US 12,137,938 B2
Biofilm protection implant shield
Stephen David Bresnick, Encino, CA (US)
Filed by Stephen David Bresnick, Encino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/113,683.
Application 18/113,683 is a continuation of application No. 17/135,242, filed on Dec. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,596,441.
Application 17/135,242 is a continuation of application No. 16/709,785, filed on Dec. 10, 2019, granted, now 10,874,430, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/847,151, filed on May 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0200851 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3468 (2013.01) [A61F 2/12 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for inserting an implant into a surgically-created implant pocket in a subject, the apparatus comprising:
a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the base having an aperture formed therein and extending through the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein the aperture is operable to receive the implant therethrough; and
a tubular member coupled with the base, the tubular member having an inner bore extending longitudinally 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 base;
wherein the proximal end of the tubular member is coupled with the lower surface of the base and the distal end of the tubular member extends a predetermined length away from the lower surface of the base;
wherein the inner bore of the tubular member is substantially aligned with the aperture formed in the base;
wherein the inner bore is operable to receive the implant therethrough and has a substantially uniform cross-sectional width over the predetermined length; and
wherein the upper surface of the base forms the proximal most end of the apparatus and the distal end of the tubular member forms the distal most end of the apparatus.