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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2011
Applicant:
Justin W. Sokel, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Justin W. Sokel, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/852 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/852 (2013.01); A61F 2/97 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30599 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30696 (2013.01); A61F 2002/8486 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9517 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9534 (2013.01); A61F 2250/009 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0079 (2013.01);
Abstract
A handle assembly for use in the deployment of a medical device via a plurality of deployment lines that extend through a catheter. The handle assembly includes a plurality of removable members for deployment or actuation of the medical device. The handle assembly also includes an actuating mechanism for displacing a wire extending through the catheter for actuating the medical device independently of the plurality of removable members.