Patent ID: 11872117
Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. An implant delivery device for delivering a sheet-like implant through a cannula, the implant delivery device comprising:
an implant holder assembly having separable first and second legs, wherein distal end regions of the first and second legs are parallel to one another, intermediate regions of the first and second legs bending at a first angle toward one another and extending proximally from the distal end regions, and proximal regions of the first and second legs bending at a second angle and extending proximally from the intermediate regions, wherein only the distal end regions of the first and second legs are configured to receive the sheet-like implant;
wherein the first leg is movable relative to the second leg between a first delivery position and a second deployment position, wherein the distal end regions of the first and second legs are parallel to each other in both the first delivery position and the second deployment position;
wherein the first and second legs are configured to collapse the sheet-like implant for delivery through the cannula in the first delivery position; and
wherein the first and second legs are configured to flatten out the sheet-like implant for placement at a treatment site in the second deployment position.