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US 2022/0054290 A1Published application
Low profile delivery system with lock wire lumen
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorDustin C. Burkart
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Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for medical device delivery. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include at least one loop attached to a catheter shaft and extending through a medical device and a release line held in place by passing through the loop.
Claims20
A medical device delivery system, the system comprising:
- a catheter shaft;
- at least one loop attached to the catheter shaft;
- a medical device having an interior and an exterior;
- at least one opening through the medical device configured to allow the loop to extend from the interior to the exterior of the medical device;
- and
- a release line exterior to the medical device held in place by passing through the loop.
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A method of manufacturing a delivery system for a medical device, the method comprising:
- coupling at least one flexible loop to a catheter shaft;
- arranging the at least one flexible loop through an opening in the medical device;
- and
- arranging a release line through the at least one flexible loop to releasably couple the medical device to the catheter shaft.
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A medical device delivery system, the system comprising:
- a catheter shaft;
- a medical device having an interior and an exterior;
- a flexible lumen attached to the catheter shaft and extending through at least one opening through the medical device, the flexible lumen being configured to collapse in response to reduction in diameter of the medical device;
- and
- a release line arranged through the flexible lumen and configured to releasably couple the medical device to the catheter shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.