# US 11,304,836 B2 · Delivery device and method of delivery > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,304,836 B2 - Document ID: US11304836B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/372,224 - Filed: 2019-04-01 - Published: 2019-10-03 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-29 - Assignees: Intact Vascular, Inc. - Applicants: Intact Vascular, Inc. - Inventors: Michael Longo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11304836B2 ## CPC - A61F 2/958: Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts - A61B 17/068: Surgical staplers {, e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps}({staplers containing only one staple A61B17/10; magazines or containers for staples A61B17/105;} for performing anastomosis A61B17/115; {staplers in general B25C5/00}) - A61B 17/10: for applying or removing wound clamps {, e.g. containing only one clamp or staple (A61B17/076 takes precedence; containing multiple wound clamps A61B17/068)}; Wound clamp magazines - A61F 2/844: folded prior to deployment - A61F 2/915: with bands having a meander structure, adjacent bands being connected to each other - A61F 2/966: with relative longitudinal movement between outer sleeve and prosthesis, e.g. using a push rod - A61M 29/00: Dilators with or without means for introducing media, e.g. remedies - A61F 2002/826: {more than one stent being applied sequentially} - A61F 2002/91566: {connected trough to trough} - A61F 2002/91583: {by a bridge, whereby at least one of its ends is connected along the length of a strut between two consecutive apices within a band} - A61F 2002/9511: {the retaining means being filaments or wires} - A61F 2210/0014: using shape memory or superelastic materials, e.g. nitinol - A61F 2250/0098: radio-opaque, e.g. radio-opaque markers - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A delivery device can provide sequential delivery of a plurality of intraluminal devices or tacks held in a compressed state on the delivery device. Delivery platforms on the delivery device can hold a tack in a compressed position and be positioned between annular pusher bands that may also be radiopaque markers. The annular pusher bands can be made of wire or sections of material to increase flexibility while remaining radiopacity. A post deployment dilation device can be included. The post deployment dilation device can be a plurality of expansion filaments, a bellows, or a balloon. A tack deployment method can include allowing a self-expanding tack to expand, aligning the post deployment dilation device under the tack, and causing the post deployment dilation device to expand radial to push outward on the tack. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A delivery device comprising: an inner shaft having a first diameter and a longitudinal axis; a distal annular band fixed to the inner shaft; a proximal annular band fixed to the inner shaft, wherein the distal annular band and the proximal annular band have a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter; a delivery platform between a proximal end of the distal annular band and a distal end of the proximal annular band, the delivery platform configured to receive a self-expanding intraluminal device; an outer sheath around the inner shaft and the delivery platform; a plurality of expansion filaments circumferentially spaced around the inner shaft, each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments having a pre-actuated position having a pre-deployment diameter and an actuated position having a deployment diameter larger than the pre-deployment diameter, the actuated position including a proximal bend, a distal bend, and a longitudinal section between the proximal bend and the distal bend, the longitudinal section parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inner shaft, the longitudinal section of each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments having a length greater than a length of the self-expanding endoluminal implant; a polymer covering surrounding the plurality of expansion filaments; a plurality of expansion filament recesses in the inner shaft, each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments being in one expansion filament recess of the plurality of expansion filament recesses in the pre-actuated position; and an expansion control member at a proximal end of the delivery device, each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments extending through the inner shaft to the expansion control member, the plurality of expansion filaments configured to be pushed distally to radially increase towards the actuated position and pulled proximally to radially decrease towards the pre-actuated position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The delivery device of claim 1, wherein a proximal end of each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments is configured to be pushed distally to radially expand the plurality of expansion filaments as the proximal end of each expansion filament moves toward the distal end of each expansion filament. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The delivery device of claim 1, comprising a plurality of delivery platforms and a self-expanding intraluminal device around each delivery platform of the plurality of delivery platforms, wherein the plurality of expansion filaments comprises at least one of an elastic polymer or an elastic metal, and wherein a proximal end of each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments is configured to be pushed distally to radially expand the plurality of expansion filaments as the proximal end of each expansion filament moves toward the distal end of each expansion filament. ### Claim 4 A delivery device comprising: an inner shaft having a first diameter and a longitudinal axis; a distal annular band fixed to the inner shaft; a proximal annular band fixed to the inner shaft, wherein the distal annular band and the proximal annular band have a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter; a delivery platform between a proximal end of the distal annular band and a distal end of the proximal annular band, the delivery platform configured to receive a self-expanding intraluminal device; an outer sheath around the inner shaft and the delivery platform; a plurality of expansion filaments circumferentially spaced around the inner shaft, each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments having a pre-actuated position having a pre-deployment diameter and an actuated position having a deployment diameter larger than the pre-deployment diameter, the actuated position including a proximal bend, a distal bend, and a longitudinal section between the proximal bend and the distal bend, the longitudinal section parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inner shaft, the longitudinal section of each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments having a length greater than a length of the self-expanding endoluminal implant; a polymer covering surrounding the plurality of expansion filaments; a plurality of expansion filament recesses in the inner shaft, each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments being in one expansion filament recess of the plurality of expansion filament recesses in the pre-actuated position; and an expansion control member at a proximal end of the delivery device, each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments extending through the inner shaft to the expansion control member, the plurality of expansion filaments configured to be pushed distally to radially increase towards the actuated position and pulled proximally to radially decrease towards the pre-actuated position, wherein the plurality of expansion filaments is distal to the delivery platform. ### Claim 5 A delivery device comprising: an inner shaft having a first diameter and a longitudinal axis; distal annular band fixed to the inner shaft; a proximal annular band fixed to the inner shaft, wherein the distal annular band and the proximal annular band have a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter; a delivery platform between a proximal end of the distal annular band and a distal end of the proximal annular band, the delivery platform configured to receive a self-expanding intraluminal device; an outer sheath around the inner shaft and the delivery platform; a plurality of expansion filaments circumferentially spaced around the inner shaft, each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments having a pre-actuated position having a pre-deployment diameter and an actuated position having a deployment diameter larger than the pre-deployment diameter, the actuated position including a proximal bend, a distal bend, and a longitudinal section between the proximal bend and the distal bend, the longitudinal section parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inner shaft, the longitudinal section of each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments having a length greater than a length of the self-expanding endoluminal implant; a polymer covering surrounding the plurality of expansion filaments; a plurality of expansion filament recesses in the inner shaft, each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments being in one expansion filament recess of the plurality of expansion filament recesses in the pre-actuated position; and an expansion control member at a proximal end of the delivery device, each expansion filament of the plurality of expansion filaments extending through the inner shaft to the expansion control member, the plurality of expansion filaments configured to be pushed distally to radially increase towards the actuated position and pulled proximally to radially decrease towards the pre-actuated position, wherein the plurality of expansion filaments comprises at least one of an elastic polymer or an elastic metal.