Bridle device and method
AssigneeApplied Medical Technology, Inc.
InventorsAllison Slaga, Matthew Thompson
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Abstract
The present application discloses a bridle device and a method of placing a bridle on a person using the bridle device. In one exemplary embodiment, the bridle device comprises a retrieval portion and a delivery portion. The delivery portion has a retrieval member and a retrieval magnet attached to the retrieval member. The delivery portion has a delivery member and a delivery magnet that is movable relative to a distal portion of the delivery member. In certain embodiments, the delivery portion has a delivery tube and a delivery magnet attached to a flexible elongated member received in the delivery tube. The delivery magnet is movable relative to a distal portion of the delivery tube and both poles of the delivery magnet are exposed outside of the delivery tube.
Claims31
A bridle device, comprising:
- a retrieval portion having a retrieval member and a retrieval magnet attached to the retrieval member;
- and
- a delivery portion having a delivery member and a delivery magnet that is movable relative to a distal portion of the delivery member;
- wherein the delivery member is a delivery tube and the delivery magnet is attached to a flexible elongated member received in the delivery tube, and wherein a wall of the delivery tube is separated or configured to be separated along a length of the delivery tube such that the separated delivery tube wall creates an opening that permits the elongated member to be removed from within the delivery tube.
A bridle device, comprising:
- a retrieval portion having a retrieval member and a retrieval magnet attached to the retrieval member;
- and
- a delivery portion having a delivery tube and a delivery magnet attached to a flexible elongated member received in the delivery tube, wherein the delivery magnet is movable relative to a distal portion of the delivery tube;
- wherein the retrieval member and the delivery tube form a U-shape, wherein the retrieval member forms a first side of the U and the delivery tube forms a second side of the U, wherein the U-shape permits simultaneous insertion of the retrieval member and the delivery tube into nostrils of a patient.
A bridle device, comprising:
- a retrieval portion having a retrieval member and a retrieval magnet attached to the retrieval member;
- and
- a delivery portion having a delivery member and a delivery magnet attached to a distal portion of the delivery member, wherein the retrieval portion and the delivery portion are connected together by a handle, and wherein the handle is configured such that the delivery magnet and the retrieval magnet are capable of being simultaneously inserted into nostrils of a patient.
A bridle device, comprising:
- a retrieval portion having a retrieval member and a retrieval magnet attached to the retrieval member;
- a delivery portion having a delivery member and a delivery magnet that is movable relative to a distal portion of the delivery member;
- wherein at least a portion of the delivery portion is connected to at least a portion of the retrieval portion;
- wherein the bridle device is U-shaped with the retrieval portion forming a first side of the U and the delivery portion forming a second side of the U;
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- wherein the retrieval portion and the delivery portion are removably connected together by a handle, and wherein the handle comprises channels configured to receive the retrieval portion and the delivery portion.
A bridle device, comprising:
- a retrieval portion having a retrieval member and a retrieval magnet attached to the retrieval member;
- and
- a delivery portion having a delivery member and a delivery magnet that is movable relative to a distal portion of the delivery member, wherein a proximal portion of the delivery member is connected to a proximal portion of the retrieval member, wherein the connection between the proximal portion of the delivery member and the proximal portion of the retrieval member permits simultaneous insertion of the delivery portion and the retrieval portion into nostrils of a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.