Implant Holder and Method of Deploying the Implant
First Claim
1. An implant holder for use with a delivery catheter to deploy an expandable implant in a tubular body part, the holder comprising:
- a cartridge body having a lumen extending between a first end and a second end and being adapted to hold the implant in a collapsed state;
the cartridge body displaying an implant image having an axial orientation corresponding to the axial orientation of the implant held in the cartridge body lumen.
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Abstract
An implant holder for use with a delivery catheter to deploy an implant, such as a filter, in a tubular body part is provided. The holder includes a cartridge body having a lumen extending between two ends and holding a collapsed implant, and an implant image disposed on the cartridge body. The implant image has an axial orientation corresponding to the axial orientation of the implant held in the cartridge body lumen. The axial orientation of the implant image helps to guide a physician in correctly orienting the implant regardless of which access point is used, thereby reducing the chance of deploying the implant in the wrong axial direction.
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32 Claims
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1. An implant holder for use with a delivery catheter to deploy an expandable implant in a tubular body part, the holder comprising:
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a cartridge body having a lumen extending between a first end and a second end and being adapted to hold the implant in a collapsed state; the cartridge body displaying an implant image having an axial orientation corresponding to the axial orientation of the implant held in the cartridge body lumen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An implant holder for use with a delivery catheter for deploying an expandable implant in a tubular body part, the holder comprising:
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an expandable implant; a cartridge body having a first end, a second end opposite to the first end and a lumen, the lumen extending between the first and second ends and holding the expandable implant in a collapsed state; the cartridge body displaying an implant image representing the implant in an expanded state and having an axial orientation corresponding to the axial orientation of the implant held in the cartridge body lumen. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of deploying an expandable implant in a tubular body part using an implant holder having a cartridge body having a lumen extending between a first end and a second end and being adapted to hold the implant in a collapsed state, the cartridge body displaying an implant image having an axial orientation corresponding to the axial orientation of the implant held in the cartridge body lumen, the method comprising:
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inserting a delivery catheter into the tubular body part through an access site; orienting the cartridge body based on the axial orientation of the implant image and the location of the access site such that either the first end or the second end faces a proximal end of the delivery catheter; attaching the oriented cartridge body to the proximal end of the delivery catheter; and moving the expandable implant contained in the cartridge body lumen through the delivery catheter in a distal direction so as to deploy the expandable implant. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A kit comprising:
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a delivery catheter; an implant holder for use with the delivery catheter to deploy an expandable implant in a tubular body part, wherein the holder comprises a cartridge body having a lumen extending between a first end and a second end and being adapted to hold the implant in a collapsed state, the cartridge body displaying an implant image having an axial orientation corresponding to the axial orientation of the implant held in the cartridge body lumen; at least one expandable implant; and a pusher.
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Specification