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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Benjamin Spenser, M.P. Hof Karmel, IL;
Ronen Neeman, Givaataim, IL;
Gonen Somekh, Karem Maharal, IL;
Inventors:
Benjamin Spenser, M.P. Hof Karmel, IL;
Ronen Neeman, Givaataim, IL;
Gonen Somekh, Karem Maharal, IL;
Assignee:
Gardia Medical Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A delivery catheter includes a constraining sheath coupled to a distal end of the catheter, and a medical device, such as an embolic protection device (EPD) or a stent, constrained by the sheath. A wire may extend proximally from the constraining sheath and be coupled thereto. A proximal pulling force on the wire causes the wire to tear the constraining sheath, thereby releasing the medical device from a constrained configuration to an expanded configuration.