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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2019
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Shepard, Flagstaff, DE (US);
James D. Silverman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00336 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2034/715 (2016.02);
Abstract
A medical device deployment apparatus that employs a first actuation line and a second actuation line, whereby a delay is sought between initiation of the actuation of the first actuation line and actuation of the second actuation line. Prior to actuation, the first actuation line includes sequentially aligned multiple loops, wherein the multiple loops provide predefined slack to delay linear actuation of the first actuation line when tension is applied to both the first and second actuation lines.