Implant insertion systems and methods of use

US9044223B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Daniel J. Smith · Manalapan, US
• Robert Nering · Stockton, US
• Michael Nordmeyer · Pittstown, US
• Jessica Liberatore · San Mateo, US
• Trevor Brian Akehurst · Bury St Edmunds, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 2, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S128/25
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An implant insertion system includes an implant, such as a surgical mesh, having at least one insertion tip secured to the implant. Each insertion tip has a tapered distal end, a proximal end, a base extending proximally from the tapered distal end, and a central lumen formed in the base having an opening facing the proximal end of the insertion tip. The system includes an insertion device having an outer shaft and a latching assembly provided at a distal end of the outer shaft that is insertable into the opening of the central lumen for selectively locking the insertion tip to the latching assembly. The latching assembly has an outer dimension that is changeable from expanded state for locking the insertion tip to the latching assembly to a non-expanded state for unlocking the insertion tip from the latching assembly.