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METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PERCUTANEOUSLY MODIFYING ORGANS TO TREAT PATIENTS

  • US 20070167982A1
  • Filed: 03/29/2007
  • Published: 07/19/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for delivering an implantable device into a human subject comprising:

  • a). providing a system that comprises;

    a surgical device comprising an outer tube having a lumen, wherein said outer tube is insertable through the skin of a human subject and configured to serve as an entry port;

    an implantable device for treating said human subject; and

    a delivery tube, wherein said delivery tube is configured to be advanceable through said outer tube, and wherein said delivery tube is configured to deliver said implantable device into said human subject;

    b). inserting said outer tube through the skin of said human subject;

    c). advancing said delivery tube through said outer tube into to a position within or near an anatomic structure in said human subject; and

    d). implanting said implantable device into said human subject using the delivery tube.

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