Graft deployment and attachment systems and methods
OwnerColin Murphy, Benjamin Arnold +3inventors
InventorsColin Murphy, Benjamin Arnold, Brian Bowman, Mark H. Getelman, Thomas A. Afzal
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for deploying a graft to a treatment site of a patient. Exemplary systems include a device body and an insertion mechanism. The device body can have a handle and a trigger. The insertion mechanism can be in operative association with the device body, and can have an outer sheath, a support shaft disposed at least partially within the outer sheath, an expansion mechanism coupled with the support shaft, and a graft in contact with the expansion mechanism.
Claims20
A graft deployment device, comprising:
- a device body having a handle and a trigger;
- and
- an insertion mechanism in operative association with the device body, the insertion mechanism having an outer sheath, a support shaft disposed at least partially within the outer sheath, and an expansion mechanism coupled with the support shaft, wherein the expansion mechanism is configured to support a graft.
A method of delivering a graft to a treatment site of a patient, the method comprising:
- positioning a distal portion of a graft deployment device at the treatment site of the patient, the graft deployment device comprising an outer sheath and an expansion mechanism configured to support the graft;
- actuating a trigger of the graft deployment device to activate the expansion mechanism and expand the graft;
- and
- attaching the graft to the treatment site of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.