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Appliance to be implanted, method of collapsing the appliance to be implanted and method of using the appliance to be implanted

  • US 6,245,097 B1
  • Filed: 07/21/1998
  • Issued: 06/12/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for transporting an appliance to be implanted, comprising a tube having a front end, formed with a side window adjacent said front end, said tube being insertable into the appliance to be implanted, and a wire inserted into the tube through the front end of the tube so as to extend along the side window of the tube, the wire extending out of said side window over which the appliance to be implanted is engageable, said wire extending again into the tube through the side window so as to engage and hold the appliance to be implanted between the wire and the tube;

  • characterized by that the side window formed in said tube comprises first and second opening holes spaced apart from each other and through which said wire exits and enters the tube, respectively.

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