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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2005
Roberto Diaz, Miami, FL (US);
Mamdouh Elsakka, Warsaw, IN (US);
Boris Shkolnik, North Miami Beach, FL (US);
Roberto Diaz, Miami, FL (US);
Mamdouh Elsakka, Warsaw, IN (US);
Boris Shkolnik, North Miami Beach, FL (US);
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for introducing a medical device deployment system into the vasculature of a human body and then using the deployment system for placing a medical device at a preselected position within a vessel, and an apparatus and method for introducing a medical device deployment system into the vasculature of a human body and then subsequently retrieving the deployment system, where the apparatus and method include an introducer having a detachable and reattachable sheath disposed about a deployment catheter.