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

Claim 15:
16. A method of delivering a sheet-like implant to a treatment site within a patient, the method comprising:
inserting an implant delivery instrument, having the sheet-like implant attached to first and second legs of the implant delivery instrument, to the treatment site with the sheet-like implant in a folded configuration and first and second sutures attached to the sheet-like implant, the first suture passing through a suture channel in the first leg and the second suture passing through a suture channel in the second leg, the first and second sutures extending proximally along a length of the implant delivery instrument;
thereafter, unfolding the sheet-like implant to a flattened configuration proximate the treatment site; and
thereafter, securing the sheet-like implant to tissue at the treatment site with the first and second sutures.