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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Richard W. Franks, Memphis, TN (US);
Harold S. Taylor, Memphis, TN (US);
Rolando Puno, Prospect, KY (US);
Mitch Campbell, Georgetown, IN (US);
Luis F. Aguirre, Brighton, TN (US);
Richard W. Franks, Memphis, TN (US);
Harold S. Taylor, Memphis, TN (US);
Rolando Puno, Prospect, KY (US);
Mitch Campbell, Georgetown, IN (US);
Luis F. Aguirre, Brighton, TN (US);
Abstract
Instruments and methods are provided for delivering multiple implants to multiple implant locations in a patient without requiring a second implant to be loaded onto or engaged to the delivery instrument after delivery of a first implant. The implants can be sequentially engaged using the delivery instrument to the patient or to receptacles of one or more receiving members secured to the patient.