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Device and method for rolling and inserting a prosthetic patch into a body cavity

  • US 8,734,473 B2
  • Filed: 10/25/2012
  • Issued: 05/27/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical system comprising:

  • a surgical instrument having an elongate shaft with a handle at one end thereof;

    an implant transitionable between a first configuration and a second configuration, the surgical implant attachable to the elongate shaft; and

    a sleeve having a lumen for receiving a portion of the elongate shaft and the surgical implant, the sleeve transitionable between an open configuration and a closed configuration such that the elongate shaft and surgical implant in the first configuration are positionable in the sleeve when the sleeve is in the open configuration and rotation of the elongate shaft about its longitudinal axis transitions the surgical implant from the first configuration to the second configuration when the sleeve is in the closed configuration, wherein the sleeve has a slot extending along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve when the sleeve is in the closed configuration and a portion of the implant in the first configuration extends through the slot.

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