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Integrated mechanical handle with quick slide mechanism

  • US 7,419,501 B2
  • Filed: 07/27/2006
  • Issued: 09/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • engaging a hub assembly of a handle to a threaded outer surface of a slide shaft of said handle, wherein said slide shaft extends between a distal housing of said handle and a proximal housing of said handle;

    rotating said hub assembly to cause axial translation of said hub assembly and a sheath coupled to said hub assembly relative to a pushrod and prosthesis inside of said sheath, wherein said slide shaft comprises slots, said sheath being coupled to a slide of said hub assembly, said slide extending through said slots;

    disengaging said hub assembly from said threaded outer surface by pivoting a thread tooth of said hub assembly out of threaded engagement with said threaded outer surface; and

    sliding said hub assembly on said slide shaft to further retract said sheath.

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