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APPARATUS FOR IMPLANTING A DEVICE

  • US 20140257454A1
  • Filed: 06/01/2012
  • Published: 09/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus (10) suitable for placement of a tubular prosthetic device within a natural body lumen, wherein said apparatus comprises a flexible elongate member (30) for positioning of the tubular device, a sheath (36) for holding the tubular prosthetic device in a first configuration upon the flexible member, a handle for manipulating the flexible elongate member, said handle comprising first and second control means (120, 122) operable independently to effect movement of the sheath with respect to the flexible member by use of respective first and second sheath sliders (20, 24) wherein the first control means (120) is configured for effecting a rotation about an axis, and the second control means (122) is configured for translation along an axis, wherein the first control means is operably connected by means of a draw wire (121) to the first sheath slider (20) which in a first position is contiguous with the second sheath slider (24), and said second sheath slider is selectively separable from said first sheath slider by means of the second control means (122), and said first and second sheath sliders are slidable along a common axis, the second sheath slider being operably connected to the sheath for displacement thereof relative to the flexible elongate member.

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