TEMPORARILY POSITIONABLE MEDICAL DEVICES
First Claim
1. A temporarily positionable device comprising:
- a temporarily positionable body;
an attachment mechanism formed integral with the temporarily positionable body to attach to body tissue, the attachment mechanism comprising at least one fastener integral with the temporarily positionable body to attach the temporarily positionable body to the body tissue, at least one fastener has a deployed position and an undeployed position; and
an applier to move at least one fastener from the undeployed position to the deployed position.
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Abstract
A temporarily positionable device includes a temporarily positionable body and an attachment mechanism formed integral with the temporarily positionable body. The attachment mechanism is to attach to body tissue. The attachment mechanism includes a fastener integral with the temporarily positionable body to attach the temporarily positionable body to the body tissue. At least one fastener has a deployed position and an undeployed position. An applier is used to move the fastener from the undeployed position to the deployed position. The temporarily positionable device can be disposed at a first location adjacent to body tissue. The temporarily positionable device can be attached to the body tissue at the first location fastener by simultaneously moving the fastener from the undeployed position to the deployed position.
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44 Claims
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1. A temporarily positionable device comprising:
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a temporarily positionable body; an attachment mechanism formed integral with the temporarily positionable body to attach to body tissue, the attachment mechanism comprising at least one fastener integral with the temporarily positionable body to attach the temporarily positionable body to the body tissue, at least one fastener has a deployed position and an undeployed position; and an applier to move at least one fastener from the undeployed position to the deployed position. - 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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of surgically positioning a temporarily positionable medical device, the method comprising:
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disposing a temporarily positionable medical device and a fastener integral to the temporarily positionable medical device at a first location adjacent to body tissue; and simultaneously moving the fastener from an undeployed position to a deployed position to attach the temporarily positionable medical device to the body tissue at the first location. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method comprising:
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obtaining a temporarily positionable device comprising; a temporarily positionable body; an attachment mechanism formed integral with the temporarily positionable body to attach the camera to a body tissue, the attachment mechanism comprising a fastener integral to the temporarily positionable body to attach the temporarily positionable body to tissue, the fastener has a deployed position and an undeployed position; and an applier to move the fastener from the undeployed position to the deployed position; sterilizing the temporarily positionable device; and storing the temporarily positionable device in a sterile container.
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