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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Palle M. Hansen, Bjaeverskov, DK;
Johan M. Lowinger, Bloomington, IN (US);
Palle M. Hansen, Bjaeverskov, DK;
Johan M. Lowinger, Bloomington, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A deployment assembly () for an introducer used for introducing into a patient a stent or other device, the deployment assembly including a housingcarrying a sprung loaded () actuator (). The actuator includes a toothed wheel () carrying a spool () around which a retraction strap () can be wound. The strap () is coupled to a body member () of the introducer and through this to the outer sheath () thereof. A trigger () is provided for operating the actuator (). When the trigger () is pressed, the actuator winds, under the force produced by the spring (), the strap () to thereby retract the outer sheath () so as to expose and then deploy the device carried on the introducer. The mechanism is such that a surgeon need not expend his own energy to retract the outer sheath () since this force is provided by the spring (). Furthermore, the spring () acts in a plane other than that of the direction of retraction of the sheath (), which minimizes the risk of inadvertent movement of the introducer as the sheath () is being retracted.