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Tissue repair implant and delivery device and method

  • US 9,138,211 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2011
  • Issued: 09/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implant delivery device, comprising:

  • a device body;

    an implant;

    a fastening arm, extendable from a distal end of the device body, the fastening arm having a lumen;

    at least one fastener situated in the lumen of the fastening arm;

    a fastener driver situated in the lumen of the fastening arm, wherein the fastener driver is configured to drive the fastener distally from the lumen into tissue; and

    a frame carrying the implant and extending within the device body, the frame being selectably movable between a retracted position in which the frame is collapsed and an extended position in which the frame is expanded to a predetermined shape to pull the implant taut and to conform the perimeter of the implant to the perimeter of the predetermined shape of the frame;

    wherein the frame is configured to detach from the implant after moving from the retracted position to the extended position.

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