Implantable prosthetic device
AssigneeC.R. Bard, Inc.
InventorDevang Vijay Shah
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Abstract
A prosthesis and a method of plugging or covering a trocar tract with the prosthesis is disclosed. The prosthesis includes a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end, a respective opening at each end, and a channel extending between the proximal end of the tubular body and the distal end of the tubular body. The prosthesis is removably mounted along a trocar. The trocar is removable from the prosthesis such that the prosthesis is left at the trocar tract when the trocar is removed from the tract. The prosthesis includes a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the opening at the distal end of the tubular body is smaller than the opening at the proximal end of the tubular body.
Claims44
An implantable prosthesis in combination with a trocar, the combination comprising:
- a trocar with a proximal end and a distal end, a respective opening at each end, and a channel extending between the proximal opening and the distal opening for passing one or more surgical instruments through the trocar;
- a prosthesis removably mountable along an outer surface of the trocar, the prosthesis including a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end, a respective opening at each of the proximal end and the distal end of the tubular body, and a channel extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the tubular body, wherein the prosthesis includes a delivery configuration where the prosthesis is removably mounted along the outer surface of the trocar and a deployed configuration where the prosthesis is removed from the trocar, wherein, in the deployed configuration, the opening at the distal end of the tubular body is smaller than the opening at the proximal end of the tubular body.
A method comprising:
- providing a trocar with a proximal end and a distal end, a respective opening at each end, and a channel extending between the proximal opening and the distal opening for passing one or more surgical instruments through the trocar;
- removably mounting a prosthesis along an outer surface of the trocar, the prosthesis having a tubular body with a distal end and a proximal end, a respective opening at each of the proximal end and the distal end of the tubular body, and a channel extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the tubular body, wherein the prosthesis includes a delivery configuration where the prosthesis is removably mounted along the outer surface of the trocar and a deployed configuration where the prosthesis is removed from the trocar, wherein, in the deployed configuration, the opening at the distal end of the tubular body is smaller than the opening at the proximal end of the tubular body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.