Patent ID: 8597330
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for deploying an implant within a body, the method comprising the steps of: (a) deploying a conduit to define a first part of a path of insertion for an implant into the body; (b) advancing an implant along the conduit while the implant is in a straightened state; and (c) deploying the implant from the conduit so as to assume a curved state deployed laterally relative to a direction of elongation of the conduit, wherein the conduit has a generally rectangular transverse cross-section, at least part of said rectangular cross-section abutting part of the implant during said advancing such that, at the end of deployment of the implant, an orientation of the conduit defines an orientation of a proximal portion of the implant, and thereby defines an orientation of the laterally deployed implant relative to the conduit.