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Apparatus for implanting a device

  • US 9,622,894 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2012
  • Issued: 04/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus suitable for placement of a tubular prosthetic device within a natural body lumen, wherein said apparatus comprises:

  • a flexible elongate member for positioning of the tubular device,a sheath for holding the tubular prosthetic device in a first configuration upon the flexible member, anda handle for manipulating the flexible elongate member, said handle comprising;

    first and second control means operable independently to effect movement of the sheath with respect to the flexible member by use of respective independently slidable first and second sheath sliders, wherein the first control means is configured for effecting a rotation about an axis, and the second control means is configured for translation along an axis, wherein the first control means is operably connected by means of a draw wire to the first sheath slider which in a first position is contiguous with the second sheath slider to effectuate translation of both the first and second sheath sliders in a distal direction by means of the first control means, and said second sheath slider is selectively translatable away from said first sheath slider along the distal direction by means of the second control means to effectuate translation of the second sheath slider and not the first sheath slider, and said first and second sheath sliders are independently 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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