Patent ID: 9408712
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A single-loop implant comprising: (a) a base; and (b) a sequence of at least two segments including a first end segment and a second end segment, adjacent segments of said sequence being interconnected at a hinge which defines a hinge axis about which said adjacent segments pivot, wherein said first end segment is interconnected with said base at a fixed hinge, said fixed hinge defining a hinge axis about which said first end segment pivots relative to said base, and wherein said second end segment is interconnected with said base at a sliding interconnection, such that said base and said sequence of at least two segments assume an insertion state in which said sequence of segments is adjacent to said base, and a deployed state in which a part of said sequence of segments is deflected away from said base, wherein said base and said sequence of segments in said deployed state define an outer perimeter of the single-loop implant, wherein all of said hinge axes are parallel, and wherein, in said insertion state, said sliding interconnection is at a first position along said base, and wherein, in said deployed state, said sliding interconnection is displaced over a flat surface of said base from said first position towards said fixed hinge.