Trigger wire system
AssigneesWilliam A. Cook Australia Pty. Ltd., Cook Incorporated
InventorsDavid Ernest Hartley, Edward Graham Mills, Erik Edelboe Rasmussen, Jens Vejby Schultz
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Abstract
A trigger wire guide for a prosthesis deployment device. The prosthesis deployment device has a proximal end extending to a proximal nose cone dilator and having a trigger wire or wires and trigger wire release mechanism to retain the proximal end of a prosthesis adjacent the nose cone dilator. The trigger wire guide retains the trigger wire or wires to prevent fouling of the trigger wire with a prosthesis when the prosthesis is carried on the deployment device. The guide can be crimped or soldered to a guide wire catheter or concentric with it.
Claims16
A trigger wire guide for a prosthesis deployment device, the prosthesis deployment device being of a type having a guide wire catheter extending to a proximal nose cone dilator and having a trigger wire and trigger wire release mechanism adapted to retain the proximal end of a prosthesis distally of the nose cone dilator, wherein the trigger wire guide comprises a duct along at least part of the length of the guide wire catheter, the duct having at least one lumen for a trigger wire and an aperture in the duct adjacent the nose cone dilator for the trigger wire to exit the duct to engage the prosthesis, a stent of the prosthesis or a suture retaining the prosthesis to thereby retain the prosthesis.
A trigger wire guide for a prosthesis deployment device, the prosthesis deployment device being of a type having a proximal end extending to a proximal nose cone dilator and having a trigger wire or wires and trigger wire release mechanism adapted to retain the proximal end of a prosthesis adjacent the nose cone dilator, comprising a trigger wire guide disposed on the deployment device to retain the trigger wire or wires to prevent fouling of the trigger wire with a prosthesis when the prosthesis is carried on the deployment device.
A prosthesis deployment device having a guide wire catheter extending to a proximal end and a trigger wire and trigger wire release mechanism adapted to retain the proximal end of a prosthesis distally of the proximal end, the trigger wire release mechanism comprising a duct along at least part of the length of the guide wire catheter, the duct having at least one lumen for a trigger wire and an aperture in the duct adjacent the proximal end for the trigger wire to exit the duct to engage the prosthesis, a stent of the prosthesis or a suture retaining the prosthesis to thereby retain the prosthesis.
A prosthesis deployment device having a deployment catheter extending to a proximal end with an elongate region of the catheter in which a prosthesis is retained and a trigger wire and trigger wire release mechanism adapted to retain the proximal end of the prosthesis distally of the proximal end, the trigger wire release mechanism comprising a trigger wire guide along at least part of the length of the region, the duct having at least one lumen for a trigger wire and an aperture in the duct adjacent the proximal end to enable the trigger wire to exit the duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.