US 11,963,860 B2
Implant delivery device with biofilm protection shield
Stephen David Bresnick, Encino, CA (US)
Filed by Stephen David Bresnick, Encino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,163.
Application 18/079,163 is a continuation of application No. 17/473,396, filed on Sep. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,523,891.
Application 17/473,396 is a continuation of application No. 17/118,422, filed on Dec. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,116,620, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/066,760, filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/946,376, filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115133 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0095 (2013.01) [A61F 2/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for delivering an implant into a surgically-created implant pocket in a subject, the device comprising:
a delivery member having an upper surface and a lower surface, the delivery member having an aperture formed therein and extending through the upper surface and the lower surface; and
a shielding member coupled with the delivery member, the shielding member having an inner bore having a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, the inner bore extending longitudinally along the longitudinal axis between a proximal end having a proximal opening and a distal end having a distal opening, the inner bore extending a predetermined length away from the lower surface of the delivery member;
wherein the proximal end of the shielding member is coupled with the delivery member and the inner bore is substantially aligned with the aperture formed in the delivery member;
wherein the delivery member extends away from the shielding member in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
wherein the delivery member is operable to wrap around the implant to form a conforming cavity around the implant that conforms to the shape of the implant;
wherein the inner bore is operable to receive the implant therethrough when mechanical force is applied to the lower surface of the delivery member; and
wherein the delivery member comprises a plurality of lengths defining an outer edge of the delivery member, each of the lengths comprising a radius of curvature.