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Trigger wire system

  • US 20030233140A1
  • Filed: 05/29/2003
  • Published: 12/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A trigger wire guide for a prosthesis deployment device, the prosthesis deployment device being of a type having a guide wire catheter extending to a proximal nose cone dilator and having a trigger wire and trigger wire release mechanism adapted to retain the proximal end of a prosthesis distally of the nose cone dilator, wherein the trigger wire guide comprises a duct along at least part of the length of the guide wire catheter, the duct having at least one lumen for a trigger wire and an aperture in the duct adjacent the nose cone dilator for the trigger wire to exit the duct to engage the prosthesis, a stent of the prosthesis or a suture retaining the prosthesis to thereby retain the prosthesis.

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