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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2021
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Brendan S. Buchanan, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Benjamin I. Espen, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Reed A. Houge, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Allan B. Dietz, Chatfield, MN (US);
William A. Faubion, Jr., Rochester, MN (US);
Eric J. Dozois, Rochester, MN (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
A treatment system includes an insert that is resiliently deflectable. The tip portion of the insert can be configured to be coupled to the trailing portion of an implant. A guide tube having an internal lumen is configured to permit passage of the tip portion and the body portion of the insert through a guide tube. The guide tube can have a length that is less than that of the insert. Treatment systems include a plurality of inserts, each insert differing from in at least one of length, diameter, and curvature. Treating a patient can include sizing a fistula using an insert.