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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Applicant:
Matthew Laplaca, Cumberland, RI (US);
Inventor:
Matthew LaPlaca, Cumberland, RI (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61F 6/06 (2006.01); A61F 6/14 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01); A61F 11/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Medical devices and related methods are disclosed for delivering an implant into the body of a patient. The devices include a damping assembly having an internal chamber with a varying inner diameter, and a piston slideably disposed therein. The piston is operably connected with a catheter portion such that movement of the piston is associated with concurrent movement of the catheter for implant delivery. The varying inner diameter of the damping assembly results in a decrease in damping force during implant delivery, thus providing a substantially constant velocity of implant delivery.