Medical device insertion system and related methods
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1. An insertion system used to insert an implant into a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
- a housing;
a movable member configured to move relative to the housing; and
an alignment detection mechanism disposed adjacent the housing and configured to detect an alignment information of the moveable member with respect to at least one of the implant and a target site of the patient'"'"'s body.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of an insertion system for inserting a medical implant and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an insertion system used to insert an implant into a patient'"'"'s body may include a housing and a movable member configured to move relative to the housing. The system may further include an alignment detection mechanism disposed adjacent the housing and configured to detect an alignment information of the movable member with respect to at least one of the implant and a target site of the patient'"'"'s body.
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1. An insertion system used to insert an implant into a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
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a housing;
a movable member configured to move relative to the housing; and
an alignment detection mechanism disposed adjacent the housing and configured to detect an alignment information of the moveable member with respect to at least one of the implant and a target site of the patient'"'"'s body. - 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, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. An insertion system used to insert an implant into a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
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a housing;
a movable member configured to move relative to the housing;
at least one sensor configured to detect a characteristic of a target site, the characteristic including at least one of;
an alignment status of the implant relative to the target site;
a motion of the target site;
the patient'"'"'s heart beat;
the patient'"'"'s blood pressure; and
the patient'"'"'s respiration pattern; and
an electronic module configured to analyze the characteristic of the target site so as to determine a timing for insertion of the implant. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A method of inserting an implant into a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
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providing an inserter comprising;
a housing;
a movable member configured to move relative to the housing; and
an alignment detection mechanism disposed adjacent the housing;
placing the inserter near a target surface;
detecting alignment of the movable member relative to the target surface with the alignment detection mechanism; and
upon confirming that the implant is in a desired position, inserting the implant into the patient'"'"'s body by moving the movable member towards the target surface. - View Dependent Claims (86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124)
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125. A method of inserting an implant into a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:
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providing an inserter comprising;
a housing; and
a movable member configured to move relative to the housing;
placing the inserter near a target surface so that the movable member is positioned at a distance from the target surface;
detecting a characteristic of the target surface by monitoring at least one of;
a motion of the target surface;
the patient'"'"'s heart beat;
the patient'"'"'s blood pressure; and
the patient'"'"'s respiration pattern;
analyzing the detected characteristic of the target surface so as to determine a proper timing for insertion of the implant; and
inserting the implant into the patient'"'"'s body during the proper timing by moving the movable member towards the target surface. - View Dependent Claims (126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143)
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