Hand-held unit for feeding and releasing an implant

Abstract

A hand-held unit serves to feed an implant, in particular a stent, and to release the implant by means of a release element. The hand-held unit comprises a housing that has a housing opening and a connection section for attaching an outer catheter layer of a catheter to the housing and for guiding the release element from an interior of the housing into the catheter so that the release element is movable relative to the outer catheter layer. The hand-held unit further comprises a transmission element that is connected to the release element in order to transmit a movement of the transmission element to the release element, and an actuation element that is rotatably or displaceably supported in the housing and that can be actuated from outside the housing through the housing opening, wherein a movement of the actuation element causes a movement of the transmission element.

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