MEDICAL MALECOT WITH MAGNETS
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1. A malecot device comprising:
- an elongate generally tubular body including a proximal end and a distal end with an elongate body lumen disposed through its length;
where the body includes a plurality of generally parallel elongate slits defining lateral sides of a plurality of malecot wings, and each malecot wing has a proximal wing portion and a distal wing portion;
where the malecot wings are configured to deploy by folding outward from a central longitudinal axis of the body upon a deployment action moving the proximal and distal body ends longitudinally toward each other; and
where at least one of the malecot wings comprises at least a first magnet in one of its proximal or distal wing portion and a second magnet in the other of its proximal or distal wing portion, and the first and second magnets are configured to engage each other when the first malecot wing is folded outward.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a malecot device may include magnets configured to maintain a deployed configuration of malecot wings of the device. A malecot device may also include a deployment member that is removably attached thereto.
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1. A malecot device comprising:
an elongate generally tubular body including a proximal end and a distal end with an elongate body lumen disposed through its length; where the body includes a plurality of generally parallel elongate slits defining lateral sides of a plurality of malecot wings, and each malecot wing has a proximal wing portion and a distal wing portion; where the malecot wings are configured to deploy by folding outward from a central longitudinal axis of the body upon a deployment action moving the proximal and distal body ends longitudinally toward each other; and where at least one of the malecot wings comprises at least a first magnet in one of its proximal or distal wing portion and a second magnet in the other of its proximal or distal wing portion, and the first and second magnets are configured to engage each other when the first malecot wing is folded outward. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A malecot device comprising:
at least one malecot wing, the at least one malecot wing including a first magnet and a second magnet, where the first and second magnets are configured to engage each other and retain a deployed configuration of the malecot wing. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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