Manual actuation system for deployment of implant

A method for retracting a pull wire in a catheter, said method comprising:

• mating a proximal end of the catheter with a handle having a slider including a tripping element;
• proximally retracting a trigger on the handle to proximally translate the slider to perform the following steps in sequence:
• (1) cause a grabber disposed on a shuttle having a latch to capture a proximal end of the pull wire;
• (2) store potential energy in a first energy storage device coupled between the slider and the shuttle;
• and
• (3) cause the tripping element to press the latch in order to release the shuttle so that it will be pulled proximally by the energy storage device thus retracting the pull wire relative to the catheter.

A method of deploying an implant, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing an implant;
• providing an implant tool including a shaft having a lumen and a pull wire disposed in the lumen for releaseably retaining the implant near the distal end of the lumen:
• providing a handle for receiving the pull wire, the handle comprising a slider having a trip and a shuttle having a latch, the slider and shuttle for gripping and retracting the pull wire;
• coupling the implant and the pull wire near the distal end of the lumen;
• advancing the implant tool and implant intravascularly to an implant site;
• coupling the pull wire and the handle;
• retracting the slider until the trip releases the latch so that the shuttle retracts the pull wire;
• and
• removing the implant tool, leaving the implant at the implant site.