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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
Brian Chiu, 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 Chiu, 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 method of deploying a prosthesis includes engaging a hub assembly of a handle to a threaded outer surface of a slide shaft of the handle; rotating the hub assembly to cause axial translation of the hub assembly and a sheath coupled to the hub assembly to initiate deployment of the prosthesis; disengaging the hub assembly from the threaded outer surface by pivoting a thread tooth of the hub assembly out of threaded engagement with the threaded outer surface; and sliding the hub assembly on the slide shaft to further retract the sheath and complete deployment of the prosthesis.