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A medical device for deploying surgical fabric at an operative site within a body cavity of a patient. The device includes a deploying member in the form of an elongated inserter shaft with a supporting member in the form of a sheet of plastic attached to a distal end of the shaft. A sheet of surgic

A medical device for deploying surgical fabric at an operative site within a body cavity of a patient. The device includes a deploying member in the form of an elongated inserter shaft with a supporting member in the form of a sheet of plastic attached to a distal end of the shaft. A sheet of surgical fabric is placed on the supporting member and rolled around the inserter shaft. An introducer tube surrounds the rolled-up fabric and supporting member to prevent them from unrolling. The introducer tube may then be inserted into the body cavity and retracted to allow the supporting member to self-unwind the fabric sheet within the body cavity. The device may also provide for irrigation of the surgical site.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A medical device for deploying surgical fabric within a body cavity of a patient comprising:a deploying member having a proximal end and a distal end;a clamping member supported at the distal end of the deploying member for holding the fabric in rolled and unrolled config

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A medical device for deploying surgical fabric within a body cavity of a patient comprising:a deploying member having a proximal end and a distal end;a clamping member supported at the distal end of the deploying member for holding the fabric in rolled and unrolled configurations, the clamping member being engageable with a portion of a piece of said surgical fabric and rotatable with respect to the deploying member so that the fabric in the unrolled configuration can be wrapped around the clamping member to the rolled configuration; andmeans for automatically unwinding the fabric from the rolled configuration to the unrolled configuration.