Patent ID: 7561916
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A surgically implantable device: (a) a medical implant configured to be implanted entirely within a patient and for performing a therapeutic function, said implant having at least one fastener for attaching said implant to a body and a rotatable member operatively coupled to the at least one fastener, wherein the fastener has a cam surface and a slot, wherein the rotatable member has a cam surface engageable with the cam surface of the fastener, wherein the rotatable member further has a slot member disposed in the slot of the fastener, said at least one fastener being movable between a deployed position and an undeployed position, wherein the rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction to move the at least one fastener from the undeployed position to the deployed position, wherein the rotatable member is rotatable in a second direction to move the at least one fastener from the deployed position to the undeployed position; and (b) a visual indicator on said medical implant for indicating that said at least one fastener has been moved to its deployed position, wherein said visual indicator comprises at least one fixed indicator on said implant and at least one movable indicator on said rotatable member, wherein rotation of the rotatable member to move the at least one fastener from the undeployed position to the deployed position is visually indicated by one or more of: