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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2004
Brian Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ari Gershman, Moraga, CA (US);
Burt Goodson, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul L. Weber, Hudson, WI (US);
Richard E. Repp, San Jose, CA (US);
David F. Jensen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brian Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ari Gershman, Moraga, CA (US);
Burt Goodson, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul L. Weber, Hudson, WI (US);
Richard E. Repp, San Jose, CA (US);
David F. Jensen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A delivery system includes a sheath and a handle. The handle includes: a slide shaft having a threaded outer surface; and a hub assembly coupled to the sheath. The hub assembly includes: an inner slider having a thread tooth pivot support; a thread tooth pivotably mounted to the thread tooth pivot support; and a sleeve having a thread tooth press member pressing on the thread tooth, where motion of the sleeve relative to the inner slider pivots the thread tooth on the thread tooth pivot support to engage and disengage the hub assembly with the threaded outer surface.