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US 2022/0054248 A1Published application
Method and Devices for Implantation of Biologic Constructs
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorTheodore R. Kucklick
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Abstract
Systems for delivering a sheet-like implant including a means of deploying and orienting the sheet-like implant within the body.
Claims20
An implant delivery device for delivering a sheet-like implant through a cannula, the implant delivery device comprising:
- an implant holder assembly having separable first and second legs;
- wherein the first and second legs have a closed position with distal end regions of the first and second legs proximate each other and parallel, and an open position with the distal end region of the second leg translated relative to the distal end region of the first leg in a generally transverse direction with the distal end region of the second leg parallel to the distal end region of the first leg to form an open-ended implant holder assembly;
- wherein the distal end region of the first leg includes a longitudinal slot extending therealong sized and dimensioned to engage a portion of the sheet-like implant;
- wherein the distal end region of the second leg includes a longitudinal slot extending therealong sized and dimensioned to engage a portion of the sheet-like implant;
- wherein when in the open position, the implant holder assembly is devoid of structure extending transverse between and connecting the distal end regions of the first and second legs.
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An implant delivery device for delivering a sheet-like implant through a cannula, theimplant delivery device comprising:
- an implant holder assembly having separable first and second legs with the sheet-like implant positioned therebetween;
- wherein the first and second legs are movable relative to one another between a first delivery position and a second deployment position, wherein distal end regions of the first and second legs are parallel to each other in both the first delivery position and the second deployment position;
- wherein the sheet-like implant is collapsed to be delivered through the cannula in the first delivery position;
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- wherein the sheet-like implant is flattened out for placement at a treatment site in the second deployment position.
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An implant delivery assembly for delivering a sheet-like implant to an arthroscopic workspace, the implant delivery assembly comprising:
- an implant delivery device including an implant holder having a first leg and a second leg, wherein the implant holder has a closed position with a distal end of the first leg proximate a distal end of the second leg, and an open position with the distal end of the first leg translated away from the distal end of the second leg, and at least one slot in the distal end of the implant holder;
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- a sheet-like implant coupled to the implant holder of the implant delivery device with a first portion of the sheet-like implant disposed within the at least one slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.