US 12,102,307 B2
Surgical delivery devices, systems, and methods
Justin Barbot, Dunseith, ND (US); Richard Arthur Thompson, II, St. Louis Park, MN (US); Thomas Arthur Tedham, Eden Prairie, MN (US); and Reed Oliver Saunders, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Vita Group, LLC, Woodbury, MN (US)
Filed by Vita Group, LLC, Woodbury, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/832,814.
Application 17/832,814 is a continuation of application No. 17/519,039, filed on Nov. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,350,917.
Application 17/519,039 is a continuation of application No. 17/518,090, filed on Nov. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,364,023.
Application 17/518,090 is a continuation of application No. 17/092,017, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296226 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00362 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00871 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical implant delivery device to provide one or more flexible sleeves for delivery of at least one silicone implant, comprising:
a flexible main body that is flat and adjustable to an expanded condition to provide an interior cavity sized to receive a silicone implant, the flexible main body comprising an intermediate section, a first tapered section adjacent to the intermediate section and offset from a central lateral axis of the intermediate section, and a second tapered section adjacent to the intermediate section and offset from the central lateral axis of the intermediate section opposite from the first tapered section so that at least one of the first and second tapered sections is separable from a portion of the intermediate section for expansion to a tapered implant guide sleeve, wherein the first tapered section extends away from the intermediate section to a first end that extends parallel to the central lateral axis, and the second tapered section extends away from the intermediate section to a second end that extends parallel to the central lateral axis and the first end; and
first and second exterior handles attached to opposing major surfaces of the flexible main body at a location proximate to a first cut line formed on the flexible main body to provide grasping locations when expanding at least one of said first and second tapered sections into said tapered implant guide sleeve.