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US 2014/0350661 A1Published application
Artificial device deployment apparatus
AssigneeCook Medical Technologies LLC
InventorDarin G. Schaeffer
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AssigneeCook Medical Technologies LLC
InventorDarin G. Schaeffer
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Described, in certain aspects of the invention, are apparatuses and methods for deploying artificial devices within the vascular system. One apparatus includes a delivery device having a lumen and a deployment member slidably received within the lumen. This apparatus further includes an artificial device having an anchoring element releasably engaged with the deployment member. Such an apparatus can be percutaneously delivered to a site within a vascular vessel, and thereafter manipulated so that the anchoring element attaches to the vessel wall. The delivery device and deployment member can then be withdrawn from the vessel, whereby the deployment member disengages from the anchoring element, leaving the artificial device implanted in the vessel.
An apparatus for deploying an artificial implant device within a vascular vessel, comprising:
A method, comprising:
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An apparatus for attaching at least one anchoring element to a wall of a vascular vessel, comprising:
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.