Patent ID: 11896473
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A mesh deployment device comprising:
a body portion;
a rotating knob rotatably supported on the body portion;
a surgical mesh; and
an arm assembly releasably securing the surgical mesh, the arm assembly operatively coupled to the rotating knob such that the arm assembly is rotatable about the body portion, the arm assembly including:
a stationary arm coupled to the body portion;
a covering arm coupled to the rotating knob for concomitant rotation with the rotating knob; and
a supporting arm rotatably coupled with the covering arm,

wherein the arm assembly is transitionable between a retracted configuration, in which, the stationary arm and the covering arm are in superposed relation such that the surgical mesh is supported by the supporting arm, and a deployed configuration, in which, the stationary arm, the covering arm, and the supporting arm are circumferentially spaced apart to support the surgical mesh.