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Delivery system for deployment of medical devices

  • US 10,321,997 B2
  • Filed: 11/28/2016
  • Issued: 06/18/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of delivering an expandable medical device, the method comprising:

  • collapsing the medical device onto an outer tube of a delivery system, the outer tube having an outer surface for receiving the collapsed medical device thereon, the outer tube concentric with an inner member, a sheath attached to the inner member and covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the outer tube, the sheath extending from the inner member to around a distal end of the outer tube;

    covering at least a portion of the medical device with the sheath, the medical device disposed between the sheath and the outer surface of the outer tube;

    delivering the medical device to a target site within a patient; and

    moving the inner member in a proximal direction relative to the outer tube to uncover the medical device in a distal direction.

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