Medical implant deployment tool
First Claim
1. An implant system comprising:
- an implant adapted for endovascular delivery and deployment; and
a deployment tool adapted to deploy the implant, the deployment tool comprising;
an actuation controller;
a plurality of actuation elements adapted to apply forces to one or more implant deployment mechanisms comprising an anchor;
wherein the anchor has one or more posts attached thereto;
wherein the anchor has one or more buckles attached thereto and the implant deployment mechanism is adapted to shift the position of at least one of the one or more posts relative to at least one of the one or more buckles and each actuation element is 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.
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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. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of deploying an implant including the steps of endovascularly delivering an implant and implant deployment mechanisms to an implant site and applying an actuation force to the implant deployment mechanisms through actuation elements extending through the patient'"'"'s vasculature while compensating for differences in length between actuation element path lengths to deploy the implant.
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38 Claims
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1. An implant system comprising:
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an implant adapted for endovascular delivery and deployment; and a deployment tool adapted to deploy the implant, the deployment tool comprising; an actuation controller; a plurality of actuation elements adapted to apply forces to one or more implant deployment mechanisms comprising an anchor;
wherein the anchor has one or more posts attached thereto;
wherein the anchor has one or more buckles attached thereto and the implant deployment mechanism is adapted to shift the position of at least one of the one or more posts relative to at least one of the one or more buckles and each actuation element is adapted to extend along an actuation element path within a patient'"'"'s vasculature; andan actuation element compensation mechanism adapted to compensate for differences in length between the actuation element paths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of deploying an implant comprising:
- endovascularly delivering an implant and implant deployment mechanisms including actuation elements extending through the patient'"'"'s vasculature along actuation element path lengths to an implant site;
wherein the implant includes an anchor; wherein the anchor has one or more posts attached thereto; wherein the anchor has one or more buckles attached thereto; applying an actuation force to the implant deployment mechanisms through actuation elements extending through the patient'"'"'s vasculature while compensating for differences in length between actuation element path lengths to deploy the implant; and wherein applying an actuation force to the implant deployment mechanism shifts the position of at least one of the one or more posts relative to at least one of the one or more buckles. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
- endovascularly delivering an implant and implant deployment mechanisms including actuation elements extending through the patient'"'"'s vasculature along actuation element path lengths to an implant site;
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33. A method for delivering an implant, the method comprising:
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providing an implant, the implant comprising; an anchor, a post attached to the anchor, an actuation element coupled to the post, and a buckle attached to the anchor; wherein the implant is configured to shift between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration; advancing the implant through the vasculature of a patient to a position adjacent to an area of interest; applying an actuation force to the actuation element; wherein applying an actuation force to the actuation element draws the post into the buckle and shifts the implant from the delivery configuration to the deployed configuration; wherein the implant includes one or more additional actuation elements; and wherein an actuation element compensation mechanism is associated with the actuation element and the one or more additional actuation elements. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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