DEPLOYMENT DEVICE FOR CARDIAC SURGERY
First Claim
1. A deployment device for deploying a material into a patient, said deployment device comprising:
- a housing; and
placement means having a retracted condition within said housing for holding a material, in a collapsed condition, within said housing and an extended condition from said housing for disposing and releasing the material at a predetermined site in an uncollapsed condition.
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Abstract
A deployment device for deploying a material into a patient, said deployment device having a housing and a placement device including a retracted condition within the housing for holding a material, in a collapsed condition, within the housing and an extended condition from the housing for disposing and releasing the material at a predetermined site in an uncollapsed condition. A method of deploying a material by placing the placement device in an extended condition and affixing the material to the extended placement device, retracting the placement device into the housing with the material in a collapsed condition, extending the placement device, and placing the material at a predetermined site in an uncollapsed condition.
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28 Claims
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1. A deployment device for deploying a material into a patient, said deployment device comprising:
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a housing; and placement means having a retracted condition within said housing for holding a material, in a collapsed condition, within said housing and an extended condition from said housing for disposing and releasing the material at a predetermined site in an uncollapsed condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of deploying a material into a patient by:
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inserting the material, in a collapsed condition, in a cavity of a patient through an opening made into the cavity; expanding the material into an uncollapsed condition; and
placing the material at a predetermined site. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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Specification