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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
Anant V. Hegde, Hayward, CA (US);
Adrian Mcvicker, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jerry Sung Woo Choe, Milpitas, CA (US);
James B. Ross, Livermore, CA (US);
Anant V. Hegde, Hayward, CA (US);
Adrian McVicker, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jerry Sung Woo Choe, Milpitas, CA (US);
James B. Ross, Livermore, CA (US);
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A system for inserting an implant into a cavity in a periostrum region of patient's palate including a sheath and a pusher. The sheath has a substantially flat portion, a distal end, and a proximal end. The sheath has a hollow collar on the proximal end, an insertion depth mark near the distal end, and a slit on the distal end. The slit is in fluid communication with the hollow collar. The substantially rigid pusher configured to be disposed within and in slidable engagement with the sheath. The pusher has a distal end and a proximal end. The pusher has a rigid body having an outside diameter for slidably engaging with the hollow collar of the sheath, a tip on the distal end, and a lumen extending from said proximal end to said distal end of the rigid body and configured for fluid communication with a syringe and the sheath.