Endoprosthesis delivery systems with deployment aids

US9855160B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Joseph R. Armstrong · Flagstaff, US
• Edward H. Cully · Flagstaff, US
• Jeffrey B. Duncan · Flagstaff, US
• Larry J. Kovach · Flagstaff, US
• Douglas F. Pajot · Flagstaff, US
• Brandon C. Short · Bellemont, US
• Mark J. Ulm · Flagstaff, US
• Michael J. Vonesh · Northbrook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 8, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure includes an endoprosthesis delivery system comprising an elongate member, such as a catheter, an endoprosthesis, a covering member disposed about the endoprosthesis, and at least one flexible element situated between the endoprosthesis and the covering member. The covering member can extend beyond an end of the endoprosthesis. In operation, as the covering member is removed, the flexible element can guide the covering member over the end of the endoprosthesis to prevent entanglement between the end of the endoprosthesis and the covering member.