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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Mentor Worldwide Llc, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Udo Werner Graf, Goleta, CA (US);
Robert J. Tannhauser, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joseph Matton, Coto de Caza, CA (US);
Leo B. Kriksunov, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
MENTOR WORLDWIDE LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/12 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0083 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0089 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0097 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to an encoded cinching mechanism for use with an implant delivery sleeve. The delivery sleeve includes: an enclosure having a first portion, an orifice, and a throat disposed between the first portion and the orifice; and a cinching mechanism disposed about the throat, in which the cinching mechanism comprises a plurality of demarcations each of which are indicative of a sized opening of the throat.