W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Jared L Van Cleave

Justin W Sokel

David A Herrin

Martin J Sector

Joseph N Kennelly Ullman

Matthew S Beard

Adam T Storey

Bryan Dale Knodel

Philipe Roget Manoux

Nathan H White

John E Rivera

Michael Murillo

Benjamin J Matthias

Michael P Schaller

A delivery system for endoluminal delivery of an expandable device comprising a catheter having a proximal end and an opposite distal end configured to support an expandable device, a primary sheath having a delivery position in which the primary sheath constrains the expandable device toward a collapsed configuration suitable for endoluminal delivery, and a handle including a first actuator that is actuatable to cause the expandable device to expand from the collapsed configuration, the handle further including a second actuator for operating one or more functions of the handle, wherein the second actuator is initially hidden to prevent actuation of the second actuator prior to the expandable device expanding and is configured to be revealed when the expandable device is expanded, the second actuator being actuatable once revealed.

Handle for medical device deployment

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.

Deployment handle for a medical device deployment system

A delivery system for endoluminal delivery of an expandable device comprising a catheter having a proximal end and an opposite distal end configured to support an expandable device, a primary sheath having a delivery position in which the primary sheath constrains the expandable device toward a collapsed configuration suitable for endoluminal delivery, and a handle having an actuator for axially displacing the primary sheath from the delivery position, wherein the handle includes a knob for operating one or more functions of the handle which is initially hidden to prevent use by a user and then revealed as a result of displacement of the primary sheath from delivery position so as to allow subsequent actuation of the knob by the user.

An introducer assembly having a handle, at least one fiber operatively coupling at least one handle with one or more functions of the handle; and having a fiber routing system that allows a predetermined amount of slack to be created during assembly in at least one fiber so as to delay by a desired amount of time actuation of the one or more functions of the handle associated with the at least one fiber during operation of the handle.

Method of manufacturing a deployment handle of a medical device deployment system

A catheter assembly includes a tubular first and second catheters in fluid communication with each other, wherein the second catheter includes a port fitting and can be elastically longitudinally strained to cinch the first and second catheters together.

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Kirkland, WA, United States of America

Jared L Van Cleave