Inventors:
Mark Kraft - Las Vegas NV, US
International Classification:
A61B 18/04
Abstract:
An implantation device is disclosed, with the implantation device including an introducer member having an opening and a substantially flexible catheter located in an inner portion of the introducer member. The catheter selectively extends from the introducer member and is configured to both contain and selectively deliver an implantable member. The implantable member is guided by the catheter along a circumferential path of an inner portion of a body receiving treatment, and a blocker of the implantation device prevents retraction of the implantable member from the inner portion of the body when retracting the catheter into the introducer member after implanting the implantable member. When the body is an intervertebral disc, the catheter follows a substantially circumferential path located in a transition zone between the annulus fibrosis and the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc and deposits the implantable member comprising medication, stem cell infusion, or both.