W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Machine Solutions, Inc.

Justin W Sokel

Jared L Van Cleave

David A Herrin

Martin J Sector

Matthew S Beard

Joseph N Kennelly Ullman

Stanislaw L Zukowski

Adam T Storey

Paul Reiss

Mark Christopher Bates

Damien Vizcarra

Nathan L Friedman

Daniel S Cole

Jennifer Ashman-Stauss

Joseph Patrick Sullivan

Eric James Davis

Shane Patrick Rogers

Eric Davis

Clare Regimbal Long

Brian C Holm

Markus Wierzoch

Harold Alexander Brown

John L Loewen

Jason T Alger

Michelle L Gendron

Harold A Brown

Joseph P Sullivan

Clare R Long

Eric J Davis

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 catheter assembly includes a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable device releasably attached to the catheter near the distal end; a generally tubular constraining sleeve extending around and compressing the device to an outer peripheral dimension suitable for endoluminal delivery; a tip fixedly secured to the distal end of the catheter; and a bridge member disposed between the tip and the expandable device so as to fill a gap therebetween as the catheter assembly is bent during endoluminal delivery of the expandable device to a treatment site.

Medical apparatus and method of making the same

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.

A medical device delivery system includes a sock removal mechanism, which also locks a deployment handle. The ability to lock the handle allows a medical device to be safely and effectively deployed to a treatment site without prematurely deploying a medical device. The sock can cover and/or restrain the medical device. The sock removal mechanism can release and retract the sock when separated from the handle.

Systems and methods for sheath retraction

A fixed sequence activation handle is described that forces a predetermined activation sequence. Such handles are suitable for use in the delivery of medical devices or for other application that require a fixed sequence of activations.

Forced deployment sequence

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.

Port retention mechanism for deployment handle of a medical device deployment system

Catheter handle

Handle design for catheter Y-hub with dual side ports

A handle assembly for use in the deployment of a medical device via a plurality of deployment lines that extend through a catheter. The handle assembly includes a plurality of removable members for deployment or actuation of the medical device. The handle assembly also includes an actuating mechanism for displacing a wire extending through the catheter for actuating the medical device independently of the plurality of removable members.

Forced deployment sequence handle assembly with independent actuating mechanism

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Flagstaff, AZ, United States of America

Justin W Sokel