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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2009
Franz-peter Barthold, Balingen, DE;
Franz-Peter Barthold, Balingen, DE;
JOTEC GmbH, Hechingen, DE;
Abstract
An insertion system for release of a self-expanding stent devicein a body vessel has a first grip, which is fixedly connected to a shaft, a second grip, which is mounted on the shaftto be movable in axial direction, a sheath, which, in a distal portion thereof, keeps the stent device radially compressed and which is fixedly connected to the second grip, and a retention element, which is fixedly connected to the shaftand is guided in the sheath, wherein the retention elementholds the stent devicein its axial position relative to the first gripwhen the sheathis being retracted. Reference meanswith an optical reference markare arranged for continuous monitoring of the axial position of the stent device