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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2008
Timothy A. Chuter, San Francisco, CA (US);
David D. Grewe, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, IN (US);
Alan R. Leewood, Lafayette, IN (US);
Timothy A. Chuter, San Francisco, CA (US);
David D. Grewe, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, IN (US);
Alan R. Leewood, Lafayette, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
A device for delivering and deploying a prosthesis is described and comprises an elongate sheath having a sheath lumen and a delivery catheter slidably disposed within the sheath lumen. A deployment assist mechanism may be coupled to the delivery catheter and the sheath and configured to apply a retraction force to the delivery catheter and the sheath. Additional devices, systems, and methods of delivering and deploying a prosthesis are described.