US 12,133,810 B2
Implant delivery system
Siddharth Loganathan, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US); and Stryker European Holdings, LLC, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by STRYKER CORPORATION, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS HOLDINGS LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/346,133.
Application 18/346,133 is a continuation of application No. 17/396,618, filed on Aug. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,730,618.
Application 17/396,618 is a continuation of application No. 16/638,600, granted, now 11,083,611, issued on Aug. 10, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2018/047582, filed on Aug. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/549,233, filed on Aug. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346581 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/966 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/966 (2013.01) [A61F 2002/9665 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant delivery system, comprising:
an elongate tubular member having a lumen; and
a delivery assembly having a distal portion coaxially disposed within the lumen, the delivery assembly comprising:
a delivery wire;
an engaging bumper fixedly coupled to the delivery wire; and
a floating element slidably coupled around the delivery wire and disposed distal of the engaging bumper, the floating element comprising an engaging portion configured to engage the engaging bumper when the delivery wire is axially translated relative to the elongate tubular member in a first direction,
wherein when the engaging portion of the floating element engages the engaging bumper, the engaging bumper exerts a radially outward force on the floating element, thereby causing the floating element to radially expand toward the elongate tubular member.