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EMERGENCY VASCULAR REPAIR PROSTHESIS DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM

  • US 20120165915A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2010
  • Published: 06/28/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A deployment device for a prosthesis to repair a damaged portion of a body vessel, the prosthesis retainable in a compressed configuration by a removable sheath having extended end portions, the device comprising:

  • a handle portion having a proximal end and a distal end; and

    an actuation portion comprising at least one shaft coupled to an actuation member, the at least one shaft coupled to the handle portion, and having a portion coupled to at least one of the extended end portions of said removable sheath,wherein said removable sheath is retractable in a direction toward a center of the prosthesis away from at least one of a first outer end and a second outer end of said prosthesis, whereby both of the first outer end and the second outer end of said prosthesis are capable of being expanded prior to the expansion of the center of the prosthesis.

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