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Handle deployment mechanism for medical device and method

  • US 6,939,352 B2
  • Filed: 10/12/2001
  • Issued: 09/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical device delivery system for therapeutically treating a patient, comprising:

  • an inner shaft, having proximal and distal ends;

    a tubular outer sheath, at least a portion of which surrounds a portion of the inner shaft member;

    a medical device within the outer sheath in an initial configuration;

    a handle affixed without relative movement to the inner shaft, and operatively coupled with tho outer sheath;

    a first and second independently moveable actuator for adjusting the relative longitudinal positions the inner shaft and the outer sheath, each of the first and second actuators providing a different amount of mechanical advantage between an input to one of the first and second actuators by a physician and a resulting relative longitudinal position of the inner shaft and the outer sheath respectively.

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