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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
May. 27, 2004
Karen E. Kullas, Taunton, MA (US);
Daniel E. Hass, West Greenwich, RI (US);
Thomas J. Capuzziello, Milford, MA (US);
Dennis J. Coffey, Foster, RI (US);
David C. Calabrese, North Kingston, RI (US);
Karen E. Kullas, Taunton, MA (US);
Daniel E. Hass, West Greenwich, RI (US);
Thomas J. Capuzziello, Milford, MA (US);
Dennis J. Coffey, Foster, RI (US);
David C. Calabrese, North Kingston, RI (US);
C.R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An introducer and method for delivering a prosthetic fabric into a patient. The introducer includes a delivery tube having a distal end adapted to be inserted into the patient and a lumen that receives the prosthetic fabric. A loader may be provided to reconfigure the prosthetic fabric from a first configuration to a collapsed configuration and/or to insert the collapsed fabric into the lumen of the delivery tube. A plunger may be provided to push the prosthetic fabric through the delivery tube and into the patient. The loader and plunger may be combined in a dual-purpose component that is reversible to either load the fabric into the delivery tube or push the fabric through the delivery tube.