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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1997
Malcolm D Heaven, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Pamela Shellhammer, Somerset, NJ (US);
Imagyn Medical Technologies, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical device for deploying surgical fabric at an operative site within a body cavity of a patient. The device includes a deploying member in the form of an elongated inserter shaft with a supporting member in the form of a sheet of plastic attached to a distal end of the shaft. A sheet of surgical fabric is placed on the supporting member and rolled around the inserter shaft. An introducer tube surrounds the rolled-up fabric and supporting member to prevent them from unrolling. The introducer tube may then be inserted into the body cavity and retracted to allow the supporting member to self-unwind the fabric sheet within the body cavity. The device may also provide for irrigation of the surgical site.