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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2012
Amro Kamel, Bloomington, IN (US);
Eugene E. Skelton, Dublin, IE;
Darren P. Corner, Derbyshire, GB;
Shawn Nichols, Bloomington, IN (US);
Amro Kamel, Bloomington, IN (US);
Eugene E. Skelton, Dublin, IE;
Darren P. Corner, Derbyshire, GB;
Shawn Nichols, Bloomington, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A deployment device to deploy a prosthesis for interconnecting vessel portions of a body vessel is described herein. The device includes a support frame and an actuation member coupled to the support frame. The actuation member is movable between a first and a second position. A retaining member is movable between a closed and a open position. In the closed position, the retaining member forms a chamber to retain a length of a prosthesis in a compressed configuration. In the open position, the retaining member is positioned to allow the prosthesis to move to an expanded configuration. Movement of the actuation member to the second position causes movement of the retaining member to the open position. One or more retractable cuffs can be positioned over the ends of the prosthesis for selectively retaining the corresponding prosthesis ends in the compressed configuration.