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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Tony C. Hopkins, Bloomington, IN (US);
Siddharth Vad, Bloomington, IN (US);
Michael P. DeBruyne, Bloomington, IN (US);
Zachary Wagner, Lafayette, IN (US);
Blayne A. Roeder, Bloomington, IN (US);
William J. Havel, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Jarin Kratzberg, Lafayette, IN (US);
Rick Hadley, Otterbein, IN (US);
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
The present embodiments provide systems and methods for deploying at least a portion of a stent. In one embodiment, the system comprises a cannula having an outer surface, and at least one coiled member having proximal and distal ends and a plurality of turns disposed therebetween. One of the proximal and distal ends of the coiled member is secured to the outer surface of the cannula, and the other of the proximal and distal ends of the coiled member is unsecured relative to the outer surface of the cannula. A portion of a stent is looped around the unsecured end of the coiled member and disposed within spacing between adjacent turns of the coiled member. Rotation of the cannula subsequently causes the portion of the stent to disengage from the coiled member.