MEDICAL IMPLANT DEPLOYMENT TOOL
First Claim
1. (copied from claim 1 of US 2007/0055340) A catheter system for treating a vascular condition, comprising:
- a catheter;
a catheter center member;
a catheter sheath having a plurality of pullwire lumens evenly spaced about a central axis of the catheter;
a plurality of pullwires received within the pullwire lumens; and
a pivoting connector operably attached to proximal portions of the pullwires;
a pull member connected to said pivoting connector which is fixed to said center member to facilitate relative motion between said center member and said pivoting connection.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A medical implant deployment tool and deployment method are disclosed. One aspect of the invention provides an implant system including an implant adapted for endovascular delivery and deployment; and a deployment tool adapted to deploy the implant, with the deployment tool having an actuation controller; a plurality of actuation elements adapted to apply forces to one or more implant deployment mechanisms and each adapted to extend along an actuation element path within a patient'"'"'s vasculature; and an actuation element compensation mechanism adapted to compensate for differences in length between the actuation element paths.
-
Citations
22 Claims
-
1. (copied from claim 1 of US 2007/0055340) A catheter system for treating a vascular condition, comprising:
- a catheter;
a catheter center member;
a catheter sheath having a plurality of pullwire lumens evenly spaced about a central axis of the catheter;
a plurality of pullwires received within the pullwire lumens; and
a pivoting connector operably attached to proximal portions of the pullwires;
a pull member connected to said pivoting connector which is fixed to said center member to facilitate relative motion between said center member and said pivoting connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- a catheter;
-
10. (copied from claim 10 of US 2007/0055340) A stent delivery system, comprising:
- a catheter having a plurality of pullwire lumens evenly spaced about a central axis of the catheter;
a stent mounted on a distal portion of the catheter;
a retractable sheath enclosing the stent; and
a plurality of pullwires received within the pullwire lumens, the pullwires attached to the retractable sheath. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- a catheter having a plurality of pullwire lumens evenly spaced about a central axis of the catheter;
-
16. (copied from claim 16 of US 2007/0055340) A stent delivery system, comprising:
- an inner member;
a stent mounted on the inner member;
a catheter enclosing at least a portion of the stent, the catheter including a plurality of pullwire lumens evenly spaced about a central axis of the catheter; and
a plurality of pullwires received within the pullwire lumens. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- an inner member;
Specification