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Controlled release and recapture stent-deployment device

  • US 9,308,108 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2014
  • Issued: 04/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A controlled release and recapture prosthetic deployment device comprising:

  • a handle including a handle body;

    a tubular sheath;

    a sheath-attached puller extending slidably through the handle body and fixedly attached to the sheath; and

    an elongate stent-holder member fixedly extending through and distally out from the handle body, and further extending through a longitudinal lumen of the sheath, which sheath is slidable relative to the stent-holder member;

    wherein the handle comprises;

    a retaining member in the handle body, where the retaining member is biased toward a distal end of the device;

    a keeper member in the handle body, where the keeper body releasably engages the sheath-attached puller and is also biased toward the distal end of the device; and

    a first trigger member,pivotable relative to the handle body,disposed in mechanical communication with the retaining member, andconfigured to move the retaining member and the sheath-attached puller proximally when the trigger member is pivoted in a first direction.

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