Deployment handle for a medical device deployment system

US9833346B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Matthew S. Beard · Phoenix, US
• David A. Herrin · Seattle, US
• Joseph N. Kennelly Ullman · Seattle, US
• Martin J. Sector · Gilbert, US
• Justin W. Sokel · Flagstaff, US
• Jared L. Van Cleave · Menlo Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 2015
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2/9517
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An introducer assembly includes a first actuating mechanism for actuating a constraining sheath between a first state releasably constraining a vascular implant and a second state allowing deployment of the vascular implant; a second actuating mechanism for actuating a blocking mechanism between a blocked state for blocking other functions of the handle and an unblocked state for allowing operation of the other functions of the handle; and an operating knob operatively coupled to both of the first and second actuating mechanisms for concurrent operation of both of the first and second actuating mechanisms in response to actuation of the operating knob.