Patent ID: 7637860

Claim:
A sling delivery assembly comprising: a delivery device having a guide tube with a proximal end and a distal end, a shaft slidingly interfitted in the guide tube, and a first connector attached to or integrally formed with the distal end of the guide tube; a sling assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, and a second connector attached to or integrally formed with the distal end of the sling assembly and adapted for interlocking engagement with the first connector; and an indicator formed in or on the first or second connector, or both, to indicate interlocking engagement between the first and second connector; wherein the indicator comprises a light emitter disposed on one of the first or second connectors, and an optically transmissive element formed on the other connector; wherein an observed color of light emitted from the light emitter changes upon engagement between the first and second connector, or an observed intensity of light emitted from the light emitter changes upon engagement between the first and second connector.