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US 7,524,281 B2Granted
Systems and methods relating to associating a medical implant with a delivery device
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsMichael S. H. Chu, Brian M. Hanley, Alfred Intoccia, Richard C. Tah
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Abstract
The present invention provides devices and methods for associating an implantable sling with a delivery device for delivering the sling to an anatomical location in a patient.
Claims18
A sling assembly comprising,
- a sleeve having a first end and a second end,
- a sling residing, at least partially, within the sleeve,
- a dilator having a first end and a second end and attached to the first end of the sleeve,
- an association loop extending into the second end of the dilator and located at a first end of the sling assembly and sized and shaped for associating the sling assembly with a shaft of a delivery device;
- and
- a spring loaded mounting arrangement to enable the association loop to extend and retract axially relative to the dilator.
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An implant delivery system comprising
- a sleeve having a first end and a second end and a sling residing at least partially within the sleeve, a dilator having a first end and a second end and attached to the first end of the sleeve, and an association loop extending into the second end of the dilator and located at a first end of the sling assembly,
- a spring loaded mounting arrangement to enable the loop to extend and retract axially relative to the dilator;
- and
- a delivery device onto which the association loop may be hooked.
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A sling assembly delivery kit comprising:
- a sling assembly having,
- a sleeve having a first end and a second end,
- a sling residing, at least partially, within the sleeve,
- a dilator having a first end and a second end attached to the first end of the sleeve,
- an association loop extending into the second end of the dilator and located at a first end of the sling assembly;
- a spring loaded mounting arrangement to enable the association loop to extend and retract axially relative to the dilator;
- and
- a first delivery device onto which the first association loop may be hooked.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.