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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2022
Cartiva, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Steven P. Walsh, Marietta, GA (US);
Letitia Tudor, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Ernest N. Corrao, Jr., Bethel, CT (US);
Craig B. Berky, Milford, OH (US);
Jonathan P. Bauer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeremy Hemingway, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Axelrod, Roswell, GA (US);
CARTIVA, INC., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A tool configured to deliver a radially compressible hydrogel implant at a surgical site includes an introducer tube, a plunger provided inside the introducer tube and configured to travel from the proximal end of the introducer tube toward the distal end of the introducer tube urging the hydrogel implant through a sloped portion of the introducer tube radially compressing the implant before exiting through the distal end of the introducer tube, a handle connected to the introducer tube, and a clamp hingeably connected to the handle.