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US 2025/0352359 A1Published application
Inflatable implant fixation systems and methods
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsOmar Elmalek, Yoav Meiraz, Yossi Shalev, Kyle Craig Pilgeram, James R. Flom, Edson Falcao Lopes, Jeremy Graul
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Abstract
A method of delivering a balloon implant into a patient includes slidably coupling one or more filaments coupled to tissue in the patient to the balloon implant while the balloon implant is outside the patient, advancing the balloon implant along the one or more filaments into the patient, and securing the balloon implant to the tissue.
Claims22
A method of delivering a balloon implant into a patient, the method comprising:
- slidably coupling one or more filaments coupled to tissue in the patient to the balloon implant while the balloon implant is outside the patient;
- advancing the balloon implant along the one or more filaments into the patient;
- and
- securing the balloon implant to the tissue.
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An implant system comprising:
- an implant comprising:
- a balloon including a body and an inlet being in fluid communication with an internal cavity of the body;
- a fitting attached to the inlet of the balloon and configured to receive a fluid for inflating the body of the balloon;
- and
- a connection feature configured to receive a filament therethrough;
- and
- an implant delivery instrument configured to receive the implant in a collapsed configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.