Method and Systems for Delivering and Deploying a Sensory Implant In Situ

摘要

The present invention relates to devices, systems and methods for delivering a sensory implant along a selected linear pierced path of introduction to a wall target located on an external surface of an internal body organ; and implanting the sensory implant in the wall of the internal body organ.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
(1) a sensory implant adapted to sense a change in at least one parameter associated with a condition and/or a performance of an internal body organ; and (2) an implant delivery device, comprising:
(a) a longitudinal body enclosing a lumen communicating with an open free end thereof and adapted to provide a contained passage along a linear pierced path between an entry point and a wall target associated with the internal body organ; and(b) an introducer releasably connected to the sensory implant and adapted to advance the sensory implant from an enclosed position in the lumen to a protruded position distal to the free end; wherein the implant delivery device is operative to penetrate the wall from the exterior surface and to release the sensory implant in the wall.