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US 2022/0087809 A1Published application
Method and Devices for Implantation of Biologic Constructs
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorTheodore R. Kucklick
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Abstract
Methods for delivering a sheet-like implant to a target site including a means of deploying and orienting the sheet-like implant within the body.
Claims20
A method of delivering a sheet-like biologic implant through a cannula to a treatment site within a patient, the method comprising:
- inserting a distal end of the cannula through the patient's skin and proximate the treatment site such that a proximal end of the cannula is positioned exterior of the patient;
- inserting an elongated instrument having the sheet-like biologic implant secured to a distal end region thereof through the cannula with the sheet-like biologic implant in a folded configuration without a covering over the implant;
- transitioning the sheet-like biologic implant to a flattened configuration once the sheet-like biologic implant is positioned distal of the distal end of the cannula;
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- securing the sheet-like biologic implant to tissue at the treatment site in the flattened configuration.
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A method of delivering a sheet-like biologic implant through a cannula to a treatment site within a patient, the method comprising:
- inserting a distal end of the cannula through the patient's skin and proximate the treatment site such that a proximal end of the cannula is positioned exterior of the patient;
- inserting implant delivery instrument having the sheet-like biologic implant secured within a slot of the implant delivery instrument through the cannula with the sheet-like biologic implant in a folded configuration without a covering over the implant;
- thereafter, securing the sheet-like biologic implant in a flattened configuration over tissue at the treatment site.
A method of delivering a sheet-like biologic implant through a cannula to a treatment site within a patient, the method comprising:
- inserting a distal end of the cannula through the patient's skin and proximate the treatment site such that a proximal end of the cannula is positioned exterior of the patient, the cannula including a seal therein;
- inserting an implant delivery instrument having the sheet-like biologic implant secured to a distal end region thereof through the seal of the cannula with the sheet-like biologic implant in a folded configuration without a covering over the implant;
- thereafter, unfolding the sheet-like biologic implant to a flattened configuration once the sheet-like biologic implant is positioned distal of the distal end of the cannula;
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- securing the sheet-like biologic implant to tissue at the treatment site in the flattened configuration.
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