suitable materials can be utilized that are selected as having advantageous properties including lubricity, rigidity, easily sterilizable, and high strength.
Claims15
A delivery system for accessing a surgical cavity, comprising:
- a sheet having a first surface and a second surface, the sheet defining a pair of lateral edges, a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein at least one of the lateral edges, the top edge and/or the bottom edge include a shaped memory feature, wherein said shaped memory feature is configured to wrap at least one of the lateral edges, the top edge and/or the bottom edge around a prosthesis placed on the first surface to initiate formation of an opening through which the prosthesis is introduced into a surgical cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.