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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2010
Eric Bennett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Erin Vitus, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Matt Vargas, San Jose, CA (US);
Arani Bose, New York, NY (US);
Stephen Pons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ben Tompkins, Danville, CA (US);
David Barry, Livermore, CA (US);
Eric Bennett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Erin Vitus, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Matt Vargas, San Jose, CA (US);
Arani Bose, New York, NY (US);
Stephen Pons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ben Tompkins, Danville, CA (US);
David Barry, Livermore, CA (US);
Penumbra, Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for mechanically deploying intraluminal implants is disclosed. The system is used with an implant that is delivered and/or deployed via a pull wire and includes a handle having a funnel and receiving channel for receiving the pull wire, a slider having a thumb grip and a wedge, and a shuttle having a grabber for grasping the pull wire. The thumb grip is pulled proximally to retract the wedge to cause the grabber to grasp the wire and retract the shuttle but not the wire. An extension spring linked between the slider and the shuttle abruptly pulls the shuttle to retract the pull wire after the slider is fully retracted.