Boston Scientific Corporation

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

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Brian D Brandt

Andrew J H Backus

Ali Salahieh

Dwight John Knab, Jr

Cornelius M Crowley

Luan Cao

Dwight J Knab

Andrew JH Backus

A medical device apparatus may include a medical implant including an anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration operatively connected to a delivery system, the delivery system including an outer sheath and an inner catheter disposed within the outer sheath, and a sheathing aid connecting the delivery system to the medical implant, the sheathing aid being configured to guide the medical implant into the outer sheath upon relative closing movement therebetween. The sheathing aid may include a plurality of tethers extending from the inner catheter to a proximal end of the anchor member, and a release mechanism slidably disposed within a coupler ring coupled to a distal end of the inner catheter. The plurality of tethers may be releasably coupled to the release mechanism.

Tensioned sheathing aids

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

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