US 11,850,167 B2
Implant delivery device
R. Sean Churchill, Mequon, WI (US); Robert J. Ball, West Olive, MI (US); Douglas Snell, Overland Park, KS (US); Isaac Running, Bozeman, MT (US); Christopher K. Jones, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Brandon Bryant, Vienna, VA (US)
Assigned to Embody, Inc., Norfolk, VA (US)
Filed by Embody, Inc., Norfolk, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/682,748.
Application 17/682,748 is a continuation of application No. 17/174,011, filed on Feb. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,259,939.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,775, filed on Feb. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0249250 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4601 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 17/3462 (2013.01); A61B 17/3498 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant delivery device, comprising:
an implant holding portion proximate a distal end of the implant delivery device, the implant holding portion being configured to retain a sheet-like implant during implantation of the implant;
the implant holding portion being configured to receive the implant with a movable implant supporting flange member configured to retain the implant;
wherein the movable implant supporting flange member is configured to be slidable between a first distal position in which the movable implant supporting flange member holds the implant within a recess of the implant holding portion and a second proximal position in which the implant is unencumbered by the movable implant supporting flange member, thus enabling release of the implant from the implant holding portion of the implant delivery device.