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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2012
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Julio E. Eblacas, Milpitas, CA (US);
Linda N. Elkins, Redwood City, CA (US);
William P. Witort, Berkeley, CA (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes an assembly comprising an expandable device, a restraining member wrapped circumferentially around the device, a coupling member releasably securing the restraining member, and at least one tactile indicator located on the assembly at a desired point of partial deployment, along with a method for partially deploying the expandable device in a patient. During partial deployment of the expandable device, the coupling member is tensioned and displaced from outside the patient by a clinician, and upon reaching the tactile indicator, a change in tension on the coupling member is felt my the clinician performing the procedure.