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US 2009/0156997 A1Published application
Rotator cuff patch delivery device
AssigneeRockford Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Services, LLC
InventorSCOTT TRENHAILE
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Abstract
A device for delivering an allograft patch through a cannula provides for feeding of the device and the allograft patch through the cannula and provides for deploying of the allograft patch after feeding through the cannula.
Claims20
A device for delivering an allograft patch through a cannula, comprising:
- a central pad portion;
- an inflatable chamber portion provided around a perimeter of the central pad portion;
- and
- a fluid influx tube extended from and communicated with an interior of the inflatable chamber portion,
- wherein the fluid influx tube has an open end to provide for selective inflation of the inflatable chamber portion.
2 more elements
A device for delivering an allograft patch through a cannula, comprising:
- one or more stiffening strips providing along one or more sides of the allograft patch.
A device for delivering an allograft patch through a cannula, comprising:
- means for providing rigidity to the allograft patch and accommodating rolling of the device and the allograft patch around a longitudinal axis for feeding of the device and the allograft patch through the cannula and deploying of the allograft patch after feeding through the cannula.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.