Patent ID: 6350274
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: A61B,A61L

Abstract:
An implant delivery device for delivering an implant member to an incision at a wall of a lumen within a living body, said implant delivery device comprising:a cannula extending along an axial direction and having a distal portion to be introduced into the incision, the distal portion configured to suppress movement of the implant member relative to the cannula in a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction; a retaining member slidably positioned within the cannula for maintaining the implant member at the distal portion of the cannula during delivery of the implant member at the incision at the wall of the lumen, the retaining member including a solid plate disposed at a distal end thereof for engaging the implant member; and a detector fixedly attached to the cannula for detecting the body fluid flowing in the lumen and thereby locating the implant member at the wall of the lumen, the implant member being simultaneously releasable and maintained at the wall of the lumen by withdrawal of the cannula from the incision.