Medical implant delivery device
AssigneeValens Recovery Solutions LLC
InventorAllen L. Van Beek
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Abstract
The medical implant delivery device comprises a handheld assembly and an obturator. The handheld assembly can include an elongated shaft defining a chamber having a distal end and a proximal end, and an imaging device secured within the chamber adjacent to the distal end. The imaging device can comprise a light source and a lens. The obturator can include an elongated member having a light transmitting member and a plunger, wherein the obturator may be slidably disposed in a first position such that at least a portion of the elongated member may be within the chamber and the light transmitting member may be optically coupled to the light source and the lens.
Claims18
A medical implant delivery device comprising:
- a handheld assembly comprising:
- an elongated shaft defining a chamber having a distal end and a proximal end, and
- an imaging device secured within the chamber adjacent to the distal end, the imaging device comprising a light source and a lens;
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- a reversible obturator comprising:
- an elongated member having a light transmitting member on a first end and a plunger on a second, opposite end,
- wherein, in a first position, the reversible obturator is slidably disposed within the chamber such that the light transmitting member is positioned to be optically coupled to the light source and the lens, and the plunger is positioned externally to the chamber, and
- wherein, in a second position, the positions of the obturator and plunger are reversed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.