US 12,465,479 B2
Medical implant delivery system and related methods
Nathaniel Zenz-Olson, Blaine, MN (US)
Assigned to Rotation Medical, Inc.
Filed by Rotation Medical, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,354.
Application 17/745,354 is a continuation of application No. 16/356,631, filed on Mar. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,331,180.
Application 16/356,631 is a continuation of application No. 14/707,509, filed on May 8, 2015, granted, now 10,258,459, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/991,001, filed on May 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273419 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0805 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2904 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2905 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 17/56 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01); A61F 2/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An implant delivery assembly for delivering a sheet-like implant, comprising:
a sheet-like implant having a first face;
an outer tubular shaft with a distal end and a proximal end;
an inner elongate shaft having a distal end and a proximal end;
wherein the inner elongate shaft is slidably disposed within the outer tubular shaft;
an implant positioning component including an elastically deformed undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration, the implant positioning component comprising:
a trunk;
a first opposed pair of flexible arms extending away from the trunk, the first opposed pair of flexible arms adapted to engage the first face of the sheet-like implant; and
a second opposed pair of flexible arms extending away from the trunk, the second opposed pair of flexible arms adapted to engage the first face of the sheet-like implant;
wherein the first opposed pair of flexible arms extends away from a first attachment location positioned along the trunk to their respective free ends and the second opposed pair of flexible arms extends away from a second attachment location positioned along the trunk to their respective free ends, and wherein the first attachment location is spaced a fixed distance away from the second attachment location along a length of the trunk.