Medical device and method for injecting a fluid
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorMichael S.H. Chu
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Abstract
In one general aspect, a medical device can include an implant having a medial portion and a distal portion. The medical device can include a delivery member including a dilator having a distal portion, and a tube coupled to the dilator. The tube can define a lumen in fluid communication with an opening in the tube. The opening can be disposed between the distal portion of the implant and the distal portion of the dilator of the delivery member. The medical device can include a sleeve having a lumen. The distal portion of the implant and at least a portion of the delivery member can be disposed within the lumen portion of the sleeve.
Claims20
A medical device, comprising:
- an implant having a medial portion and a distal portion;
- a delivery member including:
- a dilator having a distal portion, and
- a tube coupled to the dilator, the tube defining a lumen in fluid communication with an opening in the tube, the opening being disposed between the distal portion of the implant and the distal portion of the dilator of the delivery member;
- and
- a sleeve having a lumen, the distal portion of the implant and at least a portion of the delivery member being disposed within the lumen portion of the sleeve.
A medical device, comprising:
- an implant;
- a delivery member including:
- a dilator, and
- a tube having a proximal portion, a distal portion coupled to the dilator, and a medial portion disposed between the distal portion and the proximal portion, at least the medial portion of the tube defining a lumen;
- and
- a sleeve having a lumen, the lumen of the sleeve having a distal end and a proximal end, the implant having at least a portion disposed within the lumen, the medial portion of the tube being disposed within the lumen of the sleeve, the distal portion of the tube being distal to the distal end of the lumen of the sleeve, and the proximal portion of the tube being proximal to the proximal end of the lumen of the sleeve.
A method, comprising:
- moving a medical device including a sleeve disposed around at least a portion of an implant and a tube of a delivery member along a first direction from a first incision toward a second incision in a body of a patient such that at least a portion of the delivery member protrudes out of the body of the patient through the second incision;
- coupling a fluid delivery device to the portion of the delivery member protruding out of the body through the second incision;
- and
- injecting a fluid, using the fluid delivery device, into delivery member in a second different from the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.