IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS

• US 20170354536A1
• Filed: 07/13/2017
• Published: 12/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oculeve Incorporated (Abbvie Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Oculeve Incorporated (Abbvie Incorporated)
• Inventors: KUZMA, Janusz, ACKERMANN, Douglas Michael, STIVERS, Christopher William
• Granted Patent: US 10,537,469 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/14 Eye parts, e.g. lenses, corneal implants; Implanting instruments specially adapted therefor; Artificial eyes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/141 Artificial eyes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/148 Implantation instruments specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/1662 Instruments for inserting intraocular lenses into the eye
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/0017 implantable in, or in contact with, the eye, e.g. ocular inserts
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/007 Methods or devices for eye surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2210/0612 Eyes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 31/007 Injectors for solid bodies, e.g. suppositories

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods for delivering an implant to the orbit. In some instances, the systems may include a delivery device having a tongue member and a handle. The delivery device may further include an ejector configured to deliver an implant from the tongue member. The delivery device may also include a piercing member configured to create an opening in tissue. The systems may further include a piercing member for creating an opening in tissue. In some instances, the piercing member may have a first blade member rotatably connected to a second blade member.

Claims

1. A device for delivering an implant to the orbit comprising:

a handle;

a tongue member extending from a distal portion of the handle; and

an ejector, wherein the ejector comprises a control slider slidably attached to the handle, a pusher slidably attached to the tongue member, and a linkage connecting the control slider and the pusher,

wherein the advancement of the control slider relative to the handle advances the pusher relative to the tongue member, and wherein withdrawal of the control slider relative to the handle withdraws the pusher relative to the tongue member.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the tongue member is curved.

9. The device of claim 1 further comprising a piercing member having a piercing tip, wherein the piercing member is moveable between a piercing configuration in which the piercing tip extends beyond a tip of the tongue member and a retracted configuration in which the piercing tip does not extend beyond a tip of the tongue member.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein the piercing member is biased toward the retracted configuration.

11. The device of claim 9 wherein the control slider is configured to move the piercing member from the retracted configuration to the piercing configuration.

12. The device of claim 11 wherein the control slider is configured to move the piercing member from the retracted configuration to the piercing configuration during withdrawal of the control slider.

3-8. -8. (canceled)

13. A device for delivering an implant to the orbit comprising:

a handle;

a tongue member extending from a distal portion of the handle; and

a piercing member having a piercing tip,

wherein the piercing member is moveable between a piercing configuration in which the piercing tip extends beyond a tip of the tongue member and a retracted configuration in which the piercing tip does not extend beyond a tip of the tongue member.

14. The device of claim 13 further comprising a rocker, wherein the rocker is rotatably connected to the handle, wherein the device is configured such that rotation of the rocker in a first direction to a first position moves the piercing member to the piercing configuration, and wherein rotation of the rocker in a second direction opposite the first direction to a second position moves the piercing member to the retracted configuration.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the rocker is biased toward the second position.

16. The device of claim 14 further comprising a control slider, wherein the control slider is configured to rotate the rocker in the first direction.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the control slider comprises a button, and wherein depression of the button rotates the rocker in the first direction.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the control slider is slidable along the handle between a retracted position and an advanced position, and wherein the handle is configured to allow depression of the button when the control slider is in the retracted position and to prevent depression of the button when the control slider is in the advanced position.

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22. A device for forming an opening in tissue comprising:

a first blade member, the first blade member comprising a tip, an inner edge, an outer edge, and a notch positioned along the outer edge;

a second blade member pivotally connected to the first blade member, the second blade member comprising a tip, inner edge, an outer edge, and a notch positioned along the outer edge;

a first grip connected to the first blade member; and

a second grip connected to the second blade member,

wherein rotation of the first and second grip rotates the first and second blade members between a first configuration in which the tip of the first blade member coincides with the tip of the second blade member to form a point, and a second configuration in which the tip of the first blade member is spaced apart from the tip of the second blade, and

wherein a distance between the notch of the first blade member and the notch of the second blade member in the first configuration is less than a distance between the notch of the first blade member and the notch of the second blade member in the second configuration.

23. The device of claim 22 further comprising a spring member biasing the first grip away from the second grip.

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26. A method for delivering an implant to an orbit, comprising:

piercing the conjunctiva to form an opening therein;

advancing a tongue member of a delivery device through the opening to form a pocket between tissues beyond the opening; and

delivering an implant from the tongue member into the pocket.

27. The method of claim 26 further comprising dilating the opening.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein piercing the conjunctiva and dilating the opening comprises piercing the conjunctiva and dilating the opening with a piercing device.

29. The method of claim 28 wherein piercing the conjunctiva and dilating the opening comprises piercing the conjunctiva and dilating the opening with the delivery device.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein the delivery device comprises a piercing member moveable between a piercing configuration in which the piercing tip extends beyond a tip of the tongue member and a retracted configuration in which the piercing tip does not extend beyond a tip of the tongue member, and wherein piercing the conjunctiva comprises piercing the conjunctiva with the piercing tip.

31. The method of claim 30 wherein advancing the tongue member comprises advancing the tongue member with the piercing member in the retracted configuration.