Patent ID: 11918448
Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of delivering a sheet-like implant to a treatment site within a patient, the method comprising:
attaching the sheet-like implant to an implant holder assembly of an implant delivery device exterior of the patient by coupling a first suture to the sheet-like implant and passing the first suture through a suture channel extending through a first leg of the implant holder assembly and coupling a second suture to the sheet-like implant and passing the second suture through a suture channel extending through a second leg of the implant holder assembly, wherein the first and second sutures extend proximally along a length of the implant holder assembly;
thereafter, inserting the implant holder assembly, having the sheet-like implant coupled with first and second sutures attached thereto, with the sheet-like implant in a first configuration into the treatment site within the patient;
transitioning the sheet-like implant from the first configuration to a flattened configuration at the treatment site; and
thereafter, securing the sheet-like implant to tissue at the treatment site with the first and second sutures.