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AssigneeC.R. Bard, Inc.
InventorsPaul J. Mulhauser, Paul C. DiCesare
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An implantable prosthesis and device and method for loading and delivering the implantable prosthesis to a trocar cannula. The implantable prosthesis includes a body portion sufficient to extend across and occlude a defect opening and a semi-rigid ring for supporting the body portion. The implantable prosthesis may be provided with a sufficient hoop strength to prevent the body portion from collapsing into the defect opening. A loading and delivery tool includes a main body with a lumen sized to collapse the implantable prosthesis. An elongated shaft is rotatable to wind the implant into a slender configuration and axially moveable to advance the rolled-up implant into the trocar cannula. A cartridge extends from the main body and holds the implant in a normal expanded configuration.
An apparatus for loading and delivering a pliable implantable prosthesis into a trocar cannula having a lumen, the pliable implantable prosthesis having a first configuration larger than the lumen of the trocar cannula and being formable into a second configuration which is smaller than the lumen of the trocar cannula, said apparatus comprising:
In combination, an implantable prosthesis having an expanded configuration and a reduced configuration and an apparatus for loading and delivering said implantable prosthesis to a trocar cannula having a lumen which is smaller than said expanded configuration of said implantable prosthesis, said apparatus including an elongated body having a lumen extending therethrough and an elongated slot extending radially from said elongated body lumen through a surface of said elongated body, said elongated slot adapted to admit said implantable prosthesis in said expanded configuration, said implantable prosthesis being received and maintained in said elongated body lumen in said reduced configuration;
A method of loading and delivering an implantable prosthesis to a trocar cannula having a lumen, comprising:
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