Abstract: Provided is a delivery system for inserting an implant into a surgical pocket, including a flexible sleeve having a first end and a second end and being sealed around its entire outer periphery forming an interior space, wherein the flexible sleeve is tapered toward at least one of the first end and the second end; and an implant contained and sealed within the interior space; in which the interior space and the implant contained and sealed therein are in a sterile condition. Further provided are a method of making the delivery system and a method of inserting an implant into a surgical pocket in a patient.