Coupling system useful in placement of implants

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A - Human Necessities

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A61F 2/02 (2006.01) A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61F 2/84 (2006.01) A61M 31/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2643221

The present invention relates to a device and related method for coupling an implant. The implant coupling device comprises a distal end, a pivot, a spring, a first prong, a second prong and a sleeve. Each of the first prong and the second prong comprises a first end and a second end, the first prong and second prong are connected by the pivot at their first ends and free at their second ends, each of the first and second prongs has an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the second end of each of the first prong and the second prong comprises a cavity, the proximal end of each cavity terminates distal to the pivot, the first prong is reversibly movable between an open position and a closed position, the first prong is shorter than the second prong, and the first end of the first prong is pivotably received within the first end of the second prong. The sleeve comprises a luminal diameter, the luminal diameter of the sleeve being smaller than the outer diameter of the second end of the first prong and the second end of the second prong when the first prong and the second prong are together in the closed position.

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